The video for “underneathu” from the album #5. Available now on jeangrae.bandcamp.com

Combat Jack has Bobbito join in on his show, with special guest, Jean Grae. He writes: “When I met Bobbito back in 1989, when we were both interns at Def Jam, I never imagined dude to be facing such an illustrious career. Basketball, official #Shoemanati, a&r, label owner, author, actor, filmmaker… we talk about the origins of MF DOOM, his history with kicks, memories of the legendary Stretch & Bobbito show, his documentary ‘Doin It In The Park’ … man this is too much. PLUS Jean Grae sits in as a guest co-host. Is she gonna be a permanent feature??? Tune in.”

Here’s the first episode of Jean Grae’s new sitcom, Life With Jeannie.

From Gotham Down: cycle II: Leviathan, coming soon.

The first song from Gotham Down – cycle II: Leviathan..

Jean Grae surprises us with a new 6 song EP, via Bandcamp. $8 or more, if you are feeling generous. This is a concept EP that takes place AFTER her upcoming Gotham Down LP.

1. Time. (Gotham Intro) 00:42
2. iwanteweback(the4ewesong) 04:42
3. Before The Summer Broke 04:27
4. Ah, Muse You… 03:33
5. Double Katanas 04:33
6. Kill Screen (Steve Wiebe) 04:24

From Mobetta’s upcoming Maurice vs Mobetta project.

You have heard Grammy Award-winning trumpet player Maurice “Mobetta” Brown before. After all, he’s appeared on LP’s from Santigold, Ski Beatz, Prodigy, Talib Kweli, Cee-Lo, Diddy, Musiq Soulchild and countless others; but you heard his trumpet and not his voice.

Think Louis Armstrong and his trumpet uploaded for the 21st century to a Hip-Hop beat, and you begin to understand who this young genius is. Maurice is a classically-trained Jazzman mentored and supported by the iconic Wynton Marsalis and the legendary Ramsey Lewis. But “Mobetta” is also a Hip-Hop head for life, and that journey on this planet rock literally parallels the history and evolution of rap. Little wonder that Maurice not only blows the roof off God’s sky with his horn, but he also spits lyrics the way Satchmo spit his own brand of vocalese back in the day. Yup, Mobetta is a horn-playing-rhyme-spraying-dancing machine that Jazz-Hip-Hop collaborators like Donald Byrd and Gang Starr’s Guru, or Ron Carter and A Tribe Called Quest fantasized about in the early 1990s. No need to cram to make that Jazz/Hip-Hop experiment happen in these times because Maurice Brown is the living and breathing embodiment of it all, a one-stop shop destined to be this era’s Quincy Jones. And then some!

Fresh off of winning his very first Grammy with Tedeschi Trucks Band for Best Blues Album of the year in 2012 (Maurice was the horn arranger for the 11-piece ensemble), Maurice is prepping his latest release, Maurice vs Mobetta, or, rather, Maurice’s azz side versus his Hip-Hop persona. Maurice vs Mobetta features appearances from Talib Kweli, Consequence, Prodigy, Jean Grae and production from Fyre Dept, DJ Scratch and Maurice himself and its a mere sampling of what’s in-store on Maurice vs Mobetta; as Brown has more in store, not only on this new effort, but coming down the pike. Know that Maurice vs Mobetta is a gumbo sound lab for this dynamic young trumpet player-arranger-producer.

Ms. Grae speaks about her upcoming comedy web-series, her upcoming film Big Words, and her upcoming LP, Cake Or Death.

Jean Grae talks about her new album, Cake Or Death, Beyonce’s “Bow Down”, and freestyles some.

The cake is a lie.

From songs for Crap Kingdom, a young adult novel by comedian DC Pierson.

1. Neckface 02:47
2. Mean Jean (B Day edition) 01:45
3. What Cha Gonna Do 03:38
4. What The Hell 02:26
5. Admire Quagmire 01:48
6. Haters Anthem Remix ft Planet Asia and Sadat X 04:40
7. The Setup 03:27
8. Lights Off 03:12
9. The Climb 01:33
10. SupaLuv (Acoustic Rehearsal) 05:45

A bonus track from Jean’s upcoming Gotham Down project. Get your pause button ready….

First single from Ms. Grae’s forthcoming Gotham Down LP, to be followed by the Cake Or Death LP.