Even in doing that, consciously they'd have to know there would be some push back from the mainstream. Even if the label fully supports it, there's still push back from entities that play a huge role in ensuring a record is successful.
Why aint Little Brother Blow?
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Even in doing that, consciously they'd have to know there would be some push back from the mainstream. Even if the label fully supports it, there's still push back from entities that play a huge role in ensuring a record is successful.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
To be fair they signed in what, 2004? I'm never gonna fault struggling artists from signing with a label in hopes of changing their circumstances. They got paid (initially), got some breathing room and started working on the record. I don't think it's odd that they thought the album wouldn't be a problem either. De La Soul had done similar things, parodying music/radio/etc. And lets not forget Dilated Peoples had a Kanye-assisted minor hit record that year (This Way) that parodied rap/vices/etc in a similar fashion. The video for This Way was also pretty similar to Lovin It.
End of the day they just went too far for the label and didn't have a hit to back it up. I think the label treated them poorly and fukked it up, so I'm not defending Atlantic. BTW I know LB and Kanye had a relationship earlier, dunno if it had soured by 2005 but I wonder if there was talk of getting a Kanye assist for the album. @TheDarceKnight would remember.
Lol no
Bryan Danielson
Jmare007 x Bryan Danielson x JLova = King Ghidorah
get these nets
Veteran
Their music was not that good. They thought that they were better than they were and that they were rescuing hip hop.Them nikkaz dope as hell
Is it cause they fell out with 9th?
Nobody aint tryna hear real shyt?
I love Little Brother's music (and not just because Rapper Big Pooh is from the DMV, either). I think if they could've handled their internal problems, then they definitely would've been bigger stars.
Mindfield333
Superstar
I’m a big fan but this is the part I didn’t like. You could’ve easily been a bridge within the south but being on NY dikk so hard was very disgusting to me. That’s the difference between them and Cunninglynguists… both southern lyricists but one just tried so hard for an NY stamp while the other didn’t and also collaborated with many southern legends.
Kno had a production style that would work great with All the southern legends
I disagree with that. The Listening, Minstrel Show, Separate But Equal, and Chittlin Circuit were all great to good albums. Let's not even mention the Foreign Exchange projects. Even the mixtapes were good JL Vol.1-5.
And lets not go with the "Rescuing hip-hop narrative" They got signed to Atlantic, dropped the single for Lovin It, it got banned from BET for some reason and the album review was changed in The Source. They got shytty promo, 9th basically quit the group to be affiliated with Jay-Z and they still managed to make great music in 2020 with May The Lord Watch and Phonte's solo projects.
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Mid 00s was the absolute worst time to be an artist without commercial aspirations. ESPECIALLY if you were signed to Atlantic.
Both 5 years too late and 5 years too early. Had they came up in the Rawkus era of the late 90s or blog era of the late 00s/early 10s shyt would've been very different
Both 5 years too late and 5 years too early. Had they came up in the Rawkus era of the late 90s or blog era of the late 00s/early 10s shyt would've been very different
Was just about to post this. That StuntedGrowth channel is really good, one of my favorites
It is a good channel. Breh has some good takes sometimes.
Guvnor
Da Speculative Spectacle®
Far from hyperbole. I can show you technically by way of syllables he uses why Doom is a great emcee as they are many YouTube videos and articles that exist which discuss his lyricism.
I mean have you even listened to Accordin or the whole Madvillany album with an open mind?
I also would like to know who you think is better.