LITTLE BROTHER The Listening KEY SELLING POINTS • White vinyl reissue • Includes bonus 7” DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Little Brother “In Little Brother’s music, the North Carolina group makes a specific TITLE: The Listening point to highlight the more refined aspects of mid-’90s hip-hop. CATALOG: l-ABB1038 Basing its 2002 sound upon the foundation previously established LABEL: ABB Records by the likes of Pete Rock, A Tribe Called Quest, Jay Dee, and Black GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap Star, Little Brother makes somewhat of a political statement by BARCODE: N/A ABB1038 applying such standards to this modern age. The Listening does FORMAT: 2XLP + 7” an exceptional job of proving that soulful meditations have indeed RELEASE: 7/14/2017 retained their traditional relevancy within the contemporary realms LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS of rap. 9th Wonder’s production leads the charge with distinct drum kicks pacing larger-than-life melodic samples, which are often TRACKLISTING enhanced with sultry female voice-overs. Meanwhile, Phonte and 1. Morning Big Pooh dig even deeper within the hip-hop vaults as they draw 2. For You upon classic routines by the likes of Rakim, Slick Rick, and Audio 2 3. Speed for their lyrical inspiration. 4. Whatever You Say 5. Make Me Hot Whether engaged in storytelling, braggadocio, or simple 6. The Yo-Yo reassurance, the rhyming duo complements 9th Wonder’s varying 7. Shorty on the Lookout 8. Love Joint Revisited shades of mood music with a consistent degree of skill and sincerity. 9. So Fabulous The album both starts and finishes strongly, with “For You,” “Speed,” 10. The Way You Do It “Nighttime Maneuvers,” and the title track serving as its most 11. Roy Lee, Producer Extraordinaire stellar moments. Despite its unavoidably derivative orientation, The 12. Away from Me Listening is a finely crafted musical document, composed by artists 13. Nobody But You 14. Home who want nothing more than to provide even just a glimpse of hip- 15. Nighttime Maneuvers hop purity within an ever-expanding maze of cultural deterioration.” 16. The Listening - Robert Gabriel, Allmusic.com Bonus 7” 1. Mr. Dream Merchant 2. Atari 2600 PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM.