| Thaione Davis (check birthwriterecords.com) |
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albums I listened to |
| this stuff didn't all come out this year, but this what has motivated my 365: |
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The Jazz Crusaders "Uh Oh" |
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Santana "Moonflower" |
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Madvillain "Madvillany" |
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Mark De Clive Lowe "Tide's Arising" |
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On No "The Disrupt" |
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Yusef Lateef "1984" |
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De La Soul "The Grind Date" |
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Nas "Streets Diciple" |
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Various Artists "Keeping Time" |
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Sa Ra Creative Partners: anything these dudes produce!!! |
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Platinum Pied Pipers: same as above!!! |
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Buddy Miles: anything by this dude too!!! |
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Fela Kuti "Roforofo Fight" |
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anything by Chico Hamilton and Joe Bataan |
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capital D "Insomnia" |
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Lizz Fields "By Day By Night" |
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The Police "Zenyatta Moddata" |
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Ray Charles "The Ray Charles Story" |
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Johnny Lytle "A Groove" |
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Billy Cobham "Simplicity of Expression" |
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Eddie Harris "Excursions" |
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Betty Carter "Social Call" |
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Quincy Jones "You Got it Bad Girl" |
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Kraftwerk "Computer World" |
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oh yeah, I finally got my Mike Jones CD (don't sleep) |
| these albums got me through a lotta shit, but the catalog is crazy! |
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best song |
| that whole Kardinall Offishal "Kill Bill" mixtape! |
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best beats |
| Jaydee, Jaydee Dilla Dog, Jaydee, J.Dilla, did I mention J. Dilla? |
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best producers |
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best emcee / lyrics |
| it's a three way tie, equally: |
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Common |
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Nas |
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Black Thought |
| they are the epitome of what embodies the term 'emcee' |
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favorite artwork |
| KMD "Black Bastards" (do I really need to explain why?!!?!!) |
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favorite labels |
| whoever will give me a proper advance and thoroughly push my project properly (worldwide) |
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biggest surprise |
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I just found out that Shock G was actually Humpty Hump... |
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naw shit don't surprise me, I just take it all in and chalk up the losses |
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biggest disappointment |
| the united snakes Government; four more years of more bullshit. |
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books I read |
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this isn't really a book, but after eight years I finally read the manual to my MPC. Yeah, that was a waste of time!!! |
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book wise though - "Uncovering Brasil" (don't know the author off the top) |
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movies I saw |
| best movie: "Ray" (Jamie Foxx should get three Oscars for that role) |
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websites I visited |
google.com
what, don't trip. I bet y'a'll go to google e'rday |
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foods I ate |
| fish, spinach, and mangos (you can't go wrong any time of day) |
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things that made me smile |
| tit-tays, as Chapelle would say |
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things that made me go hmm |
| Bill Cosby expressing his views on the black community |
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things that made me cringe |
| how the industry always pushing 'coons': I guess I'm used to it by now, but the people shouldn't have to stomach that shit on the regular. |
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best moment(s) of 2004 |
| my son being born: peace to Zaire Nasiim |
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worst moment(s) of 2004 |
| Chingy! Fuck Chingy! there I said it: FUCK YOU CHINGY!!! |
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what I'd like to see in 2005 |
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what I don't want to see in 2005 |
| these industry clowns really pumping that bullshit like they honestly believe that shit is fresh |
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hip hop in 2005 will be... |
| oversaturated. which can be good and bad... |
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my new years resolutions |
| Attack the wack!! Attack The Wack!! ATTACK THE WACK!! |
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