Bob Marley, Sizzla, roots reggae, Hiphop, dead prez, Common, EPHNIKO, Self Scientific, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Manu Chau, Toto la Momposina, Ornette Coleman, Coltrane, Latin jazz, salsa, rumba, son, Afrobeat, Fela, Konpa, dub, everything but death metal
Film
Dr. Strangelove, City of God, any Spike Lee Joint, The Harder They Come, Total Recall, 80s comedy, Coming to America, Trading Places, Fletch, Spies Like Us, anything with Eddie Murphy or Chevy Chase.
Televisione
Chappelle Show
Libri
PHOTO BOOKS!
Sweet Flypaper of Life (Roy DeCarava), Back in the Day (Jamel Shabazz), Subway and East 100th Street (Bruce Davidson), East Side Stories: Gang Life in East L.A. and Juvenille (Joseph Rodriguez), The Black Panthers (incredible book by Stephen Shames), Dancing on Fire (Maggie Steber), Malik Sidibé.
NOVELS: The Electric Koolaid Acid Test, The Tao of Pooh, The Little Prince, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Two Thousand Seasons, anything by Susan Sontag, Anais Nin, Albert Camus.
Eroi
Ghandi, Malcolm X, Bob Marley, Tupac, Ella Baker, Che, Cesar Chavez, Eric Williams, Edward James Olmos, warriors against apartheid, the Haitian Revolution, women who raise conscious and progressive people, my pops
Chi sono: I am a Miami-based photographer specializing in documentary and portraiture. I'm also a graduate student in African New World Studies writing my thesis on hiphop aesthetics.
$500 Cash 3on3 Bboy/Bgirl Breakdance Battle DJ will select music. No requests. Judged on Solos & Routines
$500 Cash Hip Hop Dance Competition 5-10 person group performing a choreographed routine to their pre-mixed music Must be on CD as 1 track. Routines should be 6 minutes max.
Saturday September 26, 2009 Hialeah Miami Lakes High School 7977 W. 12th Ave. Hialeah, FL 33014
FREE ENTRY - ALL AGES EVENT
4pm-8pm - Competition will begin promptly at 6pm Competitors must arrive by 5pm. $5 registration fee for competition
Hosted by: Bboy Speedy Legs & DJ Trails - Guest Judges T.B.A.
I finally finished the album!! woo hooo. The short-lived life of magen melancholy is now available @ magenmelancholy.com!!! your support is needed and very much appreciated!!
The New Jumpoff in the Wynwood area w/ weekly Guests. Get Down with the Sound!
Special Performance by Miami's Livest Funk Group, FUSIK www.myspace.com/FusikMusik ****** Wednesday, May 20th, And Every Wednesday Following! @ The Electric Pickle (formerly Circa 28) Doors at 10pm Free with RSVP to ChampionSoundMiami@Gmail.com
CHAMPION SOUND Presents... Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Nu Jazz, Broken Beats & more B-boy Cyphers & Summer Vibes
Resident DJs: Mr. Brown Sire Esq. A-Train
Located @ The Electric Pickle 2826 N. Miami Ave. Miami, FL 33127
Drink Specials: Complimentary Wells Drinks for Ladies till 11:30 All Beers $5 All Night