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Aba Shanti-I, 61–62, 63
Adele, 105, 151
Adrià, Ferran, 92
Aesop, 270
Anderson, Laurie, 35–37
Andrews, Lee, 50, 51, 55
Ansel, Dominique, 253
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe, 140
Armisen, Fred, 140–41
Badu, Erykah, 105, 133
Batt, Mike, 141–42
Bauby, Jean-Dominique, 207, 208–9
Beastie Boys, 79, 89, 154, 216
Beatles, 19, 66–67, 114, 123
Bee Gees, 63, 203
Beran, Dave, 146, 212, 232–33
Big Daddy Kane, 102
Bilal, 104, 105
Birbiglia, Mike, 82, 253
Björk. See Guðmundsdóttir, Björk
Black Cool, 219–20
Boggs, Bill, 157, 158, 159
Bomb Squad, 89–90, 91, 144, 148–49
Bonham, John, 65, 67
Bowie, David, 29, 87–88, 140, 205–6, 208, 247
Boyz II Men, 56, 132
Brailey, Jerome, 65
Brennan, Neal, 177, 243
Bridges, Jeff, 247
Brodsky, Joseph, 160–61, 271
Brown, James, 67–68, 123, 148, 157, 248, 252
Brownstein, Carrie, 141
Byrne, David, 33, 34, 182, 228
Cage, John, 141–42
CAPA (Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts), 37, 55
Carr, Nicholas, 124–25
Carson, Johnny, 98
Carson, Shelley, 28
Challenger space shuttle, 127–29
Chaplin, Charles, 227–28
Chappelle, Dave, 44–45, 88, 127–28, 164, 219, 240
Checker, Chubby, 215–16
ChesnuTT, Cody, 106–7, 108–9, 110, 121
Childish Gambino. See Glover, Donald
Chu, Jane, 218
Clinton, George, 143–45, 147, 264
Coffee, Dennis, 29
Coleman, Steve, 102, 103
Collins, Phil, 179
Comedy Cellar, 88, 164
Common, 44, 45, 103, 104, 105
Cool J, LL, 150
Costello, Elvis, 63, 110, 115
Creativity Research Journal, 234–35
Crenn, Dominique, 54
D’Angelo, 40, 43, 44, 45, 61, 69–71, 103, 132–36, 137, 143, 147, 151, 261, 262, 264–66
David, Larry, 242, 244
Davis, Miles, 45–46, 109, 201, 253, 255–56
Dee, Jay. See Dilla, J
DeFrancesco, Joey, 56
Deggans, Eric, 155, 217–18
Demetrios, Eames, 156
Dilla, J, 58–61, 62, 63, 64, 69–72, 90–91, 99, 261, 262
Dirty Projectors, 109–10, 251
DJ Premier, 261, 262
Douglas, Kirk, 44, 110, 157
DuVernay, Ava, 105, 228–29
Dylan, Bob, 82, 87, 183
Eames, Charles and Ray, 152–56
Echo and the Bunnymen, 92–93
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 174
Einstein, Alfred, 25–26, 27, 227–28
Ellington, Duke, 214
Eminem, 83–84
Eric B. and Rakim, 178, 179
Ferrone, Steve, 63–64, 66–67
Fillyau, Clayton, 68
Foreman, Richard, 125
Gang Starr, 261
Gaye, Marvin, 133, 265
Gibb, Andy, 140
Gibb, Barry, 203
Gladwell, Malcolm, 31–32, 202
Glover, Donald, 220, 263–66
Gordy, Kennedy William. See Rockwell
Green, Al, 19, 91, 123
Guðmundsdóttir, Björk, 118, 176, 180, 181
Hader, Bill, 140–41, 241
Hall and Oates, 79, 149
Hill, Stephen, 217
Hirst, Damien, 118
Hofstadter, Douglas, 122
Holmes, Pete, 240–44
Humm, Daniel, 54
Ice Cube, 125
J Dilla. See Dilla, J
Jackson, Michael, 26, 157–58, 180, 213, 254
Jackson 5, 29, 213
James, Jim, 110, 251
James, Rick, 90
Jarmusch, Jim, 205, 207
Jay-Z, 105, 116–18, 119, 150, 191
Journey, 32
Katz, Gary, 65
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 109–10, 156–57, 174, 251
Lee, Spike, 186, 213
Lefebvre, Ludo, 54, 163–64
Lennon, John, 87, 114–15
Leonardo da Vinci, 172–74
Lowe, Nick, 140
Lynch, David, 77–78
Macdonald, Norm, 84–86
Maimonides, 33
Marl, Marley, 79
Martin, George, 149
Mayer, John, 43
McBride, Christian, 56
McCartney, Paul, 114–15, 187
McPhee, Keith, 43–44
Micucci, Kate, 185
Morissette, Alanis, 19
Mos Def, 262
Mulaney, John, 240–45
Murakami, Haruki, 77
Musiq Soulchild, 104
Myhrvold, Nathan, 138–39
Newsom, Joanna, 110, 251
Nichols, Rich, 33, 51–53, 55, 57, 61–62, 69, 84, 86–87, 102, 103, 107, 172, 209, 211–12, 246
Novak, B. J., 218
Obama, Barack, 191, 219
Obama, Michelle, 164
Odyssey (Homer), 51
Ohio Players, 133, 136
Ono, Jiro, 27–28, 230
Perez, Rosie, 247
Petty, Tom, 63, 66
Phair, Liz, 215
Pharcyde, 57–59, 61, 63
Pharrell, 66
Picasso, Pablo, 122, 214
Pickett, Wilson, 157–59, 160
Pitchfork Media, 147, 245–46, 251, 263
Prince, 66–67, 90–91, 98, 136, 137–38, 178, 254
Public Enemy, 40, 89–90, 144, 148–49
Purdie, Bernard “Pretty,” 64, 65, 67
Q-Tip, 58, 103, 261
Rakim, 83, 178, 179
Roadhouse, Ryan, 76–77
Robinson, William “Smokey,” 26, 133, 252, 266
Rock, Chris, 88, 164, 240
Rock, Pete, 40, 261
Rockwell, 26, 235
Rogen, Seth, 165–68, 183
Rolling Stone, 91, 245
Rosenwinkel, Kurt, 56
Rubin, Andy, 235
Rubin, Vera, 156
Run-D.M.C., 79, 90, 180
Saadiq, Raphael, 103, 132
Satell, Greg, 122
Saturday Night Live, 88, 141, 164–65, 241–42
Schnabel, Julian, 205–7, 208
Schoolly D, 125
Schumer, Amy, 164
Scott, Jill, 104, 105
Scott, Tony, 206, 208
Seinfeld, Jerry, 88, 164
The Shallows (Carr), 124
Shandling, Garry, 243
Sheila E., 67
Short, Martin, 242
Slum Village, 60
The Source, 91, 245
Starks, Jabo, 67–68
Starr, Ringo, 66–67
Stubblefield, Clyde, 64, 67–68
SZA, 125
Thiong’o, Ngugi wa, 202–3
Thundercat, 146
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, 11, 33, 65, 88, 109, 151, 164–65, 167, 174, 179, 182–83, 189–90, 225–26, 234, 241
Torr, Gordon, 21–23
Trotter, Tariq, 37, 51, 71, 92, 98, 100–102, 107, 146, 187, 242, 262
Tyler, Mike, 150
Usher, 119–21
Van Dyke, Dick, 224, 272
Walcott, Derek, 202
Washington, Kamasi, 146
West, Cornel, 203
Westergren, Tim, 235
Wieth, Mareike, 30–31
Wiley, Kehinde, 14, 145–46
Williams, Tony, 65
Wilson, Brian, 149
Wilson, Cassandra, 102, 103
The Wizard of Oz, 13, 50, 247
Wombles, 141
Wonder, Stevie, 18–19, 65, 66, 99, 207–8, 216, 252
Wright, Syreeta, 18, 19
Yankovic, “Weird” Al, 137, 138
You Made It Weird, 240–41, 243