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“Maintain The Mystery’s story is one of one, and inspiring to those  overcoming hurdles, working against the doubt, staying lowkey and locked in till you build your kingdom.”

Season 1 ︎︎︎ Rise of Mecca  (1990-1945)

Season 2 ︎︎︎ Rise of Westside (1945-1967)







For the first time ever, our history book series will be presented in a coffee table / magazine fashion while reading like a TV Series Script coming from Tha Hood Private Investigator wit family ties. A literal two plus year investigation!


Did you know that we built and owned our own hospitals, Bank, Hotel, Movie Theater, Gas Station/Oil, Venues, Insurance, Pharmacy, Factory, Newspapers, Nightclubs, Bars, Unions For Musicians, Cafes on South Central Ave? Before Motown, it was Dooto and John Dolphins. Before Ted Watkins Pool & Jesse Owens Pool, it was the 28th ST YMCA. Before Fresh and Meaty, it was Fatburger. Take the investigating journey back into what REALLY happened and what REALLY erased. The full undisclosed truth from MAINTAIN THE MYSTERY PUBLISHING! 100% INDEPENDENT OWNED AND FUNDED OUT OF POCKETS TO PRESERVE THIS HISTORY! This is not a purchase but a community investment to further restore our stories. We appreciate our villages for helping us get this far and will make GREAT use of your further support.




SCIM VOL. 1 SCORES | EVOLUTION OF BLACK MUSIC








“South Central Avenue opened the door for the evolution of black music to flow through on the West Coast. Without Central Avenue there would have been no continuum of the black music coming from New Orleans, Memphis, Kansas City, Chicago, or New York City." - Clora Bryant. 42nd and Central Forever.”




SOUTH CENTRAL IS MECCA VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK

Features: Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Scarface, Eddie Hazel, Eloquent, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Big Krit, Marvin Gaye, The System, One Way, Ashanti, Lloyd, Erykah Badu, Sound of Blackness, Redd Foxx, Rick James, Isley Brother, Mos Def, Curtis Mayfield, Sybil, SZA, Selena, Syretta, Prince, Stevie Wonder, SWV, Marlena Shaw, Curren$y, ScHoolboy Q, Dom Kennedy, Wee, The Stylistics, Soul Dog, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Wale, The Weeknd, Ray Charles, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Leon Haywood

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Band, Boris Gardener, Melba Moore, Terrace Martin, Ahmad, E-40, Bob Marley, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Kelly Price, Mariah Carey, Denice Williams, The Voice of East Harlem, Freddie Gibbs, Ab-Soul, Madlib, Donell Jones, Brandy, Noname, Westside Boogie,

Bobby M, Big Time Watts, Kanye West, BJ The Chicago Kid, Atlantic Starr, Jhene Aiko, The Wilans, The Moment, Lalah Hatahaway,  The Penguins, Jesse Belvin, Sam Cooke, The Watts Prophet, Rufu Thomas and Parliament



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“Without Central Avenue there wouldn't be no ______ rant”

















Season 1“Rise of Mecca”












Episodes



EPISODE 1: CENTRAL STATION [FIRST MIGRATION] EPISODE 2: COMMUNITY MECCA EPISODE 3: CALIFORNIA EAGLE EPISODE 4 - OLD MONEY [RISE OF PROPAGANDA] EPISODE 6 - HOME OWNERSHIP [40%] EPISODE 5 - MURRAY DUDE RANCH [40 ACRES] EPISODE 8 - DUNBAR HOSTIPAL EPISODE 7 - WE ALL EAT [LOCAL 767] EPISODE 11 - GOLDEN STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE (1925) EPISODE 10 - SOUTH CENTRAL FIREFIGHTERS EPISODE 9 - RUTH TEMPLE EPISODE 12 - DUNBAR HOTEL (1928 -1929) | 1930s - 1996 EPISODE 14 - WRIGLEY FIELD (1912 -1957) EPISODE 13 - BLACK WALL STREET (1921) EPISODE 15 - BROADWAY FEDERAL EPISODE 16 - 12AM AT CLUB ALABAM EPISODE 17 - FIRST MUSIC TEACHER [SAMUEL BROWNE] (1936) EPISODE 18 - WEST COAST GOLF CLUB AKA [GRADUATION] EPISODE 19: SUNDOWN TOWN [RESTRICTED WESTSIDE] EPISODE 18 PART II - BLACK PALM SPRINGS














Season 2 ︎︎︎ Rise of Westside (1945-1967)




EPISODE 1: SUGAR HILL [WEST ADAM] EPISODE 2: FATBURGER [HOTEL WATKINS] (1945 - 1947) EPISODE 3 -LOREN MILLER [1948] EPISODE 4 - BLOCKBUSTING [WHITE FLIGHT] EPISODE 5 - DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS [WWI ERA] EPISODE 6 - HOUSING PROJECT MEETING [54 BALLROOM] EPISODE 7 - 10 FREEWAY SPLIT [LONG LIVE SUGAR HILL] EPISODE 8 - GENERATIONAL WEALTH [BOWERS AND SONS] EP 8 PT II - OUT THA TRUNK EPISODE 9 - BAD TIMING [ SPORTMAN & DOOTO CENTER] 1962 EPISODE 9 PART II - EBONY SHOWCASE [EMINENT DOMAIN] EPISODE 9 PART II - EBONY SHOWCASE [EMINENT DOMAIN] EPISODE 10 - FLASHBACK: DETROIT RED AND CHICAGO RED [1950S - 1960S] EPISODE 10 PART II - MALCOLM X VS LAPD EPISODE 11 - 85 PERCENT [DEATH OF SAM COOKE] EPISODE 11 - 85 PERCENT [DEATH OF SAM COOKE] EPISODE 11 PART II - WISH HE DIDN’T TRUST ME SO MUCH EPISODE 12 - THE SLAUSON’S EPISODE 13 - 1965 WATTS RIOTS EPISODE 13 PT II - WATTS THE MOTHERLAND EPISODE 14 - WATTS ART MOVEMENT EPISODE 15 - TED WATKINS EPISODE 16 - LEARN BABY LEARN


























”Before, the white-owned toy companies made some black-skinned dolls. But they had white features and white-type hair, and the white companies were afraid to make them too black, fearing we'd reject them. Well, we have developed a method of making a natural black doll's head, with real black features and coloring and an Afro hairdo.”
    - Philip Gilliar, President of Shindana Toys Inc.”


EPISODE 1: MAYOR OF THA GHETTO [BUNCHY CARTER] EPISODE 1 PT II: FREE BREAKFAST [BLACK PANTHER LA] EPISODE 2: FBI COINTELPRO EPISODE 3: 41ST AND CENTRAL EPISODE 4: LA REBELLION FILM MOVEMENT [BLAXPOLITATION HOLLYWOOD] EPISODE 5: RAYMOND WASHINGTON [1960 - 1979] EPISODE 6: TOOKIE WILLIAMS EPISODE 7: NEW COMPTON [B4 NWA, THERE WAS CAA] EPISODE 8: CRENSHAW STRIP EPISODE 9: WATTS SUMMER FESTIVAL EPISODE 10: RAMONA’S EPISODE 11: ALL IN THE FAMILY [BLACK OWNED BANK MEETING] EPISODE 12: URBAN LEAGUE [YOU BIG DUMMY] EPISODE 13: WATTSTAX EPISODE 14: YOUNG BLOODS EPISODE 15: WAR ON DRUGS 1971 EPISODE 16: EAST LA LITTLE DEVILS [FOX HILLS] EPISODE 17: 1977 FUNK FEST [RISE OF HOOD POLITICS]


      - "They ain't give me a record contract so I made my own record company. Don't ever go with the flow, be the flow and i don't need no middle man to talk to my niggas"

-Jay Z [B-Side Freestyle 2015]

           

PROUD 2 CARRY THA BATON. PROUD 2 INVEST. PROUD 2 SUPPORT. “PROUD 2 PAY” AS NIPSEY WOULD SAY.

“ I want to see the Negro pictured in books just like he lives, so I formed my own book publishing firm and write my own books”
 
                                                        -Oscar Micheaux