Now Playing At GhettoManga HQ - FLY MC by Special Ed

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I couldn't get the words from Special Ed's super dope story-telling jam FLY MC out of my mind all day, so I'm writing this to help me get through it.

3 Words - ANIME CHEETAH TEE

I could not resist copping this ANIME CHEETAH TEE from Goodboy Noah's online store after watching this You're The Apple Of My Pie video...

"I'm a king. I'm dipped in God's black complexion...

Survival of the fittest is the natural selection..."

By now you might already know that Black Thought and Dangermouse are dropping a collabo album CHEAT CODES in August.  Maybe you've already seen this video for the new single Aquamarine too.  But I just saw it a few minutes ago, so now I'm sharing it with you.

Wait... Is there a YOD / Madlib album brewing?

Man... When I saw this YouTube vid on Twitter from Your Old Droog featuring MADLIB, my wheels started turning...

#NowPlayingAtGhettoMangaHQ THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD by TankAndTheBangas

I fell in love with Tank (frontwoman of Tank and the Bangas) along with the rest of the world when the latest amazing band from NOLA appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series in 2017.  Equally comfy rhyming or crooning, the tiny artist whose vocals and lyrics are as heavy as her name has only blossomed into a more and more impressive artist since then.  

Tank and the Bangas' new video There Goes The Neighborhood tackles one of the black community's most persistent specters with the cheerful melancholy I've come to expect from them.

Watch This Animated Video for the Calypso Song A BETTER TOMORROW

 Love afros, inspirational songs, anime-influenced cartoons, and black female superheroes?  Yeah, me too.  So I was excited to find out that the video for Terri Lyon's Calypso jawn A Better Tomorrow has been selected to five film festivals and is a finalist in two of them!  

Check out the video below: 

Heads Up! Mike Hawthorne's ALL CITY VOLUME 0 is ON SALE

Mike Hawthorne's beautiful hardcover art book ALL CITY VOLUME 0 is on sale for a limited time, so I recorded a video and what not.

#NewVideo - CLOUD POUR by Qwazaar & Batsauce

Look what I found while I was looking through my emails.

New Homeboy Sandman Video

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"I don't really struggle with impatience

I aint' even payin' enough attention for gettin' upset

I will not be getting all stressed. I'm exempt

Doesn't make sense. Sleep when I'm dead.  

Said what I meant Can I get an AMEN?"-Homeboy Sandman

That Pharoahe Monch NPR Tiny Desk jawn. though

Y'all know we LOVE the mighty Pharoahe Monch​ . . . 

His band TH1RT3EN (Monch, Marcus Machado & Daru Jones) streamed a new Tiny Desk concert on Martin Luther King Day . . .

"Strange vessels. Maim when I wrestle. Throw Grizzlies. Bill Bixby..."

I misquoted that dude U.G. in the comments to his video for The Mystic a few years ago, so he corrected me in the comments.  

Twice.

This video is dope: "COME OVER" by Jorja Smith (feat. Popcaan)

Maybe you're cooler than me and you've already seen the animated sci-fi action romance musical that serves as visuals for Jorja Smith's song for Come Over and gotten over it.  But I just saw it today for the first time...

TOBE + TARIQ + ROYCE = FATHER FIGURE

'Bout to go for my daily walk.  But first, here's new Tobe Nwigwe, featuring Black Thought and Royce Da 5'9".  You're welcome.

WATCH THIS- "Entrepreneur" by Pharrell & Jay-Z

That dude Jason Reeves of 133Art dropped this Pharrell Williams/Jay-Z video Entrepreneur on my timeline yesterday, so I had to share.

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.

WATCH- "Deliverance" the new video by the mighty Sa-Roc

"And if my Black fist and my womb irks you, here’s the world's smallest violin."

Sa-Roc

"Dungeons & Dragons" Live Action NETFLIX Trailer! (Not really)

Oh my Dungeon Master... So I was just scrolling Facebook and saw what I was ready to assume was a legit af Dungeons & Dragons cosplay squad when I found out it was actually the cast of a Brazilian car commercial...

Coronavirus VIII: Prisons & Jails: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Most of my readers know I actively speak against the U.S. Slavery Prison System.  You might also know I'm raising money for Direct Relief to fight Coronavirus. 

Worlds collided again on Last Week Tonight...

Throwback Thursday- REAGAN by Killer Mike

I want to slap cats who try to act like Killer Mike is getting a free ride on the RTJ train (you know who tf you are).  Killer Mike is one cat who ALWAYS keeps it 100% ...  

Exhibit A: Here's the video for REAGAN.

"I'm the sonic representation of dark matter. Any space I rock is where the meteors and stars gather..." -Sa-Roc

I can't stress this enough: Hip hop is still producing incredible music.  While y'all paying undue attention to wack emcees, Sa-Roc and frequent producing partner Sol Messiah are over here dropping dope rhymes in my feed again...