Little Brother would have had more successful if they weren't so unlikeable

[Fanservice]

First heard them on a Drake song funny enough

Why is the mixing on that song way better than his newer music?

 

[SupaVillain]

Rapsody is a nobody. 9th spent a decade trying to build her and got nowhere.

That's cap

 

[Animal House]

The OG Justus League movement is dope af

Some of my favorite music to this day, from Little Brother to Joe Scudda what they put out was so fire

 

[KFBF]

Phonte seems cool, maybe frustrated in that he should be more famous and richer than he is, but seems to have mellowed out now.

Why should be richer or more famous? He had every chance to just that.

Have you ever watched a Slick Rick interview or listened to his music? He would call you a peasant and crumb to your face and you can tell he wasn't playing. Definitely not a likable person..

Slick Rick is more charismatic he seems like a star vs someone that posts on message boards.

 

[Ziggiy]

Pooh slander aside lol....Slum Village had a mixture of ugly and fat nikkas yet still had hits. LB simply didn't make music with any mainstream or casual appeal. They don't have a single song you could play at a function of any form, or around women. That's the main difference between them and the groups people identified them with - Tribe, De La, Slum Village, etc. And a lot of that is due to 9th who is/was a fukking nerd. How do you base your entire image/sound around Pete Rock (with Fisher Price drums) but don't make smooth tracks for hoes lol. Or was he skipping thru half of those CL Smooth albums. Same way Griselda dudes talk about Jay all day but across a decade haven't displayed any ability to shift directions or make songs for chicks like he did.

This is not me slandering LB. I'm a big fan, they have multiple classics etc. I'm just saying for all the gripes they have about their lack of popularity to this day, at no point did they try to make music for normal people who aren't "real rap" nerds.

I disagree slightly. I think “I Love It” could’ve been a hit song with the right push, and maybe they should have left Joe Scudda off of it, not because his verse is bad, its not at all. But when you are releasing your lead single from your MAJOR LABEL debut the focus needs to be on the main attraction, unless the feature is a Jay-Z, Nas, Kanye West etc. thats going to guarantee you a certain amount of radio play/looks.

 

[Ziggiy]

Rapsody is a nobody. 9th spent a decade trying to build her and got nowhere.

Bullshyt.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I never really liked them coming into the game on some, " We're junior versions of actual dope groups." Was wacky to me. And then I really hated how they blogged and were speaking on artists superior to them. They were mad Mobb Deep signed with G Unit. I'm no 50 fan but don't fukkin' crap on artists for business decisions. It's like they would rather Hav and P sit home broke or something. And to do it in blog form is even worse. Get on the mic and say that shyt, but you won't because you don't want that kind of smoke. They just came off as toys as @Art Barr would say. lol

This is why i never took time to listen to them. I always knew of em but was super straight as that shyt just didnt seem for me

 

[Motife43]

The funny thing about Phonte and the Mobb Deep criticism is, years later on Questlove Supreme, Prodigy told Tay he was right

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Has nothing to do with their personality. They were pushed and presented as the second coming of Tribe, De La and all the Native Tongue crew. They were not that. Not even close. But they had some cool shyt. I think 9th wonder using 1 snare for multiple albums was a travesty as well

Yeah I like LB but they were nowhere close to Tribe and them. 9th kinda limited them with them fruity loop beats with them high ass snares. They were an of the moment ass group and that’s cool. I’ll put them in the same lane as like Group Home and Camp Lo and shyt

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Pooh is wack and they're fat nikkas. The music was pretty good at its best and uninspired for too many tracks. 9th's production got repetitive fast. They put out an album with a provocative title then failed to have the courage to execute the theme. They're a kinda good group that has one gifted, versatile artists in the duo, who makes for a great feature and an enjoyable one-off here and there. I say that as an early fan, and a forever fan of Phonte. Nobody ever cared about these guy enough to find them unlikeable - if anything the word was 9th was the a$$hole.

I enjoyed Phonte and Foreign Exchange as much if not more than Little Brother. I saw FE live once and it was amazing.. wanted to meet Phonte but he got lost.. actually met Nicholay and he was cool af. The listening is definitely one of my favorite albums from that era… everything else is cool.. liked their gangsta grills tape.

 

[Flexington]

Not going to argue just

 

[Trav]

This board, man, lol

 

[DaHNIC82]

I never really liked them coming into the game on some, " We're junior versions of actual dope groups." Was wacky to me. And then I really hated how they blogged and were speaking on artists superior to them. They were mad Mobb Deep signed with G Unit. I'm no 50 fan but don't fukkin' crap on artists for business decisions. It's like they would rather Hav and P sit home broke or something. And to do it in blog form is even worse. Get on the mic and say that shyt, but you won't because you don't want that kind of smoke. They just came off as toys as @Art Barr would say. lol

How is that any different from what was said here around that time? The coli at the time clowned and shytted on them hard

 

[AnonymityX1000]

How is that any different from what was said here around that time? The coli at the time clowned and shytted on them hard

I didn't. And those that did I don't agree with. Also, most here are not MCs. They shouldn't speak on their moves as fellow artists. If the music was compromised comment on that. And their G Unit album was decent and not at all compromised besides some forced features maybe.
Put Em in Their Place is a banger.

 

[Capital Steez]

Foreign Exchange >>> Little Brother

I think Foreign Exchange's style is more currently relevant as well.
Not sure I revisit LB's catalog as much as this album specifically.