KRS-One, John Lennon, The Clash, Common, Rakim, Chuck D, Quincy Jones, Jim Morrison, Ice Cube, Visonaries, David Axelrod and The Electric Prunes, Kool Kieth, Curtis Mayfield, Black Star, Atoms Fam, Non Phixion, Bad Religion, Nina Simone, Mystik Journeymen, The Arsonists, John Darnielle, A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, Nas, Atmosphere, Jean-Paul Sartre, The Juggaknots, The Talking Heads, Jay-Z, Sigur Ros, Wu Tang Clan, Bob James, William Butler Yeats, Slick Rick, Chuck Bukowski, Latyrx, Big L, Agent Orange, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Aesop Rock, Mr. Tony Benn, Organized Konfusion, De La Soul, Sinatra, Kool G Rap, Iron & Wine, Marvin Gaye, UltraMag, Mr Lif, Kerouac, Digital Underground, Herbie Hancock, Fugees, ColdCrush, Portishead, Dilated Peoples, Brian Wilson, Saul Williams, Bill Hicks, Outkast, Brother Ali, Jerk and Destroy, Stronghold, BB King, Woody Guthrie, Big Daddy Kane, Say Anything...(besides wanting to break the faces of their fan base ), Large Professor, Douglas Adams, Kanye West, James Brown, Gravediggaz, Henry David Thoreau, Kurupt, New York Dolls, Freestyle Fellowship, Godzilla, Nietzsche, Oasis, Schooly D, Velvet Underground, George Romero, Beastie Boys, Dipset, Star Wars, Treacherous Three, George Harrison, Kafka, E-40, Jacob Miller, Simon and Garfunkle, Bahamadia, Orphanage, Trotsky, Krown Rulers, Company Flow, Stone Temple Pilots, Run DMC, Cannibal Ox, David Cross, GC, The Who, Ugly Duckling, Breakestra, Gang Starr, Flight Of The Conchords, Cage, Blondie, 7L & Esoteric, DITC, Dostoevski, Rick James, Alex Haley, The Classic Struggle, Scarface, Ravi Shankar, Murs, Al Green, Solesides and Quanum, Peter Tosh, NWA, Billy Joel, The Roots, Jadakiss, Little Richard, Brand Nubian, MC Lyte, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Freddy Foxxx, Buena Vista Social Club, Living Legends, Radiohead, The Beatnuts, Mars Volta, Stetsasonic, TS Eliott, Mobb Deep, Crass, Jeru the Damaja, Cody ChesnuTT, Black Sheep, Bob Dylan, MHz, X-Clan, Big Pun, Upton Sinclair, Artifacts, People Under The Stairs, Harry Belafonte, Sage Francis, Kurt Vonnegut, Alkaholiks, Iceberg Slim, Modest Mouse, Blood of Abraham, UTFO, Reflection Eternal, Disposable Heroes Of HipHoprisy, Akira Parker, George Orwell, Prince, Binary Star, Cabbs, Charles Mingus, Big Noyd, Hieroglyphics (Del, Souls Of Mischief and The Prose) RA The Rugged Man, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Jill Scott, Propaghandi, Buku One, Dead Kennedys, MF Doom, Troublefield, The Temptations, The Ramones, 3rd Bass, Miles Davis, Necro, Sly Stone, Willie Nelson, Jurassic 5, Edo G, Neil Young, Marly Marl, Weezer, Leaders Of The New School, Eyedea & Abilities, Smokey Robinson, Main Source, Nirvana, LootPack, EPMD, Herb Alpert, Chomsky, Redman, Camp Lo, Bad Brains, Soul Sonic Force, Johnny Cash, Boot Camp Clik (Black Moon, Smiff & Wesson, OGC etc), The Stooges, Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre, The Pharcyde, Marty Hardiman, Maryland, Washington DC, Frederick, Chipotle burritos, cut roads, nights at 9:30, snow days, nicotine, caffeine, AMC, empty wallet, the bottom shelf, life, friends and family, insomnia, hunger, happiness, despair and everything in between.
