CURRENT MISSION

To get it right and keep it tight, as my personal trainer friend loves to say.

ABOUT ME

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PHILOSOPHY

For someone who always has a quote for any occassion, this field is insufficient. Serisouly, though I would much rather prefer to tell you in person, much of my life is lived and expressed through quotes and songs by people who have penned sentiments so precise that echoing them is far more efficient than reinventing the proverbial wheel.

For instance, as I was getting coffee this morning (12/07/2012), Sinatra's classic, "That's life," played. As he relays the stations at which he has stood in life, the relatabiliity of old blue eyes shone through, as life has seen me through my ups and downs, as it has us all.

As it refers to the aforementioned quote, here's one for the day : "The only time you should be looking down on someone is when you are helping them up."

Interests

Here is a rather exhaustive list of media that has been in my possession over the course of my adolescence and heretofore adulthood:

21 Grams
25th Hour
Airplane
Along Came Polly
American Pimp
American History X
Amores Perros
...And Justice For All
Belly
Black Hawk Down
Big Pun - Still Not a Player
Bloodsport
The Bone Collector
A Bronx Tale
Bruce Lee, The Ultimate Collection
Carlito’s Way
Carlito’s Way - A Rise to Power
George Carlin, Complaints and Grivances,
GC You Are All Diseased
Dave Chappelle, Killin’ - Em Softly
DC, For What It’s Worth
DC Season 1
DC Season 2
DC Season 3
City of God
Dolemite
Don’t Be A Menace...
Dead Presidents
Coffy
Clueless
Girl, Interrupted
Foxy Brown
Enter the Dragon, special edition
The Fan
Empire
Do the Right Thing
Gia
Gone With The Wind
Eddie Griffin, Dysfunktional Family
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (10 Best Eps)
He-Man... Season 2, Vol. 1
Master P, I’m Bout It
He Got Game
Higher Learning
Hoop Dreams
Hot Shots
House Party
Hustle and Flow
In Living Color, Season 1
Jay-Z, Fade to Black
Jerry Maguire
Pryor, Here and Now
RP Live and Smokin
Red Dragon
Redemption
Chris Rock, BTP
CR, B&B
CR, NS
Scarface, Two Disc Anny, Set
Serpico
Sound of Music
Simpsons, Seasons 4-6
She Hate Me
Snatch
South Park - BLU
Spook who Sat by the Door
State Property
Superfly
Sweet Sweetbacks Badassssss Song
Taxi Driver
Training Day
Tupac - Resurr.
Undercover Brother
2004 World Series
Wonder Showzen, Season 1
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Juice
George Lopez, Why You Cryin’
Major League
Married With Children, Seasons 1-4
The Mack
Malcolm X
Meet the Parents (spec. edition)
Meet the Fockers
Menace to Society
Metropolis
Paul Mooney, Analyzing White America
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Eddie Murphy Raw
New Jack City
The Program
Richard Pryor, Live on Sunset Strip
Pulp Fiction

Jadakiss, Kiss of Death
2Pac, Makaveli
2Pac, All Eyez on Me
2Pac, Me Against the World
Lil Wayne, The Carter
Lil Wayne, The Carter II
Terror Squad, The Album
Ras Kass, Institutionalized
Ras Kass, Re-Up
J-Live, The Best Part
Fat Joe - Jealous One’s Envy
Method Man, Tical 2000: Judgement Day
Cam’ron - Killa Season
GZA - Legend of the Liquid Sword
DJ Quik - Rhythmalism
DJ Rectangle - Big Face Mix Dranxz : Rum and Coke
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Friday - Soundtrack
Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino
Dead Prez - Get Free or Die Tryin’
MTV party to go, Volume 8

Alicia Keys, The Diary of AK
AK, Songs in A Minor
Teddy Pendergrass, Anthology, 2 Disc
Damien Marley, Welcome To JamRock
Adam Sandler, What the Hell Happened to Me
Adam Sandler, They’re All Gonna Laugh At You
Donny Hathaway, A Collection
M. Jackson, Number Ones
F. Sinatra Greatest Hits, Volume 1&2
F. Sinatra, The Song is You
F. Sinatra, Greatest Love Songs
F. Sinatra, The Capitol Record Years
F. Sinatra, The Best of Frank Sinatra, performed by the RRSO
F. Sinatra, My Way, the best of, 2 discs
T. Petty, Greatest Hits
Rick James, Gold, 2 Discs
Nina Simone, Forever Young Gifted & Black
The Temptations, Volume 1, the 60’s
Santana, Shaman
Nirvana, Nevermind
Maroon 5, Songs About Jane
Tego Calderon, El Abayarde
Beck, Guero
Guns and Roses, Use Your Illusion 2
Miles Davis, Miles Ahead
MD, Birth of the Cool
MD, Milestones
MD, Porgy and Bess
PJ Mix
Astrud Gilbero’s Finest Hour
Jimi Hendrix, The Ultimate Experience
Bebel Gilberto, self-titled
Thelonius Monk, Brilliant Corners

R. Kelly, Untitled (probably 12-play)
Ma Rainey, Heroes of The Blues, The Very Best of..
Erin Mix
Marvin Gaye, Let’s Get it On
MG, I Want You
Al Green, Let’s Stay Together
Beatles # 1’s
Metallica, Ride the Lightning
Metallica, Master of Puppets
Metallica, The Black Album
Bilal
City of God, Sndtrk.
CoG, Sndtrk., Remixed
The Now Sound of Brazil
Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Tempo, Remixes
Musiq
D’Angelo, Brown Sugar
George Carlin, Naplam and Silly Putty
GC, You Are All Diseased
Sade, Love, Deluxe
Sade, Diamond Life
Richard Pryor
Eddie Griffin, Voodoo Child
Korn, First Album
Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Temp
Bebel Gilberto, De Tarde, Vendo o Mar
Billie Holiday, Billie’s Best
Caetano Veloso, The Best of
Coltrane, A Love Supreme
Coltrane, Soultrane
Coltrane, Giant Steps
Coltrane, The Art of JC
Coltrane, Ascension
Usher, Confessions

Ras Kass, SOI, SOI copy
Ras Kass, Rassassination
Ras Kass RASE mixtape
Ras Kass Re-Up
Fabolous, More Street Dreams, mixtape, pt. 2
Mos Def, BoBS
OutKast Aquemini
OutKast ATLiens
OutKast SpeakerBoxx, The Love Below
NbN 19naughtyIII
Roots, Things Fall Apart
Roots, IllaDelph Halflife
Dr. Dre, The Aftermath
Raekwon, OBCuban Linx
Canibus, Self-Titled
Busta Rhymes, The Coming
Cam’Ron, Come Home With Me
Beanie Sigel, The Truth
Above the Rim, Sdtrk.
Friday Sndtrk.
Next Friday, Sndtrk
DMX, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot
DMX, Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood
DMX, And Then There was X
Beat Junkies, World Famous, 2 Disc
Black Moon, Warzone

Get Rich or Die Tryin, Sdtrk.
Mobb Deep, Blood Money
Ice Cube, The Predator
Snoop Dogg, Top Dogg
Domino, Self-Titled
MOP First Family for Life
MOP Handle UR Bizness
MOP Firing Squad
Black Star, Self-Titled
Common, One Day It’ll All Make Sense

2pac, 2pacalypse
2Pac, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.

Nas, God’s Son

Biggie, LAD, 2 Discs
Jeru, The Sun Rises..
Lil Troy, Sittin Fat Down South
Fat Joe, Don Cartagena
LL Cool J, Mr. Smith
ODB, Return to the 36 Chambers
Jurassic 5, Quality Control
Lost Boyz, LBIVLife
Krayzie Bone, Thug Mentality 1999
Ja Rule, Venni, Vetti, Vecci
Pharoahe Monche, Internal Affairs
Eminem, The Slim Shady LP
Dazzey Duks, Duice
Public Enemy, Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black
DJ Clue, The Professional
Tony Touch, The Piece Maker
Slum Village, Fantastic, Vol. 2
Crucial Conflict, The Final Tic
MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Hits
Gang Starr, Greatest Hits, 2 Discs
Scarface, The Diary
Wu-Tang, Enter the Wu-Tang, 36 Chambers
Method Man, Tical
MMF..ood
Xzibit 40 Dayz and 40 Nightz
Muggs vs GZA, Grandmaster
Redman, Dare is a Darkside
Warren G, Regulators Album
DJ Quik, Balance and Options
Redman, Malpractice
Dr. Dre, Chronic, Chronic, 2001
Lloyd Banks, Hunger for More
G-Unit, Beg for Mercy
DJ Rectangle, Big Face.. Mixed Dranxz
DJ Rectangle, Deadly Needles
Dead Prez, Get Free or Die Tryin’
Dead Prez, RBG
Aceyalone, A Book of Human Language
ATCQ, Midnight Marauders
Hi-Tek
LL Cool J, G.O.A.T.
Big Pun, Mix, 2nd CD
Aloe Blacc, EP
Fabolous, Real Talk
Fabolous, Street Dreams
Big L, Mix
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
DPG
50 Cent Mixtape
Big Pun, Capital Punishment
Funk Flex, Vol. #4
Loon
Tha Liks, X.O. Experience
Outkast, Stankonia
Mos Def, The New Danger
Kurupt, The Streets iz a Mutha
J-Live, All of the Above
Lyricist Lounge, volume 1 & 2
Common, Resurrection
The Game, The Documentary
Drag On- Opposite of H20
Mumeet Daddy, The King of VA, vol. 1
Nelly, Country Grammar
2pac, All Eyez on Me, 2 disc
Prodigy, HNIC
J-Live, The Best Part
Hits From Da Street (S. Freeman Mix)
Ludacris, Back for the first Time
GZA, Legend of the Liquid Sword
Common, Like Water for Chocolate
J. Dupri, Instructions
Sticky Fingaz, The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
Busta Rhymes, Extinction Level Event
Training Day Soundtrack
Eminem, Encore
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, T.R.O.Y.
Fat Joe, Jealous One’s Envy
Lil Wayne, The Carter
Aceyalone, Accepted Eclectic
Warren G, first album
Guru, Jazzmatazz, Street Soul
RZA, Birth of a Prince
Raekwon Immobilarity
Beanie Sigel, The Reason
Soundbombing 1
B.I.G., Ready to Die
Nas Illmatic
Big Pun, Yeah Baby
Terror Squad, The Album
Organized Konfusion (OK) Stress : The Extinction Agenda
OK, self-titled
Mumeet Daddy, Da King and Da Prince, Vol. 1
DJ Drama & Lil Wayne, Dedication, Gangsta Grillz
Soundbombing II
Aloe Blacc, Miscellaneous Music
Snoop, Doggystyle

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I happened to be in Rome (on my birthday of all days) when the Pope JPII passed. Though religiosity had(s) been beyond comprehension for this feeble mind o' mine, it was awe-inspiring to be amongst the millions at the Vatican who came out to pay their respects.

Teach, Learn, Share

anyone and everyone.

Countries I’ve Visited

Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States