let me also add, that some people who you think are obvious influences for musicians are NOT....

I interviewed Kina and she said that Tina Turner was not one of her influences...considering she is a black woman making rock-based music, I find that incredibly hard to believe (esp. with the vocal similiraties b/t Kina and Tina at times), but that's what she said.

I seem to recall Erykah saying that Billie Holiday is NOT one of her vocal influences, which I also find difficult to believe considering that Erykah appears to have a jazz-influenced singing style, but hey...(you probably know more about that than I do...and my recollection may be incorrect)

I thought D might have been a similar case, i.e. not influenced by (or not admitting influence by) Marvin. You answer "no", so that clears it up.

Thoughtfully yours,

Spirit

Wise_Is_The_Name says long sigs are a
2k1 fashion statement...peep game...

http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/bands/in_shallah.shtml
Check out my hip-hop brethren In Shallah
(Arabic for "God's will"); b-boy
conscious soul music for the world to
uprock to...

http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/bands/three_levels_of_genius.shtml
more DC hip-hop for you to rock

http://www.theamphibians.com - I like
most of these guys too.

http://www.honeymag.com/Newsite/photos/sanaagold2.jpg
(future wifey Saana Lathan...heh)

Imagine if Ghostface Killah was the
frontman for The Doors and you have
Miscellaneous Flux. Their four song
debut EP is on sale now. E-mail
bootbennington@hotmail.com to get a
copy. Tell em Spirit sent you.

"the world may seem to cause you pain.
and yet the world, as causeless, has no
power to cause. as an effect, it cannot
make effects. as an illusion, it is what
you wish" denis johnson, "already dead"

if you can't dance, you aren't true to
hip-hop. ha!