Mad Cobra

“Darkskin Manson” is a 2015 mixtape and the second project made by JPEGMAFIA. The mixtape was released on Bandcamp alongside a DVD of the accompanying movie. The songs were recorded during the Communist Slow Jams sessions. The mixtape was later taken down and re-released as an EP with 7 tracks, before being deleted. This is the accompanying movie.

Reggae music is featured in this romantic thriller set in Jamaica. Stoney (Giancarlo Esposito), a photojournalist, is assigned by a U.S. music magazine to cover a battle of the bands in Jamaica. There he becomes involved with the seductive Blossom (Jasmine Guy) who works for Mr. Lee (Lucien Chen), a crime boss. Lee is planning to rob the concert box office. Blossom tries to convince Stoney to help her steal the money from Lee and escape to another island paradise. Interspersed amongst the action are many clips of the reggae bands as they musically battle it out.

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