I agree that too many artists act too superior because they “stay underground” (another way of saying broke), but LB is the shit.

I think you are guilty of the same thing you accuse LB of. yes, they do go on about mainstream rap but for me that does not detract from their skills as a group esp. phonet’s lyrical prowress…dude i think you need to listen to ‘the yo yo’ off the listening lp….that’s a good track and it basically shows that they are just like all the hollering and grunting mcs. respect dudes that wanna talk about reazl ish and those that wanna kick fantasy, so long as it is creative, i dig it all.

I’m truly loving the irony of hip-hop in 2006–i.e., Jay-Z’s top 5 most-listened-to songs (iTunes):

1. “Shorty on the Lookout,” Little Brother
2. “Song Cry,” ME! [Unplugged version ft. Ahmir and Them]
3. “Dear Summer,” Bleek “Brave New World,” The Foreign Exchange
4. “Some Beat Shit 9th Wonder Gave Me”
5. “Dangerously in Love,” B Coldplay

Should’a known this was coming when 50 said he admired Talib “myflowisGreatliketheLakesanditrockslikeAppilacian” Kweli.

I fully expect a Mr. Lif/Clipse, We Got It 4 Cheaper Than My Jansport Vol. 1 mix in approx 2 weeks.

For what it’s worth, I liked The Listening a lot more than I did The Minstrel Show. I haven’t heard it in ages though.

LB**=not dung, not quite as delicious as the uneaten steak; rather stuck somewhere between the mouth and the anus, more likely in the small intestine (that is after the stomach [and before the anus]), right?

PLEASE don’t imply that LB is better than Kweli.

Kweli is much more entertaining that LB, and who said being self-righteous wasn’t K(+w)EW(-w)L(i) [I don't expect anyone to decipher that]!

DON MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,BUT YOU GOTTA BE REAL,HUNDRED PERCENT SKILL,FUCK COMMERCIAL APPEAL,I COULD BE UNDERGROUND,AND STILL KILL THEM SOFTLY LIKE LAUREN HILL.SOUTH AFRICA PEACE

LB = DUNG

Where can i find the Percy Miracles EP?

Very ironic coming from the same dude who skewered Dipset for their ‘genocidal wordplay’ last year, no?

Eh…

I know a backhanded compliment when I see one:

“You’re pretty cute for a fat girl.”
“You’re pretty smart for a Black guy.”
“You music is pretty good for a group of backpackers.”

Well ‘fuck you’ too, nigga….

HAhahahahaha1!

[...] Tomorrow I will run down some certified classics from Little Brothers extensive catalog in order to take hater extraordinaire kris ex to task and to (hopefully!) look good in front of Phonte! (not really) [...]

[...] At the risk of turning these unruly little blogging backroads of XXLMAG.COM into a lovefest*, I must once again big-up the iPod King. Seriously, homey’s killing it right now. Not only did he help make Little Brother** a group I can no longer ignore in good conscience and drop two (mixtape) classics*** upon our unworthy souls—from The King of The South as well as The King Of New York—he’s behind what may well be the only album we’ll hear any time soon from Leonard P a/k/a Chilly Willy a/k/a Velvet Revolver’s newest collaborator. [...]

[...] It seems that a couple of well-known rappers have posted comments on the XXL blogs (LB’s Pronte and UGK’s Bun B), which is all well and good but I would have though these guys have better stuff to do than get mad at dudes on the internets. I know it’s a sign of the times but can you imagine Rakim or Just-Ice getting into a message board war with their critics? Me neither. [...]

HAHAHAHAHA YEAH BRING A WHOLE FUCKING ARMY CUZ U WILL NEED THAT IF YOU COMING AT ME.

MAN YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL STEPPED YOUR GAME UP AGES AGO I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE NICE BUT WE ALL NOW I NEED SOME MILLITANT SHIT.

Just because you’re a writer who knows how to assemble subjects and predicates doesn’t mean your writing is worth reading. I’m sorry for wasting my porn time reading another hypocritical article where the author acts better than someone by pointing out he thinks the person or group he’s writing about acts better than someone else. *yawn* Find something original to say or don’t bother writing at all.

You’re an embarassment to writers everywhere.

You ain’t listenin’ - your thinking about your timerlands,
You say the shit they talk about ain’t interestin’…

Just Listen

dude. shouldn’t you be a little too busy to write bullshit like this?

Wow, I just read dude’s comment about the LB fam. I wonder who he is rockin?! Or what I really want to ask him is, “who stole the soul?” LB’s efforts establishing themselves as lyrical assassins over beats that, if you a old school rnb cat like me, you have to love. Fine tune your ear son. To Phonte and the crew, keep do what you do…hiphop and soul need the production from people that made from the ground up…by the people for the people.

I have three words for you, Big Daddy Kane. Kane did a song with these cats, and together they killed it. It’s time people started to give Phonte some credit. The man is talented. Get the Foreign Exchange Album (Connected). Listen to the track Raw Lifes. Dude killed it. Give these cats some love.

[...] There has been a lot going on over the past three months, but, to paraphrase my favorite former blogger, I haven’t been: [...]

LB is tha bomb.

and you know what ” they get your heard still boppin and ther verse didnt rhyme!!!”

Fuck y’all coz HIP HOP aint dead!!!

Yo. To the being that wrote the article saying that LB wasn’t doing it. Miss me and everyone else with the drag. I have been listening to real hip hop homey since before you even thinkin’ about pissin in diapers and being abused by your drunk step dad. Don’t hate appreciate is a simple concept. ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME, some TRUE Masters of Ceremonies stepped up and did something different, something with intelligence, something more than making my people look like the modern day mandingos or porch monkey with big wheels and grills in his mouth. I can’t believe that people actually base their opionion of this critic. WHAT A JOKE! I dont even think you have been alive long enough to judge hip hop homey. Watch ya tone Junior, loose lips sink ships and I am sure that you mouth is destined someday to write a check your ass can’t cash. Come correct bredren when you speak or don’t say nuffin’! Ya Dig. Eric B. for President!
~AreKayEs -not the droid you were looking for.

I’m sorry,
Some of you’ll don’t really have any idea what you talking about. And it’s shame.

When you can see all that around you is wack & you whole lot better than that, you have every right to call it as you see it.

Phontyger is tight mc, full stop.
If you wanted your favourate mc to spit to that type of level of hip hop musicianship, then I be agreeing with you, but I won’t.

Think about it like this, with all the izish you bombarded with in the club, radio, & anywhere else, it’s refreshing you here type of style the LB, JL, & affiliates.

It’s a breath of fresh air.

You know!

wow this blog sucks big time, you cock sucker.