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In Rotation: David Muhammad

David Muhammad
Consultant/Promoter/DJ
Social Life Promotions
Madison WI/Chicago IL

Other gigs: Freelance Journalist, Hip Hop Director for WSUM 91.7FM, on the grind for '05 til infinity.

Feeling The New Records From: Ghostface's Pretty Toney, Twista's Kamikaze, Asheru's 48 Months, Krumbsnatcha, Lil Scrappy & Trillville (F.I.L.A. is crazy), and Murs' 3:16.

Still Pushing From The 03: Jay Z's Black Album, Jaylib's Champion Sound, Ludacris' Chicken and Beer, Sevenheads Compilation's No Edge Ups In South Africa, TI's Trap Muzik, RZA's Birth of A Prince, DP'z RBG, Family Tree's Treehouse Rock, and Immortal Technique's Revolutionary Vol 2.

Always Feeling: Public Enemy's Takes a Nation of Millions, Pete Rock & Cl Smooth's Mecca and The Soul Brother, EPMD's Buisness as Usual, Main Source's Breakin Atoms, Nas' Illmatic, BIG's Ready To Die, Jay Z's In My Lifetime Vol. 1, Terminator X's Valley of The Jeep Beats, Scarface's Mr. Scarface Is Back, Gangstarr's Daily Operation, Easy E's Easy Duz It, Paris' The Devil Made Me Do It, Big Daddy Kane's Long Live The Kane, Geto Boys' We Can't Be Stopped, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Diamond D's Stunts, Blunts, and Hip Hop, Showbiz & AG's Runaway Slave, Too $hort's Short Dog's In The House, 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, Redman's Whut Thee Album, Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key of Life, Earth Wind & Fire's All in All, Fela Kuti's Zombie, Ismael Rivera's Esto Si Es Lo Mio, Ray Barretto's Indestructible, Pete El Conde's Este Negro Si Es Sabroso, Don Omar's The Last Don, Daddy Yankee's Los Honrones De Yankee, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Prince's Parade, Roy Ayers's Runnin Away, Wu-Tang's 36 Chambers, GZA's Liquid Swords, Raekwon's Cuban Linx, Danzig's Danzig, Motorhead's Ace of Spades, The Above The Rim Soundtrack, The Juice Soundtrack, LL Cool J's Bigger and Deffer, Gil Scott Heron anything, D'Angelo's Voodoo, Carl Thomas's Emotional, and of course Sade's Promise

My People Are Cool: Because they tolerate my cynical humor, rants, and harrassment to stop eating pork.

Kicks: I'm an Adidas head-Rod Laver or Stan Smith, Nike-Air Jordan 5 (the emerald and purple ice ones), Air Max's, Puma Roma's, and the K1X Whitey-the AF1 alternative.

Bad Habits: Dusty Groove's, Friendster, not working out, procrastinating, pastries, coffee, and caffiene.

Always Find Myself Watching: "Dave Chappelle," "Making The Band 2," "Iron Chef," "Surviving Nugent," "Mundos," "Sopranos," VH1 specials, "Tavis Smiley," Min. Farrakhan tapes.

Restaurants: Soul Vegetarian (Chi), Ahirah's (NYC), Mirage (NYC), Versailles (MIA), Los Comales (Chi), and Your Black Muslim Bakery (OAK).

Find Me Drinking At: Slicks (Chi), The Estate (Chi), Sonotheque (Chi)Visions (ATL), 2J's (San Juan, PR), Lazer (San Juan PR), Babalu (NYC), Joe's Pub (NYC), APT(NYC), NV (NYC).

Comedians: Robin Harris, Charlie Murphy (he's the best part of the "Chapelle Show" to me), Paul Mooney, Dane Cook, old Eddie Murphy, old DL Hughley, and Bernie Mac.

Sports: Football-Philadelphia Eagles, Basketball-Pacers, Baseball-the '82 Brewers.

Really Dig: People who can have intelligent conversation but still have genuine fun. Non-judgemental people who don't romanticize the Hip Hop of their youth.

Future Plans: Finally finishing my bachelors and then moving on to opportunities in Chicago and NYC. Continuing to be active in social justice work and community organizing. Stepping up my DJ game and parlaying my promotions and event planning experience into other ventures, particularly radio and marketing.

I'm currently working on: Consulting projects with schools, youth centers, in addition to event planning and promotions.

Crew: Social Life Crew, Beatconnundrum, Hip Hop Generation.

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