The Minstrel Show – Little Brother

I was slow to this. It had got rave reviews but then so do a lot of things so I was skeptical. The title is no quip the whole album is structured as TV Show much like 3 Feet High and Rising with an intro, skits, adverts all connecting the tracks. As Phonte says on Slow It Down this is some grown man shit right here. This is adults rhyming for adults not kids in clubs. This soul music and an album you can grow with and let sink into you. The real revelation for me are the beats by 9th Wonder which are the closet thing to soul that only Pete Rock or Premo can conjure on the regular. This soulful feel coupled with adult subject matter and brilliant rhymes makes this indeed an essential purchase. It doesn’t blow your head off like a Ghost banger but instead slowly seeps into your consciousness and once it’s there impossible to ignore. Believe the hype. 9.5/10.

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