The Listening [PA] by Little Brother

Pros: Tight production, excellent lyrics, creative concepts – a near-flawless effort.
Cons: No one’s listening.

Little brothers. You know them, those annoying little brats that always ask dumb questions, follow you around, and copy you. And the worst thing about them is that they have it easy – the older brothers and sisters have already paved the way, all ...

Pros: Intelligent and Poetic Lyrics, Unique Soulful 9th Wonder Production, Subject Matter, Variety
Cons: One Weak Track, Not Every Track is 5 Stars of course...

Version 1.5 One of the new emcees ripping apart the underground hip-hop scene is the trio of Little Brother, from North Carolina. These emcees brilliantly border the line between extremely soulful and poetic songs, to hard hitting, thumping ...

Pros: Poetic lyricism, soulful production, versatility, perfect chemistry, no bad songs
Cons: *imitating Ed from Good Burger* Uhh.... no?

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've been meaning to review this particular album for A LONG time. The reason I've held off on my review of LB's new album, "The Minstrel Show", is because I felt I should've reviewed this first. That being said, I hope you enjoy ...

Pros: Everything....(Read Below)....The Back(or Rewind) Button/Ability to Restart it!
Cons: It Ends

This review is long overdue, and will be the first installment of my reviews of various LB albums and mixtapes, which I will call "Forgive Me Hip-Hop For I Have Sin", for waiting until Fall 2005(while in Iraq) to give LB a listen…. The year ...

Pros: 9Th Wonder's production, Phonte and Big Pooh's dope rhymes...
Cons: Nothing worth mentioning.

Little Brother is a Hip-Hop trio from North Carolina comprised of emcees Phonte and Big Pooh, and producer 9Th Wonder. The latter has drawn considerable attention from the Hip-Hop community thanks to his remix of Nas' latest album "God's Son", a project ...

Pros: The revitalization of the Native Tongue sound has begun.
Cons: The CD eventually comes to an end.

Punch lines can be heavy-handed. The blows can knock out our ability to listen to the whole story. A ...

Pros: Straight buttah beats from 9th Wonder's w/ De La Soul style flow
Cons: A few interludes aren't separated from the actual song; Some songs should be longer

Stand up and take a LISTEN
Little Brother got that ill Carolina vision
Of how hip hop came and changed the game
Not with stories of gun play and Bling fame
But with beats to the 9th power and word play
Phonte, Big Pooh, and 9th...

Pros: Honest, clever lyricism, brilliant production, perfect chemistry between both
Cons: Skits may become irritating, it sounds a bit too gloomy / similar (ONLY AT FIRST!)

It's a sad world where talent-free "artists" flaunt their lack of skill & development without shame, and we're forced to constantly endure it... but while this goes on on the surface, underground marvels are dropping classic, beautifully-crafted ...