| J-23 of hiphopdx.com |
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best albums |
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Brother Ali : Shadows on the Sun |
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Outkast : Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
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Immortal Technique : Revolutionary Vol.2 |
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Jay-Z : The Black Album |
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Little Brother : The Listening |
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albums I listened to |
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I listened to 183 albums that were released in 2003, so…lots. But Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Cunninlynguists, J-Zone, Gang Starr, louis logic, White Stripes, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age,
Aceyalone, Soul Position, Science Fiction, DM & Jemini, Vik Vaughn, Akrobatik, Vakill, Jon Doe, Non Prophets, Lyrics Born, Lifesavas, Diverse, Styles of Beyond, Lexicon, Madlib and C-Rayz Walz
(to name a few), all got plenty of spins |
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best songs |
| just about everything from my favorite albums, but just too many to name |
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best beats |
| anything by the best producers (look down!). Plus honorable mentions to... |
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"The Red" by Jay Dee |
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"Omega Supreme" by Danger Mouse |
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"Nowhere" by Timbaland |
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"Ghosts" by Eminem |
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"Blood In, Blood Out" by Stoupe |
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best producers |
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Ant |
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Rjd2 |
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9th Wonder |
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Kanye West |
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Madlib |
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J-Zone |
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The Neptunes |
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best emcee / lyrics |
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Jay-Z |
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Brother Ali |
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Immortal Technique |
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Aesop Rock |
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Eminem |
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Ghostface |
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MF Doom |
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louis logic |
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Aceyalone |
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favorite artwork |
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Feenom Circle : Souled Seperately |
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Murs : The End of the Beginning |
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Aesop Rock : Bazooka Tooth |
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Sad Clown Bad Dub 7 |
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Non Prophets : Hope |
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Gang Starr : The Ownerz |
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Kid Koala : Some Of My Best Friends Are DJ's |
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favorite labels |
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Rhymesayers |
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Stones Throw |
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Definitive Jux |
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DaybyDay |
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books I read |
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Howard Zinn : The Peoples History of the United States |
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Michael Moore : Stupid White Men |
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Bruce Haring : Off The Charts |
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Don DeLillo : White Noise |
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H.G. Wells : The Time Machine |
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Noam Chomsky : 9-11 |
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Dick Sutphen : The Battle For Your Mind |
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Philip K. Dick : Divine Invasion |
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movies I saw |
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Lord of the Rings (all three, as much as I possibly could) |
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Kill Bill Part 1 |
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King of Rock |
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Pirates of the Caribbean |
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all Kevin Smith's movies more times than I can count |
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websites I visited |
| what is this wacky Internet thing everyone is talking about? |
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foods I ate |
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rat burgers |
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roaches |
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worms, grubs and butterfly cocoons |
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things that made me smile |
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my girl |
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getting an email from Chuck D |
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my family and friends |
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Brother Ali |
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things that made me go hmm |
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things that made me cringe |
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anything involving US politics |
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the radio/MTV |
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99% of pop culture |
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'reality' tv |
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Ja Rule & Nelly's voices |
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what I'd like to see in 2004 |
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what I don't want to see in 2004 |
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hip hop in 2004 will be... |
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my new years resolutions |
| not quite resolutions, but my agenda looks something like this: |
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continue building a great relationship with my girl |
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continue growing and learning as an individual |
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finish university |
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begin my career |
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