| Influences | Over the years I've collected quite a few influences outside the hip hop & rap game.
Including Freddie Mercury, Bono, Bob Dylan,Swing Out Sister,the songwriters Phil Gould & Boon Gould of Level 42 & of course Level 42.
My Hip Hop influences are Eminem-being controversial,
Common, NAS, D'Angelo, Tupac, Notorious BIG, Snoop Dogg, The Neptunes, Jay-Z,MC LYTE,EVE,Da Brat,P Diddy,since 1987 I've been listening to Eric B & Rakim.My favourite tracks are "I know you got soul" & "Paid in Full"(timeless classics!) & of course my biggest Influence of all-GURU & GANGSTARR.
Since 1992-3 I've sat down & listened to a lot of their stuff & the collaborations with others.
So when it comes to the music it has to be Sade, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott are my favourite female singers.Finally my producer influences Timberland, & of course DJ PREMIER (Primo) of GANGSTARR.
Here some pictures of some of the artists that have influenced me to do music over the last 25 years.
SADE
ERIC B
& RAKIM
LEVEL 42
GANGSTARR
ERYKAH BADU
COMMON
JILL SCOTT |