Isa

hip hop: biggie, NAS, andre 3000, big l, j. dilla, jay electronica, ms. lauryn hill, mobb deep, mighty mos, mf doom, tupac, hova, rakim, slick rick, killa cam, ghostface, outkast, a tribe called quest, grandmaster flash, the fugees, nwa, gang starr, black star, az, freeway, david banner, slick rick, too $hort, e-40, snoop, dr. dre, mac dre, mc lyte, bone thugs, the clipse, the pharycde, fab, the lost boyz, the roots, slum village, the last poets, the poor righteous teachers, mr. lif, k-os, aesop rock, the pack, dead prez, jedi mind tricks, heiroglyphics, the coup, de la soul, arrested development, krs one, naughty by nature, styles, cypress hill, jadakiss, missy elliot, rass kass, wu tang, digable planets, kool g rap, murs, ise lyfe, native guns, blue scholars, saul williams, and on and on... r&b/slowjamz: keith sweat, nina simone, d'angelo, boyz II men, sade, babyface, maxwell, jodeci, bilal, tank, kelis, erykah badu, estelle, jill scott, goapele, mariah carey, me'shell, des'ree, floetry, musiq, ginuwine, avant, anthony hamilton!!!, swv, xscape, goodie mob, gnarls, tlc, janet jackson, rkelly, frankie j, joe, mary j, keyshia, lloyd, mario, omarion, bow wow, j holiday, pretty ricky and everything in between. electrohiphop: M.I.A., the cool kids, flosstradamus, mike and kim, the hood internet, kid sister, girl talk, bunny rabbit, spank rock-- etcetera noise: bjork my number one: nat king cole heavy rotation RIGHT NOW... nas- untitled the roots - rising down ise lyfe - prince cometh "they forgot us on the block got us in the box solitary confinement how violent are these cops? they need an early retirement how many rallies will I watch? I ain't got it in me to march I got a semi to spark" -my boo, nasir jones "Lord, be havin’ mercy on my soul, I’m havin’ the impression that my life goin’ to be a bowl of cherries, but it’s very hard for me to cope, got tired of being broke, this ATLian aint’ got no time to sit and mope, made up my mind while yall made up yo beds, on a cold wooden floor is where I lay my head, born in 1975, Never thought I’d make it this far, still battilin’ in this racial war, tryin’ to find solutions to the situation I’m facin’, only thing that’s free is my flow that yall be chasin’, lettin’ my niggas know before I go, I drop that knowledge like dropping books, lets stop the crooks from robbing of your brains and such, using wellfare as a crutch, im in it for good, you into my hood you wont be findin’ much, hope that when im gone yall remember this, what we stood for, fuck that fame and that glitz, it’s beginning to look a lot like the ending, got to be more careful, know what corners you be bendin’, revelations getting impatient, now i’m dead, remember what I said, i’m gone, bow yo heads" -andre3000 and classic celly cel: "ride with your folks, sideways in a cloud of smoke bump until your amps blow cause tonight its going down fasho"