| Influences | *** All of my MySpace friends. Everything from your pictures, your blogs, to your aspirations, to those of you with your numerous Sex Solicitations , to your dreams and what all of you have to offer to the world. I am the one who's truly honored to have all of you in my friends section and I really mean that. We now live in a world where creativity and being different is slowly being silenced. I am very proud of all of you for being an inspiration to me. Here are some others: TC Reed, The Belchers, Burt Willis, Hub from The Roots, Mandrill, Dead Prez, Eagle, Thelonious Monk, Panic Channel, Duke Ellington, War, BB King, Billy Joel, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Staple Singers, Led Zepplin, Karlie Hustle, Squeeze, Garage, M.I.A., Rutherford Gay, Rage Against the Machine, Urban Dance Squad, Mozart, Beethoven, Ira Hayes, Elvis, Patrulla 81, Bimbo, Joan Sebasatian, The Beatles, Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Brutal Force, Beastie Boys, The Killers, Bittersweet, Phoenix, KATKAT, FOO Fighters, Van Halen, Breakwater, Depeche Mode, Haircut 100, General Public, Moby, Mana, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith, Marcus Miller, AFI, Pamela Williams, Grover Washington Jr., My Chemical Romance, Clive Davis, Linkin Park, Blackfire, Ethnic DeGeneration, Prince, UK Grime, Garage, Dubstep, Randy Jackson, Celcia Cruz, Jose Jose, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chicago, Earth, Wind and Fire, MANA, Ron-Ron and Alex O., P-Squared and the Tight Curly Hairs, Slipnot, Jay-Z, Nas, P-Diddy, 311, Trik Turner, Beanie Man, UB40, Polyphonic Spree, The Young Knifes, Gnarls Barkley, DangerMouse, The Presets, TV on the Radio, TOOL, Talib Kweli, The Roots (What's up Hub??), Dem Franchise Boyz, Average White Band (AWB), Jermaine Dupree, Sublime, Muse, Da Brat, Charlie Mingus, Pretty Poison, Alfonso Carey, Ready Freddie Washington, Doug Wimbish, Sasha Frere-Jones, Kumbia Kings, A.B. Quintanilla, Ill Nino, The Hooters, Robert Hazard & The Heroes, Minstry, Soulfly, Jimmy Eat World, Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, Ne-Yo, Larry Graham, Sting, John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Fieldy (Korn), Geddy Lee (Rush), John Entwistle (Who), Chris Squire (Yes), Jennifer Finch (L7), E40, Miles Davis, Helmet, Luda, The Smiths, The Fatback Band, Don Francisco, Culture Club, Morrissey, Toobizzy MC, Pitbull, Lenny Williams, Public Enemy, Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Chuck D, Fat Joe, Incubus, Cyress Hill, The Fugees, Method Man, Mary J. Blige, DMX, Henry Rollins, the Alabama Leprecon (or da le pre con - gimme da gold!) and to our friends in the U.K.-cheers especially at my favorite spot on Glouchester Road in London!
There are many, many more and we're be posting them later. They deserve the recognition so stay tuned. Also so many of you have asked and yes, I do like very, very pretty females (celebrate your beauty!) and enjoy the music of those who are doing it different! So there!
Also thanks to the men and women currently serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and all over the world - In no way do I support this senseless war but I do support the troops. Thanks for your service, those who give their lives and to the injured, R.I.P, welcome home and thank you.
Also Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, damn! - not a day that goes by that I don't think about you and I hate not being able to see you. I miss you blind!
Finally but sorrowly, R.I.P. Scott La Rock, Randy "Stretch" Walker (who was with Tupac when he was shot in 1995.), Yafeu "Kadafi" Fula (Tupac's cousin), Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, Big L, Freaky Tah (Lost Boyz), Jason "Camoflauge" Johnson, Prince Far I, Fat Pat, Half-A-Mil, Marvin Gaye, Soulja Slim, Mac Dre, Proof from D12, Jam Master Jay, John Whitehead (of McFadden & Whitehead), Terry Stanton (from the Polyester Players) and the patron Saints of slain rappers-Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G).
Whether you know it or not or even care, its been a 20 year string of this BS in which high profile hip hop artists and innocent people have been killed. This must stop!
And on the flipside, R.I.P - J-Dilla, DJ Swing, Luther Vandross, Elliott Smith, Phyllis Hyman, Aaliyah, Big Pun, Easy E, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Darren Robinson (the Fat Boys), Minnie Riperton, James Jamerson (Motown session bassist), Charles Douglas, Gene McFadden (of McFadden & Whitehead) and Barry White. All of you have had a very serious impact on my life:: |
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