Authentic people who will assist in my growth...
NAS, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, DE LA SOUL, BIGGIE, BIG L, 2 PAC, ERIC B. AND RAKIM, BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, KOOL G RAP, JAY, RAS KASS, CORMEGA, AZ, ICE CUBE, EPMD, PETE ROCK AND CL SMOOTH, OUTKAST, SLICK RICK, THE GETO BOYS, COMMON SENSE, LARGE PROFESSOR, GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE, WU-TANG CLAN, RUN-DMC, TALIB KWELI AND HI-TEK, MOS DEF, THE ROOTS,PHAROAHE MONCH, AESOP ROCK, JEAN GRAE, LITTLE BROTHER, R.A. THE RUGGED MAN, BRAND NUBIAN, THE PHARCYDE, MAD SKILLZ, DAS-EFX, KARDINAL OFFISHALL, BLACK ICE, TOO SHORT, E-40, DMX, LUPE FIASCO, KANYE, CONSEQUENCE, LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL, PUBLIC ENEMY, QUEEN LATIFAH, MC LYTE, SNOOP, D.O.C., DRE, NWA, STEVIE WONDER, MARVIN GAYE, TEDDY P., MUSIQ, JILL SCOTT, CURTIS MAYFIELD, THE TEMPTATIONS, DJ JAZZY JEFF, LUTHER, MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE, THE TIME, TONY TONI TONE, MILES DAVIS, JOHN COLTRANE, CHARLIE PARKER, DIZZY GILLESPIE, WEEZER, NEW JACK SWING, 80'S POP/NEW WAVE,EARLY PUNK/ALTERNATIVE AND ON AND ON AND ON.
RIP J. Dilla
Purple Rain, Coming to America, Cooley High, Juice, "Earl, Cornbread, and Me", The Breakfast Club, Above the Rim, Do The Right Thing, Higher Learning, The Program, Friday, Rebel Without A Cause, The Color Purple, The Five Heartbeats, James Dean, Lady Sings The Blues, Crash, Boyz N The Hood, Menace 2 Society, Devil In A Blue Dress, Malcolm X, Bamboozled, Dancing In September, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Fresh, Dead Presidents,American Beauty, Me, Myself, & Irene, every Naked Gun movie, Saw I-IV, Every Tyler Perry movie, Inside Man, Edward Scissorhands, Paid in Full, American Gangster, Over the Hedge, Harlem Nights, Mini-Me sex tape- I mean thats all I can think of...
RIP To The Greatest
Law & Order, Martin, Cosby's, A Different World, Wayans Bros, Sportscenter, Def Poetry, Unsolved Mysteries, Steve Harvey Show, Chappelle Show, Real World (when I catch it), all the major "reality" shows, Jeopardy, Court TV...
I mostly read autobiographies because its so refreshing to hear someone actually tell their story in their own words. As far as my favorite author, I would have to say Water Mosley is my favorite...
MY MOMMY ; )