Member Since: 5/13/2006
Band Website: shanteparadigm.com
Band Members: Shante Paradigm----------------------------------------------------
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Music Fam: BQE, J. Scales, Invincible, Tim'm T. West, Hanifah Walidah,KIN, Soce the Elemental Wizard, Project Pangea, JB-RAP, DDC, JEN/ED, Jen-RO, Deadlee, Ms. Jonz,Tori Fixx, Johnny Dangerous, VIM artist Deli, Juba K, Ricoshade, Fucci, Rollz Royce, Daryl Raymond, Aggracyst, Noa D, Da Lyrical, Nicky Click, Julie Fucking Potter, QBoy, Chaser, Maurice Jamal, Yvie E, Buttahflysoul, baron., Cladia Alick, Shorty Roc, Pino, Mister Maker, Scream Club, God-Des and SHE, Pick Up the Mic Fam and more
Influences: Teena Marie, The Roots, Bjork, Lewis Taylor, BIG, The Fugees/Lauryn Hill, Jean Grae, Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, Ben Harper, Maxwell, Erik B and Rakim, Wu-Tang, Def Jux, Prince, Radiohead, Ani DiFranco, Rashaan Patterson, Puffy, Roger, Cheryl "Pepsi" Riley, Earth, Wind & Fire, Dionne Farris, D'Angelo, Chaka Khan, Bahamadia, Sarah McLaclan, Bob Marley,Nas, J-Live, Goapele, Mesdusa, Outkast, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz,The Cure, The Sundays, J-Live, Micheal Jackson,Mary J. Blige,MC Lyte, Anita Baker, Aesop Rock, Zero 7, Amel Larrieux, Rage Against the Machine, Handsome Boy Modeling School,Portishead, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, David Bowie, Black Star, BDP, Joe Henry, Led Zeppelin,Floetry, Etta James, Salt n Pepa, Jazzyphatnastees, Liz wright, Ndambi, Madonna, J-Live, Flo Brown, Maude Maggart, Fiona Apple, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Meshell Ndegeocello,Mazzy Star, Erykah Badu, Dee-Lite, Astor Piazolla, Mendelson, Hayden, (early) U2, The Coup, Kool G Rap and Polo, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Main Source, Big Daddy Kane, Whitney Houston, Ursula Rucker,Ananda Project, Miguel Migs, Cassandra Wilson, Naked Music, PE, dead prez, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Floetry,Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, PJ Harvey, Morcheba, Run DMC, LL Cool J., Christina Agueilera (that's right), Nappy Roots, Bilal, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Nirvana, kurtis Blow, Tori Amos, Faith Evans, Beastie Boys, 3rd Base, Paris, Q-Tip, Leaders of the New School, Tamar Kali, Acelyone.---------------------------------------------------
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Books and Thinkers and Artists: Toni Morrison, Jacques Lacan, Freud, Luce Irigaray, Helen Cixous, Barbara Kingsolover, Jenette Winterson,Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Toni Kushner, Trisha Rose, Barbara Smith, Cherrie Moraga, Walter Benjamin, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Roland Barthes, Fred Moten, Caryl Churchill, Susan-Lori Parks, Adrienne Kennedy, Richard Wright, Franz Fanon, Kobena Mercer, Martin Wong, Miguel Pinero, Gloria Anzuldua, Diana Fuss, Lee Edelman, Zizek more to come
Sounds Like: ...a black girl from Connecticut who used to sing, make plays, cry and invent in her closet...I am looking for new ways to sing and rhyme through a fractured soul. I like to live....I'm in love...a got a whole lot of influences.
Record Label: http://cdbaby.com/cd/bqe
Type of Label: None