independent cinema, old kung fu films, b-movies, blaxploitation, all kinds of music, photography, graphic design, art, b-ball, playing guitar, piano, kalimba and harmonica, singing, songwriting, traveling, legos, chillin', soul food, thai food, jamaican food, mexican food, italian food, photoshop...umm kaleidoscopes are rather cool. thangz.
down to earth folks, writers, prophets, nerds, smilers, the inherently cool, peaceniks, warriors, musicians, bookworms, artists, walkers, dreamers, god, talkers, visionaries, earth dwellers, conspiracy theorists, poets, thespians, clowns, rhymers, motivators, serious folks, listeners, community activists, beatniks, hipsters, jazzers, independents, whistleblowers, cosmic travelers, unintentional comedians, good samaritans, builders, teachers, students, natural high dope fiends, funketeers, backpackers and muhammad ali/tyra banks/sade/bill cosby/dick gregory (again).
stevie wonder, erykah badu, marvin gaye, ledisi, kelan phil cohran, minnie riperton, dead prez, earth wind & fire, sade, sananda matreiya, nancy wilson, maze featuring frankie beverly, bob marley, india aire, toots thielmann, billie holliday, common, war, lauryn hill, jimi hendrix, jean grae, miles davis, syreeta wright, dwele, chaka khan, kindred the family soul, john coltrane, sara vaughn, sonny rollins, pat metheny, saul williams, karen clark sheard, jimmy smith, carleen anderson, isley brothers, ice cube, richie havens, gladys knight, prince, corrine bailey rae, dudley perkins, the stylistics, gnarls barkley, roberta flack, outkast, phyllis hyman, andrae crouch, the winans, nas, jay-z, the jones girls, the roots, ursula rucker, roy ayers, lalah hathaway, esquivel, soul ii soul, meshelle ndegeocello, charlie wilson, chick corea, donnie, lyn collins, herbie hancock, cassandra wilson, dr. lonnie liston smith, foxy brown, sun ra, tweet, jose feliciano, aretha franklin, little brother, nora jones, john mayer, led zeppelin, leon bibb, curtis mayfield, quincy jones, donny hathaway, fantasia, milton nascimento, darryl coley, deniece williams, public enemy, kraftwerk, the jones girls, ron carter, miriam makeba, al jarreau, bill withers, sly and the family stone, the emotions, papoose, harold melvin and the blue notes, angela bofill, the commodores, brand new heavies, david bowie, cyndi lauper, brian eno, damian 'jr gong' marley, peven everett, tom waits, james brown, fela kuti, afrika bambataa, grover washington jr, patti labelle, rickie lee jones, peter tosh, chic, buddy miles, bb king, koko taylor, johnnie taylor, neil young, pharell, hugh masekela, olatunji, bobby blue bland, robert johnson, doobie brothers, brenda russell, krs-one, a tribe called quest, the time, anita baker, brian mcknight, esther phillips, will downing, vernon reid, chocolate genius, bad brains, ben harper, wu tang clan, tracy chapman, eric b and rakim, burt bacharach, zamfir, bootsy, simply red, fleetwood mac, dr. dre, isaac hayes, leon ware, the last poets, gil-scott heron, jill scott, randy crawford, ravi shankar, patti austin, the beatles, rachelle farrell, terry callier, blue magic, ray charles
the night of the hunter, tsotsi, the learning tree, sankofa, the notebook, mo better blues, get on the bus, coffy, slam, city of god, the greatest, north country, for love of ivy, drunkenmaster 2, fearless, diva, the blue angel, pulp fiction, the village, v for vendetta, bad ronald, gigot, bedazzled (1968), i love you rosa, hotel rwanda, a clockwork orange, superfly, the 400 blows, bandit queen, the tin drum
boondocks, everybody hates chris, king of the hill, sanford and son, the andy griffith show, america's next top model, electric company, frontline, the avengers, chappelle's show
CANE by jean toomer, INVISIBLE MAN by ralph ellison, THE PROPHET by kahlil gibran, THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE by david wilkerson, MOSES MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN BY zora neale hurston, AFRICAN WORLD REVOLUTION: AFRICA AT THE CROSSROADS by john henrik clarke, THE HIDING PLACE by corrie ten boom, JOHANNESBURG & OTHER POEMS by sterling plumpp, SEX AND RACE by j.a. rogers, UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN by richard wright, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS by maya angelou, FIVE DECADES: POEMS 1925-1970 by pablo neruda, SONG OF SOLOMON by toni morrison, DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS by piri thomas
jesus christ, my father and mother, my grandmothers and grandfathers, the ancestors, malcolm x, dr. martin luther king jr., harriet tubman, muhammad ali, stevie wonder, fannie lou hamer, fred hampton, bill cosby, maya angelou, michael jordan, langston hughes, pablo neruda, che guevara, mahatma ghandi, spike lee, harold washington, dr. john henrik clarke, the last poets, mister rogers, denzel washington, sidney poitier, ossie davis, ruby dee, dick gregory, richard pryor, curtis mayfield