Yuan - Guo Brothers & Shung Tian

Advantages: Quite original
Disadvantages: Little variation

...I hadn't heard of this group, Little Brother, until 2005, when they released their second album entitled "The Minstrel Show", obviously gaining a lot of criticism due to the name, it drew me in to find out more about what they are about. Since this album, they have brought out two EPs ("The Commercial Free EP" and "Separate But Equal"), leading up to this "Getback". Little Brother was a North Carolina-based Hip Hop trio, consisting of Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh and 9th Wonder, but since the latter member left they are now a duo. 'The 9th Wonder of Little Brother' left because his role was to be a producer for their beats, so he wasn't attending their tours, and his presence wasn't really required to make the group work. They have officially stated that there is no beef between the existing members of the group and 9th Wonder, so they... Read review

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Advantages: Fabulous production, a real mix of styles
Disadvantages: None!

...Well it's another year and another release for the legends that are the Chemical Brothers. The Chemical Brothers are two guys called Tom and Ed; the pair met while at university in Manchester in the late eighties. At this time a revolution was going on, a musical revolution. These days were the days of the legendary Manchester club The Hacienda. Dance music was really beginning to take off in all it's forms wether it be the vocal, funky house from America or acid house, hardcore or techno. Tom and Ed fell in love with this emerging scene. The pair also had a love of hiphop, funk, rock and soul. The next step for the music lovers was obvious; they began to DJ under the name of "The Dust Brothers". They earned legendary status among clubbers for their fantastically eclectic sets. But things got even bigger.... In 1992 they made... Read review

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Advantages: Very consistant. Deep lyrics
Disadvantages: Not as strong as previous albums

..."And Justus For All" is the fourth album by the North Carolina Alternative Hip Hop group Little Brother. The only reason why I got this was because I was very impressed with the album which preceeded this, and I expected to hear the same sort of stuff as it was released less than a year before this. I didn't even look into any singles, as I wasn't aware of any which came out to give you a sample of the direction in this record, but I was confident in their abilities from the succss of "Getback". If you read my review of "Getback", then you should already be aware that Little Brother consists of the duo Big Pooh and Phonte. The pair are Conscious (or Alternative) MCs as they aren't gangsta rappers, and this intelligent form of the genre is termed differnt, because the more ignorant stuff is the only type which gets into the mainstream... Read review

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