Album Notes

W. Kamau Bell lists his comedic influences as Cracked Magazine, Kentucky Fried Movie, and Malcolm X. As a Bay Area comedian, writer, and director for more than ten years, Kamau is a favorite at Cobb’s Comedy Club, The Punch Line, The Porchlight Storytelling Series, and is half of “Siskel & Negro” on radio station Live 105. Kamau has appeared at The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, and Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed. Also he is featured in The Soft Skull Press publication “What Would Bill Hicks Say?” Kamau has been profiled in The San Francisco Chronicle on three separate occasions, including not ironically during Black History Month. Goldstar Events said that Kamau is "without a doubt among San Francisco's most thoughtful and innovative comics". The SF Weekly called him “smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho”, although he was more excited that they called him “handsome”. However Kamau is most proud of being the leader of The Solo Performance Workshop.