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Music Lovers..........
Third World (all the 7â€, 12†and LP from the '73 Cavlip and Island recordings to the '82 CBS recordings) • Jackie Mittoo • Tommy McCook and The Supersonics • Roland Alphonso • The Revolutionaries • Aswad (the 76-86 recordings) • Steel Pulse (from '77 to '84) • Dennis Brown • Bob Marley (the true Master of modern Reggae, awesome poet, the best songwriter of alltime) • Welton Irie • LKJ • Dennis Alcapone (number one deejay) • King Tubby (the KING!!!) • dub specialist Prince Jammy aka King Jammy • Scientist (dub chimist) • Lee "Scratch" Perry (genious) • Ernest Ranglin • Alton Ellis • Augustus Pablo • Freddie McGregor • Horace Andy • Jah Lion aka Jah Lloyd • Big Youth • The Congos • Maxi Priest (from '85 to '87) • The Mighty Diamonds (the Channel One recordings) • Prince Jazzbo • The Skatalites (the founding fathers) and of course Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd • Jazz Jamaica (and crew) • Patrice • Oscar Peterson (the best jazz piano player ever) • Thelonious Monk • Keith Jarrett • Stanley Turrentine • Doug Carn • Donald Byrd • Monty Alexander • Grant Green • Lou Donaldson • Miles Davis • Antonio Carlos Jobim • Bernard Purdie • Jimmy Smith • John Patton • Nina Simone • Lennie Tristano • Daniel Janin • Fela and family • Salif Keita ("Mandjou", west african masterpiece...!!!) • Donny Hathaway • Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson • The Isley Brothers (from '69 to '77) • Roy Ayers • EWF (from '70 to '77) • Stevie Wonder • James Brown (Blues, Soul, Funk, Jazz... The GREATEST entertainer in the Music History) • Minnie Ripperton • Ramsey Lewis • Banda Black Rio • Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson ("Off The Wall" and of course "Thriller", the best pop album ever!!!) • Carole King • Elton John (from '69 to '74) AC/DC ("Back In Black") • Jeff Buckley • Fishbone • Janis Joplin • Ike and Tina Turner • Tom Waits • David Bowie (the 70's LPs) • D’Angelo (Brother, where are you? The world DOES NEED YOU...!!!!!!!!!!) • Erykah Badu • Bilal • Rahsaan Patterson • Me’shell Ndegeocello • Nicola Conte • Ed Motta • Prince • Raphael Saadiq • Young Disciples • Galliano • Omar • Donnie • Amp Fiddler • Jamiroquai • Feist • Lauryn Hill • Questlove and The Roots/SoulQuarians crew • Common • Mos Def ("Umi Says", masterpiece) • Pete Rock • Bahamadia • Carl Hancock Rux • Digable Planets • Nas • ATCQ • De La Soul (the first recordings) • Wu-Tang Clan (the revolution) • Jay Dee • Sa-Ra Creative Partners • Tupac • Rakim • Madlib (family and crew) • DJ Premier • Samia Farah • Poets Of Rhythm • Masters At Work • Lenny Fontana and The Black Sun • Ron Trent • Jazzanova • Kutiman • Benny Sings • Roy Davis Jr • Soil and "PIMP" Sessions • Moodyman • John Buttler • Fiona Apple • Finley Quaye and much much much more…
"City of God" (Fernando Mereilles) • "Rockers" (Ted Bafaloukos) • "La Haine" (Mathieu Kassovitz) • "Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind" (Michel Gondry) • "Pulp Fiction" (Quentin Tarantino) • "The Third Man" (Orson Welles) • "Fight Club" (David Fincher) • "Cry Freedom" (Richard Attenborough) • "Once Were Warriors" (Lee Tamahori) • "The Harder They Come" (Perry Henzel) • "Scratch" (Doug Pray)… FILM MAKERS (all movies): Spike Lee • Terry Gilliam • Charlie Chaplin (Genius! the GREATEST film maker of all time) • Alfred Hitchcock • Milos Forman • Oliver Stone • Marcel Pagnol • Otto Preminger • Woody Allen • Jacques Tati • Jim Jarmusch • Kourtrajmé • Cédric Klapisch… Special thanks to french film maker JEROME LAPERROUSAZ for his skanking musical documentary "Third World, Prisoner In The Street", which pushed me in 1980 (I was 9...!!!!!!!!) into Reggae Music.
VIBRATIONS (from Lauzanne in Switzerland, to me the best music magazine in Europe since 1991) • WAX POETICS (quaterly from New York, the best US black music magazine since 2002) • EGO TRIP (fanzine, then amazing book of rap lists) • MUZIQ (best French music magazine) • STRAIGHT NO CHASER (great bimonthly from London since 1988) • NATTY DREAD (amazing reggae magazine) • REBEL MUSIC (Kate Simon) • AMERICA (Annie Leibovitz) • JAZZ MY LOVE (Guiseppe Pino) • WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE? (Bobbito Garcia) • POPULAR (Thierry LeGouès) • BACK IN THE DAYS (Jamel Shabazz) • HIP-HOP FILES (Martha Cooper) • YES RASTA (Patrick Cariou)...
SPECIAL THANKS to three amazing reggae programs which made the rule in Paris on Radio Aligre from 1984 to 1994: I AND I MUSIC (hosted by the legendary Pascal Soalhat with General Burning, Papa Gideon, Fabrice, Lord Zeljko and Daniel), REGGAEMATIC (hosted by Daniel, selections by Florent Droguet) and SOUNDS AND VIBES (hosted by Lord Zeljko and Puppa Eric) • Thanks to RADIO NOVA in Paris (the best french radio station from the mid-80’s to the end of the 90’s, famous worldwide) • Respect to GILLES PETERSON (Acid Jazz, Talking Loud, Brownswood, Straight No Chaser, parties, radio programs and compilations: all true music lover knows him) • Big big big respect to french hip-hop legend DJ DEE NASTY • Big up to Blue Moon record shop in Paris (that was a great place...!!!), Patate Records, Betino's, Tikaret, Dusty Groove America, Jam One Distribution in Paris (thanks Eric for your Studio One imports in the 80's and 90's !), my brother Florent Droguet and El Paso Promotion in Paris (what a pleasure...!!!), A-1 Records Shop in NYC (what a fuck is that crazy place!!!??? Thanks Stan!), also the NY Sound Library • Nuff respect to MODE 2 (my favorite 'spraycan' artist) • Thanks, love and respect to Eric Grimard, Chin-a Panaccione, Pierre Michelin, Hélène Lifar, Henri Renaud (R.I.P.), Olivier Bealu (R.I.P.), Philippe Desindes and Nardorank.