A whole lot of stuff, but right now football, music, and writing...
whoever wants to meet me.
...and these two lovelies
and him
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Get ready...*ahem*: first and foremost the Native Tongues (without them I probably wouldn't be in hip hop), Prince (without him, I probably would have an empty musical background), The Roots (without them, I probably wouldn't have meet such wonderfully interesting people), JayDee (J. Dilla), Sa-Ra Creative Partners, John Coltrane, Timbaland, Siah & Yeshua Da PoEd, MF Doom, Jaylib, Tortured Soul, Big Daddy Kane (pre-Taste of Chocolate), KRS-ONE (BX stand up), Mystic Odd Squad, Duran Duran, Waajeed and the Platinum Piped Pipers, Common, Fishbone, Outkast, Korn, Faith No More, Mike Patton, Mos Def, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet (though that's fading). Basically whatever strikes my ear...from hip hop to rock to soul to some R&B.
Star Wars (though Lucas is *censor*-ing it up), City of God, Indiana Jones, Snatch, Seven Samurai, PURPLE RAIN (sorry), Mo Better Blues, Fight Club, Brazil, Krush Groove, This is Spinal Tap, Monty Pyton and the Search for the Holy Grail, Dogma, Clerks, mostly anything by Tim Burton, Dead Presidents, Menace to Society, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Office Space...
The Office, City of Men, The Sopronos, Iron Chef, Simply Ming, Sportscenter, The Boondocks, The Wire, Monty Python, Black Adder, Entourage, Rome to name a few...
She by Saul Williams, The Essential Etheridge Knight, Big Bank Takes Little Bank by Paul Beatty, Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, In Defense of Mumia, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, How to Seduce a Woman (hahaha), Candide by Voltaire, The Prince, DMSR, Quitting America by Randall Robinson, Mixed, The Broke Diaries
Besides my mother? I admire the talents of Prince, James Yancey, Waajeed, and Madlib. However without being a student of: Mr. Murphy, Brother Keane, Mr. Washington, Mr. P. and Prof. Elena...I doubt I would be writing or have the love of music as I do now. Thank you for shaping me.