Here are two new tracks from Lupe Fiasco’s new band called…Japanese Cartoon, really? Anyways the sound is a bit of a departure from hip-hop as it has more of an indie/punk/alternative sound to it. The other thing that you will notice is that Lupe is doing his thing with a British accent. Hard for me to judge his accent as I’m not British and when I do happen to think of British accents, for some reason Kristen Bell’s character Sarah Marshall in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, pops into my head when she’s in bed and goes “buushit, buushit, buushit, buushit”, god she’s so friggin hot and cute. Interesting start to ‘09, musically anyways. Two tracks below for you to download. For more info on Japanese Cartoon, check out their MySpace page. Honestly it doesn’t sound that bad.

Japanese Cartoon “Army”
Japanese Cartoon “Heirplanes”

We’ve seen the metrocard mural of Astro Boy.  Now here is a teaser trailer that will make the God of Manga extremely proud.  Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy will be hitting the silver screen around Fall 2009.  The Hollywood pixar-esque feature film also stars a heavy lineup including Kristen Bell, Nicholas Cage, Eugene Levy and Donald Sutherland to name a few names.  Personally, right next to Hayao Miyazaki, I’m a huge fan of Osamu Tezuka’s manga and anime.  I love how the works of both artists are capable of capturing emotion and raise awareness of our surroundings.

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