Big Pooh Talks to HyPE LG About Delightful Bars, The Status of Little Brother, etc.

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The homie Adam, over at HyPE LG recent caught up with Rapper Big Pooh to talk about his new album Delightful Bars. They also talk about the album being a sequeway for his official sophomore album, Dirty Pretty Things, the status of Little Brother (new album by the end of the year!), Internet rappers, and the NBA Playoffs. Hit the jump for the goods…

Hype LG: Thanks for taking the time out with us, we always blast your music on the site and appreciate you taking the time out for the interview. First off let’s start with the title of the new album ‘Delightful Bars’. What inspired the name and the very unique album covers?

Big Pooh: The name just comes from a play off or an extension of the mixtape I put out ‘Delightful Bars’ back in September of ’08. ‘Delightful Bars’ is just telling people that my rhymes is nice. Like what I’m bringing to you is nice. The covers, that was just something different we wanted to do. Normally all of the covers that I’ve done as a solo artist or with Little Brother have been covers where he (Phonte) was on the cover or I was on the cover, or our faces were on it. I just wanted to do something a little different and do something a little artistic and that’s where the women came into play.

Hype LG: Ok. (Laughs) So I was actually reading that you are calling this album a “street-LP”. So you are not considering this your solo album?

Big Pooh: I definitely consider this a street LP even though it’s put together like an album and that’s because I pulled these tracks. I started recording some of these tracks back in ’06. Before we went in to do ‘Get Back’. It’s just a collection of tracks; I had over 40 something tracks recorded. Working on my second album, I got together with Young RJ, who is actually helping do my official sophomore album, and we just picked out the ones that we actually wanted to keep and the rest I just had, I and I was like I am going to just put them together.

Hype LG: As far as ‘Delightful Bars’ can you let us know some of the features and some of the producers that you are working with on this album?

Big Pooh: Some of the producers are, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Illmind, Jake One, OhNo, and The Co-Op. For features I have Jay Rock from the West Coast, Big Treal from Carolina, of course my boys Jozemo, Joe Scudda, Chaundon from the Hall Of Justus. My home girl Mushinah from DC. So I feel like it’s well spread out on the features, well spread out on the producers. I broke out of the normal realm of things or box that people normally expect, whenever I do something, I tried to branch out a little bit.

Hype LG: So as a group Little Brother, you and Phonte have three critically acclaimed albums. Phonte is doing his thing with the Foreign Exchange and this is your second album solo. With all that said, when can the fans expect a new Little Brother album? You guys are still making music together I assume.