State Property’s The Playpen
I was over at The Fader and I caught this post they did last week on the Myspace page for the cartoon Beanie is developing, The Playpen. The series basically looks like it’s on some Bebe’s kids meets State Property (the movie or the group) only with badder kids and more crack and guns. Ok, I don’t actually know if there will be guns in the cartoon but from the look of the characters, I wouldn’t be surprised.
From an interview the co-creators did with Raptalk.net earlier this year:
The story line revolves around a crew of hard-headed toddlers doing their time at "The State Nursery"—like the worst, meanest daycare center from hell. Its kind of a metaphor for becoming a man and the choices we make, but done in a very comedic way. In the Pilot, we follow two new kids entering day care for the first time. We get into their expectations, anxiety, how friends are made and lost. What is credibility and what’s just being foolish and going overboard. In a lot of ways there are parallels between little babies and grown ups. Sometimes adults can be total babies. You know, immature, selfish, short sighted. Other times, little kids display wisdom, maturity. The kind of qualities you’d like to see in a mature individual.
Carl Jones, who had been illustrating the The Boondocks comic strip prior to its "hiatus" and is currently producing the TV show, is handling illustration duties for this project as well. Through the Myspace page I found the Mochiin Designs website, where NY based artist Moses Jaen has been bringing some of the characters to life in 3D. If you ask me, these figures blow some of the other recent Rap dolls/action figures out of the box. Say word to your mother that Beanie figure below isn’t the best thing you ever saw in your life.


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October 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
wow
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Early!!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 pm
arent they swagger jacking the boondocks??
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
:)
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:25 pm
borrowing your album title from KRS ONE > Borrowing your album title from a Comic Book
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:27 pm
>>arent they swagger jacking the boondocks??
how you figure? get your mind out the gutter
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:27 pm
K-Fed > Filth
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:28 pm
willing to bet this cartoon will be WAY better than the boondocks. but then, i think the boondocks are corny.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:31 pm
>>willing to bet this cartoon will be WAY better than the boondocks. but then, i think the boondocks are corny.
I doubt it, cuz Mcgruder just don’t give a fuck and he’s a smart dude, but we’ll see.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm
anyway, as far as I know, no network has even picked this show up yet…
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm
surprisingly, this looks pretty hot.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:34 pm
damn, can i get a fuckin heroes fan on this mafucka? out of the thousands of people that visit this bitch on the daily, someone’s gotta come outta the woodwork.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:40 pm
THAT WHITE CHICK ON HEROES IS SICK YOU CAN SLAP HER ALL DAY AND SHE DONT HAVE A MARK ON HER THATS A PIMPS DREAM.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:41 pm
shits ok sour we shall see after tonite
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 pm
fuck heroes…
Idi Amin > network tv
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pm
i don’t know meen. what exactly don’t you like about it? i think the shit is flawless.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pm
beans needs to get shot again
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
damn. them shits are gonna sell like crack once they hit eBay.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
>Idi Amin > network tv
HAHA
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:47 pm
Im I late or seeing that game new video for the first time today
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:48 pm
*puts down blunt*
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:51 pm
I dont know I caught the episode looking back last night I thought it was cool it just didnt keep my interest from going back to the internet. Im about to finish reading everything on wiki and then watch tonight Ill let you know tommorow how i feel. Ive only seen like three episodes of the wire and it got me right away. Maybe its the actors the painting white guy was a little extra and the two personality giril is dope but I dunno
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:55 pm
what wiki you talkin about meen?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:55 pm
“A lot of the guys on the internet is weirdos too, you got your guys on the internet that just talk s**t for no reason. It could be the greatest thing on the planet Earth, “F**k that, I don’t like it.†Elvis is coming back, 2Pac is coming back, you can never grab these n***as.” (c) Fat Joe
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:56 pm
..yall slow..beans been talkin bout gettin this cartoon out for like 3 years now..now everbody thinks its some new idea and another way to cake…well yeah but he aint bite this off nobody
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:59 pm
show looks kinda corny. wouldnt be surprised if it never gets picked up.
lol @ the mini-Beans character with the “MITTENS” jersey
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:00 pm
wikipedia the best shit on earth
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:01 pm
ESKAY check ya inbox…its uploaded and ready to go…
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:01 pm
^ co-sign
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:02 pm
^ @ benha
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Aww man the Lost Boys is on AMC right now…
Your eating maggots michael
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
damn, they couldn’t even put a slight smile on one character. All of them got mean mugs on. Freeway’s character looks kinda like Jeru. Sigel looks like a darker version of Bald Bull on Mike Tyson’s Punch Out…lol.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:12 pm
eskay Says:
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:27 pm
K-Fed > Filth
^
good one eskay.. I knew you werent gonna like that KRS to Comic book comment.. haha..
you hate it cause its true though!
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:36 pm
you hate it cause its true though!
nigga please again… First off its a graphic novel not a comic book and unless youve read Kingdom Come dont talk about Kingdom Come cuz you wouldnt understand Kingdom Come @Treach
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:55 pm
New HEROES 2NIGHT hellz yeah!
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Jay talking about the new Ghost album
http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=5415
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:03 pm
had to dust off the hammer
damm cant touch this
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:04 pm
^ how does it still say friday’s date on that? oh well
*hears meth slamming wendy williams’ head on some shaolin pavement*
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:06 pm
this new ghost lp sounds fishy, as if there are just trying to fulfill a contract quota
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Maybe ’cause President Carter hasn’t gotten over the failure of Fishscale. Taking a break from talk of his new LP, Jay spoke on his continued support of Ghostface despite the brick he caught last spring.
who writes this stuff? yn’s wife?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:08 pm
*checks itunes*
Kingdom Come - 50 Plays
Show Me What You Got - 9 Plays
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:09 pm
who writes this stuff? yn’s wife?
####
i heard it was his stable of “page(s)”
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:10 pm
yo did anyone watch that cocaine cowboys joint yet
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:12 pm
si
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:15 pm
^ can you even believe the numbers they were saying? i was just like wow. especially those two guys that were moving the weight, like they were two ugly bums stuck in the eighties, meanwhile 20-25 years ago they were millionaires driving the sickest cars living on the sickest lands
like how do you go back to living like a bum after that shit?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:18 pm
like how do you go back to living like a bum after that shit?
###
i have yet to meet ANY one that put real work in and stayed on top for more than 5+ years
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Dipskate!!!!! Lets see if Jim Jones catches the same hate as Lupe for his love of skateboarding.
allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6308
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:29 pm
dipskate sounds like a mix of dipshit and cheapskate
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:33 pm
*watching fade to black*
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:40 pm
^ doing his civic duty
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:40 pm
i started my new job today, showed my boss how to use tinyurl.com
this nahright thing is creeping into my real life….
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:42 pm
A lobotomy>biggumskiller’s sports column
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 pm
heros is ass…
wwe monday night raw > everything that comes on monday night…
its funny how all the characters are modeled after State Prop members…which doesnt exist any more…
im especially keen to the Mack Mittens character…
now im off to root for T.O aka the white mans new Satan…
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 pm
what sports colum?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 pm
wow, prisonbreak is back on tonight. yo biggs, wtf is goin on with the wire?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:45 pm
wwe monday night raw > everything that comes on monday night… VS. now im off to root for T.O aka the white mans new Satan…
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:46 pm
wire uh? been there done that
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:47 pm
HBO took a week off…the wire and def jam is back this sunday…
or its on demand now if u got it…i watched em today…
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:48 pm
i watched 1-13.. beat that
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:50 pm
eskay i guessed you overlooked the capo article they had @ the fader. his dipset xmas cd and that beans doll are definitely high on my wish list for navidad
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:52 pm
matsui: my ex girlfriend’s birthday is 2morrow? should i bother to reach out to her?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:52 pm
on an unrelated note, i think at this point i probably know every styles verse better than himself, he should hire me as a hypeman
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:55 pm
iceberg slimm aka press play Says:
October 23rd, 2006 at 4:43 pm
akon = the new nate dogg
================================================
Akon & Nate Dogg= the new T J Swan
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Unk feat. Andre 3000 & Jim Jones - Walk It Out = jim bringin nyc back
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:02 pm
What’s good with HBO taking breaks and shit? I was really fiending to watch The Wire yesterday. BTW anybody got the bootlegg of the series that is supposedly available on the street? i’m looking very seriously for that
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:05 pm
“Just flipping ideas to try and get him in the mode or make suggestions of what you think he should write about. It’s not the easiest thing, cuz it’s like, looking back what topic haven’t we covered?†- Young Guru
IS that just a nice way of saying Jay doesn’t have anything left to rap about?
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:07 pm
state prop clothing, cartoon, movies - Beans (circa 2003)
word though I’m lookin for the bootleg of the wire forreal, if u have it let me know
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Take that white tee down two sizes and look like the man u could be {c} andre 3000………I hate that he doesn’t rap like this consistently…..random thought.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Rh!N Says:
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:05 pm
“Just flipping ideas to try and get him in the mode or make suggestions of what you think he should write about. It’s not the easiest thing, cuz it’s like, looking back what topic haven’t we covered?†- Young Guru
IS that just a nice way of saying Jay doesn’t have anything left to rap about?
^^ When he said “What More Can I Say” on the Black Album, maybe he really meant it. j/k
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:13 pm
^^ When he said “What More Can I Say†on the Black Album, maybe he really meant it. j/k
^Lol. u know. I really hope he comes out with some madness to solidify his claims as the best MC, ‘cos I wasn’t impressed with anything after Blueprint album wise.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Rh!N Says:
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:05 pm
“Just flipping ideas to try and get him in the mode or make suggestions of what you think he should write about. It’s not the easiest thing, cuz it’s like, looking back what topic haven’t we covered?†- Young Guru
IS that just a nice way of saying Jay doesn’t have anything left to rap about?
Imo….yes and no….does he have anything superficial to rap about no/maybe {c} gold bottles of that ace of spades……he should have a plethora of subject matter if he got worldly on us…..*taking a wait and see approach on kingdom come*, I’ve come to find out that jay is smarter than he looks..nhjic.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:16 pm
@Rh!N
world series
….and show some intiative if you want the wire series..btw, fucked up who dies the last episode
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:23 pm
# spanish jay Says:
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:16 pm
@Rh!N
world series
….and show some intiative if you want the wire series..btw, fucked up who dies the last episode
^^2 things:
how much intiative ($) do i need to show?
I hope it’s not Randy (even though he been singing a lot lately) or Omar (’cos he’s the gangsta) or Bodie. Damn, now i really wanna know!! Any hints??
“I dunno about them cards but I think these fo-fives be the best hand in here, don’t u? ” - Omar. hahahah that shit had me rolling
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:27 pm
CAL BACK ON HIS TWIST…
STACK BUNDLES : THE WHY’S OF THE HUSTLE *****EXCLUSIVE*****
tinyurl.com/vtxx4
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
CUTMASTER C : THE SOUNDTRACK VOL. 6
tinyurl.com/y73nr3
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:35 pm
if free floating around the net, and one of those dudes yet mentioned fucks the over the entire bmore heroin scene the other one just gets killed
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:37 pm
lemme find out diddy dropped the P, dropped press play and didn’t drop a press release
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:38 pm
MICK BOOGIE PRESENTS JAY-Z : SUPERMAN RETURNS..HOV IS BACK
tinyurl.com/wgywf
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:46 pm
caliber… you are appreciated
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:03 pm
good lookin out @ spanish jay. Found a torrent. Can’t wait. Need my fix, lol
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Caliber = Crack
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:18 pm
^^No homo on that one
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:16 pm
what’s up? Hiro’s a goofball..
November 10th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
listen here G7, DIPSKATE is rollerblading not skateboarding. lupe fiasco got shit for skateboarding cause of many reasons including that he sucks at skateboarding and skateboarding sucks overall. DIPSKATE is freestyle rollerblading which might as be the 5th element of hip hop its so dope. just go to youtube and search for Julian Bah, or Mike “Murda” Johnson, you’ll see what I mean.