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Oh My Goddess!
230px Cover of the first tankōbon volume
ああっ女神さまっ (Ā Megami-sama)
Genre	Romance Comedy, adventure, Fantasy action
Manga
Written by	Kōsuke Fujishima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Afternoon
English magazine	Super Manga Blast!
Original run	September 1988 – ongoing
Volumes	44 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Hiroaki Gōda
Studio	AIC
Licensed by	AnimEigo (former) MVM Films Madman Entertainment
Released	February 2, 1993 – May 17, 1994
Runtime	153 minutes
Episodes	5
TV anime
Adventures of Mini-Goddess
Directed by	Hiroko Kazui Yasuhiro Matsumura
Studio	Oriental Light and Magic
Licensed by	Geneon Entertainment (former) MVM Films Madman Entertainment
Network	WOWOW
Original run	April 6, 1997 – March 29, 1999
Episodes	48 (List of episodes)
TV anime
Ah! My Goddess
Directed by	Hiroaki Gōda
Studio	AIC
Licensed by	Anime Works (Season 1), Funimation Entertainment (Season 2) MVM Films (Season 1), Manga Entertainment (Season 2)
Network	TBS
Original run	January 6, 2005 – September 14, 2006
Episodes	50 (List of episodes)
Novel
Oh My Goddess! First End
Written by	Yumi Tōma
Illustrated by	Kōsuke Fujishima Hidenori Matsubara
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Published	July 20, 2007
Original video animation
Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings
Studio	AIC, Aniplex
Released	December 12, 2007
Episodes	2 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Ah! My Goddess: Itsumo Futari De
Studio	AIC, Aniplex
Released	2011
Episodes	2
Film
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
Anime and Manga Portal

Oh! My Goddess! (ああっ女神さまっ, Ā Megami-sama^?), or Ah! My Goddess! in some releases, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It premiered in the November 1988^[1] issue of Afternoon where it is still being serialized. Every few months, the most recent chapters are published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha (43 exist as of September 23, 2011).^[2] The series centers on the relationship between college sophomore Keiichi Morisato and the goddess Belldandy.

As the manga's popularity increased, a five-episode original video animation (OVA) was made based on it. With the OVA's success, the stage was set for two TV series and a film to follow.

Plot[link]

Story[link]

Keiichi Morisato is a good-natured, yet hapless and girlfriend-less college sophomore who is often imposed upon by his elder dorm-mates and brow-beaten into taking phone messages and doing other chores for them. One day, while alone in his dorm, he accidentally calls the Goddess Technical Help Line and a beautiful goddess named Belldandy materializes in his room. She tells him that her agency has received a system request from him, so she has been sent to grant him a single wish. Skeptical and thinking someone is playing a practical joke on him, he wishes that she stay with him forever. To his surprise, his wish is granted. Belldandy must stay with him, but as his dormitory is strictly male-only, they are both forced onto the street.

They set off on his motorcycle to find alternative shelter, eventually seeking cover in an old Buddhist temple. In the morning, they are greeted by the temple's sole inhabitant, a young monk, who welcomes them and gives them permission to stay until they can find permanent lodging. He immediately puts them to work maintaining the temple grounds, but when he sees Belldandy use her powers to save Keiichi from injury, he begins to fear that she may be a demon or sorceress. He is eventually convinced of Belldandy's intrinsic goodness when he witnesses her solicitous care of the temple premises and her perfect meditation ritual. When he decides to go on a pilgrimage to India, the priest gives the couple permission to remain in the temple so long as they continue to maintain it.

Setting[link]

The Oh My Goddess! universe is fashioned loosely around Norse mythology; various names and concepts are recycled for humor. Three worlds exist in the Universe of Oh My Goddess: Heaven, Hell, and Earth. Heaven is the realm of the Lord and goddesses, Hell is the realm of Daimakaicho and demons, and Earth is the realm of humans. Reality is controlled by an enormous and complex computer system, named Yggdrasil.

Each goddess is assigned Class, Category, and Restrictions. Class indicates power and skill in performing pure magic. First Class goddesses are held to a stricter standard regarding the prohibition to lie. There are also three categories: Administration, Commercial (Field), and Special Duty. Limited and Unlimited restrictions indicates boundaries on permitted actions. Goddesses may be penalized for dereliction of duty and may have their license suspended for a time. A goddess using her powers during suspension will have her license permanently revoked.^[3] Belldandy is a Goddess First Class, Second Category, Unlimited License. Urd is a Goddess Second Class, First Category, Limited License. Skuld is a Goddess Second Class, First Category, Limited License. Goddesses also wear power limiters, usually in the form of jewelry.

The goddesses' purpose is to bring happiness to everyone around them. Toward that end, Heaven has created the Goddess Technical Helpline (also called Goddess Relief Agency), designed to bring happiness to the people of Earth, especially those with great virtue but terrible misfortune. A competing institution named the Earth Assistance Center, also is staffed by goddesses.^[4] In most scenarios, a goddess appears before one that the system has deemed worthy and grants him or her one wish. The wish must be approved by the system, after which a contract is created between the human and the goddess and stored on the Yggdrasil system as a file. The wish contract file is protected by a passcode known to the Goddess.^[5] As demons work toward the opposite end, the total happiness on Earth must remain in balance.^[6] Heaven and Hell strictly abide by an agreement to work through contracts and never kill each other.

Demons have similar class and license restrictions, and are accompanied by familiars instead of angels. A seal exists between the demon world and Earth, named the Gate to the Netherworld. It was "created by the gods and can only be broken by an instrument of the gods."^{[citation needed]} As such, demons require a catalyst to manifest on Earth. The demons possess a system similar to Yggdrasil, named Nidhogg. Both demons and goddesses possess the power to seal beings away. The demons also operate in a fashion similar to goddesses by creating contracts with humans and offering them wishes, but often at a price.^[7]

A goddess does not have an angel automatically, but receives one in egg form. When her power matures, the egg hatches into an angel, becoming a lifetime companion.^[8] The angel always obeys the goddess, being a reflection of the goddess' inner self.^[8]

Other creatures that exist in the Earth plane are a multitude of spirits that are responsible for almost every aspect of life. These include the spirits of Money, Wind, Engine and such. More specific entities include Earth spirits, which are guardians over a specific area of land. Morgan le Fay, a villain from the movie, is probably a high ranking Earth spirit (or a being from another dimension, but that is less likely because her tragic love story with a human must have happened on Earth) who demonstrates great strength fighting Belldandy and Urd, even though her powers are less potent than the ones of goddesses of their level.

Production[link]

Before starting work on Oh My Goddess!, Kōsuke Fujishima created the manga You're Under Arrest!. Miyuki Kobayakawa, one of the principal characters of You're Under Arrest!, was featured as a goddess character in a four-panel gag strip in the manga.^[9] While the exact relationship between this initial goddess character and the Oh My Goddess! series is unclear, there are suggestions that Oh My Goddess! can be viewed as a spin-off series.^[10] Irrespective of the origin, the concept of a goddess "as a job" interested Fujishima,^[11] leading to the first appearance of the Oh My Goddess! series in the September 1988 issue of the magazine Afternoon.^[12]

Title controversy[link]

Translating the original Japanese title of ああっ女神さまっ (Aa! Megami-sama!) proved to be problematic. Fred Patten, in writing the preface to the collection "Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews", stated that fans were still debating whether "Ah! My Goddess" or "Oh My Goddess!" should be used at the time of writing, approximately 15 years after the first Oh My Goddess! manga was published.^[13] When the United States anime import company AnimEigo obtained the original video animation (OVA) rights, they titled the series Oh My Goddess!.^[14] This approach was also followed by Toren Smith and Dark Horse Comics when translating the manga. Released in concert with the OVA series in 1994,^[15] Smith has since stated that he saw the title as a play on "Oh my god!", and felt that there was no problem when translating it. Smith confirmed that his interpretation of the author's intent was correct by consulting with Fujishima.^[16] Nevertheless, Kodansha's bilingual release of the manga used Ah! My Goddess,^[17] as did Pioneer's North American release of the film,^[18] and Media Blasters's 2005 DVD release of the TV series.^[19]

Fujishima stated in Animerica that "Oh" was closer to his intent, but acknowledged that the title should be rendered so as to make sense within the country that it is published, and specifically stated that films may warrant different titles than other works.^[20] He did, however, state that he would prefer to see consistency between the titles of the manga and those of the animations.^[20]

Media[link]

Manga[link]

Oh My Goddess! premiered in the September 1988 issue of the monthly Japanese magazine Afternoon. The series is still ongoing and as of the August 2009 issue, 251 chapters of the series have been serialized in the magazine. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. The first volume was released on September 23, 1989;^[21] as of July 23, 2009, 39 volumes have been released in Japan.^[22]

The series is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Dark Horse. The company initially published the first 112 chapters individually, with the first chapter released on August 1, 1994,^[23] and chapter 112 on September 1, 2004,^[24] until volume 19/20, after which they only published the collected volumes. They also serialized individual chapters in their defunct manga anthology, Super Manga Blast!.^[25][26] The first three volumes have had three different releases; they were initially published in a single abridged volume titled "1-555-GODDESS" on November 1, 1996,^[27] and were later re-released in unabridged volumes between June 5 and October 7, 2002.^[28][29] The first 129 chapters were redistributed between volumes 1 through 20 so that each volume better followed story arcs; after this reordering, the English release had 19 volumes. The fourth volume was released on October 15, 1997;^[30] volume 19, which Dark Horse numbered "19/20" and which ended on the same chapter as the Japanese volume 20, was released on January 19, 2005.^[31] After this release, they began republishing the first 20 volumes, this time following the Japanese chapter layout and using a new translation; they also continued publishing volumes from 21 on, these also followed the original Japanese chapter layout. The third re-release of volume 1 was on December 7, 2005,^[32] and the re-release has reached volume 12, which was released on June 24, 2009.^[33] Volume 21 was published by Dark Horse on July 6, 2005,^[34] and volume 33 was released on August 29, 2009.^[35]

Light novel[link]

The first novel of the series, Oh My Goddess! First End, was written by Urd's voice actress, Yumi Tōma, with the illustrations done by Fujishima and Hidenori Matsubara, the animation director for several of the series' animated adaptations. The story follows the manga, taking place three years after Belldandy and Keiichi first meet. The novel was first published in Japan on July 20, 2006 by Kodansha;^[36] it was then licensed in English by Dark Horse and released it in North America on December 12, 2007.^[37]

Original video animation[link]

In 1993, AIC - Anime International Company, KSS, Tokyo Broadcasting System and Kodansha teamed up to produce a five-episode original video animation (OVA) series based on the manga series. Directed by Hiroaki Gōda and distributed by Pony Canyon, the first episode was released on February 21, 1993, and the final was released on May 17, 1994.

The screenplay was written by Kunihiko Kondo and Nahoko Hasegawa, and the music was provided by Takeshi Yasuda. The character designers were Hidenori Matsubara, Hiroshi Kato, Osamu Tsuruyama.^[38]

The OVA was licensed for release in North America by AnimEigo, who released all five episodes in individual VHS volumes in both English-language and subtitled Japanese-language editions beginning on April 16, 1995.^[39] They later released all five episodes across two DVD volumes in 2001, then re-released the episodes in a single "Collector's Edition" set in 2006. AnimEigo's license expired at the end of February 2010.^[40]

[edit] The Adventures of Mini-Goddess

A 48 episode TV series called Adventures of Mini-Goddess (ああっ女神さまっ 小っちゃいって事は便利だねっ, Aa! Megami-sama! Chicchaitte Koto wa Benri da ne^?) and featuring shrunken versions of Urd, Belldandy, and Skuld in a comedic super deformed style was produced by Oriental Light and Magic and aired on WOWOW from April 6, 1998^[41][42] through March 29, 1999^[42][43] as a part of the omnibus show Anime Complex. It is distributed in Japan by Pony Canyon and in North America by Geneon Entertainment. This series departs the most from the original manga storyline, and has almost no continuity with the previous series. The series revolves around the three goddesses and their rat companion Gan-chan, following their adventures in their temple home. The goddesses remain constantly in miniaturized form, for apparent freedom of space and in order to properly interact with Gan-chan.

Film[link]

A film, titled Ah! My Goddess: The Movie (劇場版ああっ女神さまっ, Gekijōban Aa! Megami-sama^?), premiered in Japan in 2000. It saw the return of the main cast, along with several popular characters from the manga who had not appeared in any of the previous anime. It is distributed in Japan by Shochiku and in North America and United Kingdom by Geneon Entertainment in 2001. The plot does not seem to follow any of the existing canon, but uses plot devices from several different story arcs from the manga, mostly the Lord Of Terror arc.

Anime[link]

Oh My Goddess! saw another TV iteration under the name Ah! My Goddess in 2005. The episodes, which followed the manga closely,^[44] were directed by Hiroaki Gōda, animated by Anime International Company, and produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS). The season began in Japan, on TBS, on January 6, 2005, and ended on July 7, 2005.^[45] Bandai Visual released the episodes in Japan between April and November 2005, as eight DVD compilations each containing three episodes.^[46][47] The two original video animations (OVAs), which had not been broadcast, were released on a special DVD on December 23, 2005.^[48] The series was licensed for a Region 1 release by Media Blasters.^[49] Six DVD compilations, containing all twenty-six episodes, were released between September 2005 and July 2006.^[50][51] Each DVD contained four episodes, excluding the first two, which contained five each. A premium complete season box set was released on November 7, 2006; the regular set followed on November 27, 2007.^[52][53] MVM Films distributed the series in the United Kingdom, with the individual volumes released between February and December 2007 in six similar DVD compilations.^[54][55] The box set followed in July 2008.^[56]

The success of the first season inspired a second season titled Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings, released as Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy in North America. Also directed by Hiroaki Gōda, animated by AIC - Anime International Company, and produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System, the series covered the adventures of Keiichi and Belldandy in the aftermath of the Lord of Terror fiasco. It premiered on TBS on April 6, 2006 and concluded on September 14, 2006, picking up the story from where the series left off in season one.^[57] Season two concluded with episode 22, although the Japanese and North American DVD releases include episodes 23 and 24. It was released to DVD in Japan between July 2006 and February 2007 by Bandai Visual.^[58][59] Media Blasters, who released the first season, passed up on this season and it was licensed to ADV Films instead.^[60] ADV Films released the season on six DVD compilations, each containing four episodes, between May 2007 and March 2008.^[50][61] The rights were then transferred to Funimation Entertainment, who released a box set on November 25, 2008.^[62][63]

In 2007, Ah! My Goddess: Fighting Wings, a two-episode special to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Oh My Goddess!, was released.^[64][65] It was directed by Hiroaki Gōda, animated by Anime International Company, and produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System. The episodes aired on December 8, 2007^[66] and Bandai Visual released the episodes on a single DVD in Japan on February 22, 2008.^[67] The episodes have not been licensed for a Region 1 release.

TBS announced in March 2010 that it was producing a brand new 7-minute OVA for release only with a repackaged and redesigned boxed set for Season 1. Currently, no plans exist for licensing that special OVA episode. The OVA is the first new anime production since "Fighting Wings" was produced for the 20th anniversary of the manga series.

On February 23, 2011, Kodansha released the first OAD for the anime series, bundled with volume 42 of the manga series.^[68] Volume 42 of the tankouban series would be released in two versions, in a standard version without the OAD and a limited edition release that would contain the OAD.

Kodansha recently announced that they were producing a second OAD for the anime series. Volume 43 of the tankouban series will include this new OAD for the anime series, and that it will be bundled with the manga release. Volume 43 is set to be released on September 23, 2011.^[69]

Soundtracks[link]

The seiyū, or "Japanese voice actor", of the series are also professional singers. Either in the form of Goddess Family Club or an original soundtrack, the series has led to over a dozen albums.

Video games[link]

An adventure game titled Aa! Megami-sama! for the NEC PC-9801 was released in 1993 by Banpresto. An enhanced port was later released in 1997 for the PC-FX which added voice and other improvements.

A Dreamcast quiz game titled Quiz: Ah! My Goddess was released in August 1998.

In February 2007 an Ah! My Goddess game developed by Marvelous Interactive was released in Japan for the PlayStation 2. The game was only released in Japan and was released in 2 editions, the limited edition (also known as the "Holy Box" edition) and the regular DVD edition. Currently there have not been any plans for the game to be licensed and translated into English.

Reception[link]

In 2009, Ah! My Goddess won Kodansha's award for Best General Manga, and the most recent volume, 41, was the tenth best-selling manga in Japan upon its release that week according to the Oricon Japanese Comic Rankings charts.

References[link]

External links[link]

Anime and manga portal

• Official TBS Oh My Goddess! anime website (Japanese)
• Oh My Goddess! (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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Matt Redman (born 14 February 1974^[1]) is an English Christian worship leader, songwriter and author based in Brighton.

He has worked with Newfrontiers, Passion Conferences, Hillsong London, Soul Survivor, is an artist for Sixstepsrecords and is a member of Compassionart a charity founded by Martin Smith.

He appeared with Hillsong London for a song on their 2005 album Jesus Is; he co-wrote and sang the song "Greatest Gift".

Many Contemporary Christian music (CCM) artists such as Matt Maher, Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Tree63, and Hillsong United have covered a number of Redman's songs. Some of his most popular early songs include "Heart Of Worship", "Let Everything That Has Breath", "Once Again", "Undignified", and "Better Is One Day". More recently he has co-written songs like You Never Let Go, the 2005 Dove Award-winning "Blessed Be Your Name" (Worship Song of the Year) and the Grammy Award nominated "Our God". He regularly works alongside other Christian artists such as Chris Tomlin and Tim Hughes.

Redman started leading worship at St Andrews, Chorleywood, moving to help start up Soul Survivor alongside Mike Pilavachi and was the worship leader for the Soul Survivor Church in Watford. According to founder Mike Pilavachi, the Soul Survivor festivals (which began in 1993) grew out of worship sessions with him and the then 15-year-old Redman.^[2] Redman led worship at the early Soul Survivor festivals, returning to lead worship again in 2011.

In 2002, after a sabbatical in America recording Where Angels Fear To Tread, Redman moved to Brighton to work with Terry Virgo at the Newfrontiers church, CCK. He has been involved in their 'Newday' and 'Together on a Mission' conferences.

In 2004 Redman joined a new church plant, The Point, also in West Sussex, led by Will Kemp.

In 2008 Matt and Beth Redman, along with their three children, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to plant a church with Louie Giglio and Chris Tomlin called Passion City Church. In August 2010 Redman and his family returned to the UK. They have since joined a church plant in Brighton at St Peter's Church, Brighton. ^[3][4]

On 18 and 19 February 2011, Redman joined Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio, and Nathan and Christy Nockels at LIFT - A Worship Leader Collective. His new live album, 10,000 Reasons, was recorded during this event.^[5]

He has authored and edited multiple books on Christian worship, including The Unquenchable Worshipper and the book Facedown which accompanied the album of the same name. His latest book Mirror Ball relays his thoughts and experiences of 'living boldly and shining brightly for the glory of God'.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Wake Up My Soul (1993)
• Passion for Your Name (1995)
• The Friendship and the Fear (1998)
• Intimacy (1998), released as The Heart of Worship in USA (1999)
• The Father's Song (2000)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (2002)
• Facedown (2004)
• Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman Vol. 1 (2005)
• Beautiful News (2006)
• We Shall Not Be Shaken (2009)
• Ultimate Collection (2010)
• 10,000 Reasons (2011) (UK chart peak: No. 149)^[6] (US Christian Album chart peak: No. 1)^[7][8]

Video albums[link]

• Facedown (DVD, 2004)

Passion event albums[link]

• The Road To OneDay (2000)
• OneDay: Live (2000)
• Sacred Revolution: Songs From OneDay 03 (2003)
• Hymns: Ancient and Modern (2004)
• How Great Is Our God (2005)
• Everything Glorious (2006)
• The Best of Passion (So Far) (2006)
• Live from Passion 07 Pt. 2 (2007)
• God of This City (2008)
• Awakening (2010)
• Here for You (2011)
• White Flag (2012)

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

Dove Award wins^[9]

• 2005: Worship Song of the Year: "Blessed Be Your Name"
• 2006: Praise and Worship Album of the Year: Blessed Be Your Name: The Songs of Matt Redman Vol. 1
• 2007: Children's Music Album of the Year: VeggieTales Worship Songs
• 2007: Special Event Album of the Year: Passion: Everything Glorious
• 2009: Special Event Album of the Year: Passion: God of This City
• 2011: Worship Song of the Year - TIE: "Our God"
• 2011: Special Event Album of the Year: Passion: Awakening

Published[link]

• The Unquenchable Worshipper, (2001)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread, (2002)
• The Heart of Worship Files, (2003)
• Facedown, (2004)
• Inside Out Worship, (2005)
• Blessed Be Your Name (with Beth Redman), (2005)
• Mirror Ball, (2011)

See also[link]

• Tim Hughes
• Mike Pilavachi
• Chris Tomlin

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Interview at Christian Music Today
• Interview @ Premier.tv

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Mac Lethal (born David McCleary Sheldon) is a rapper from Kansas City, Missouri, of Irish descent.

Biography[link]

Mac Lethal was born David McCleary Sheldon on July 25, 1981.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, he won several rap battles against local emcees from rival Kansas City high schools,^[1] and began to generate a buzz amongst the very small, tightly knit Kansas City underground hip-hop community.^[1] Mac entered the emcee battle at Scribble Jam hip-hop festival in August 2001 and took second place in the finals. He returned in 2002 and won the competition, and took second place in 2004.^[1] Sage Francis would later take Mac on the F*ck Clear Channel Tour in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Sheldon founded Black Clover Records with longtime friend Jeremy Willis.^{[citation needed]} Mac Lethal hosts Black Clover Radio Hour on the Kansas City alternative station 96.5 The Buzz. It has aired every Sunday night since 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2011, Sheldon released a video on YouTube of him rapping over the beat to "Look At Me Now" while he prepares a dish of pancakes in his kitchen. The video became a viral hit and got millions of views in a matter of days and led to interviews on websites like CNN and the Washington Post.^[2]

Sheldon is also responsible for a Tumblr feed called "Texts From Bennett", in which he purports to divulge text message conversations between himself and his cousin Bennett. Although some have questioned whether or not Bennett is a real person, Mac insists that the conversations are 100% genuine.^[3]

In 2012, Sheldon worked with ad agency McKinney in Episode 1 of AMC Network's The Pitch. McKinney's winning campaign idea, "Freestyle Breakfast," features Sheldon rapping about the breakfast sandwich toppings available at SUBWAY restaurants. The episode also shows Sheldon freestyling at a meeting with SUBWAY's marketing team.

Albums[link]

Debut and early EPs[link]

After catching the attention of Hip Hop Infinity creator Jay Seagraves via his Moon Thinker EP, Mac Lethal released his debut album, Men Are From Mars, Porn Stars Are From Earth, through HHI Recordings, a record label offshoot of Seagraves' now defunct website. Mac Lethal followed with a mixtape titled The Love Potion Collection, which was originally sold through Hip Hop Infinity and came with a free copy of an early version of The Nine Situations EP. Included on The Love Potion Collection were two versions of "Pass the Ammo," an anti-war screed.^[4]

[edit] The Love Potion Collection

After signing to Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2004, Mac Lethal turned in what he thought was to be his debut album for that record label. However, following the death of his mother, he took a new approach to making music.^{[citation needed]} He scrapped that version of 11:11, releasing some tracks as the Love Potion Collection Volume 2, and began re-recording. In 2006, he released a third album in his Love Potion series, written while on tour in Canada with P.O.S. Love Potion Collection 4 contains songs that did not make it on the final Rhymesayers' released 11:11.^[5]

[edit] 11:11

Mac Lethal's Rhymesayers debut album, 11:11, was released on October 9, 2007.^[6] After going on tour with Atmosphere in late 2007, he embarked on another tour in support of the album in early 2008 with fellow Black Clover Records artist Grieves. His song "Sun Storm" from 11:11 was played on America's Best Dance Crew, and is currently Lethal's second most downloaded song on iTunes.

[edit] Irish Goodbye

Mac Lethal's album Irish Goodbye was released on the december 31, 2011.^[7] The album consists of 14 songs. Mac Lethal states that Irish goodbye means "you just leave the bar without telling anybody goodbye" and he explains that's what he is considering doing with his rap career in his song The Parlour. Lethal has released a fast rap after the release of Irish Goodbye which makes that unlikely. ^[8]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Men are from Mars, Porn Stars are from Earth (HHI Recording, 2002)
• 11:11 (Rhymesayers Entertainment, 2007)
• Irish Goodbye (Black Clover Records, 2011)

Mixtapes[link]

• The Love Potion Collection (Black Clover Records, 2003)
• The Love Potion Collection 2 (Black Clover Records, 2006)
• The Love Potion Collection 3 (Black Clover Records, 2006)
• The Love Potion Collection 4 (Black Clover Records, 2007)
• The Crown Prime Rib Mixtape (Black Clover Records, 2008)
• The Love Potion Collection 5 (Black Clover Records, 2009)
• Syntax presents Mac Lethal's Insomniac Stash Volume 1 (bootleg)
• Black Clover Presents Aged Barrel Series 1: Original 11:11 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents Aged Barrel Series 2: Moonthinker (Black Clover Records, 2009)
• Blood in the Water Mixtape (Black Clover Records, 2010)
• The Love Potion Collection 6 (Black Clover Records, 2010)
• North Korean BBQ (Black Clover Records, 2011)

EPs[link]

• Moon Thinker (produced by The R.E.) (2001)
• Nine Situations (produced by Nezbeats (2003)
• Women of Scribble Jam (vinyl) (2004)
• Digital Love Potion EP (2008)
• The Fred Phelps EP (2011)

Black Clover Special Reserve[link]

• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 1 (Black Clover Records 2008)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 2 (Black Clover Records 2008)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 3 (Black Clover Records 2008)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 4 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 5: Town (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 6 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 7 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 8 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 9 (Black Clover Records 2009)
• Black Clover Presents: Special Reserve Volume 10 (Black Clover Records 2010)

Other appearances[link]

• A1 & Mac Lethal – Fall for Anything
• African-American Zombie Lawyer & Mac Lethal & NoCanDo – Watchmen
• Akream & Mac Lethal – Beautiful Skin
• Anti Crew & Mac Lethal – Keep Talking
• The Aztext & Mac Lethal – Our Kingdom
• Brokencyde & Mac Lethal – Get Crunk (Remix)
• Brokencyde & Mac Lethal - Fall Back
• Ces Cru & Mac Lethal - Guntitled
• Copywrite & Mac Lethal - White Democrats
• CunninLynguists & Mac Lethal – Broken Van
• CutThroat & Mac Lethal – Freak Show Anthem
• Day Laborers & Mac Lethal – Burn One
• Dez & Nobs feat. Mac Lethal - 4Trillion4
• Dylan Owen & Mac Lethal – Kiss My Ass Goodbye
• Eyenine & Mac Lethal – Sleep is for the Week
• Full Metal Chemist & Mac Lethal – Mental Chemist
• Gadzooks & Mac Lethal – Lethal Madness
• J Dirty & Mac Lethal – P.S.A
• Jabee & Mick Boogy & Mac Lethal – Live Like A Dream
• Jaze & Mac Lethal – Rap Song
• Jules Hykoo & Mac Lethal – Scram
• Justin Rent & Mac Lethal – Verses
• Main Offenders & Mac Lethal – Listen to Me Now
• Manic Obsessive & Mac Lethal – Ignant
• Max & Mac Lethal – The Rawness of the Sound
• MC Lars & Mac Lethal - The Giving Tree
• Nineteen Eighty Seven & Mac Lethal – You and Me Versus the World
• Nineteen Eighty Seven & Mac Lethal – You and Me Versus the World (3017 Remix)
• Noah23 & Mac Lethal - Foot Loose
• The Quintessential Homegrown & Mac Lethal – Erie Canal
• Sadistik & Mac Lethal – Ashes to Ashley
• SelfEv & Mac Lethal – Insignificant Other
• Slug & Mac lethal- Overkill * Soulcrate Music & Mac Lethal – Save a Horse, Kill a Cowboy
• Sole & Mac Lethal & B. Dolan- Fuck Wells Fargo
• Spose & Mac Lethal – I'm Awesome(Remix)
• Spott & Mac Lethal – Chained
• Taktikal Linguists & Mac Lethal – Take Me Back
• VHD & Mac Lethal – Snake Hiss
• Weatherproof & Mac Lethal - Metropolis
• Mac Lethal & Tha Grit - Brother David

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website