Nas' partner in the venture, John Seymour, is a fellow New York native who says he "grew up just across the river" from the rapper's home in Queens. I hope that it encourages young people with their entrepreneurship ideas, that people from the community come back and mix it up with everybody." The restaurant is a few blocks down from where I grew up, so that means everything." He adds, "You can't always do it everywhere else. I grew up in Long Island City, on Vernon Boulevard. "Now we're opening up Sweet Chick Queens, Long Island City, Vernon Boulevard. "Ever since I got involved with Sweet Chick, people from Queens have been wanting to know what's up," explains the rapper-turned-entrepreneur. In early April, the restaurant's fourth and newest location will open its doors in Long Island City, marking Nas' first foray in his home borough. Kendrick Lamar, Cameron Diaz, and Mariah Carey are among the growing group of A-listers that have since been spotted dining in, and the empire is still growing. Known for its signature chicken and waffles, Sweet Chick has become a buzzy see-and-be-seen destination with two locations in NYC - in the Williamsburg and Lower East Side neighborhoods - along with one in Los Angeles that opened in 2016 with an assist from YG and Schoolboy Q, no less. In recent years, the 44-year-old Illmatic rapper has kept busy building up a diverse business empire that includes the Mass Appeal label, a collaboration with Baz Luhrmann for Netflix's The Get Down, the Vegas-based shoe store 12AM:RUN, a clothing line called HSTRY, and last but not least, an acclaimed soul-food restaurant chain. New York legend Nas has been back in town to work on his hotly-anticipated new album, but music isn't the only thing on his mind. Once Seth and Tom streamline the production process and settle into a groove, I think RC will make a fine addition to the Adult Swim line-up.The rap king of Queens is coming home, and he's bringing chicken and waffles. I realize this mini-review sounds pretty lukewarm, but that's because I see plenty of potential here. The skits are interspersed with short "channel flips" which are often amusing, but probably need to be a bit edgier. Others just aren't that funny, but that's Adult Swim for you - scattershot guerilla comedy.
Some of the other skits - such as a parody of You Got Served starring Voltron - suffer from SNLitis and go on too long. The entire skit has a kind of manic energy reminiscent of the excellent Sweet J Presents days, and I think those are the sort of the thing the show should focus on. to Mario to Ponch from CHiPS (and featured a satisfying Mario Kart-inspired ending that, oddly enough, mirrored the ending of a very similar short story I wrote as a teenager). I liked the racing skit, which featured everyone from M.A.S.K. The skits, much like ToyFare's "Twisted ToyFare Theater" segments (and Adult Swim itself) are hit-or-miss. Horse from Palisades' Ren & Stimpy line being used for unicorns - one voiced by Mila Kunis, no less). Sometimes they use real action figures, other times they dress up the figures as other characters (I noticed a Mr.
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The show features a series of skits, with action figures as actors. The show is essentially the same as the pair's short-lived internet effort "Sweet J Presents" from a few years back, but no one ever saw that or knows what it is.
The show is a joint effort between Seth Green (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Austin Powers fame) and Tom Root, one of the editors of ToyFare magazine. I finally caught a couple of episodes of Robot Chicken, the new Adult Swim show starring action figures.
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