Author: Tracy Jones

On a bus in Hokkaido.
First 2018 fam flick
Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery arrest 1958
My first cover story. Had just gotten it in the mail.
On this trip we had the dope view. Wish I had a full frame cam though.
Photo by Lukasz Palka
Mega and Late. This was the day that I was a guest on their podcast.
Still from “White Face”
Moriyama Tadashi, “Solar and Lunar Spectra” 769×1024
Foretoken, 2008, pen, acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board 190×340cm, Photo :KUGE Yasuhide, Sustainable Investor Co.,Ltd.
M.Sayyid of Anti-Pop Consortium, Photo by PH

Last Word On Last Year

January 19, 201874 Views

Last year my daughter, Kantra forced me to pick up my crown. For many nights, on my knees, helping my four-year-old get dressed for bed, at eye level she’d tell me, “I’m a Princess. Mommie is Mommie Queeen and you’re Daddy King.” We could be in a grocery store aisle and out of her pocket she pulls rocks, rose pedals, acorns, and handfuls of sand. She got a bike for Christmas and a remote control car. In the last few …

2017 Ramblings Revisited

January 11, 201860 Views

Tracy Jones

In 2012, the inception of The Microscopic Giant was supposed to be a bloodletting of sorts. I always wanted to tell stories that reflected my experience and the opposite. Posting about music, art, film, and culture was a pivot from my original intention. I got shook. I suck. My work wasn’t finished. It wasn’t the right time. All I have is time. If I considered my writing to be an invite for the world to fuck with me, perhaps that’s …

Ended the year with getting my first cover.
Seven years, celebrating our anniversary. Yes, “…And we still together.”
Her smile is the shape of a wave’s curl.
To capture the sun, you have to get close enough. She can date when I’m dead.
I always try to click shots like this and never get it right. This was my closest.
Same for this joint.
At Micky D’s just pondering.
B-Boy and B-Girl
This was for international day at my baby’s school.
I got my braces off. Had them shits on for a minute. They say it’ll take two years. You got’em on for seven. Fuck outta here.
This is our main Thai spot. Order anything, they don’t fuck around.
On my bike ride to downtown Orlando.
Kantra showing out.
You haven’t felt claustrophobic til you been to Japan.
My abstract poetess
On this trip we had the dope view. Wish I had a full frame cam though.
Beast taking a picture of beauty.
We just came back from Hokkaido. I was gonna write a post if I have time. 2018 don’t have no brakes.

My 20 Favorite Flicks of 2017

December 29, 201747 Views

Tracy Jones

Mega Late Show logo by Lirc aka Kevin

Mega Church: TMG Exclusive Mixtape, Plus Q&A with The Mega Late Show, Part 2 of 2

December 20, 201738 Views

Tracy Jones

If you haven’t read Part 1 of my interview with The Mega Late Show, or heard Late’s Liquid Wards mixtape, peep it here. The Mega Late Show is a Tokyo, Japan based hip-hop podcast. In just a short time, hosts Mega, Late, and Steze have helped foster a growing community of rappers, DJ’s, writers, and breakdancers. For ex-pats living in this homogenous society, MLS is a portal to connecting artists that otherwise, might not have linked. On the show, they’ve …

Mega Late Show logo by Lirc aka Kevin
Mega and Late. This was the day that I was a guest on their podcast.

Liquid Wards: TMG Exclusive Mixtape, Plus Q&A with The Mega Late Show, Part 1 of 2

December 14, 201744 Views

Tracy Jones

Last summer, through the Facebook group, Black Creatives Japan, I met “hip-hop savvy listener” Mega. With his co-hosts Late and Steze, they produce The Mega Late Show. It might very well be one of the only English speaking hip-hop podcast in Japan. Mega gave me props on “The 20 Best Hip-Hop Guest Verses of All Time,” an LA Weekly listicle that I contributed to. “Man, how could you leave out Cappadonna’s verse off of Ghostface Killah’s ‘Winter Warz?’” he asked …