LITTLE BROTHER The Minstrel Show KEY SELLING POINTS • Little Brother’s 2nd and last official Album • First-time ever re-issued • Pressed on Gold Vinyl DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Little Brother Few groups earn a major-label contract based on their producer’s TITLE: The Minstrel Show merits, but when Little Brother jumped to Atlantic for their second CATALOG: l-ABB1067 full album, The Minstrel Show, any cynic looking for a good reason LABEL: ABB Records would point to the increased profile of trackmaster 9th Wonder GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 671678106716 (Jay-Z, Destiny’s Child). But it wasn’t just 9th Wonder that made FORMAT: 2XLP Gold Vinyl Little Brother’s first album one of the best underground rap debuts HOME MARKET: Durham, North Carolina of the new millennium; rappers Phonte and Big Pooh matched a RELEASE: 8/11/2017 smooth Southern drawl with up-North smarts. Like their influences in LIST PRICE: $22.98 / CS the Native Tongues family, the trio cast a clever eye over music and culture, sniffing out hypocrisy and greed, then dismissing them with TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) sparkling satires. The Minstrel Show presents more of the same, 1. Welcome To The Minstrel Show expanding the palette to a host of hot topics: R. Kelly’s “Trapped in 2. Beautiful Morning the Closet” series, which gets skewered by the spot-on “Cheatin”; 3. The Becoming exploitative urban TV stations (the album’s main concept); and even 4. Not Enough the need for brand-name clothes (“5th and Fashion”). And any fans 5. Cheatin’ who feared that 9th Wonder’s success would lead to a diluted or 6. Hiding Place Featuring overly polished record have nothing to worry about; awash in ‘70s 7. Slow It Down soul and mellow, slapping beats, his productions make the message 8. Say It Again tracks carry just as well as the humorous material. 9. 5th And Fashion (Skit) 10. Lovin’ It - John Bush, Allmusic.com 11. Diary Of A Mad Black Daddy (Skit) 12. All For You Keyboards 13. Watch Me 14. Sincerely Yours 15. Still Lives Through 16. Minstrel Show Closing Theme 1 7. We Got Now PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM.