New Character art for @KingsCountyComics !CAUSALITY! by @SamaxAmen

Here's a character art piece I did for the fine folks at King's County Comics of their sidekick and future archvillain !Causality! (yeah, his name includes two exclamation points)...

So You Can Know It's not Just ME...

XXLMag finally caught up to what i BEEN sayin' and gave props to 2-time ghettoManga EmCee of the Year, Bavu Blakes. peep
-gM

every Week. never Weak

after lockin' up ghettoManga eMCee of the Year two years runnin', Bavu Blakes is seemingly campaignin' for the hat trick! as part of his '08 is So Great initiative, the magnificent Mr. Blakes has decided to drop a new track every week for the entire year of 2008 (that's 52 joints for the calendar-impaired...). he's came outta the gate smokin' with the Honey Fleaux, where he blesses that lovely new Badu single with a mixtape-worthy remix, which could ONLY be followed by the Intoxicating Fleaux, riding virtual shotgun with Lauryn Hill.
"Fifty two weeks in a row... it's not a game!" says the champion of what he calls Soulful Texas Hip Hop. "i'm tryin'a show people that it's serious, in the midst of droppin' albums and doin' features i need to do and puttin' in work and havin' a full time job..."
anyways, enjoy the video and the track, there's more at www.08issogreat.com!
peace,
samax.
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Dave Chappelle news

ghettoManga Award-winning Comedian of the Year (2006) Dave Chappelle was in the Hospital for exhaustion. more details in the video...

prominent hipHop blogger, FloDirt has written a nice review of the new DVD collecting The Best of Chappelle's Show here. a comedian whose work embodies a frank, candid, unpretencious view of our world in all it's rediculousness, Chappelle is arguably the second-coming of Richard Pryor... so i, for one, am glad he's okay.

holla!

samax.

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Dave, Relax! this Racism stuff is bothering you too much!

Fresh clip from ghettoManga 2006 comedian of the year...

peace, love, etc.
samax.
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incessant, everlastin'...

last winter was hectic. i had so many blogs to write that i never got around to... for example, i was way too busy last december to drop my 2006 ghettoManga awards... but if i had, i would'a told ya'll that 2006's Emcee of the Year was Bavu Blakes. easily one of the most prolific rappers i've ever seen, the talented Mr. Blakes is at it again: he's just dropped The Woodgrain Collection with mixtape mechanic Rapid Ric, he's droppin' Concrete Rose Gold with deejay Whiz T, and he's still threatening to kill us with his long-awaited studio record Too Selfish this summer. when combined with his standout tracks on Hydroponic Sound System's Mixtape Mentality, his own Spring 2006 Collector's Edition compilation, and a million other mixtape projects, 'Vu nudged out deepspace 5's Playdough for Emcee of the Year.

so, better late than never, right? in honor of Bavu's award-winning year, i'll share some vintage Blakes material! This Weeks Cut is "It Don't Stop" by Up^South, the not-long-enough-lived combination of lyricist Bavu Blakes and beat maestro Pat Murphy.
over "Pea Dee's" (that was before puff started goin' by p. diddy, by the way...) string-laden beat, Bavu asks "why would it stop, when it's incessant everlastin'/stead fast in/side rhythm. i'm not a Jamaican, but i can/make a jam/with style you'd rather listen to like damn"... yeah, really. i copped this cut off the maxi-single "Product" i bought at waterloo records in austin circa 1999. to say that Product was inspirational to me would be an understatement, but that's a whole 'nother blog. suffice it to say, this joint is classic material.

enjoy!
samax.
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