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Mom, Love, Pain, Struggle, hurt, Drums that speak Soul (Talking Drums?), truth, dreams, serenity, Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, Shuggie Ottis, Peter Tosh, Otis Redding, Nas, Mc Lyte, Curtis Mayfield, Dilla, Tupac, Timbland, Eugene Mcdaniels, Kool Herc, Treach, Krs-One, Afrika Bambaataa, Obrafo, Nina Simone, luciano, culture, dub, hi-life, Reggie Rockstone, yellow man, BDP, mad lion
Miriam Makeeba, Ayi Kwei Armah, Nkrumah, Cabral, folk songs, Yaa Asantewa, Koo Nimo, J.H. Nketia, Lauryn Hill, A Love Supreme, Amandla, P.E, Roy Ayers, Africa Dreamin', Memories, Mobb Deep, Hov, silence, Chaos, outkast, E-40, Blackstar, Ananse stories, The message, Bu me Be, Wu-tang, 4 shades [O-D, G MoBeatz, Katrah-Quey, M.],Tony Allen, Fanon, Poor Righteous Teachers, Mr Meth, K'naan, I Self Devine, Mensa
Drums, Pharoah Monch, Donny Hathaway, Osibisa, E.T. Mensah, rainy days, Marvin Gaye, EPMD, Rakim Allah, David Axelrod, David Ruffin, Brasil 66, Sankofa, Adinkra, Home Cooking, Sun Ra, Dead Prez, Isaac Hayes, Garvey, Achebe, Smokey Robinson, Badu, Prince, P-Funk, Pharcyde, Busta, Rah Digga, Slick Rick, Sun Ra, Black Thought, Meshell N'Degeocello, D'angelo, Isaac Hayes .... and the list and the beat goes on
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"Gentleman" Live
Songwriter of the year: 2008
