Producing, diggin in the crates, tailgating, ..other than that, the Oakland A's, Oakland RAAAAIDERS and the Golden State Warriors. Sideshows, Hoes, and all of dat OAKLAND SHIT!!!
YA MOMA!!! ..naw, ALL my musical and Hip-Hop influences including DJ's, MC's, B-Boys, B-Girls, and graffitti artists (KINGS).
ALL kinds and genres ..HIP-HOP has opened the doors and minds to experimenting with just about EVERY kind of muzik:Ohio Players, George Clinton, Funkadelic, Parliament, Bootsie Collins and The Rubberband, Maceo Parker, the JB's, James Brown (RIP), the Elements (Earth, Wind and Fire), Prince, Morris Day and The Time, Jesse Johnson, Wendy and Lisa, The Family, The Revolution, ..and can't forget Jerome with his mirror, Erika Badu, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaata, Al Green, Isley Brothers, Brother Johnsons, Sade, Otis Shuggie, Amerie, Smashing Pumpkins, Santana, Joe Cocker, The Beatles, The Bee-Gee's, Rick James and the Stone City Band, New Birth, Minnie Ripperton, Tower of Power, Vanessa Williams, etc...but I don't dig country or classical.
Krush Groove, Friday, Menace II Society, Heat, Beat Street, Boyz n the Hood, Scarface, Shottas, The Warriors, A Bronx Tale, Hustle and Flow, The Mack, Deep Cover, Heat, Full Metal Jacket, Tougher than Leather, Escape from New York, The Thing, The Fog, Halloween, most of John Carpenter's movies, Transformers (the old and new movie), Stock, Lock and Two Smoking Barrrels, mostly all of the Pam Grier's movie (Foxy Brown, Cleopatra Jones, Bucktown, etc.), Carlito's Way, Traffic, The Matrix movies, The Last King of Scotland, City Of God, Oceans Eleven and Twelve, Kill Bill 1 and 2,
DEFINITELY, Sanford and Son, Sapranos (when on), music videos, Seinfeld, Martin re-runs, Good Times, What's Happening,
not a book reader but Catcher in the Rye - crazy!! Subway Art, Spraycan Art, Behold The Pale White Horse,
the founding fathers of Hip-Hop for ALL, known and unknown, should be recognized for their contributions to this muzik, art and culture.