Comments on: Phonte was right

By: tfk

tfk — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:06:06 +0000

every artist will have their pros and cons, wheather it be about their opinions or their music. i like LB but i like jeezy also. So if we’d stop bitchin’ bout’ irrelavent shit we could focus our attention on more important issues in this backstabbing business.

By: KID KLASH

KID KLASH — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:53:48 +0000

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT LITTLE BROTHER IS ONE OF THE MOST LYRICAL GROUPS OUT RIGHT NOW I’VE BEEN A FAN OF THEIRS SINCE DAY ONE I HAVE: THE LISTENING,THE CHITLIN CIRCUIT 1.5,THE DJ DRAMA GANGSTA GRILLZ LB MIXTAPE,AND THE MINSTREL SHOW BUT FOR REAL IS IT JUST ME OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE 9TH WONDER LACES EVERYBODY WITH HOT BEATS BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HIS OWN GROUP THE BEATS ARE’NT AS GOOD WHY BECAUSE HE AINT GETTIN PAID

By: K~Swift

K~Swift — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:47:53 +0000

I’m not feeling the whole “unintelligent” word choice. Being from the hood, and being rather intelligent, I’m offended. Uneducated and underexposed are more accurate terms. And if you on some Black ppl vs. Niggers shit, you just a house nigga. Cut that shit out. We need unity. From the field to the house and back, cuz we still haven’t gotten our just due.

By: jamie

jamie — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:19:27 +0000

phonte has a point,all you mostly see now on television is ignorant black folks entertaining other ignorant black folks. they use elementary rhymes along with unnecessary jewelry.I am a black person who stoped enjoying mainstream rap and hip hop after the 90′s.thats the difference between black people and niggers.

By: Cuban Link

Cuban Link — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:49:29 +0000

and I meant Mike Jones concert.

By: Cuban Link

Cuban Link — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:48:26 +0000

^^^lmfaoooo

“I think we can at least agree that Little Brother is as good, if not better than either of those groups.”

are you on crack son?Little Borhter>>>>X10000000 Joc n DFB.

Also, its not becuz blacks are dumb.Its becuz the majority are poor, and cant afford things like “bling” and nice cars and clothes ’till their welfare bounces.Since they cant get it themselves, they like to listen to people who constantly talk about the things they want.AND, wtf is you talking about?I have never met a black person face to face that likes Yung Joc, and I saw a Mike Jones off Limewire, and there wasnt a single black person there.Plus, the Roots are fucking dope, one of the best groups in hip hop history.And I have althoguh I have met a few white peeps into them, its like 1:1000000 out of the number of white people who think the Roots are dope versus the number who think Yung Joc, DFB, Chingy etc. are dope.So this theory u put out is differently wrong, although not far from the truth

By: jus

jus — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:04:27 +0000

phonte didnt say that…

By: Deuce_D

Deuce_D — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:02:16 +0000

This is the most ridiculous statement I’ve read about hip-hop. How could you say that someone’s socio-economic class directly correlates to their level of intellect or taste in music? Why don’t you just come out and say that “poor black people are stupid” instead of half-assing your comment. As a black man, how could you write something so degrading about people of your own culture? Some ignorant exec of whatever media group probably originated this thought and to see young black men actually buying into this is a shame.

In music, whether its hip-hop, reggae, or whatever your preference, there is room for all types of expression. At the club or a party do you really want to hear something intellectual, or shake your ass? When your at home relaxing maybe your want to hear something different than you would in the club. The point is hip-hop or any form of expression cannot be pigeonholed for any reason. Right now what we have in hip-hop is people outside the culture determining what the public hears and sees on a regular basis. Millions of dollars are pumped into certain genres of hip-hop to force feed people and they’re eating the shit up. If the same funds were spent, and exposure given to other artists, underground,underfunded, and underexposed, then people could actually choose some other shit besides the narrow selection of most radio stations nationwide.

I would expect to read something like this from Bill O’Reily, Dubya, or Fox News but damn dog, a blackman writing and supporting this arguement?

By: NickeNitro

NickeNitro — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:58:57 +0000

It’s funny how all the fans think Little Brother is great, and then all these journalists keep saying they’re no good.

It makes you kinda wonder who the journalists are doing the writing for anyway. It’s pretty obvious that whatever Universal Records, for instance, wants these magazine puppets to say takes precedence over truth.

Remember, XXL is sold at airports. Any magazine sold at airports is riddled with corporate propaganda.

And this Byron Crawford schmuck is clearly an idiot. No one should waste their time reading anything he writes anymore. His blog talks about dim people, but he’s the dimmest of them all.

By: PHIL HINOJOSA

PHIL HINOJOSA — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:10:13 +0000

Well first off yall should get your facts straight…..heres Phontes response….

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=24373698&blogID=146903214&MyToken=78ad15f3-759f-42b4-b23f-ebf9b1a6c667

By: F.K. next major thing in NC

F.K. next major thing in NC — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:56:03 +0000

You can’t blame Little Brother…Phonte…for speaking his mind. He’s absolutely right. There was a song called The Listening they did and he rhymed about niggas don’t listen to rhymes it’s the beat that cause them to move, but that doesn’t mean tat 9th Wonder is wack. It just means that 808′s are big. I attended the summer jam concert and I came only to see LB and it was embarrassing to be one of the ahndful to know every song word by word. They are not the most original group in the world, but them niggas are hot. Even though Big Pooh gets outshined by Phonte he is even better than 97 percent of these weak rappers out. It’s all about programming. They don’t get much play down here and I work at ta radio station here in Fayetteville so I should know. Niggas need to listen, because they are really nice and I”ma carry the NC on my back when I drop

By: isaac MAGOO

isaac MAGOO — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:52:24 +0000

all i gotta say is You misconstrued Phonte’s word. As for as Hip Hop goes i hate the word “POP” POP is gettin on my nerves. Ever Since Hip hop has been around, its accepted to be a part of *POP CULTURE*, and the shit started going downhill. First there is no diversity in mainstream rap. Its good to hear some club songs *snap ya fingaz* *lean wit it rock it*. But when it is too much shit i just turn off got damn radio. There’s nothing new nothing that is fresh and interesting now. When i hear Young Joc or Rick ross, they sound the same thing to me as i heard from 300 otha maintstream artists *being sarcastic*. THere needs to be some diversity in the music. who gives a fuck if JAy Z runs DEF JAM?? i dont give fuck neither if Snoop dogg starts his own drink or shorty ass Jermaine Dupri fucks janet jackson;s ass and makes wack singles. To me I put blame in the hands of Corporate America *white people* to me racism didnt end with the KKK.they just *condition themselves* nicely with suits and big asss Houses.
As for this word *POP CULTURE* is a disease like AIDS. i never liked puttin hip hop in that category because it will soften up and be a straight up shitty sounds. Id rather dig and look to see who is good. i dont care if you slang drugs. and there are lost classics to hip hop but no one shed to the light. WHY DIDNT DEAD PREZ GET FIVE MICS but lil KIM got 5?? RUmors spread that her manager fucked the Dude to get her that review. And also before Dead Prez album was released He was threatened he would be fired if he gave DEAD PREZ five mics. ITs a complex dimenison we are living in. Im just gettin sick of the same scenarios and bullshit i have to deal with on a everyday basis of lame shit music. HAvent we all learned our history? MALCOM X stated being a black man in America is a Nightmare. we are conditionalized, stripped, confused in a society to say its cool??Who the Funk think its cool?? do you think most black people like to be Dehumanized to the point that we act like idiots??
MLK from the episode of the Boondocks is right: WE are Just a bunch of Good fo nuthin NIGGAS. Until we stop blamin each other, look to the real problem: Corporate Media. I aint no lie yall just not seeing the real conflict.

By: TruthAndNothingBut

TruthAndNothingBut — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:00:59 +0000

“Too black for MTV, not black enough for BET, just let me be” – Lox, Money Power Respect.

Rap as far as Top 40 Hip-Hop Radio/106 and Park IS a Minstrel Show. Don’t get mad because somebody had the nerve to try to put it on blast in a major way. Somebody needed to say it.

God Bless.

By: john

john — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:49:54 +0000

suck a dickk u hater!

By: Da Liturgist

Da Liturgist — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:09:09 +0000

Umm.. Little Brother is tha shit..hot rhymes..hot beats.. im saying niggas nowahdays wanna shake they ass more then chicks. What tha hell is that about. True hip hop heads would recognize true lyrics. Some of these cats spitting these days sound like they dropped out of school in the 5th grade to be a rap star. Like my man Jay said , “Thats so lameeee!!”

By: labtech

labtech — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:10:55 +0000

Phonte is the shit. Check his discography. Not quite as new to the game as some may think.

By: T-

T- — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:45:56 +0000

whoever said Scarface’s lyrics are trash needs to slap himself. You don’t need 25 syllables ryming to be a poet. herb.

By: BRAD

BRAD — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:03:26 +0000

The Man is seeing his plan being executed perfectly. He loves that white kids love the roots and common and kweli. And he loves that poor black youth like to hear (or can ‘relate’) to hearing yung joc talk about how he’z gonna blow off the head of yet another brotha

By: Cd

Cd — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:40:16 +0000

anybody that says poor black people are dumb are fuckin retard cuz there’s a lot of people that are smart it just that you ain’t puttin it in a way they wanna hear it

By: JustThink

JustThink — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:17:57 +0000

Your comment reflects just one point of view. You fail to examine how radio pumps the same heavy rotation of hip hop/ rap songs. Because radio is big business, it’s a numbers game, resulting in overexposure of what they think are “hits”. Radio want to advertisement dollar and advertisers want bang for their buck. It’s about keeping a captive audience, it’s not about an independent thinking audience. As for the people who don’t know about Little Brother, they are true MCs, check the lyrics along with dope deeps from 9th Wonder. Don’t underestimate the younger audience. Their tastes are different, don’t assume they all want to dance to just beats. And what rock have you been living under to ASSume that more whites love the Roots than black. Just because a certain number of whites buy their albums means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, Black people got nothing but love for the Roots.

Educate Yourself- Don’t believe everything the media tells you.