Crushing my enemies, seeing them driven before me, and hearing the lamentation of their women. And stand up comedy.
Bill Cosby, George Carlin, Dave Chapelle, Patrice O'neal, David Fincher, Doug Stanhope, anybody working on the Farallon Islands, Vince Morris, and people who understand that "serious" jokes are the funniest.
Portishead, Ghostface Killah, James Brown, Isaac Hayes (before he went "Space Mountain"), X-Clan and Brother J, BDP and KRS-Ones's solo joints, GZA, Raekwon, Jimi, Aesop Rock, El-P, Fiona Apple's first two albums, Common, Basil Poledouris, Jel, Lalo Schifrin, Blackalicious, The Roots, DJ Shadow, Ennio Morricone, of course Wu-Tang collectively, Public Enemy mostly for Fear of A Black Planet, Ill Bill, Ras Kass, and the great, brave Paris!!!
Hunter S Thompson, if you only read one book for pleasure let it be Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences by Richard Pryor because that is a master looking inward, Frank Miller's non-shitty stuff, The Warren Ellis Canon, Garth Ennis' MAX line Punisher stuff, Kiss Me Judas, Grant Morrison and J.G. Jones' Marvel Boy, Watchmen, oh I should add some really obscure stuff so you can feel confident that I am indeed cool.
Malcolm X, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Marc Maron, Spike Lee, Bill Cosby, M.L.K., Cornel West, David Cross, Jim Brown, W.E.B. and Shirley Graham Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Bill Hicks.