| Influences | Driving around with my pops listening to music, Lilvelli the black sheep, The Rising Sun Quest, Defnyshn, SilenTuch, my brother Jose, Spaz the working Class, Expertiz, D_Cyphernauts, Phenetiks, Darian Cunning, my sister Veronica's random cassettes during middle school to early high school and her consistent encouragement, Larissa Delorenzo, the artist formerly know as Dust Magnet, semi-spiritual conversations with my mother, Raisinhill, Chelsea Genzano, Pruven, Cee Reed, Troublemakers, Adam Stone, Cosmic Jibaros, DJ Halo, Mo Niklz, Pete Fronio, John Tyler, Johnny Durkin, Alex Simmons, Seme Rock the human beatbox, DJ Warren Waxx, etc.
Pablo Neruda, Philip K. Dick, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Saul Williams, Donald Goines, Charles Bukowski, Haruki Murakami, Ursula Rucker, Jessica Care Moore, James Loewen, Howard Zinn, etc.
Michel Gondry, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, The Shaw Brothers, The French New Wave directors, Charlie Kaufman, Martin Scorcese, etc.
My parents 80's record collection: Prince, The Time, Stevie Wonder, Whodini, Billy Ocean, Whitney Houston, Cameo, etc.
Wouldn't sound like me without: Jeff Buckley, Common, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Mos Def, Blackalicious, Atmosphere, Bad Brains, King Tubby, Fela Kuti, Richard Pryor, The Beatnuts, The Meters, Pixies, Portishead, Eyedea and Abilities, Tom Waits, Big Daddy Kane, Steve Martin, Freestyle Fellowship, Lee Perry, Bright Eyes, Dave Chapelle, D'Angelo, Prince Paul, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Slint, Raphael Saadiq, and a chance encounter with a Nas song.
......FB.init("34e4a1897a423f1aec84ef8ac30d6927");...... |