Chozen

A butch gay rapper is released from jail after being framed and sets out for revenge, and hopes to make it big on the way i love it. i've watched it all the way through at least three times already, it's highly entertaining and very rewarding. each episode has at least two pieces of original music with an accompanying video... something like an animated lonely island ... something like but not really.

Every episode is great - it's funny as hell,quite brave in its premise, characters are very wisely mixed, unlikely collaborations abound, and it's full of very useful psychological insights and lessons to learn and apply to life. It's the best metaphor I have ever seen on TV: how to understand complexities of life in the US today, how to not take it too seriously,and to have balls to face anything and to resolve problems through courage, being honest to yourself, and with help from very unlikely collaborators.Everyone I ever showed this to (gay or straight) loved it and they laughed more than I have ever seen them laugh - it's brilliant!

On paper, this reads like a show that should be funny. There are some seriously talented actors and comedians on the cast, it is made by the same people that made Archer, an extremely funny show, and the premise seems like one that should provide laughs. The show falls flat, however.

Chozen never reaches it's potential. The writers go after the obvious jokes, the ones that are usually about anatomy, body function, race, sex, or stereotypes. These may be funny to a really young male teen demographic, but that's it. I'm fine with dirty jokes, when they're funny, but most of the jokes in Chozen feel so dumbed down that they constantly miss.

The voice acting is also hit or miss. While Nick Swardson, Danny McBride, and Hannibal Buress tone down their comedic voices, Bobby Moynihan yells his lines the whole show. It really is hard to listen to it.

I really tried to like this show, but I don't think I can watch it anymore. I was holding out hope that the first few episodes would get the lame dick jokes out of the way, but they didn't. I can't figure out the target audience for this show, and I feel like the writers don't really know either.

So, save yourself some time and skip this one. That is, unless you are a connoisseur of fine dick, rape, anal sex, racial stereotypes, misogyny, etc... "jokes." By "jokes", I mean grade school level lines delivered by someone screaming them at you.

I hoped that this would be similar to Archer, but it is quite different, both in good and bad ways. It is the same style as Archer in the way it is animated, so that is working out nicely, but the thing that is different is the humor, this is not my kind of funny in many ways. There are many good points, but it is maybe more of a teenage show, then the more adult version that Archer delivers, it is by no means bad, but you have to be into the place and the way this history evolves and for that I might be getting too old :)

But you should check it out, it has many great scenes, the story is very up to date and there are many "issues" that are handled with special care. It is very enjoyable in many ways.

Hilarious. I don't think they advertise this show enough, but the plot and episodes so far have been too funny! I hope it doesn't get canceled and it gets more exposure!

It's basically a story about an up and coming rapper (if you want to call him that)who gets out of jail after his friend sets him up with drugs. While in jail, the friend blows up to be this big time rapper and leaves Chozen in jail to take the wrap. When Chozen gets out his plan is to take Phantasm (his ex-friend) and become the next new hot rapper on the scene. Oh and while in jail Chozen becomes a homosexual, so he is a 'Hardcore Gay Rapper'! Like I said....Hilarious!