We’re proud to announce LITTLE BROTHER live WEDNESDAY MAY 19th 2010 at DOUBLE DOOR in Chicago! It’ll be a legendary, yet bitter-sweet affair as they tour on the heels of LEFTBACK, the duo’s proclaimed last album together.
Press inquiries please contact:
Nigel Ridgeway trew@groundliftmedia.com
Tuesday April 13 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Forming in 2001 in Durham, North Carolina, LITTLE BROTHER is the pair of emcees Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh and , first appearing on the hip-hop scene with their 2003 ABB Records release, The Listening. The album immediately struck a chord with the rap community, garnering praise from the likes of Pete Rock and The Roots, as well as catching the ears of Jay-Z, who recruited producer 9th Wonder for some production work of his own.
The Minstrel Show LP followed as a darkly humorous album that is equal parts soul and satire, presenting a fictional television network, UBN (U Black N*****s). As emcee Phonte explains, “As rappers, we have to take responsibility for what we say…If not, we’re doing essentially what minstrel shows did: perpetuating negative images and reinforcing those negative stereotypes.” The second album was highly acclaimed by both critics and fans as both a bold statement on the current hip hop climate, and also as a masterpiece catapulting Little Brother into underground prominence.
After inner strife which usually follows success that shines as brightly as Little Brother’s, the long-awaited final album is here. The laid-back yet infectious first single off the album, “Curtain Call,” says it all. Phonte explains why the long wait, “I didn’t want our last record to be a bunch of second-rate material, I wanted to walk away from Little Brother knowing that I gave our fans all that I had to give, and said everything I wanted to say. With LeftBack, I’ve done that.”
It’ll be an epic night filled with classic beats, intelligent rhymes and the raucous celebration of a short but illustrious career from truly original voices in today’s vast hip hop landscape.
Tour support TBD, Local support includes:
PUGSLEE ATOMZ – Kinda Like a Rapper out 6.1.10!
(http://www.myspace.com/pugsleeatomz)
1773
(http://1773live.com/)
DJ ITCH 13
(http://www.myspace.com/itch13)
hosted by AWDAZCATE!!
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for knowledge!
RUBY HORNET – http://rubyhornet.com/
for street!
HAND 2 HAND – http://www.myspace.com/hand2handpromotions
for culture!
FRANK 151 Chicago Riders – http://www.frank151.com/fdl/chicago_riders/
Presented by:
This event is brought to you by Cold Grums and Ground Lift Media.
Double Door
1572 N.Milwaukee Ave
21+ doors 9pm
$20 presales available at www.clubtix.net and www.doubledoor.com
$23 day-of door
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