I love this feelingmagic and poetry + art and commerce + theory and practice
Her. Well I already did but I'd like to do that again.
Here we go at random: Slum Village, Jay Dee DILLA, KRS-One (BDP status. Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary, Sex and Violence, Return of the Boom Bap), Count Bass D, Daft Punk, Raphael Saadiq, Sa-Ra, Rakim (back when he was dope) Bilal, Common Sense, Boot Camp Clik, Broken Social Scene, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Ghostface, The Go! Team, Nas, Madlib, Mos Def, Thin Lizzy (thanx K8), Biz Markie, Kings of Leon, Sly and the Family Stone, Tanya Morgan, Big Tone, Elzhi (probably raps better than any rapper you like. Real f**kin' talk.) Dwele, Souls Of Mischief, Donald Byrd, D'Angelo, David Axelrod, Raekwon The Chef, TV On The Radio, Black Milk, Outkast, A Tribe called Quest, De La Soul, The UN, Roc Marciano, Oukast, Stereolab, Moka Only, Zero 7, The Mars Volta, Murs, RJD2, Radiohead, Fela Kuti, Slick Rick, Reflection Eternal, MF Doom, Mobb Deep (back when they were credible), Le Tigre, Redman (esp. back when he was insane with a big nappy afro), Brand Nubian, Edan, The Goodie M.O.b., Gorillaz, Portishead, Feist, The Roots, Cannonball Adderly, The Strokes (I know, I know . . .) Camp Lo, Radiohead, Gza, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, The Clash, MOP (back when they were good), Hot Chip and a bunch a people that are dope that I forgot.
Adaptation, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, Sex and Lucia, Raging Bull, The Godfather, Juice, The Prestige, Brick, STYLE WARS, Favela Rising, RED (Kieslowski was ill, R.I.P.), City Of God, Do The Right Thing, You, Me and Everyone We Know, When We Were Kings, Mo' Better Blues, Being John Malkovich, Fight Club, School Daze (Black People WAKE THE F**K UP. YOU'RE NOT NIGGERS/NIGGAS), The Incredibles, Donnie Darco, Wildstyle, End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, NETWORK, Slim Susie, Transformers: The Movie, King Of New York, Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Ninja Scroll, Closer, Saved, 24 Hour Party People, Cooley High, American Beauty, A Clockwork Orange, American Psycho, Slingblade, Bladerunner, The Five Heartbeats, Hollywood Shuffle, Hi, Mom!, Raising Victor Vargas, The Spook Who Sat By The Door, Love Jones, Coming To America, Anchor Man, 40-Year Old Virgin, Half Baked, Office Space.
Don't really watch that much anymore, but I was raised on Thundercats, G.I. Joe, Jeopardy, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Video Music Box (New York, stand the F**K UP!), In Living Color Arsenio Hall, Pump It Up, Hot Traxx, That nature show on PBS with Marty Stoufer, Nature, Studs, All My Children, Married With Children, Tales From The Darkside, Monsters, 227, Amen, Diff'rent Strokes, Small Wonder, My Secret Identity, Silverhawks, The Smurfs, Tigersharks, TRANSFORMERS, The Frugal Gourmet, Yan Can Cook, CBS Storybreak, Robotech, VOLTRON, Good Times, All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Who's The Boss?, The Simpsons (noticing a pattern here?), LIKE IT IS w/ GIL NOBLE, Airwolf, He-Man, Facts Of Life ("I still like Tootie 'cuz she got big titties"--Common), Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, Duck Tales, Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, V, Star Trek (might as well admit it, I already said I watched All My Children) The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Seinfeld and nowadays the only shows that really grab me are The Sopranos, The WIRE (Andrea and Hillary were so right) Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Office (U.S. version,) Curb Your Enthusiasm, Wondershowzen (R.I.P.) Family Guy & MTV's True Life.
A Confederacy Of Dunces, The Fortress of Solitude, The Alchemist, The Power Of Myth, Two Thousand Seasons, The Four Agreements, WATCHMEN (Alan Moore is the illest),Things Fall Apart, No Longer At Ease, Rakim Told Me, Where'd You Get Those?,The Art of War (which is also The Art Of Peace--my Taoists feel me), Ego Trip Book of Rap Lists, First And Fifteenth, The Prophet
Mommy, My Ancestors (Eggun), El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Jesus, Marcus Garvey, Huey P. Newton, Assata Shakur, Imhotep, Muhammad Ali, John Henrik Clarke, Joseph Campbell, people with compassion and conviction, and myself