Why aint Little Brother Blow?

[Ziggiy]

Honestly, they should have made more noise with their previous label, rather than jumping the Atlantic gun. The buzz was there but not enough to get into the mainstream market. Have them dudes been a bit more patient in the game and allow Justus League to get their name out there, instead of being another TDE (Little Brother>>>>>the rest). The skies the limit.

From what I've read through all three of them, Atlantic REALLY fukked them over. As in they were promised a certain level of support, and then once the ink was dry they didn't get that support at all. Similar to what happened to Lupe and Saigon. So it wasn't like hey just blindly signed, they were actually courted.

 

[Piff Perkins]

LB were probably the first rap group/artist/etc I remember passionately telling dudes about and it falling on deaf ears. It's funny because I got into them specifically because a friend gave me the same passionate argument, while saying 9th was better than Kanye. I only checked them out due to that and was blown away.

But man...back then everyone was on that soul sample shyt yet wouldn't listen for 3 minutes to LB. At least in my circle of friends.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Because when the minstrel show was poppin bet banned their video for loving it

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

From what I've read through all three of them, Atlantic REALLY fukked them over. As in they were promised a certain level of support, and then once the ink was dry they didn't get that support at all. Similar to what happened to Lupe and Saigon. So it wasn't like hey just blindly signed, they were actually courted.

The irony that they were once compared to ATCQ and end up learning about industry rule 4080.

 

[TheObserver]

Musically North Carolina dont support their own Artist..
Cole left and went to NY.. Blew Up then NC had no choice but to show love..

It's a lot of Dope Artist in NC.. But Radio/People dont Support them..

The mentality in the Carolinas is weird when it comes to Support for Fellow Artist..

 

[Guvnor]

Why Lil Brother ain't blow is cause they were too smart and not gangster at a time in hiphop where you had to be a thug.

I hear a some of Drake in Phonte...or the other way around

9th Wonder's drums can get a bit annoying. I cant really think of any other famous producer with worse drums actually

Man I got the 9th wonder drum kit and when I heard that shyt I was disgusted Son drum patterns is what's ill but them drums weak and pussified. No knock!

The irony that they were once compared to ATCQ and end up learning about industry rule 4080.

Why, they mentioned jews?

I know them and Slum Village were compared to Tribe at a time though.

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

Honestly, they should have made more noise with their previous label, rather than jumping the Atlantic gun. The buzz was there but not enough to get into the mainstream market. Have them dudes been a bit more patient in the game and allow Justus League to get their name out there, instead of being another TDE (Little Brother>>>>>the rest). The skies the limit.

Not during that era. If you were a newcomer into the game, you needed a major label to promote your album and pay the radio stations/vj's to play your single. YouTube wasn't even around yet and blogs/forums were in their infancy stage. The only way you got your music out to the most people quickly was through the radio and VJ's.

 

[tuckgod]

they are an acquired taste along the lines of a mf doom

False.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Not during that era. If you were a newcomer into the game, you needed a major label to promote your album and pay the radio stations/vj's to play your single. YouTube wasn't even around yet and blogs/forums were in their infancy stage. The only way you got your music out to the most people quickly was through the radio and VJ's.

True, but to be fair 9th was ringing bells due to The Black Album. So that alone helped get their foot almost in the door. While YouTube and social media wasn't much of a thing during that time, forums was still thriving. Hell, I found out about Little Brother from the Ill Community. Word of mouth was still strong during that era.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Why Lil Brother ain't blow is cause they were too smart and not gangster at a time in hiphop where you had to be a thug.


Man I got the 9th wonder drum kit and when I heard that shyt I was disgusted Son drum patterns is what's ill but them drums weak and pussified. No knock!



Why, they mentioned jews?

I know them and Slum Village were compared to Tribe at a time though.

Because of their whole soulful backpacker'ish style. I honestly don't see the resemblance, if anything I see a bit of EPMD in their style. Phonte was the lyricist (Pharrish), while Pooh was the personality (Erick).

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

From what I've read through all three of them, Atlantic REALLY fukked them over. As in they were promised a certain level of support, and then once the ink was dry they didn't get that support at all. Similar to what happened to Lupe and Saigon. So it wasn't like hey just blindly signed, they were actually courted.

Hard to support a group when they're not making songs that appeal to the target demographics.

 

[Ziggiy]

Because of their whole soulful backpacker'ish style. I honestly don't see the resemblance, if anything I see a bit of EPMD in their style. Phonte was the lyricist (Pharrish), while Pooh was the personality (Erick).

Dope analogy

Hard to support a group when they're not making songs that appeal to the target demographics.

THEY were approached by Atlantic not the other way around


9th spoke on at length in an interview. I'm going to try to find it for everyone might've been a Complex interview

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

True, but to be fair 9th was ringing bells due to The Black Album. So that alone helped get their foot almost in the door. While YouTube and social media wasn't much of a thing during that time, forums was still thriving. Hell, I found out about Little Brother from the Ill Community. Word of mouth was still strong during that era.

Ehh idk about ringing bells. His track wasn't really talked about when that album first dropped. Well in NYC at least. Or at least enough where enough people knew his name.
I agree with the Ill Community, the only issue was the number of people with internet access and actually using forums to get music was much lower than it is today. So even if let's say (70%) 10,000 people (doubtful it's even that high) scrolled through and listened to Little Brother on that forum, that doesn't really necessarily mean their real life buzz was at 70% or even near it in the real world.
Joe Budden really made that obvious, especially when MM3 dropped.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Ehh idk about ringing bells. His track wasn't really talked about when that album first dropped. Well in NYC at least. Or at least enough where enough people knew his name.
I agree with the Ill Community, the only issue was the number of people with internet access and actually using forums to get music was much lower than it is today. So even if let's say (70%) 10,000 people (doubtful it's even that high) scrolled through and listened to Little Brother on that forum, that doesn't really necessarily mean their real life buzz was at 70% or even near it in the real world.
Joe Budden really made that obvious, especially when MM3 dropped.

Maybe but I agree with @Ace of the Metropolitan that, that was the peak of 9th's mainstream relevance. I remember a lot of Black Album interviews/reviews referencing his production on the album.

Also 9th/LB used to literally post on Okayplayer's forum in the early 2000s. Here's a thread from 2004 with 9th answering questions Okayplayer.com Boards - Viewing topic #4459 - Ask 9th Wonder a question.

Twitter and Reddit crushed the buildings on rappers/producers using forums.

 

[reserved_one]

As far as regular nikka rap goes, Phonte is the GOAT.

Im a fan of J Cole but he's not even on Phonte's level, not even in his galaxy lol