spending time with good mates n true family, music production and composition (i made the track u're hearin right now), reading and writing, football (the american type, not exactly physically made for "soccer" football if u get me), the progressive acquisition of knowledge (one confirmed Dr Faust here), playing a few musical instruments (djembe, gamelan, guitar, thumb piano, talking drum, derbakeh), meetin real people, exploring new avenues in life while keepin my head
People I appreciate, people I havent heard from in ages.
Common, The Roots, Nujabes, Dilated Peoples, MF DOOM, The Neptunes, Cheikh N'Digel Lo, Oumou Sangaré, Talib Kweli, Slum Village, Q, Mamady Keita, Atongo Zimba, Miles Davis, Donell Jones, KRS-One, Outkast, 3582, Platinum Pied Pipers, The Procussions, Pharoah Saunders, King Ayisoba, Ali Farka Touré, Jin, Nas, Nicolay, Dice Raw, Orchestra Baobab, Jagged Edge, Lauren Hill, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley, Mary J. Blige, John Coltrane, A Tribe called Quest, Alhaji Muhamman Shata, Joey Ayala, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Rahzel.. too many to count need to rest this section now...
Cube, Coming to America, Hustle n Flow, Bad Company, The Interpreter, Dark City, Hotel Rwanda, Dawn of the Dead, Shawshank Redemption, Roots series, Fight Club, Battle Royale I, Leon, Bulletproof, Collateral
the sopranos, the boondocks, samurai champloo, documentaries, (expanding what little brain i have).. and.. emm.. eastenders?
Things Fall Apart, Survivor, Dance Dance Dance, Non-Fiction, Nineteen-Eighty-Four, Brave New World, among others
Anyone who has overcome all the odds to do what was right and is now doing something that they are proud of, I share their pride. With the grace of God I'm gettin myself up there soon; so I'd better add myself on that list too!