It’s pretty refreshing to check out something so pure of awesomeness that is Book of Rhymes, a new animated project from Distrakt. The renaissance man not only self-produced the project, but he is also responsible for every other facet including writing, direction, music composition, illustration and animation.
The results are pretty impressive and his influences are not only apparent, but recognized. “When I was growing up reading underground comics and Heavy Metal magazines, listening to Big Daddy Kane, The Wu-Tang Clan, Michael Jackson, watching movies by Ray Harryhausen , Ralph Bakshi and George Lucus,” Distrakt says, “I knew I had been elevated and was determined to deliver my own visual and musical experiments one day. I have daydreams of launching a show on Adult Swim.”
Adult Swim should be listening.
After the jump check out the first chapter of Book of Rhymes and be sure to check out Distrakt’s Official Site and Video Game Tie-In (which you can beta test).
