darealvelle
Real Talk
Fav track on that album. Had that album on repeat my senior year in high school when it came out
10 Years Ago "The Listening" Dropped...
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Fav track on that album. Had that album on repeat my senior year in high school when it came out
TrapHouse Rock
All Star
i bought sleepers then chitlin circuit 1.5 off the strength of allhiphop reviews (
so long ago)
but yall wouldn't believe how long i was obsessed with Little Brother, huge fan from when i was like 14-18. i still never got a chance to see em live
that was back in the day where you would replay shyt over and over and over again. i didn't cop the listening until way late because back then, if i couldn't find it in a store i wouldn't ever hear it. also the era where i was more selective and picky about what my ears would tolerate (i softened up too much
)
the listening taking the internet my storm, all their affiliates getting put on, chitlin circuit 1.5, sleepers, the drama mixtape, the almost "blowing up" of minstrel show and the BET bullshyt, and justus for all, the mostly 9th wonder-less getback selling like 20000 copies first week, the foreign exchange piff, leftback, the phonte solo, and now big pooh's solos
they had a hell of a run, a wonderful fukking run
and a pretty long one if you think about it. i still haven't heard leftback. part of me is too lazy, and part of me too nostalgic to end the era
i don't play little brother too much nowadays cause the 2010-2013 era got too much shyt going on music wise, but when i do get time to revisit, i could lose hours in it
matter of fact i might do that today
also my bad i forgot it was a listening appreciation thread, and not an LB appreciation thread. i forgot while i was getting nostalgic typing this shyt up
also this thread has been done to death before so i'll just say it as a sidenote, phonte is in my top 5 all-time
so long ago)but yall wouldn't believe how long i was obsessed with Little Brother, huge fan from when i was like 14-18. i still never got a chance to see em live
that was back in the day where you would replay shyt over and over and over again. i didn't cop the listening until way late because back then, if i couldn't find it in a store i wouldn't ever hear it. also the era where i was more selective and picky about what my ears would tolerate (i softened up too much
)the listening taking the internet my storm, all their affiliates getting put on, chitlin circuit 1.5, sleepers, the drama mixtape, the almost "blowing up" of minstrel show and the BET bullshyt, and justus for all, the mostly 9th wonder-less getback selling like 20000 copies first week, the foreign exchange piff, leftback, the phonte solo, and now big pooh's solos
they had a hell of a run, a wonderful fukking run
and a pretty long one if you think about it. i still haven't heard leftback. part of me is too lazy, and part of me too nostalgic to end the era
i don't play little brother too much nowadays cause the 2010-2013 era got too much shyt going on music wise, but when i do get time to revisit, i could lose hours in it
matter of fact i might do that today
also my bad i forgot it was a listening appreciation thread, and not an LB appreciation thread. i forgot while i was getting nostalgic typing this shyt up
also this thread has been done to death before so i'll just say it as a sidenote, phonte is in my top 5 all-time
VladTheImpaler
The Sensational Prince
It's funny that Pooh is a "known" DL brotha. Known to who? None of us knew this. We in here talking about classic hip hop and u come in here like a gay Al Roker updating nikkas on the "gay world news from the underground". Seems only a faq would know about this DL gay stuff. You gay.
Ok brehs, now that I have sent this homo Bryant Gumble back to the arms of his nikka...... Continue on with our real Man talk.....
This Classic piff that is The Listening
Sent from a Couple's Only Spa Day Retreat w/ Yo Mama
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
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Urbanmiracle
Brooklyn the planet...
I got into Little Brother off the strength of those Black Album Rejects. Then I copped the Chitlin circuit then sleepers. After that I was hooked. The Ministrel Show was piff to me. To bad BET and the powers that be never gave them a shot.
15 YEARS AGO TODAY BREHS!!!!
Random as fukk, I wanted to zone out to some instrumentals tonight and put The Listening (whole album) instrumentals on and just remembered it's the anniversary
I was so geeked when my CD plug found a copy of The Listening for me back in 09
Random as fukk, I wanted to zone out to some instrumentals tonight and put The Listening (whole album) instrumentals on and just remembered it's the anniversary
I was so geeked when my CD plug found a copy of The Listening for me back in 09
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
JP_614
Superstar
15 years Jesus man this was my shyt I was 13 at the time this album saved me from the whole ATL WAVE
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
15???
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
2003
Grand Eeezus Maxwell
"Time is when, God....lounge!!"
whatever you say (maxwell remix) >>>> *
anybody else hit thewhen phonte said "i got your head bobbin and my verse didnt rhyme"
Yeah, he fukked me up with that one. I knew it was somn off about his verse, but couldn't pinpoint it at first lol. Em did something similar on "Rainman" also lol
phonthought3000
All Star
The memories I remember ordering this offline I forget from which site and it came wit a copy of 9th invented the remix. Mind u I had not heard anything from LB at this point it was a random buy but boi when I popped that cd in 
memories that will stay forever. Freshman year college the following stayed in the deck The Listening
Get Rich or Die Tryin
Philadelphia Freeway
The Headphone Masterpiece
NYK Loyalist
All Star
Sometime in 02' one of my boys went down to NC with a friend of his who was trying to manage LB and he came home with a cassette of songs from The Listening. At the time I had no idea who they were but you hear you could tell they had something special. Fast forward a year or so later I copped the CD off hiphopsite or one of those online shops. Great album from one of the best groups of all time.
