Crossing over fools at the local Y basketball court, downloading mp3s of your favorite starving artist, spinning vinyl at whatever hole-in-the-wall club is willing to pay me, the New Jersey Nets when Vince Carter isn't pouting and updating my site 33jones.com instead of doing what my employer actually pays me to do.
I'd like to meet:
Christopher Wallace, Lesane Parish Crooks
Music:
Public Enemy back before Flavor Flav became the centerpiece of VH1, N.W.A. before Ice Cube clowned himself in the movies, Lupe Fiasco before his team of lawyers started threatening me, Jay-Z, The Roots, DJ Aristocat, Biggie Smalls, Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School, Souls of Mischief, Lord Tariq, East Flatbush Project, every artist who's ever contributed to 33jones and my man who lives behind Quick Check who spits Hot Fiyah freestyles if you buy him a pack of cigarettes.
Also shout out to every artist reppin' Jersey: Treach, Lords of the Underground, Nucci, Biz, DJ Juice, Joe Budden, Artifacts, Fugees, Tame One, Red, Queen La, Sugarhill Gang, Rah Digga, Pacewon, Outsidaz
Movies:
New Jersey Drive, Juice, Wild Style, DisOrderlies, Scratch, Wild Style, Breakin' 2 - Electric Boogaloo, The Killer, The Professional, Cocaine Cowboys, Scarface, Above The Rim, Menace II Society, CB4.
Television:
The Amazing Race, Survivor, Real World, The White Rapper Show and any other reality television that actively lowers my intelligence during viewing.
I'll also watch anything basketball related, like watching Vince Carter dunk on the entire NBA, Allen Iverson score on the entire NBA, Rafer Alston get whistled by every ref in the NBA for attempting some And1 Mixtape style moves and highlights of Drazen Petrovic, Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman from back in the day.
Books:
Farenheit 451, 1984, Day of the Triffids, Invisible Man, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, V For Vendetta, The Straight Dope.
Heroes:
Chuck D., Peter Parker and Jack Bauer.
