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Happy Birthday GREG NICE!

This morning I found out today (May 30, 2021) was Greg Nice's 54th BIRTHDAY today and went on a bit of a YouTube binge. . . which (of course) I commemorated on Twitter.

A Few Words About DO IT AGAIN by Smooth Ice

I don't know why, but I couldn't get the hook from DO IT AGAIN by Smooth Ice out of my head this evening.

So after turning in the first draft of a tee shirt design to the client, I rewarded myself by finding it on YouTube.

Now Playing- STREET UNIVERSE by Napoleon Da Legend + Giallo Point

One of the best emcees I have heard in the last ten years, Napoleon Da Legend returns with the kinda shit talking conscious lyrics that we took for granted in the nineties.

His new jawn STREET UNIVERSE teams him up with soulful UK beatsmith Giallo Point.

MOOD MUSIC--> "19" by Mountain Wolf Windblade + Lex Boogie from the BX

I know him mostly as an accomplished indy cartoonist and illustrator, but my dude Elihu Adofo Bey has been making music for as long as I've known him. He has contributed to GhettoManga more than once, I even have a book he drew in my library, but I don't think I've ever actually bought a record from him, though.

That changed today.

Got This BUSTA RHYMES vs MF DOOM track on Repeat

I can't stop playing this song. So I took a minute and drew this to go with it... Here's a video I found on Youtube.

New York Rap Legend VAST AIRE Soldiering Through the Death of Both Parents

Our hearts go out to Cannibal Ox front man Vast Aire, who lost his father today. He already lost his moms last month from complications of Coronavirus.

#SheGoHARD - UNBOW YOUR HEAD by Julio Anta and Katherine Lobo

I just ran across this short comic Unbow Your Head about a woman who turns the tables on a street harassing douchebag. Read the whole joint below.

Napoleon Da Legend is on his Nerdcore Sheez Again... AND WE LOVE IT!!!

The main reason I don't care about your favorite nerdcore rapper is that real emcees are into all the same cartoons and comics we are...

(JOELL ORTIZ + SALAAM REMI) x 5 = BOX TALK EP #NowPlaying

Everybody knows I love grimy New Yorican Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz, but pairing him up with a venerated veteran beatmaker like Salaam Remi for this quick 5-track EP BOX TALK is unfair...

Start the Day off Right with Homeboy Sandman

Seen this jewel West Coast, by Homeboy Sandman, on my dude M.Slago's Facebook this morning, while I was talking to my girl about Starting the Day off Right...

Apollo Brown + Joell Ortiz dropping a collabo album? Where do I sign?!?

Detroit is a hornets nest of dope producers, and Apollo Brown is one of the best. Also, everyone knows I fux with Brooklyn-based Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz. The duo has come together to drop a new 11-track album called MONA LISA, which is due out this fall. Stream the first single Decisions below...

In the mood for some Gangster Shit?

I would not say that I am often in the mood for gangster shit these days, but when I am, Westside Gunn is one of the cats I've been turning to lately.

#NowPlaying APARTHEID by the immortal SEAN PRICE f/ Buckshit + Steele #riP!

Last week Duck Down Records dropped a video for Apartheid, which is almost universally considered the dopest track on Imperius Rex, the posthumous Sean Price album.

"The role of blacks in half the movies. I ain't have a weapon, you ain't hafta shoot me. Yo, that's propaganda..." -Napoleon Da Legend

I haven't posted any joints from Napoleon Da Legend in a minute, but when this video for PROPAGANDA dropped into my email inbox, I knew I was gonna post it here for you...