Little Brother - Leftback
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Artist: Little BrotherEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-04-20
Music Label: TRAFFIC ENT.
Soundtracks:
- Curtain Call
- Table For Two feat. Jozeemo & Yahzarah
- Tigallo For Dolo
- Revenge feat. Truck North & Median
- So Cold feat. Chaundon
- Second Chances feat. Bilal & Darien Brockington
- Go Off Go On
- What We Are feat. Quiana
- After The Party feat. Carlitta Durand
- Two Step Blues feat. Darien Brockington
- Get Enough Pt. 2 feat. Khrysis
- Before The Night Is Over
- 24 feat. Torae
Music reviews of Leftback
Music Review: Little Brother's last hurrah
Rating: 4 Stars
When Little Brother released their sophomore album "The Minstrel Show" in 2005, they signed to a major label and was billed as "The group that was going to save hip hop". It seemed as if their troubles were ending, when they were just beginning. First, the album was a lightning rod for controversy at the magazine The Source- where an album review resulted in an editor's resignation. Then, their video for the song "Lovin' It" was allegedly banned from BET for being "Too intelligent for the viewing audience". Lastly, there was turmoil within the group due to the outside attention that was placed on 9th Wonder as a producer which resulted in his departure. As if that wasn't enough, they recorded the follow-up "Getback" only to be told by Atlantic Records that it wasn't commercial enough. So, they devoted their time to their side projects- notably Big Pooh's solo career and Phonte's other group The Foreign Exchange. Although they announced their break-up in early 2010, the final song from "Getback" called "When Everything Is New" all but hinted at the group's demise.
So here is the new album "Leftback", which was originally conceived as an album consisting of remixes and B-sides for material that didn't make "Getback". They scrapped that idea entirely and decided to record a new album as their swan song. Half of the album was produced by Khrysis who also did "Watch Me" from "The Minstrel Show" and "After The Party" from "Getback". The overall mood of this album is obviously "Let's call it a day", as evidenced by the songs "Curtain Call" and "Tigallo For Dolo" in which Phonte clearly states where his priorities lie- he would rather be a singer than a rapper. On "What We Are" Big Pooh plays the role of a commitment phobe involved with a woman that wanted a relationship. Kon Artis of D-12 (under his real name Denaun Porter) produces the song "Second Chances" which finds the duo in a "break up to make up" situation. The three songs that weigh this album down are the remixes to the songs "After The Party" and "Two Step Blues" which were kind of unneccesary and "Before The Night Is Over" sounds bland after a few spins. Overall, it's a good album from Little Brother, but being that it's their last album it seems as if their hearts weren't in it.
Description of Leftback
With influences that range from the expressive boom bap of A TribeCalled Quest to the rugged back and forth chemistry of EPMD, Little
Brother's members, Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh, have become
essential names in hip-hop circles worldwide.
Little Brother released their debut album, The Listening, in 2003 to
widespread critical acclaim. After receiving props from hip-hop
luminaries such as Pete Rock and DJ Premier, and touring nationally
and internationally with the likes of Hieroglyphics and The Roots,
Little Brother then released their sophomore effort, The Minstrel
Show, in 2005 to a mass of critical praise and media controversy.
Little Brother released their third album, Getback, in the fall of 2007
with great anticipation, with this being their first without producer 9th
Wonder. The group then went on to release retail versions of two
stellar mixtapes, Separate But Equal and And Justus For All, in 2008
for the fans who wanted the songs free of DJ drops and scratches.
After a three year hiatus, Little Brother returns with their 4th and final
album, Leftback. Featuring guest appearances by fellow Hall Of
Justus members, Chaundon, Darien Brockington, and Jozeemo, as
well as Trunk North and Median. Production credits include Denaun
Porter, Symbolyc One, Jbizness, Zo!, with a bulk of the production by
longtime collaborator Khrysis. Hall Of Justus is the movement!
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