Get ready...*ahem*: first and foremost the Native Tongues (without them I probably wouldn't be in hip hop), Prince (without him, I probably would have an empty musical background), The Roots (without them, I probably wouldn't have meet such wonderfully interesting people), JayDee (J. Dilla), Sa-Ra Creative Partners, John Coltrane, Timbaland, Siah & Yeshua Da PoEd, MF Doom, Jaylib, Tortured Soul, Big Daddy Kane (pre-Taste of Chocolate), KRS-ONE (BX stand up), Mystic Odd Squad, Duran Duran, Waajeed and the Platinum Piped Pipers, Common, Fishbone, Outkast, Korn, Faith No More, Mike Patton, Mos Def, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet (though that's fading). Basically whatever strikes my ear...from hip hop to rock to soul to some R&B.
Movies
Star Wars (though Lucas is *censor*-ing it up), City of God, Indiana Jones, Snatch, Seven Samurai, PURPLE RAIN (sorry), Mo Better Blues, Fight Club, Brazil, Krush Groove, This is Spinal Tap, Monty Pyton and the Search for the Holy Grail, Dogma, Clerks, mostly anything by Tim Burton, Dead Presidents, Menace to Society, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Office Space...
Television
The Office, City of Men, The Sopronos, Iron Chef, Simply Ming, SportsCenter, The Boondocks, The Wire, Monty Python, Black Adder, Entourage, Rome to name a few...
Books
She by Saul Williams, The Essential Etheridge Knight, Big Bank Takes Little Bank by Paul Beatty, Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, In Defense of Mumia, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, How to Seduce a Woman (hahaha), Candide by Voltaire, The Prince, DMSR, Quitting America by Randall Robinson, Mixed, The Broke Diaries
Heroes
Besides my mother? I admire the talents of Prince, James Yancey, Waajeed, and Madlib. However without being a student of: Mr. Murphy, Brother Keane, Mr. Washington, Mr. P. and Prof. Elena...I doubt I would be writing or have the love of music as I do now. Thank you for shaping me.
Basic Vocab fans! If you haven't heard it yet, here is the new sampler for BV's upcoming album "The Better Way." The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/2uzqfe
Yo, what happened 2..."remember when we used 2"...daayumn!!! Anyway in honor of what used 2 be, I wanted 2 pass through & wish you an early Happy B-day ..hope its Like dat & a bag o'...$$$ Enjoy, DS3; WHCR 90. 3FM
The Visualz Anthology will be up you-know-where hopefully by the weekend. I've been sittin' on for it for like a week now. Just gotta make sure its tagged up properly.
shit just hit me (again) when i saw your status msg...10 albums...and i remember each release date (well not Organix but that one doesn't count anyways, hahaha).
but yeah i'm hyped...and i know you are too...after all these years we're still fans, imagine that?
Have ur motor skills / ability to use basic speech and grammar returned since Sunday? I didn't know if Eric was still alive 'til early Monday evening. He's alive, btw.
