My frustration of not finding Boy Meets World and some other albums (Born and Raised, Street Hop, or Elizabeth: Introduction To The Psychic) in Best Buy today had me thinking about Phonte’s first few bars of “The Becoming.” Its fitting as Fashawn dropped an extremely dope album that isn’t in the stores (or at least at my Best Buy).
Hit the cut for the stream and lyrics. Phonte is such a poet we dropped a dope post last year about his best verses….peep it. Lyrics from OHHLA.
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Little Brother: “The Becoming” (Verse 1)
From the album: The Minstrel Show (2005)
Produced by 9th Wonder
“I went from niggaz tellin’ me I really shouldn’t rhyme
To droppin’ a classic album muhfuckers couldn’t find
Took my respect, took lessons and took the time
And if you want a success story, just take a look at mine
I was blessed with the right components, so precise
‘Cause I write so tight within the moment
And spit like my life depended on it
I target you herbs
On some teleprompter shit I got you watching your words
Tay rhymes are real life, yours are so ‘for instance’
Taxin’ these like no dependents
12 bar courtroom drama with no co-defendants
Don’t beat it off, come to your senses”
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I’m still crying a river.
“I went from niggaz tellin’ me I really shouldn’t rhyme To droppin’ a classic album muhfuckers couldn’t find”
Nice line…
*cries and slits wrist (sike)
But for serious, the CD business is fucked.
Please Matt don’t hurt yourself…I won’t have anyone to harass me daily if you go *looks at C-box*.
everytime i hear this track i get hype.. good looks Thomas
Ahhh yes.. the Minstrel Show… beautiful…
I was just bangin’ both The Listening and The Minstrel Show a few days ago…..
Those two joints are jewels in the Hip Hop Game to me like that O.C. joint from 96 nothing less than dope-ness
my bestbuy too!!!!!!
dope song
I got open off Phonte when i heard that track “Heard Em Say” off “The Listening” where homie didn’t even rhyme and bodied it.
And his punchline game is heavyweight. He said, “save ya back talk for the chiropractor”.
i got The Minstrel Show on CD and on vinyl (still wrapped in plastic)
back to the subject: i read on twitter that a LOT people had trouble findin the fashawn album and the royce album as well. wtf is goin on at best buy?
got the same problem here in germany: cant find those 2 cds in my local cd store either, but thats germany. jay z, 50 cent, …and other major artists = easy to find; indie artists = forget about it!
Yea, i know the frustration of best buy not having certain albums. My closest actual record store is 40 minutes away. I had to get skyzoo and fashawn album from there