| Influences | coming from a childhood that was pre-hip hop... we listened to our parents music.. we were introduced to a spectrum of sounds, harmonies, and arrangements from an early age.. and came to understand how powerful words are to the listener.... how they could mold to the music and change your whole perspective at any given time... make you relive the best memory you own... in real time... so born was hip hop... taken from the bits and fragments of all music... to have seen it come into being is beyond words... but its just a fraction of some of these artists....stevie wonder, fearless four, bill withers, just ice, beanone, eric b and rakim, roberta flack, sade, showbiz and a.g., fat boys, donny hathaway, jaz o, celia cruz, patrice rushen, daz and kurupt, smiff and wessun, badu, yummy, u.t.f.o., epmd, mrs. mcnair, bob marley, heiro, e.e.smith's magnificent marching machine, big l, twista, led zep, mingus, paul c., alyson williams,kool g rap, marvin gaye, anita baker, jadakiss (lox), organized, az, n.e., n.w.a., carole king, big daddy kane, d-nice, aretha franklin, nas, billie holiday, jones girls, king t, bdp, b.i.g., jackson 5, rundmc, money mike, musiq, lord finesse, chaka khan, whodini, camp lo, debarge, doobie bros., wu tang, gap band, kwame, billy squier, m.o.p., vitamin d, pac, furious 5,d.o.c., 50, sequence, jay z, luther vandross, dead prez, mary j, melisa morgan, t la rock, mr. delmonte, slim shady,p.e., cool j, quincy jones, slick rick and dougie fresh, choklate, main source, george duke, common, black star, snoop, royal flush, lns,busta, kmd, alcoholics, duke ellington, kool and the gang, james brown, zap, lalah, crusaders, kurtis blow, bam, hurc, zulu, native tounges (quest, dela, jungle, latifah, prince paul, monie, chi, beatnuts, red alert, brand nubian, nice and smooth),ismael rivera jr., word of mouth, cold krush bros, al green, prince, big pun, angela winbush, juice crew,marley marl, superluv/cassanova , mothers finest, minnie ripperton, mobb deep, masta ace, faith, supercat, ray charles, the police, patti labelle, commodores, isley bros. jesse west, herbie hancock, guy, curtis mayfield,biz markie, richard pryor, cheech and chong .... sooo many...too many yo |
