So it seems that Hi-Tek himself let this formerly vaulted track from Big Pooh and Phonte go the 50 Cent way: via YouTube. Props to Spintelect for the heads up.
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Wait, what do you mean “go the 50 cent way?”
This is a Reflection Eternal beat.
yeap went to talib… man Little Brother needs to come back..New tigallo new tigallo
Same beat as ‘Got Work’ from Revolutions Per Minute… Talib did better. When’s that Common x Nas single dropping btw?
Little Brothers whole goal in rap was to influence this generation the same way that A Tribe Called Quest influenced them and they accomplished that. This song is DOPE too.
Got Phonte lookin like Memphis Bleek up there.
this is pretty fuckin wack. now watch all the new jacks that just started listening to hip hop in the early 2000′s say THIS IS INCREDIBLE just cause of the names attached to it. fucking wishing they were in the hey day of that raw shit.
@ smh – there you go with that fag talk again
I’ve always been upset at how the Little Brother situation panned out. Here was a group that was a God-send to us hip hop fans to try and use them as a way to influence the record labels that they need to change the landscape of the record industry. They got no radio play and nobody bought their albums when it REALLY counted the most (when they got signed to Columbia). I really don’t know wtf these fake ass purist think, but if nobody is buying the good music, the garbage is gonna continue to flood the market. “Hip Hop fans” really let Little Brother down. And it was them because they were grinding their asses off.
Little Brother signed the dotted line to early in their career. It wasnt because fans didnt support, its because they didnt have enough fans at the time. they should have been indie for longer and built that following way bigger. THIS SONG IS NOT A REFLECTION OF THAT LITTLE BROTHER SOUND. which is why even on the underground they havent really progressed any further, they left their sound alone too early. thats what the fuck happens….and dare i say, its the reason Blu is kinda falling off, he left the sound that made him alone.
its not about being a hip hop purist. its about niggas wearing shoes they dont look right in so now they walk awkwardly.
oh and…you’re a fucking fag. just cause you have the continent of Africa as your icon doesnt make you well versed in the dealings of hip hop.
gimme some new 9th and little brother material. puhllllllllleeeeeazzzeeeeee
WTF? Are you in pre-K? Look negroid, The Listening was a cult classic, an album that came out on the low and spread like wildfire. They had a 4 year span between the time The Listening came out to the time the Minstrel Show came out on Atlantic. So were they not ever supposed to sign to a major if the opportunity presented itself? Their vision of what they wanted to accomplish was bigger than an what an indie label could manage.
I went to 3 different Little Brother shows here in NY (BB Kings, South Paw and SOBS) and they had the place jammed pack from end to end. Their popularity was never the question. I heard Phonte say in one of those performances that he had a meeting with a BET exec that stated “their music is too smart for the music audience”. If if the people who are supposed to create the culture already have a bias against you, it’s the audience that’s supposed to prove them wrong. Just like what happened with Lupe’s last album.
And my avatar has nothing to do with my sentiments on any subjects outside the realm of Africa.
The Listening was definitely a cult classic. But instead of holding out and building more and more and more they signed second project in. They literally signed when the decline of music was about to SERIOUSLY go downhill as a result of the internet and piracy. Most people heard about Little Brother from the internet, period. Now, of course they had tons of fans…but those fans are from a pirate culture, getting music by any means necessary. Had they held out and REALLY grinded that nitch they were already carving their fan base would have expanded and a bidding war might have popped off. Instead they signed to Atlantic, who was cutting checks and buying up all the college acts at the time…including Lupe Fiasco and fucking Gnarles Barkley. Little Brother didnt have the numbers bro, Lupe Fiasco’s Kick Push wasnt ignorant at all…it was just a single that resonated and got numbers before BET started playing it. Little Brother on the other had didn’t have that record….Lovin It? Come on bro, not the one…and I Love that record but they didnt realize that BET, MTV etc aint in the business of breaking artists anymore, and neither was major labels. They should have broken themselves by staying indie and taking the long route and developing the sound instead of compromising early on.
Lets be honest, packing out South Paw, BB Kings and SOBS aint really THAT huge, especially for major label artists. Yeah, its a great accomplishment but if you’re planning to go major, your PRESALE tickets should sell out those spots….not at the door.
Little Brother signed a deal because they needed that platform and they needed the money. They could not do what they wanted to do on ABB because Beni B didnt have those kind of connections. They signed a deal because you cant have a great reward without taking great risks.
They compromised their career because they wanted the label’s database. Once they got it, they realized they couldnt access the database (connections) properly because they just didnt have the numbers. They should have had patience.
What they wanted to do with a major they weren’t capable of doing yet because they just didn’t have the numbers. Little Brother wasn’t calling shots at the label because their numbers didn’t demand it. And if they truly had the numbers they wouldn’t have went major, they would have chopped it up with CAA, IGM, WMA and all the agencies because they could afford their own tour support.
It’s about numbers homie. either you have em or you get struck by lightning and have a number one chart topping record.
To the average fan and hip hop supporter they had the numbers cause they could pack out those venues, and lets be real….southpaw is like 500….MAYBE. Which is dope but its not enough. Consistently selling out shows of HOB capacity in all major money markets, yes….you might be able to call some REAL fucking shots.
make sense?
Back when LB signed with atlantic you didnt need numbers to get a deal because labels were signing artists with no fanbase back then. They were signing brand new acts and giving them the looks needed to create a fanbase. Yes Atlantic is all about big numbers but when it came to LB they didnt even really try to break them correctly. Yes LB made mistakes but signing with a major wasnt all a mistake because even though their album flopped they doubled their fanbase. If they would have waited there mite not have ever been another album from them.
Yeah but Drake had an even bigger buzz and a mixtape that was scorching the scene, and he came out AFTER Little Brother. Now compare Drake’s subject matter with Little Brother’s subject matter and they are drastically different, but because Drake is talking about subject matter that appeals more to a commercial audience, he was pushed more, and he wasn’t even on a label at the time. It’s the AUDIENCE that made Drake what he is today, not the label, not the TV networks, not any A&Rs, it was his audience. Hip Hop fans of today are dumb as shit, and if you don’t cater to that vain, vacuous commercial side, you can pretty much kiss any chance you have goodbye. Lupe found himself in a great situation being cosigned by Jay Z, so it made people give him a first and second look.
Labels are laying off people and falling because they couldnt recoup for all those acts they were signing without fan bases.
About them not being able to drop another album with out the label push…thats not necessarily true man. Their numbers definitely doubled, but at what cost?
For example….Pac Div reminds me of Little Brother in their situation with the majors. And to be honest, Pac Div might be in a worse situation simply because the market is WAY different, majors are different and Pac Div been over there for like 4 years with no release. Seems like Pac Div signed for the same reason and its panning out the same as Little Brother.
Drake came from a TV show that had fans that supported him like crazy. Drake was in a teen bopper magazine before niggas knew he rapped, its kind of a different situation. He had the numbers, only thing he didnt have was the hip hop credibility cause he could have EASILY been Canada’s Nick Cannon. That credibility he got from Little Brother, Dwele, and all them other niggas. Then he needed the hood cosign, which he got from Wayne.
ITS NUMBERS.
hip hop fans are dumb as shit i agree, but its about entertainment not education. a group like Odd Future would have NEVER been signed 5 years ago cause that shit is straight up underground…PERIOD. but theyre evilly entertaining and they had the numbers…so fuckin DIDDY cosigns em!! like, what?? Shiny Suit Man cosigns underground sounding ass Odd Future?? why? cause they had numbers you just couldnt deny.
and odd future could have signed with a major…but what did they do?
Tyler signed with XL Recordings, an indie label and only for one album. majors dont do one offs….so he wanted to prove to the labels he could really murder shit, sold 50 K first week…now Odd Future Records is over at sony with full creative freedom.
show and prove.
numbers numbers numbers.
Im just mad that the LB legacy turned out like it did because if any group deserves to be up there with the best in rap it has to be Little Brother. They gave it the best shot they could but thats just how the game goes sometimes.
The listening is overhyped, 9th’s beats were consistently boring and too similar sounding, but phonte was already an emcee that showed potential to be an all time great, which he is, and pooh showed that he is above average and hes barely improved ever since. The minstrel show is nearly a classic because 9th’s beats were much improved and more varied, phonte spit the best bars of his life and pooh also brought his game up to levels that he will never replicate
they got screwed by atlantic cause they didnt know how to market them and the fans didnt support them so they got dropped, its too bad but what can we don now
also i think this is a pretty good song, about as good as talib kwelis version, nothing AMAZING, but good enough to warrant a download
go the 50 cent way = leaking the heaters on youtube due to differences from record labels.