Kobe Bryant is back, but he's exchanged the hardwood floors of the Staples Center to the animated streets of Canvas City. And he's got a new friend: Lil Mamba.

Together, the two give inspirational advice to youngsters wanting to ball about how to find their "inner beast." In part one, the NBA star and what the internet has described as a "drug-fueled muppet nightmare" compare the differences between light musings and dark musings, and ends with a frightening song about a character who fuels his game with the smack talk haters spew. Think this is a joke? Watch:

The second part uses James Harden and Russell Westbrook as subjects in a crazy fairytale/film room hybrid that explains how and why they're so good at what they do, and by the end of it Lil Mamba finds his inner beast and wants to get on the court so he can score a quintuple/double. Just watch:

These videos are so bizarre that we can't look away, and we can't wait to see what Kobe and Lil Mamba come up with next.

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