This album was great, alot more personal than I expected. Pooh reminded me of Crooked I at points with his delivery.
Rapper Big Pooh - "To Dream In Color" Solo Album 8/22
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TheDarceKnight
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You might appreciate this analogy. This is what I texted my homie.
'Pooh’s solo career really reminds me of Ev. And funny enough Pooh making Sleepers gave Ev the final push to make Weatherman. But yeah. Both guys are slow-is flow rappers that have a conversational style. Neither are great at hooks but do have a few catchy ones, and often get vocalists to do hooks for them, or have scratch hooks. Both have immaculate ears for production and are good at highlighting strengths while downplaying weaknesses. Both are considered to have improved leaps and bounds since their early group days. Both guys were in duos. Also, I don’t know if this was the consensus, but I always thought of Rakaa as the main guy in Dilated, and I thought Ev was sort of the back up guy, similar to Pooh and Phonte’s dynamic. '
Obviously Pooh doesn't have the following that Ev has as a solo artist, but I see a lot of similarities in their music.
TheDarceKnight
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I don't know the reason, but I'll ask him. I downloaded it on Apple Music and didn't realize it was gone until I just looked. If you need a copy of it I'm happy to send it since it's out of print.
Leg's in NC. He's been working on a new album called I Forgot to Say Goodbye. Chaundon and DJ Flash have a lot of production on it. I heard about half of it and it's really dope. I'm not sure when it's coming out. Scudda owns a bar around ATL and is doing well. Median's just living life and hasn't made music for a long time. Sean Boog quit music for 10 years and then went back to making music. He dropped 3 EPs since 2020 and IMO he's making the best music of his career right now. Chaundon DJs by the name Finian (his real name). Pooh and Phonte both still do music, obviously. Cesar Comanche still makes music and tours in Asia and Europe a decent amount, I think. EA Floe I think is just enjoying life and not doing much music.
For real, Sean Boog's new shyt is great. These dropped in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The newest one is my favorite of the 3 so far.
TheDarceKnight
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Were you at the Raleigh show? If so we probably spoke
Yo I an definitely see the parallels when you break it down like that. Ev was always a sharper rapper from Day 1 than Pooh but you're right in terms of their raps getting more and more personal the further they get into their careers.
Hopefully we see them both continue to grow and flourish. Pooh deserves big props after this one.
Pooh has a nice catalog of music to his name. Been trying to check for his solos from time to time since Sleepers. He's also locked in with some great producers over the years
I used to like him until if followed him on social media, very unlikeable guy just like Phonte and