Name: 4. "You Rang Detective Killjoy?" (Detective Killjoy, Retro Interlude) by Deborah Jane aka Retro Raptress
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Description: Detective Killjoy interrogates Retro, the ultimate femme fatale, over the death threat letters sent to Mayor Massey. Saucy as ever, she invites him to catch her act at the Roxie Cabaret, but he never steps foot in a Colored club.

"And Action!" Retro, aka as the Bronze Goddess in the industry, films her latest Hollywood picture, The Queen of Sheba, with her cranky director.

9. "We Need More Pucker From You in the Kissing Scene" (Film Director Interlude)

Inspiring, vibrant, rap and marching band number about Retro making it into the Ivy Leagues as a person of color — despite bullying.

8. Ivy League (feat. Jasmine Tompkins)

Retro's singing band The Pin-ups whisper that one of the Ballot Six Boys was plugged in his jail cell by a dirty copper. Retro vows to do something.

7. "We're in a League of Our Own" (Retro & The Pin-ups Interlude)

Riots rage all over town due to the incarceration of the Ballot Six Boys - 6 Black boys who dared to register to vote, which is against the law. Pompous Mayor Massey hires Detective Killjoy to discover who sent him those death threats before his election. He swears that Retro, the sparkling Diamond of Tinseltown, is not a suspect... after all, they're special friends.

6. "Who Sent the Death Threats, Mr. Mayor?" (Mayor Massey, Detective Killjoy Interlude)

In this empowering female rap anthem about women's rights, Retro unleashes aggressive bars that inspire and make you think.

5. Ain't Gonna Stop My Bag (feat. Celina Nguyen)

Detective Killjoy interrogates Retro, the ultimate femme fatale, over the death threat letters sent to Mayor Massey. Saucy as ever, she invites him to catch her act at the Roxie Cabaret, but he never steps foot in a Colored club.

4. "You Rang Detective Killjoy?" (Detective Killjoy, Retro Interlude)

In a glittering performance at L.A.'s Roxie Cabaret, jazz singer Retro, aka the Diamond of Tinseltown, brings the house down in this Marilyn Monroe inspired hip-hop number about self-worth.

3. Diamonds

It's a rainy night in this grimy little town of 1940's Los Angeles. Detective Killjoy's got a new case... the Diamond of Tinseltown, Miss Deborah Jane aka Retro. With the Mayor's election coming up and death threats poisoning the air... something don't smell right with that singer. Detective Killjoy means to find out.

2. "Night Fell Over Los Angeles" (Detective Killjoy Interlude)

1940's Los Angeles. You're tuning into KIS 1070, and tonight we bring you a radio crime drama like no other. A diamond starlet by day, a Black revolutionary by night... just who is Retro Raptress?

1. Who Is Retro Raptress? (1940's Radio Host Interlude)

Darlings, I'm a hip-hop emcee with a pin-up girl aesthetic, a 1940's film noir style and a passion for God, diversity, women and social change. #Retro

4. "You Rang Detective Killjoy?" (Detective Killjoy, Retro Interlude)

Deborah Jane aka Retro Raptress

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