Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series, which gets skewered by the spot-on "Cheatin" exploitative urban TV stations (the album's main concept) and even the need for brand-name clothes ("5th and Fashion").Īnd any fans who feared that 9th Wonder's success would lead to a diluted or overly polished record have nothing to worry about awash in '70s soul and mellow, slapping beats, his productions make the message tracks carry just as well as the humorous material. For everyone who has slept on Little Brother before, this would be a perfect time to give. As Phonte would put it: 'Dope beat, dope rhymes, its not that hard.'. The Minstrel Show presents more of the same, expanding the palette to a host of hot topics: R. Now fast-forward to 2005: With the release of The Minstrel Show, the question was, 'How do you top a classic' Well, you cant really top a classic, but you can make another one. Like their influences in the Native Tongues family, the trio cast a clever eye over music and culture, sniffing out hypocrisy and greed, then dismissing them with sparkling satires. Few groups earn a major-label contract based on their producer's merits, but when Little Brother jumped to Atlantic for their second full album, The Minstrel Show, any cynic looking for a good reason would point to the increased profile of trackmaster 9th Wonder ( Jay-Z, Destiny's Child).īut it wasn't just 9th Wonder that made Little Brother's first album one of the best underground rap debuts of the new millennium rappers Phonte and Big Pooh matched a smooth Southern drawl with up-North smarts.
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