LITTLE BROTHER

LITTLE BROTHER
The Minstrel Show
Atlantic Records
www.atlanticrecords.com

RATING: 5 out of 5
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It's great to hear another rap group out there that's not doing gangsta rap, like most of the rap groups coming out now. Coming out of the state below Virginia, North Carolina; Little Brother comes with new material that has never been heard before. The group consists of three members; Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh and the producer 9th Wonder. While the group catches America's eyes with "The Minstrel Show", they toured with Mike Shinoda & Demigod's. I had a chance to catch them at a local venue in the nation's capital, D.C. The show was electricfing. Rapper Big Pooh and Phonte gave the audience a good vibe and also a great show. The CD is about neck and neck with De La Soul's Grind Date. They slayed 13 tracks on this CD with a few skits and funny interludes. It's a non-stop minstrel show party when you listen to it. The CD definietly makes you want to go dig in a bin or shuffle through the selves at the music store for their previous releases. So the next time you're flipping through the tv, throw it on UBN (inside joke) and check it out.

TRACK HIGHLIGHTS "Beautiful Morning", "Hiding Place", "Lovin It", "We Got Now"