Interested In... My Happy Children, Freedom, Philosophy, Words, Procrastination Rush, St. Croix, Curry Goat, The Right Woman, Love, My Family, Hiking, Movies, Life, Suffarally, Languages, True Voices, The sound of Vinyl, Theatre, Observing Social Dynamics (People Watcher), Traveling, Security, Music, Live Music, St. Lucia, Ancestry, Cooking, Eating Out, Eating In, All Art Forms, My Childhood... Reading, Family, Fun, Relaxation, Jazz, Wilmington, New Experiences, Breathless Laughter, Politics, Custard Filled Krispy Kream-No Chocolate, Holidays, A Good Book, African People, Political Things, People in General, Greek Love, Dancing Without Care, Truth
Opinionated ones. Those who have and will inspire me. Open minds and artistic individuals (usually synonymous), old and new friends, and that cat Jesus so we can put an end to all the madness in his name.
Bob Marley, The Roots, Rachelle Ferrell, Janis Joplin, Duke Ellington, Matchbox 20, Fugees, Corinne Bailey Rae, Burning Spear, Hargrove, Donnie, Goapele, Gregory Isaacs, Jamiroqui, Sade, Beris Hammond, Third Eye Blind, Big Mountain, Arrested Development, Lenny Kravitz, New Edition, Eminem, Tu Pac, Mos Def & Talib, Gnarles Barkley, Lupe Fiasco,India Arie, Lauryn Hill, UB40, D'Angelo, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Stained, Dead Prez, PM Dawn, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Coltrane, Maxwell, Jill Scott, Lost Boyz, Buju Banton, Nina Simone, Brandy, Foo Fighters, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Miles Davis, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Outkast, Sean Paul, Mingus to name a few. Currently Listening To:
Juno
Voyage to India
Catch a Fire
Heavier Things
The Cool a
Basquiat, City of God, Little Miss Sunshine, Anything by M.Knight, Higher Learning, Babel, Sankofa, Matrix Trilogy, School Daze, Alfie, The 11th Hour, Office Space, Superbad, X, 300, Finding Forester, Crash, Knocked Up, An Inconvenient Truth, Napolean Dynamite, Dave Chapelle's Block Party, Blade 1 & 2, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Coming To America, X-men Trilogy, The Kingdom, Hotel Rwanda, A Christmas Story, Anchorman, Lucky Number Sleven, Sin City, Training Day, Love Jones, Hitch, Harry Potter Series, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Ong-Bak The Thai Warrior, Waiting...etc.
A few shows...
Raising Fences, Stolen Legacy, Their Eyes were Watching God, The Third Wave, Lies My Teacher Told Me, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Cheaters (Guilty Pleasure), Ruminations, The Debt, Catch A Fire, Quitting America, Why are all the Black Kids sitting together in the cafeteria: and other discussions about race, Misquoting Jesus, Angels & Demons, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes's Collected Works, The Divine Nine, and many, many more.
Hands down, my mother & daughter. Also, anyone who truly is concerned about the world around them and the people in it. So much so, that they're willing to put aside individual pursuits. Anyone strong enough to challenge all authority in order to uphold what's intrinsically right, those who are true to self, I raise my glass to you!! The Architects: Don't ever forget that we started this, and have continued to lead! C'mon man, respect your roots...