Little Brother was soo dope
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darealvelle
Real Talk
LB & Justus League
I remember the first time hearing the beat from Morning kick in on the The Listening, it literally felt like a breath of fresh air
LB as a group are my favourite group of all time and Phonte is one of my favourite rappers of all time but I have to co-sign with everybody saying Pooh was criminally slept on. His verse on Hiding Place is arguably the most standout verse (besides Elzhi's) on the entire album.
If it wasn't for LB, I would have never been introduced to Median and IMO, he's one of the best rappers I've ever heard. Path to Relief, Median's Relief (classic) and The Sender are quality albums.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I was there. My wife (gf at the time) still talks about how that was one of the most fun concerts we've been to. When Elzhi came out for Hiding Place it was a wrap. I remember Phonte laughed asking how everybody already knew the words when the album wasn't coming out for another week. nikka already knew the deal.
Had to dap you up +rep for hooking me up way back in thedays. You probably don't remember, but you basically hooked me up with about 2 cd's of Justus League shyt I hadn't heard yet back then. After the shyt you sent me, nobody couldn't tell me that that nikka J Gunn ain't have next. The sad thing is I have no idea where any of those tracks are now. But good looks from way back.
I've lost most of it man
J Gunn did just drop an album about a month ago called Broken Glass Half Full.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
I actually find that surprising. LB always got way more push outside of NC and got attention and praise elsewhere and then NC showed a little bit of love to some extent after they already were going into Minstrel Show. But the love from NC was still few and far between and there certainly wasn't any real love from local radio (besides college radio and maybe a DJ at K 97.5) in The Listening days.
EA
A Pound & A Prayer
It's ironic how after The Minstrel Show is when things seem to fall apart for LB
It's a common thing with groups. Somebody is always going to get more acclaim than the others and it near enough always creates tension. Plus it was clear that they all had their own lanes as well. 9th had all the collaborations that were coming his way as a result of producing Threats, Phonte had +FE and Pooh had Reservoir Dogs with Scudda and Chaundon.
In hindsight, the only way they would have stayed together is if they did what ?uestlove said he told them to do and take a genuine break in between albums. Especially after Alantic/BET pretty much sandbagged Minstrel Show.
YoungOldHead
Herbal/Beer Connoisseur
Gotta hate the music biz. Love 3 of their albums. Radio stations here didn't even play them but yet we heard Petey Pablo like that is a realistic depiction of NC. Never understood why the home state didn't even put them on. The average nikka I talk to here don't even know who they are.
NV-ME
Make It Hot-ta
fav rap group of all time.
i know, i know...tribe is a close two. epmd threw what coulda been 4 great years out the window (don't ask me how) and----idlewild...disqualified.
i know, i know...tribe is a close two. epmd threw what coulda been 4 great years out the window (don't ask me how) and----idlewild...disqualified.
TheDarceKnight
Veteran
Yeah man it sucks. They kind of addressed this on Not Enough on Minstrel Show. Early on Phonte made a decision that "our competition is Slum, Blackstar, etc". I don't think they thought NC would support. In hindsight maybe they were a couple of years too late. I always never saw a reason why they couldn't be on the level of your Kweli, Monch, Mos, Roots.
Ski Mask
Friendzone: Collection 1
Damn shame too, Didn't even know about them until two years ago.
100 others
Yum!
Khrysis flippin that jackson 5 sample tho
Anyone got the full story on that?
All I heared was BET thought Lovin' It was too metaphoric and ppl wouldn't get it
And something about The Source wanting to give The Minstrel Show 5 mics (or 4.5, I forgot)
EDIT: @White Mike
darealvelle
Real Talk
Little Brother got fukked over hard on that album. I remember mtv2 playing lovin it. Then remember BET decided to play it for like 1 week after the negative press about them banning the video for being "too intelligent"
darealvelle
Real Talk
I know i was surprised as well.
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
I'm from North Carolina and I might have heard them once on the radio .....
...disgusting