the More the Merrier
More by Mars Ill f/Ahmad
i've been a fan of mars ILL for so long, it doesn't even seem right that all my people aren't gonzo for them... this joint is from the latest record, Pro Pain... this track is especially fresh 'cause that dude Ahmad (yeah, THAT Ahmad) comes in with a little of that Wes' Coast to make the cypher complete.
holla!
samax.
the Dirty...
it's official. at least according to the FBI... in a report published by the Bureau, Dallas was named the most Dangerous City in America. yep, Dallas had the highest rate of violent crime of any large city. more than New York, Los Angeles or Houston...bragging rights for thug rappers in Big D, aka Dirty D...
tuck your chains, fam...
samax.
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elephant City is coming...
people close to me have started to notice my love of drawing girls with elephants... this points to a book i'm working on called Elephant City that will feature the images.the completion of the book is still far off, but for now you can cop merch featuring the book's first completed image. follow this link to merch with the purple pachyderm...
holla!!
samax.
www.ziontific.com
The Bionic Woman is here!!!
heeeere we go... amputee Claudia Mitchell has stepped into the world of our imagination. She is the first woman (joining Jesse Sullivan) to recieve a fully functioning bionic arm. it's still a little crude and misshapen, BUT it responds to her nerve impulses, not just muscle flexion, so the arm is a huge step to a world more like the one in comics and cartoons. "I can flex my elbow and open and close my hand with the mere thought of doing it," she said. cool, huh?
just thought this was interesting...
peace.
samax.
remember the Titans...
yep. i'm officially on theTeen Titans Go bandwagon!
it's funny, irreverant, and in the tradition of Batman the Animated Series, Robin beats the crap outta any bad guy he comes across. i'm sayin' maaaaad fisticuffs!
that's all for now...
holla!
samax.
Ross Campbell Interview
just read a great in-depth interview with Ross Campbell, creator of The Abandoned and Wet Moon. in the interview, he gets into his relationship with Wetmoon publisher Oni Press, as well as Abandoned publisher Tokyopop. he explains how he manages to draw such varied (and variously hot) female characters, his preferences of media, possible future projects, and his love of the South.check out the interview, his website, or (if you're really smart) both.
holla.
samax.
Bionic Six
ah the eighties... despite, crack, reaganomics, and that "rap crap", the eighties also brought us the end of that pesky racism problem! don't believe me? well, how else do you explain the Bionic Six? i mean, how else does one explain a multi-racial family of cyberneticly powered superheroes? do YOU have a better explanation?didn't think so. i mean, SOME people might see a few stereotypical depictions in the first episode, but those people are just jaded and evil...
anyways, have fun, and keep hope alive!!!
samax.
www.ghettoManga.com
Knowledge Reigns Supreme...
no matter who you are, or where you come from, if you love hipHop, you need to give props to the blastmaster KRS One... relax, fam... i'm not one of these quivering hip hop acolytes that worships KRS and considers everything he says a holy proclamation. i just dig the pure heart he comes with, and the fact that he doesn't care if people hate him or love him: whether it's saying that multiplatinum rappers are not sellouts because "at least a sellout has an agenda" or questioning the motives of righteous humility, KRS frames everything through the eyes of an old soul who found himself just in time for hip hop's entry onto the world's grand stage.in an interview that's gotta be seen to be believed, KRS breaks down his personal history with hipHop, as well as outlining where it's going. my boy Khalid posted the interview on blogSteelo, so by all means, take a minute to check it out and comment here, or on khalid's blog...
holla!
samax.
the samaxAmen teeshirt/merch
here's the updated artwork for my new tee. those who have asked for gorgeous Destroyer shirts in the past, and i promised i'd get to it, here it is!click on the pic and buy some junk.
thanks fam!
holla!
samax.
Felipe V. Deadlines (round one: FIGHT!)
those down with ghettoManga from the start already know my favorite book:MBQ... by the illest man alive, Felipe Smith. this one man army writes, draws, letters, and promotes his book solo (no easy feat, i'll tell you...) all under the watchful eye of tokyopop, his publisher. point being, like all his other rabid fans,I WANT MY MBQ!!!
what's the hold up?
click the pic and find out...
holla!
samax
the Healing...
in case you're new around here, i've been crowing about this group from waco, tx called The Strange Fruit Project for some time now. part Blackstar, part Outcast, and very, very Texas, this southern fried soul-clappin' rap crew is poised to be the next big thing (or maybe the next medium thing... this is INDIE hipHop after all...). they have the lyrics, the steez, and the best producer this side of 9th Wonder (i think s-1's better than 9th Wonder, but that's just me...). with the recent release of their third record The Healing, it looks like some pretty important people are starting to share my enthusiasm:"Most of my iPod is just a random 9000 song trip and occasionally I have to walk up to it/pull it out of pocket and see who it is. The artist I did that the most to was Strange Fruit Project..."
-Ahmir ?uestLove Thompson of The Roots
the hard-working/hard-touring Trio of s-1, myth and myone ("my own") are kicking out some imaginative, sexy, soulful music... and these days they're getting a little help from their friends. s1's excellent beats recieve support from Jake One, illMind, nicolay, Vitamin D, and the aforementioned 9th Wonder. on the mic they get love from Thesis,
Darrien Brockington, Little Brother, and the REAL Queen of Texas hipHop, Erykah muthaF%^$in' Badu (reckanize!)anyways, props to my girl Syma, who hipped me to the SFP myspace profile. go peep some fresh music, pictures, videos, an' alladat... or just cop some music! all three platters (From Devine, Soul Travellin', The Healing) get the thumbs up from ya boy, so you can't go wrong fam!
holla!
samax.
Mos Def Arrested
according to SoHH, the mighty Mos Def was arrested thursday night in New York. his crime? trying to give heads a free rap show: Mos pulled up outside the MTV Video Music Awards in a flat-bed truck around 10 pm and gave an impromptu show to the audience gathered there.The Brooklyn bred rapper reportedly performed his song "Katrina Clap," which attacks President George W. Bush's administration's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, before NYPD officers told him and his entourage to pull the plug and began making arrests.
Mos Def's publicist Carleen Donovan had this to
say: "Mos Def was not out to break any laws. His only goal was to heighten the awareness of a serious situation that still exists in our country," Donovan explained via a statement. "He does not want people to forget that although its one year later, the people and cities hit by the hurricane still need the help of the American people."this goes under the category of "don't New York cops have anything better to do..?" apparently not... again, you can peep the article in its entirety on Sohh...
holla.
samax.
the Dark Knight Returns...
no other comic book character has had such disparate onscreen treatment as the Batman. the Adam West paunch. Clooney's smirking credit card commercial. Tim Burton's dark visions that lead to my favorite cartoon adaptation ever... whatever the feeling regarding previous incarnations, it seems director Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins recieved more or less universal praise in the super-picky comicbook fanboy community.in a recent interview, Nolan shed some light on The Dark Knight, the much-anticipated sequal to Batman Begins. "The title has been chose very specifically. It's quite important to the film", Nolan teases when asked about the film , which he crypticly suggests is about how "things have to get worse before they get better..."
all our suspicions are confirmed by Nolan's pick for the villain: the Joker. the question is, what's his inspiration for the much-interpreted killing machine? "I would certainly point to The Killing Joke but I also would point very much to the first two appearances of the Joker in the comic. If you look at where the Joker comes from there's a very clear direction that fits what we're doing very well".hmm... okay, let's quarterback this thing: in his first appearances, the joker was a mass killer and master thief, who left smiling corpses as his calling card; likewise, Alan Moore's The Killing Joke starred a Joker that drove commissioner gordon insane by shooting Batgirl/barbara gordon through the spine, leaving her in a wheelchair for life... so it looks like the film will feature a Joker we can all agree on.
that's it for now. when i know more, so will you!
easy now...
samax.
the Villain is in th Buildin'
what else can i say? there's a new Madvillain record in the pipe. for those who don't know, Madvillain is the firestorm-like amalgamation of indie all-star emcee/beatmakers MF DOOM (Monster Island, MM Food, Vaudeville Villain) and Madlib (Quasimoto The Unseen). anybody who spent any time with me last year knows i became obsessed with DOOM as a result of his collabo with Dangermouse (as the appropriately titled Dangerdoom, on last year's ghettoManga Album of the Year: The Mouse and The Mask, of Gnarls Barkley fame. now's my (and your) chance to catch lightning in the bottle again, cousin!the new plate, Chrome Children, is available for preorder on the Stonesthrow Records website, or you can cop some tracks on itunes as well. as for me, i'ma wait and cop the album when it drops...
holla!
samax
holla!
samax.
peep that new Massive track!
yo, mang!i'm all over the new track "How It Go" by my man massive (chi-dallas-atl... he moves a lot...) from Slump (and Skwod X too while ya listenin'...). the beat on it reminds me of Vintage Cypress Hill (the first two records are classic '90s playa...).
go to his myspace right quick (if anybody wanna tell me how to load tracks onto this blog, i'm all ears!) and peep it, aight?!
anyhow, i'm off to work (ugh...)
holla!
samax.
"I'm Sarcastic"
whaddup, fam!?! here's the best one of the avatar/portraits i been workin' on... for this, i drew and inked it by hand, then scanned and colored it in photoshop.nicole, the model/client loved it. the project was a lotta fun! my life is upside down... the good news is you can expect to see more comics from me and my people (ghostWerks is da SQUAD!!!), and i'm trying to keep busy, busy busy doing art... thanks to lots and lots of drawing and reading comics, i do NOT have an ulser... art is great therapy!
i got a new J-O-B (which is either good news or bad news depending on when you ask), which MAY keep your boy off the street.
holla!
samax.
todays sign of the HipHop apocolypse...
my man Corance posted this on mySpace... i figured i'd share it with ya'll (shaking my head in disbelief...)I don't know how wide spread this is, but:I was walking through Big T [one of the Dallas Swap-meet style boot-leg-o-ramas...]the other day and saw some of the stores were selling bullet proof vests. I guess this is so you can be like Fiddy. However, on closer inspection, I noticed the vest had a warning label: "This garment does not guard against gunfire."
Uh-huh. A fake-ass vest. I'm waiting for someone to be strolling through the hood rockin' a vest with a warning label on it. So if someone rolls up and puts two in your vest, that mess will go right through; all 5 layers of rayon!
now that's ignorant!
Oh NO! it's a new Record!
Props to my man BigSteelo for hippin' me to the new Oh No Record. if you didn't already know, Oh No is the li'l brother of underground heavyweight Madlib (you know, Lord Quas..? half of Madvillain..? 1/4 of Lootpack..? turn OFF your radio and go get some HipHop, son!)... anyways, like his big brother, OhNo holds the mic and controls the sounds nicely on his new plate Exodus into Unheard Rhythms which drops next tuesday on indie juggernaut Stone's Throw records.looks like he's after the sophomore without the jinx on this one, a concept record which features hipHop bredren A.G., Posdnuos, Murs, Cali Agents, Wise Intelligent, Buckshot, K Jay, Roc C, Aloe Blacc, Wordsworth, LMNO, Vast Aire, MED, Wildchild, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Frank N Dank, and Fergus MacRoy (whew! OhNo only rhymes on three tracks... but his guest list makes up for his absence), and Beats made exclusively from Galt MacDermot samples.
that's all from me. cop free downloads, peep the new video, and read more about OhNo and Exodus here.
holla!
samax.
Transformers Trailer
for those who didn't know, a new Transformers movie is comin' out... as a total 80's kid (yes, my neon has an autobot symbol in the back window... holla!), i am going into full manic-depressive mood swings over this. one day i am crunk like l'il john after a capuccino, the next i'm paranoid that it's gonna be wack...either way, it shouldn't need to be said that i'll be first in line. of course, it isn't coming out 'till july of '07 so i'll have plenty of time to have more mood swings...
click the pic and go over ta the mighty You Tube and peep the trailer...
jeauh! ('cuz today is a crunk day!)
samax.
www.ghettoManga.com
Afro Samurai Trailer...
in case ya'll were wondering, i had a blast at the SanDiego Comicon, and will be scramblin' to post on all the cool junk i saw, heard about, and/or picked up. that said, i spent an excessive amount'a time standing in line waiting for stuff. Case in Point: i stood in line probably an hour (and they kept marching us around, which really got on my nerves!) waiting to see the trailer for Afro Samurai... AND IT WAS WORTH EVERY MINUTE!!!in addition to the show's creator, producers, teevee execs (no, afro samurai voice actor, star of the live action adaptation, and executive producer Sam L Jackson was not there... he was in another part of the convention promoting Snakes On A Plane... nah for real!), i got to meet the cat who's composing the score and putting together the soundtrack: The Rza (wu-tang, bobby digital, ring any bells? no? what are you doing here?)!
anyways peep the trailer. then pick up your tounge and wait feverishly with the rest of us... it debuts this winter on SpikeTV, with DVD release scheduled for spring 2007...
incidentally... RZA hinted that he had some interesting plans in mind for the soundtrack... including an appearance by Big Daddy Kane (if you are too young to know who that is, just nod in agreement, and ask your big brother later...)!!!
for my previous post on Afro Samurai, go here
holla!
samax
NYC Mech- Beta Love
i ran into my man Miles Gunther (who, 'longside his buddy Ivan Brandon, writes NYC Mech
for Image Comics) today, intent on catching up with him, and finding out what he's up to... he gave me the issues i was missing from the NYC Mech mini, Beta Love drawn by the phenominal Andy Macdonald, with covers by Eric Canete (cover to #1 seen here). and lemme say, this mess is the BOMB (i just got to the end of #4 of 6, and i'm savoring it, cousin)!i readily admit it: NYC mech is one of those books that i was intimidated by at first... it's deep: according to miles, the book is "not science fiction", but it takes place in a new york city that is full of robots, for no apparent reason at all... it's sort of a crime book (closest thing i can think of is lapham's Stray Bullets), with a huge cast of characters, all of whom live (and many of whom DIE) in... (wait for it) New York City. it's gritty, funny, and chock full o' robots! i imagine the use of robots for people is an allegory or metaphor of some sort (actually the root for the word robot means "SLAVE")... but hey! don't crush your brain, cousin! just get into the raw dialogue and finely dressed robots doing bad things!
In Beta Love, the decidedly dangerous street diva- Nika- is back, gettin' her Love on with the unwitting sweethearted bus driver, Quentin. He seems a normal enough cat, but falling for Nika threatens to drag him into her life of raw-dogged, wild-out criminal activities... the book's hot! Ivan and Miles are writing this twisted love story so well, shifting from danger to tenderness to foreshadows of impending doom so quickly and frequently it'll snap that neck, son!
the art, by Andy Macdonald takes full advantage of the visual interest you can create using robots for anything from a seemingly pointless interlude (like the one seen here), to a love scene (yeah, i said robot love scene!). whenever i feel like i'm used to the level of craftsmanship and skill in andy's work, i turn a page and he surprises me with his power over the page!there are currently two NYC Mech collections available, but Miles said he wasn't sure if Beta Love
would be collected. you should definitely get your hands on this story, though... holler at'chour comic shop to track down the individual issues (and get the nifty guest pin-ups with 'em!) so you won't have to wait!i'll make an honest effort to get at Miles and sit down and interview 'im about his new zombie/samurai story (nope. not kidding) project and other news, until then slide over to the NYC mech message board and geek out...
holla!
samax.
Teapot: Wack Rhymes have never felt so Right!
wack emcees have a new hero! Teapot follows the story of an 11 year-old would-be rap star... there's only one problem: he has NO LYRICS!! like most wack emcees, he is so gassed up on himself he has no idea that he "can't find the beat with a map!"
Teapot is the creation of writer/voice actor Greg Eagles (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) and creative director/animator Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy (Mad Beans). they're here at the San Diego Comicon promoting Teapot's upcoming launch on Nickelodeon. i met Dahveed briefly and was impressed with his energy and enthusiasm for Teapot! i'll get an interview with them on friday, and i'll update this post...
holla!
samax.
Goin' Back To Cali...
A'ight... i'm in the wind. in less than an hour, i'll hit the road for the airport (with my main man Specialist Mario Cauley, on leave from Iraq. Salaam!) , and by noon (local time) i'll be in Killa Cali for the World Famous SanDiego ComicCon! i'm taking the digicam, so expect updates on what's happening in the comics world. Khalid will get there tomorrow, so my crew will be well represented (have i told ya'll lately: ghostWerks is tha SQUAD!!!)
so for my cali readers and fellow San Deezeeacs, if ya see me, holla like ya know me! the rest'a ya'll:
just holla!
samax.
so for my cali readers and fellow San Deezeeacs, if ya see me, holla like ya know me! the rest'a ya'll:
just holla!
samax.
Boondocks DVD hits July 25th!
easily the funniest show to hit your teevee in years is... well, the Chapelle show. but other than that: Gotta be Aaron McGruder's adaptation of his ground-breaking comic strip The Boondocks! after bouncing his idea off the networks (and i'm sure the bouncing harsh words off their execs) McGruder struck a good relationship with THE network: Cartoon Network! more appropriately their hipHop loving, cuss word spewing imprint Adult Swim!anyways, The Boondocks Uncut and Uncensored collects the whole first season, and will hit stores July 25th. put on your N-word resistance earplugs and cop it, dunny! in the meanwhile, go to the mySpace profile and check out character bios, animations and other fly crap, nyukka!
holla!
samax.
speaking of geniuses...
yo! check outcha girl!!! thanks to my man mike for the tip (oh by the way... GHOSTWERKS IS THE SQUAD!!!) ahem... so anyways, this kid is craze wit' it!
holla!
samax.
I can't stop watching Searching For Bobby Fischer!!!
“You got to risk losin‘. You gotta risk everything! You gotta go to the edge of defeat. That‘s where you wanna be boy, at the edge of defeat…”
free Wallpapers by samax!
yup. I did it again... i made a buncha free wallpapers for ya'll (including the fresh BBWW joint shown here). just click the picture to go to my site and cop some free wallpapers, cousin...even though i'm broke, ya'll can still cop 'em for free, cause that's how i get down!
holla!
samax.
Real ReckaNize Real...
there's no need to dumb it down:Detective Boogaloo.com is up and runnin!!!
the original HipHop Cop is on the scene, makin' Bling City safe for the shorties...
peep the adventures of Detective Boogaloo and the Ill Crimes Unit, created by mad genius, my main man Jamar Nicholas. as you (should) already know, i really dig Jamar's sense of humor and design, and now he's broken free and given Boogaloo his own website now, dunny!
peep it, and tell him ghettoManga keeps an eye out on some neighborhood watch ish!
holla!
samax.
www.ghettoManga.com
the Villain Speaks
click the sketch for an awesome MF DOOM interview. in the interview, the Villain speaks on new collabos with Ghostface (post Fishscale)and Nas, plus a possible new animation project. you'll also get his perspective on industry alliances, beef, free Downloads , how to raise your young'uns and more...holla!
samax.
Abandonment Issues..?
During yesterday's listless loitering session at Barnes+Noble, i was mildly annoyed that i couldn't find what i wanted to read, so i wandered into the manga section where i saw the cover of The Abandoned by Ross Campbell. the cover blurb let me know what i was in for, and to sum it up: lesbians, teen angst, zombies... the usual. but the protaganista was black, so i figured what the heck, right?
well guess what: this book was freakin' awesome!!! if you are a fan of suspense, zombies, or really well-drawn full figured girls and/or innards, YOU NEED TO READ THIS! Ross has a great understanding of small town teenagers, their emotions, their fears, and exactly how they would respond to a "zombie invasion"
the star Rylie and her friends are so naturally depicted that when the carnage began, i was a little disappointed... until it became clear the great characterization would continue! as they scramble to escape flesh-eating townies, scrounge for clean food and water, and discuss effective ways to smash in each other's skulls in case they turn, the cast keeps the great dialogue comin'... PLUS Campbell draws everybody immaculately from cover to cover.
i won't say anymore 'cause i want you to get as much from it as i did, if you are smart enough to find and read this great book based on my recommendation...
holla!
samax.
Spiderman 3 trailer...
oh yeah...at the Superman Returns premier, they messed around and showed the Teaser for Spiderman 3! sam raimi is at the helm once again and Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco all reprise their roles (as Spidey/Peter parker, Mary Jane, and Harry Osbourne, respectively...) in the third flick of the most successful comics film franchise of all time (domestic, international and dvd revenues in the billions with a "B").
rumors of the rise of archvillain Venom are no longer rumors, and we catch a glimpse of the Sandman (not that old dude at the Apollo...) and a new GreenGoblin/Hobgoblin... and it looks like Pete's puttin' the mack on Gwen Stacy, too (even money she won't make it out of this film alive)...
if this IS the last spidey joint for the raimi/maguire/dunst trinity, they are pullin' out all the stops! it'll be a minute... spidey's scheduled to hit screens may '07, so enjoy this for now...
there's gotta be moore...
whaddup children! why don't you go cop a behind the scenes look at the coloring technique of my fellow Sketchbook All-Star homie Andre Moore?!Click on the pic to get a behind the step-by-step of how 'Dre colored this fresh chica! he has madd skills, so ya might wanna peruse his blog while you're there, or just skip the foreplay and go right to his mySpace page.
that's between ya'll...
anyways, that's just a little sumthin' for the fam'ly!
holla!
samax.
www.samaxAmen.com
Superman Returns
superman returns was not the best superhero movie i ever saw. just wanted to get that outta the way... i had lots and lots of drama going on yesterday. amid all of it, i ALMOST forgot to spend my last few bucks on that midnight showing of Superman Returns (no, i didn't wait the extra hour to watch the IMAX version...). almost, but not quite!it wasn't bad. for once (X-men and X2 director) Bryan Singer made a movie that wasn't in the top 5 superhero movies ever made, but to his credit, it IS better than x3, directed by his buddy Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon), making it the best comics adaptation of the summer! spiderman 3 comes out next year, and V for Vendetta came out in the spring, so he's off the hook there!
designed as a sequal to the 26 year old classic Superman II (you remember: "you will kneel, son of Jor-El"), i found Superman Returns a bit too derivative. there wasn't much attempt to make the new Supes, rookie actor Brandon Routh, distinguish himself from his predecessor (he often comes off as though doing an imitation of the late Christopher Reeves' Clark Kent), his Superman was good though, as i felt he nailed the good-yet-tough-guy persona that Reeves underplayed. Likewise, Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane was okay, but unimpressive (Terry Hatcher owns Lois Lane!). Don't get me wrong, they have their moments (the onscreen chemistry between Lane and Superman is date movie-worthy, and the scenes where Supes flexes his power are good), but... OH! Kevin Spacey (Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Se7en) was great as Lex. still, go check Superman and SupermanII for the true genius of Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor. Lex's plucky galpal, Kitty Kowalski , was played brilliantly by Parker Posey (Blade Trinity), but she was strangely similar to Ms. Teschmacher ("But Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack...") from the original Superman. you'd think Lex would'a learnt his lesson...
Unlike his X-men films, this movie is a bit too long, clocking in at an overweight 154 minutes. having only seen it once, i'm not sure where the fat shoulda been trimmed from, but it does drag in places...
all that aside, there were lots of great, great character moments and surprising, ballsy moves by Singer and crew to give the Superman storyline narrative thrust... enough for me to recommend the film to superhero fans, or fans of the first two films.
i found a wide variety of reviews to Superman Returns, reflecting the differences in what people came in looking for. the Original superhero, Superman's continuing relevance as a character is constantly being challenged, so it's no surprise that the movie is getting a mixed responses. Still, i thought it was pretty good, just not quite Super! check it out, and let me know what you think...
for more of my movie reviews, go here.
holla.
samax.
HipHop Promoters Need To Get Wise...
hipHop pioneer Wise Intelligent of the mighty Poor Righteous Teachers is looking to do more shows promoting the August release of his new record, Wise Intelligent is the Talented Timothy Taylor, which Wise describes as "the first period in a five CD box-set that I’m working on called, 'Back to School.' It’s what Hip-Hop is seriously lacking right now... "Wise has made a commitment to making music that's jammin', but he believes you can still keep your mind's eye open "Some people say, 'Conscious Rap doesn’t sell,' and yet Public Enemy and The Fugees sold millions..."
so anyways, Wise has just come home from a successful Midwest tour, according to Born Free at Intelligent Muzik: "Total Respect to all the fans/friends/family in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Chicago for giving Wise all your love, energy and support and making this promo tour a complete success! I just got off the phone with the God and he said that every city he rocked was the SHIT and represented exactly what real hipHop is all about... We love when these events come off without a hitch because it shows and proves to all the haters and non-believers behind the scenes that the hipHop community still loves, needs and wants Good and Intelligent Muzik! SO ALL PROMOTERS AND CLUB OWNERS! Get at us and make it Happen!"so all you Promoters (especially in Dallas, 'cause that's MY area!!) out there, get at Born and bring Wise to your city!!!
for more of the interview with Wise, go here.
also, peep my Previous Blog.
holla!
samax.
www.ghettoManga.com
Jurassic 5 Drops new LP!
my main man Cal Slayton dropped a jewel in my email today! my favorite old-schoolish Cali crew, the aptly named Jurassic5 ,are droppin' a new plate entitled Feedback next month (July 25th). and now that Cut Chemist has left the group (now there really ARE five of 'em!), it'll be interesting to see how it affects their signature sound.as you might guess, they'll be on tour promoting said new LP, so check their website for tour dates (they'll be at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas on July 31st, fam'ly!).
get at me...
samax.
www.ghettoManga.com
the Gospel According to Mike
some people seem to think hipHop is a religion (it isn't...) but IF it was and you needed to illustrate its Bible, you'd want Mike Thompson. son has this rap ish sewed up! his fly pieces have graced Ecko, Rocawear, Timberland (not to be confused with Timbaland!), Vibe, Fader, and more PLUS he's been personally commissioned by the likes of Jay-Z (the JMJ tribute Pic at left) and Kanye West (for the "Jesus Walks" video)... the point being, his work is FIRE!
peep more of his work at his website, www.mike Tartworks.com or bounce over to his mySpace (like i did!) and give him a shout! and please, please, please... recognize a true, amazing talent!
holla!
samax.
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