Going out to bar/club/lounges, traveling, working out, vibing and listening to music, reading a good book (not a law book), watching a good movie, chillin with friends watching TV, and generally anything involving good company
I'd like to meet:
Why all Black people are afraid of the police
I'd like to meet Dave Chapelle, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Dane Cook, Robin Williams, Will Farrell, and a bunch of other funny people, just to vibe out and laugh a bit.
I'd also like to meet all the makers of good music (see Music for some examples). Here is my favorite Bob Marley song... the video is kinda funny...
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Thurgood Marshall because he's the truth. Michael Eric Dyson because he's such a great scholar and I generally agree with his world-view. Here's a clip
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Hugh Hef- obvious reasons... Johnnie Cochran to see if he thought OJ and MJ were really guilty and get his thoughts on R Kelly
and Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise, just to see if they know how crazy they truly are...Sadly Cruise has played a lawyer a few times before
Add Michael Richards to that "crazy" list... I guess he had his own nigga moment (See clip from Boondocks for an explanation).
Music:
Basically Anything except Country (Although some Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash is OK by me)- Hip-Hop, Rap, Jazz, RnB, Classic Rock, Alternative, Reggae, etc...
Real Hip-hop like 2 Pac, Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas, Kanye, Mos Def, Common, The Roots, The Fugees (Lauren is a Genius), Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Little Brother (9th is the truth), whole Justus League, Lupe Fiasco, and many others
Here's my man Common with the light... Representing light skinned brothas everywhere, and from the Southside of Chicago no less!
Talib Kweli with the classic The Blast
Reggae... All Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, Aswad, etc.
Here's Bob With Lauren- Turn Your Lights Down Low
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War! With a little bit of history for y'all that didn't know...
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Jazz and Soul music like Oldschool Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Theloneus Monk
Nina performing 4 Women, I like the black and white vibe
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Miles performing So What with Coltrane
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The illest pianist, MONK
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...and New School like Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, John Legend, India Arie, Alicia Keys, Tony Toni Tone, Sade, Musiq Soulchild, Dwele, Kem, Floetry, and many others.
John Legend's Save Room, gotta love the concept of the video
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Jill Scott and Erykah Badu Perform You Got Me with the Roots at Chapelle's Block Party
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But I still got love for Rock Music like The Doors, Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Rage Against The Machine
RATM Live from LA- Check 1,2
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...And too many others to name so let me stop before I say too much- Music is my first Love
Movies:
I love to laugh, so I buy a lot of standup DVD's... All of Chapelle's standups are classic, Kings of Comedy, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor (Here is a Murphy clip from Raw and Pryor)
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Regular comedies too... Coming To America, Office Space, Friday, Harold and Kumar, Zoolander, Half Baked, among others
Frustrated...Much?
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Then there are serious movies that I love that make me ponder and spark conversation... Scarface, Higher Learning, Crash, American History X, Do the Right Thing, and many others...
Racial slang
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Mr. Williams!
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... I'm a movie-head, just ask and I bet I've seen it (not guaranteed to have liked it though)
Television:
Anything to do with sports (ESPN, NFL network, etc)...
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Comedy shows like Chapelle's Show...
The Chris Rock Show...
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Fresh Prince, Colbert Report, Talk Soup, Cosby Show, Daily Show, Ali G
I still like a few cartoons... Boondocks (see Nigga Moment clip on the right) and South Park are awesome... here are a few clips for yall who haven't seen the boondocks yet
What Huey thinks about R. Kelly
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Nigga Technology, with the voices of Samuel L. Jackson and Charlie Murphy
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The Best of Uncle Ruckus from Season 1
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Riley's Best from Season 1
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I like my dramas too... Nip Tuck, Justice (before it was canceled), Heroes, Lost
I also like reality TV... Real World is GREEEAT...
...And many others shows (I try to watch as much as I can when I'm not sucked into law school)
Books:
Art of War, Mein Kampf (Keep your friends close but your enemies closer- Sun Tzu), The Audacity of Hope, Guerrilla Warfare, Motorcycle Diaries (The movie was good too though), Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley, Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley, Rich Dad Poor Dad, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success, Native Son, Miseducation of the Negro, Souls of Black Folk, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Sundiata, Up From Slavery, George Jackson: Soledad Brother, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Autobiography Of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley, Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Is Bill Cosby Right?, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster, Why I Love Black Women, Holler If You Hear Me: The Search For Tupac Shakur, Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line, The Isis Papers, From the Browder File, Nigger (Randall Kennedy), and too many others to name on here- But I hope that's useful to some people and lights a spark
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Heroes:
My parents, not only for being so strong and raising me the right way... But also for helping me to be open-minded, challenging me intellectually, and allowing me to question things at an early age... They are my foundation-my rock.
