The Roots, Toots and The Maytals, Jimi Hendrix, 2Pac, Miles Davis, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, James Brown, E40, Earth Wind & Fire, QDIII, Barry White, NWA, Bob Marley, Led Zepplin, Afrika Bambaataa, PRINCE, Too $hort, Eric B & Rakim, Pharoh Sanders, ?uestlove, THE COUP, Jamiroquai, D'Angelo, Zero 7, Funkadelic, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Average White Band, LITTLE BROTHER, Ray Charles, Gangstar, Bob James, MOS DEF, Charlie Parker, Club Sophies Parties, CREAM OF BEAT!, Steely Dan, XCLAN , Herbie Hancock, Blue Note, Motown, Def Jam, Gheto Boys, PIRATE DJs, BIG, !WuTang! NAS, Erykah Badu, SOULFUL HOUSE MUSIC, Lauren Hill, Run DMC, Mark Farina, Hiero! Stevie Wonder, Snoop, Neptunes, RJD2, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, DJ Zeph, ROY AYERS, DJ Premier, DJ Apollo, VinRoc, Shortcut, the ancestors who passed it on and of course this everyday livin! And oh yeah how could I forget brotha' Malcolm!!!
bare w/ me as i share this, i will try to be brief, scatter brained, abstract and utterly to the point....
the mcee is born when she or he discovers they have a voice that can't be controlled by another. music found me early and in a place where i needed it the most. i would tell you exactly how all that happend, but it's all still a mystery to me - and honestly i need no answers. the only question is the one unspoken.
that question is always being sought in my music. what school books can't teach - i seek, in life, in melody in speech. out growing the models of society that didn't quite fit, leaving behind the ones i just didn't have any use for! and what was left, poured out of me like an ancient chant (Still with me...if so, read on...) so what did i do? i pulled out my pen and began to write lines that killed the
king, burned the church and shot the fake rapper. the band was feelin' it, so
they started buildin' to it, the DJ gave me two beats and told me to call him in two weeks. and that ni%%a kaseem kept tellin' me to get on myspace.com. the rest is here in the now..
BODY IN THE TRUNK & AS I WALK can be found on wax at BSide records (top 28 below) on 12" vinyl or via download by signing up to the * sOuL * mailing list below.
until next time...
tell a friend ;)
good to hear that all is well. things are well on my end too. just working, working and working some more. :) i'm actually glad that summer is almost over, and even happier that this summer hasn't been as bad as last summer in the bay...i'm not a fan of the heat. :)
ohkkk good i love the 2 steps thats sooo good to the soul right now lol. I do the art, the clothes, the musica, and the producing for myself... hummm this sounds like were restarten somthen... keep spreaden ur black ness and beautiful artmenship.
