You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel is a hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 album by Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 rapper

Rapping

Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

 MF Grimm released on June 8, 2010. It is entirely produced by Twiz the Beat Pro (who is also a member of the Day By Day Entertainment

Day By Day Entertainment

Day By Day Entertainment is an independent hip hop record label and record distribution company, based in New York City. It was started in 1999 by MC MF Grimm before his 3-year incarceration starting in 2000...

 label). The artwork for this album was done by graphics artist Jim Mahfood

Jim Mahfood

Jim Mahfood , a.k.a. Food One, is an American comic book creator.Apart from his creator-owned comic book series Grrl Scouts and his comic strip Stupid Comics he also did work for Marvel Comics on various Spider-Man titles, including Ultimate Marvel Team-Up and Spectacular...

who is also doing a 13-page comic book based on the album

The album was originally going to be released on May 18, 2010, but instead a single from the album was released on that date.

Track listing

1. "Blessings"
2. "Return to Eden"
3. "I Am King"
4. "All I Need"
5. "You Only Live Twice"
6. "The Legend Of The Golden Warrior"
7. "Medicine"
8. "Waiting"
9. "Fight"
10. "Angel Without Wings"
11. "Marry Mary"
12. "Last Days"
13. "The Compound"

External links

• Day By Day Entertainment
• UGHH's info on the album (Contains tracklisting)