Comments on: 9th Wonder Leaves Little Brother

By: hiutopor

hiutopor — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:25:57 +0000

Hi all!

Very interesting information! Thanks!

Bye

By: CMG

CMG — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:39:35 +0000

I agree with my man above, LB’s albums have been CLASSICS! You don’t hear music like that no more. It reminds me of Tribe, Pete Rock, SV.. it’s a real lost art in music today. BUt if you look at those artists I just named, what’s 1 thing they all have in common…Everyone of them had a superior beat maker behind the boards (Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Pete Rock, Jay Dee) Losing 9th Wonder is a big blow, but I don’t want LB to be commercial unless they stay the way they are and don’t conform to popular music, and make the people conform to them. LB for Life!

By: Archie

Archie — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:34:15 +0000

Personally LB is dope, 9th Wonder is dope, they are dope togather and apart. The question is will Lb get enough exposure to the masses.

By: illeastmc

illeastmc — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:01:45 +0000

first off, 9th wonder had beats on “separate but equal” until the best track on the mixtape “speed racin”. 2nd “The Listening” and “The Minstrel Show” are ALL TIME HIPHOP CLASSIC. I can pretty much Guarantee Little brother will never make a album anywhere near close to those 2 again. Just like Slum Village never made an album close to fantasic voyage 1 and 2 after dilla left. 9TH is the sickest producer in the game today who has worked Multi-platinum artists like JAY-Z, MARY J BLIGE, DESTINYS CHILD, MEMPHIS BLEEK. ONLY way little brother will get near any platinum is if they put rims on they car. I LOVE little brother and will buy getback. BUT getback will be a NICE album, no more no less. THE LISTENING AND MINSTREL WERE CLASSIC.

By: Drdre74

Drdre74 — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:03:44 +0000

The best stuff they’ve done has been the mixtapes which 9th really had nothing to do with. separate but equal is the best one so far and 9th didnt do anything on that I dont think.

By: Matikk

Matikk — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:26:40 +0000

9th Wonder is the truth!! Do not underestimate his creative musical ability…he’s a real dope beatmaker. Honestly, Phonte (Tiggalo) is one of the dopest lyricist to hit the scene…Pooh just needs to keep up. This is such a sad situation though…I’m definately gonna miss that original LB sound…but in my opinion I believe that LB should have originally consisted of 9th, Phonte, and Median(of the Justus League)…oh well, LB shouldn’t worry b/c they got Kryhsis to back em’ up…Kryhsis is also the truth too!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:58:40 +0000

I think 9th is a great producer even if he can get a tad repetitive over the course of an entire album. Then again, losing a good producer can never help a group. With that in mind though, people shouldn’t sleep on how good that Foreign Exchange joint was either. Phonte has a good ear for beats so i assume whoever they get to replace 9th will be a like-minded spirit. But still the question lingers…why the fuck did they sign to Atlantic?

By: esbee

esbee — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:43:48 +0000

Everyone seems to be discounting 9th. 9th is right now bigger than LB on his own and may continue to be as long as folks keep coming to him for beats..which I doubt will stop anytime soon.

By: ian

ian — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:31:05 +0000

I agree with a lot of what’s said above: 9th is overrated but he was also about the best thing about LB but maybe it won’t hurt these guys. After all didn’t Slum Village end up selling more records and having bigger hits after Jay Dee left?

By: Rizoh

Rizoh — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:24:59 +0000

The fact that I posed the question: Will the loss break the group artistically means that: 1)It’s debatable in the first place; 2)9th’s aesthetic contributions was a key aspect of the crew.

I agree with your point about musical continuity, but is that the only route to a consistent album? (See my comment on Slum Village above) Phonte and Pooh are excellent wordsmiths and the only challenge they’ll face here is making albums the old fashioned way. Sure, they’ll have to relearn everything they knew about beat selections, but that’s a small price to pay in the long run.