Revisiting Little Brother's catalog, which album was your fav?

[I Really Mean It]

Minstrel Show, easily. It’s a classic.

 

[Izanami]

The Listening would be in my top 20 favorite rap albums of all time.

 

[Mowgli]

Chitlin circuit 1.5 mixtape







9th fell off

 

[Ziggiy]

Tough call. If we're not counting mixtapes, for me it's:

The Listening
The Minstrel Show
May The Lord Watch
Getback
Leftback

It's a strong catalog overall and depending on your age and tastes, The Listening is indelible. If you start bringing in solo stuff and mixtapes, Chitlin Circuit 1.5 is super underrated - as is Sleepers.

Might as well be considered an album

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Might as well be considered an album

I think so too. Also, a lot of effort went into that one, so it wasn't just a lazily thrown together mixtape. Especially for that era, when mixtapes were just a thrown together group of freestyles...CC and CC 1.5 had way more thought put into them.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The Listening @TheDarceKnight

No doubt. I don't think it's their "best" work, but it's probably my favorite if only because I have so many great life memories with it as the soundtrack, and overall nostalgia and vibes.

 

[Ziggiy]

I think so too. Also, a lot of effort went into that one, so it wasn't just a lazily thrown together mixtape. Especially for that era, when mixtapes were just a thrown together group of freestyles...CC and CC 1.5 had way more thought put into them.

I always wondered if CC was meant to be the official follow up to The Listening but then they got their deal with Atlantic and switched courses.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I always wondered if CC was meant to be the official follow up to The Listening but then they got their deal with Atlantic and switched courses.

So TMS was always meant to be the sequel. The original Chitlin Circuit was only sold at live shows in 2004. The first half of TMS were recorded around the same time as a lot f the CC material (Lovin' It, Slow it Down, Still Lives Through...) LB signed with Atlantic, and got a side deal with Koch shortly after. At first they were just going to release CC on Koch, but 6 or 7 joints on CC had exclusive deals to be released in other places, and/or couldn't be released for other reasons. Sinners was going on a soundtrack, I See Now was for a Consequence album, Feelin' Alright was for an album in Japan, the Threat Freestyle had a Black Album beat that couldn't be released, etc.

So for the Koch deal, LB went back and recorded some brand new songs and then gave Koch the CC 1.5 version. Since it wasn't all new material, they didn't want to call it CC 2, and so that's where the 1.5 name came from. The OG Chitlin Circuit only became available on streaming down the road, and for a long time it was only available at live shows or on websites that sold hard copy mixtapes through the mail.

I do think might have been a couple songs on CC 1.5 considered for The Minstrel Show but didn't make it, but I don't remember which ones. Nobody Like Me is one I'm thinking might have been. Most of what was intended for The Minstrel Show was released. The Olio and Hold On were the big songs that didn't make it, but they were put on the Japanese and UK versions. And there's a 9th Wonder produced version of Watch Me that may be floating around somewhere.

 

[darealvelle]

That Separate but equal tape was very dope too.








Rap was in a bad spot at the time, this song hit hard.

 

[Ziggiy]

So TMS was always meant to be the sequel. The original Chitlin Circuit was only sold at live shows in 2004. The first half of TMS were recorded around the same time as a lot f the CC material (Lovin' It, Slow it Down, Still Lives Through...) LB signed with Atlantic, and got a side deal with Koch shortly after. At first they were just going to release CC on Koch, but 6 or 7 joints on CC had exclusive deals to be released in other places, and/or couldn't be released for other reasons. Sinners was going on a soundtrack, I See Now was for a Consequence album, Feelin' Alright was for an album in Japan, the Threat Freestyle had a Black Album beat that couldn't be released, etc.

So for the Koch deal, LB went back and recorded some brand new songs and then gave Koch the CC 1.5 version. Since it wasn't all new material, they didn't want to call it CC 2, and so that's where the 1.5 name came from. The OG Chitlin Circuit only became available on streaming down the road, and for a long time it was only available at live shows or on websites that sold hard copy mixtapes through the mail.

I do think might have been a couple songs on CC 1.5 considered for The Minstrel Show but didn't make it, but I don't remember which ones. Nobody Like Me is one I'm thinking might have been. Most of what was intended for The Minstrel Show was released. The Olio and Hold On were the big songs that didn't make it, but they were put on the Japanese and UK versions. And there's a 9th Wonder produced version of Watch Me that may be floating around somewhere.

You sir. Deserve ten reps for your wealth of knowledge

 

[TheDarceKnight]

You sir. Deserve ten reps for your wealth of knowledge

thx man! likewise.

 

[CrushedGroove]

The Minstrel Show
The Listening
May The Lord Watch
Getback

 

[Ian1362]

What are some good tracks to check out from the last three albums?

 

[spliz]

U didn’t like Speed off or The Way You Do It off The Listening? I still think my mix is better than any single album of theirs but The Minstrel Show is prolly the overall better album.

 

[spliz]

Chitlin circuit 1.5 mixtape







9th fell off

This right here too.