Insomniac Rap Show- A few throwbacks

Welcome to The Insomniac Rap Show, where I share YouTube videos until I get sleepy.

Let's start with my favorite Joell Ortiz song:

Wanna watch Jean Grae's animated Patreon video? You bet your sweet ass you do...

You like Jean Grae right? (Pro Tip: say yes, and I'll fill you in later.) So you should check out this cartoon sales pitch...

Shut your filthy mouth and go cop "GOTHAM DOWN" by @JeanGreasy! (((airhorn)))

Jean Grae is one of the dopest emcees on the planet. Yes, she's a girl, and she's hot or whatever, but that's not the point right now... SLAP!!! FOCUS, dammit! I don't have a lotta time! Look, she has a new record out called Gotham Down: Cycle 1: Love in Infinity, and you should buy it. Listen to it below...

"Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining" Panel from New York Comic Con

Come get an education in the spirit of what GhettoManga is all about via the "Hip-Hop And Comics: Cultures Combining" Panel from New York Comic Con. The panel features a who's who of rap and comics cats including Kagan McLeod, Pete Rock, Jean Grae, D-Pi & DMC. Plus, there's a mention of Son of Bazerk. Just Sayin'...

"I ain't a savior, just your neighbor like amazing Peter. Minus the spider bite,the webs, the aunt & uncle neither" -Jean Grae

This is what happens when you let an artist's artist like Jean Grae hold the steering wheel: The mighty Jeanius write her own rhymes, made the beat and directed and edited the video for Kill Screen. It was more than the internets could handle...

Mike Hawthorne x Jean Grae = WHERE DO I SIGN?!?

Assassins by Mike Hawthorne

Shout out to my dude Mike Hawthorne, whose art appears in this video teasing Jeannie's long-awaited long-player Cake or Death...

A message for Jean Grae. Plus, a song for you other people to listen to, or whatever...

CWR interviews Cormega, Jean Grae, C-Rayz Walz & more! #hipHop

Conspiracy Worldwide Radio is back again with another great show. Cormega dials in to speak on his Haiti benefit song I Made a Difference, his upcoming double disc best-of joint Raw Forever, and more. That's cool and all, but I did a serious double take when I heard Jean Grae dropped in bigging up her new DJ Drama mixtape and (of course) teasing her long-awaited studio album Cake or Death. Besides being one of the sickest rhymers you'll find anywhere, she is really deep and the CWR cats delve into some good stuff.  Being that I am in middle-school-intensity love with Jean in general, I would tune in just for that... but C-Rayz Walz has been on my mind lately too, so his appearance on my favorite hip hop interview show was right on time! yeah, we're talking close to six hours music, interviews, etc from the my dudes Menace and Montana.

No Cake, but Cookies will do!

So everyone who has any sense is waiting feverishly for Cake or Death, the long-awaited album from Jean Grae. This isn't it, but her Cookies or Comas mixtape with DJ Drama will work for me for the time being. Here's some youTubery and a download link...

STREAM THIS- the mighty Pharoahe's new Album!

 
W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) by the mighty Pharoahe Monch is in stores now. The Rapper's rapper is back, with guest shots from Styles P, Immortal Technique, Jean Grae, Royce Da 5' 9", Phonte, Jill Scott, Citizen Cope and more. Stream it free below...

start the day off Right w/Jean Grae

"Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper, nigga. Handle it!" -JG

Pharoahe Monch + Jean Grae + Royce = WHOA!

okay, The download link is expired, but this is still dope...

Jean Grae + RJD2 = DOWNLOAD THIS

This RJD2-laced track Bridge (featuring Jean Grae at her most feminine) is off of an upcoming Year of the Blacksmith mixtape.

Ski Beatz is taking you to SCHOOL!

I'm just about as excited as possible about the upcoming Ski Beatz mixtape 24 Hour Karate School... as much as I've been about any record in a while. You may have already heard this track, but yo, it's got Jean Grae, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, and Joell Ortiz on it... Listen to it again!

Mega...

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope everyone's feeling good... I woke up this morning humming the hook to Believe, a stand out track from Vordul Mega's 2004ish solo album The Revolution of Yung Havoks, so I figured if it helped me get my day started, it might help you, too...

Start The Day Off RIGHT-------------------->

This World by Jean Grae off the 9th Wonder collabo album Jeanius. I know you already copped that free track Rock In The Pocket that i posted last week (if not, get it here), so you know Jeannie spits that fire. enjoy the YouTube heat and have a nice day!

holla!

-samax
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sneak peak of that new Jean Grae (whoa!)

please do yourself a favor and click on the pic of my super-ex-girlfriend Jean Grae to get a listen to a radio rip of her new banger Rock In The Pocket f/Styles P and Talib Kweli.

What The FAUX?!?

my man Jamar put me onto this mess! Kung Faux is a comedy series that remixes classic kung fu movies with popular music, comic book style editing and video game special effects, and new voice-over dubbing from hip hop personalities ranging from Gang Starr's Guru, Queen Latifah, Jean Grae, Mr. Len, Lord Sear, Roc Raida, Biz Markie, Masta Ace, Sadat X, Afrika Bambaataa, Crazy Legs and Elephant Man.
this mess will have you DYIN', guaranteed!click the pic to watch "Box Cutter"...
holla!
-samax
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Rapper and Album of the Year

ghettoManga's 2008 Rapper of the Year, Talib Kweli speaks with Hardknock TV.
veteran brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli had a reality check. as much as he would like to do records with his buddies Mos Def and deejay Hi-Tek, he hasn't been able to make it happen for a long time, and a brotha got bills. so, the non-Mos half of BlackStar decided to get his mogul on. in addition to droppin' a couple nice records, Kweli has started Blacksmith, his indie rap label (with such noteworthy overgrounders as Jean Grae and StrongArmSteady), continued to litter the digital countryside with mixtapes and generate hit singles. Kweli is a fixture in the true-school hipHop community, doing guest shots for rappers and neo-soul artists.

Kweli's Eardrum
is the ghettoManga Album of the Year for 2008...
it's a nice record. a few joints ("Hostile Gospel [deliver us]", "Give 'Em Hell", "In The Mood", "Eat To Live", and "Country Cousins") stand out at the moment. in what his press release called a "career defining album" with "hard hitting beats and inventive rhymes that serve to not only entertain, but also to educate" Kweli held up his end of it, dropping a nice, classic record. while Mos is conspicuously absent, Hi-Tek and a slew of other guests keep the balance, well BALANCED!

i like Kweli, and this record is what i've come to expect from him. step in the right direction for an artist who constantly insists he is not a solo artist. instead, Kweli insists he is "a frontman for a group of artists, lovers, poets and regular everyday folk" that make up his body of work... As a person who believes that most of today's solo hip hop artists belong in groups not on their own, i applaud Kweli's attitude... and as long as Kweli is unable to get together with co-conspirators like Mos and Tek, records like this one will do in a pinch.
holla!
samax.
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