Comments on: Little Brother: The Minstrel Show

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:26:42 +0000

you can always find something wrong with an album. I could go on a whole rant about perfection get philosophical and stuff, but I won’t. I will say that as for standards of perfection in hip hop, Illmatic is that album

By: trapperjohnmd

trapperjohnmd — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:14:53 +0000

Deez, illmatic was a 10/10. what could you find wrong with that, the length of it

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:09:44 +0000

Your right no album is 10/10. Nothing or anyone is perfect lol but 95/100 then

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:32:38 +0000

no album is 10/10 my friend..

By: Lucas

Lucas — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:23:20 +0000

I love this album. I actually got this before the Listening and I think The Minsterl Show is better. This album made me a fan of them forever. Personally this a 10/10 but I think you gave another fair review. Me I just let music be what it is.

Phonte is Top 3 best out right now and in my opinon if someone had in the Top 10 of all time I wouldn’t see anything wrong with that.

By: Deez

Deez — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:15:03 +0000

Was Elzhi not an up and coming artist at that point when this album dropped? I believe Detriot Deli had come out a few months before .. and Elzhi’s part in Trinity was minimal.

By: ez

ez — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:39:10 +0000

did u just say elzhi was up and coming???? have u gone completely bonkers man….

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:37:04 +0000

Damn, I just noticed all the comments on this post… great discussions! And great review (by my man Deez, of course)! Yes everyone, Deez is a real person… unless I email myself a lot. Wait… does Tyler Durden = Sean Deez? I’m confused…

By: Deez

Deez — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:37:47 +0000

Alright Rouh, you are gonna make me go there.

To say that Jeru is one of the best ever to touch the Mic is laughable. Anyone with hip hop sense will tell you those 2 albums were all about production. Since then, Premier hasn’t hooked him up with a full album of beats, and since then, we haven’t heard shit from Jeru because he’s more or less a mediocre emcee. To say Lil Dap has a sick style is probably more laughable. The fact that Premier himself said that he was upset at the beats he gave Group Home, exemplifies how bad Dap and Nutcracker were. He knew it, I’m pretty sure they knew it too.. they got lucky. They could hold that beat though.

Afu is great, and Bumpy Knucks is fantastic. I’m never one to clown Guru but he has his bad moments too. I think lyrically, Pooh, Tay, Median, Legacy alone are stronger than everyone in the foundation, except for maybe Bumpy Knucks, who really is a beast. I might not go as far to say Legacy and Pooh are better than Guru too.. but its an interesting match up. I’m the biggest Premier fan you’ll ever meet, trust me, but to say that the GS foundation is miles ahead of a crew like the J League is outlandish.

By: Rouh

Rouh — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:19:05 +0000

To Deez
The “I’m the man” comparison comes from the combination of three mc’s, nothing more. I know that the structure is different (3 beats/3mc’s) but the combination was as solid.
But dawg, justus league can not f*ck with gangstarr foundation ever : Jeru is one of the greatest that grabbed a mic ever, lil dap has sick style, and i’m not talking about all the affiliates such as afu, and the godfather of hardcore underground bumpy knuckles. I mean sean boog, Median or Legacy don’t belong to the same league. period.
PS : i also do believe that hiding places was produced by dilla, even if it’s not credited as so. That’s why i said it was dedicated to him, at least in the production way.
One.

By: Deez

Deez — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:12:46 +0000

To Rouh,
I have no idea how “Watch Me” can compare to “I’m the Man” in any way…
Pooh has plenty to prove, one of the reasons I felt like this album had a weak link, was Pooh. Its not that he is bad.. but he has to rhyme with Phonte. Tru and Pos, Tip and Phife, Dre and Big Boi never had this big of a gap to conquer.

I don’t think Hiding Places was dedicated to Dilla, I could be wrong, I always felt like that was a Dilla beat in hiding…

And Justus League has a much stronger emcee foundation than the Gangstarr foundation. especially when you bring in guys like Legacy, Chaundon and Median

And Kev wrote the review? Dope.. The Sean Deez name could be a moniker

By: bee36

bee36 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:45:36 +0000

LB!! i remember seeing the cd cover and was like wth? then i heard “The Becoming” and was like DAM!

i still constantly listen to this album and as well have expanded to other Justus League affiliates - Krysis, Edgar Allen Floe, big dho, and chaundon.

dope.

By: Rouh

Rouh — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:20:08 +0000

The best little brother album to me. The concept is efficient, 9th was at his best at that time, Phonte is one of the greatest right now, Pooh got no more to prove after his solo song on the album (remember the skit before the track where a guy tells another that Pooh is weakest link in the group, wa, that’s a confident ni**a !) and “hiding places dedicated to j dilla is the best song on the album, along with “Watch Me ” because it reminded me the mad combo of I’m the man ( remember that beat from primo on gangstarr album with jeru and dap?) and really, that justus league remind me of the gangstarr foundation, little brother being gangstarr of course.

Peace everybody, thx again to kev for this review…

PS : People plz let me know what you think of my album posted in the leak section “Rouh & Qrazsirs present a soul has no shape”

One.

By: Deez

Deez — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:44 +0000

oh, and the “belated” reviews are courtesy of daily polls Kevin puts up for you guys. I simply review what the people want.. and what I want because I offer up the choices. I’m going to try and keep the rest in the next little bit Rock The Bells related because its the biggest tour of the last 2 years.. so yeah

By: Deez

Deez — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:59:50 +0000

I think it’s easy to say that Getback is probably at the bottom of the barrel. I consider Chitlin 1.5 an album, because its heavily structured like an album unlike And Justus for All.

As for the album, I used it a lot in presentations and such. It was such a matter of fate because, this album and the whole De La Soul thing collaborated to give this concept even more backbone.

Yes, All For You really is heartfelt, I just felt that it went away from the concept of the album

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:09:21 +0000

Nice review
I still listen to this CD - one of the best ever and i’d even put it out there to say it was ’05s best release - infront of Late Registration and Be!!

Not enough can be said about “All For You”…man that is one of the most heartfelt and deepest tracks i have ever heard - and to me, solidifies Tay as the best rapper at the moment

But good on ya doing this belated review - gets the message out!

No one’s really compared this to GetBack yet…whats the best LB LP?? I don’t really want to compare haha

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:45:15 +0000

*but the first part and the first half of the second part

By: Arthur

Arthur — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:36:19 +0000

Listening to The Minstrel Show is like you leaving the movie theater after watching a great movie that changed your life. That’s what i felt when i first listened to the album. It’s that kind of album that you listen so much that after one week you know all the lyrics.
My favorite song is “All for you”, i know it’s a little sad but the first part of this song is exactly what i was passing at the moment i listened the album.
The Minstrel Show… shit… it changed my life

By: Deez

Deez — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:59 +0000

i can’t hand out perfects like that… this album is not perfect

By: neoSOUL

neoSOUL — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:16:54 +0000

Little Brother: The Minstrel Show

Rating : 10/10