Chances are, he'll answer.

changing it up only occasionally?

but seriously, what was it like working with Pete Rock?

and what was the best beat, in your mind, that you played for Jay?

UNREAL........
Pete is as brilliant today as he was ten years ago....only twenty times better......wait until SS2...


As for Jay, man, that's a hard one, I think this Bohannon chop I did..........


Both are the top two hip-hop moments of my short hip-hop career...

this is just an 9th instrumental off the godstepson i chopped up and threw some jay`z hooks on for flave& busted a quick one two diss on it 4 somepunk>>>>

http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3U.m3u?ID=966360&q=Hi








http://www.imrickjamesbitch.com/

Are you still using FL?

Have you been using, or have you been thinking about using hardware as opposed to software?

peace.

Yep...FL is still in effect...

Nope...not changing.......if I never told anybody, nobody would've known.......

seriously, there are cats that still ask me if I use a MP....

we staying home...

I'm dabblin wit FL and Recycle...btw, daps to that 99 problems remix, it was the cleanest/best one I heard.

Oh and...

LITTTTTLLLLLLEEEEEEEE BBBBBRRRROOOOOTTTTTHHHHHEEEERRRRR MOOOTTHHHEERRRFUUUUUCCKKKKKEEERRRSSSSSS!!

peace.

Now that you've got some money, have you improved on your home studio at all? And how?

(BTW - I rock Fruity Loops studio myself and I think it's awesome you've exploited that program to it's fullest. Big up.)

I think P.Marriott here on the boards, is the sensei of FL.

peace.

Naw not that much on the home studio.......just another CPU....

that's about it.....we got a wife and kids 'round these parts...

Just a quik chop i did an instrumental 9th did off godstepson lp....wit some Jay hooks and free dis on a punk187!

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****************************** "when life puts bad juju on you, you gotta be like me, you gotta have your gris-gris"(c) Gary Bartz


End Racism. Love Niggers.

girl you stoopid....


6'3 and a half.....

We all know about Murs, and I heard somewhere you were working on Masta Ace's new album(true?), what other artists have/do you plan on working with?

can't say just yet about who else is on deck......


not yet....

and going to Atlantic (potentially), why are you making that move (along w/ Little Brother)..

(not a negative question)...

you cannot hit 40 points a game in Junior College every year.....

we gotta see if we can run with the big boys........

i saw that you not sayin who's on deck, but who do you WANT to work with? is jay-z tryin to hook you up on some roc talent or you continuing with mostly underground mc's?

Faith Evans, Ghostface, Nas(for real this time) for starters....

what is your ?uest?
what is the air speed velocity of a coconut-laden swallow?

n/m

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

oh well, he ain't answerin anyway...

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

Since you and Pete Marriot are the real FL pros around here...

Can you recommend any resources for them, or did you learn everything on your own by messing around?

AND when you've got some downtime, can get get some FL tips from ya? (Lesson, or LB site, or something! Us broke producers want some tips from the masters!)

I had a team of cats to learn from(The Planet)...we would call each other on lil' tips, but freak FL in our own lil' way....


man, I've been sworn to secrecy.........


but stay tuned...

Whaddup 9th? Proud of whut y'all are doin, bruh. Keep it movin. E'rybody knows how much you love FL, but do you incorporate any otha programs or modules into your production?

do I incorporate any other equipment...

yep

Outside your crew and the JL...

Top 5 MC's?

Top 5 Producers?

5 MC's...

KRS-ONE
JAY-Z
BIGGIE
NAS
REDMAN

Producers....

PETE ROCK
DJ PREMIER
THE RZA
THE BOMB SQUAD
JAY DEE

That be a hard question sometimes, especially since they both so good! lol

On the music tip, How are yall dealin with the come up yall been makin over the past year or so? (from semi local group to potentially signed to a major)

I got a idea im workin on you might be pleased with too, just gotta finish some stuff...

FRENCH TOAST....

Man its hard...people dishin out opinions without knowing the whole story is the hardest thing to deal with....

Cats tellin me how to make beats who just started listening to rap in '96 is another........

>Cats tellin me how to make beats who just started listening
>to rap in '96 is another........

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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass
-----
Omega Johnson / Dok Who
The Nunayufake Project... Let's Be Real About It.
www.nunayufake.com

Ever thought about doing movie soundtracks/scores?

How bout for a broke ass film student? :)

yep....movie scores.....

we're on "THE LADYKILLERS" soundtrack so hopefully we'll get more...


for you....maybe, you might be a Rob Zemeckis one day!!!!

Ever since I got down with the music, I've watched almost all of my favourite emcees and producers (with the exception of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and Gang Starr) change there style or shill for the record label at one point or another in their career.

Now that you are considered an "A List Producer" and Little Brother are on the brink. Are you going to use any discretion with respects to the artists you choose to produce for or the type of music Little Brother releases. I know you have priorities and need to make a living, but sometimes the payoff doesn't happen when one forces to be more commercially viable. Ask Bootcamp, OC, Nas before God Son, etc.

Please just don't go out like Mos Def or M Def as he likes to call himself now. The new stuff I heard from him outside of "Beef" is extremely weak. A track with Ludacris? a beat produced by Swizz? I'm all for expansion and diversity, but this is the same guy who brought us "Umi Says". If your going to do a track with them make it sound unique. Make it look like they are featured on your track not vice versa. Any how I hope Mos Def is keeping his best material for his LP.

I just hope you guys, as much of a cliché as this sounds, "keep it real" and like De La says "Keep It Right".

Just out of curiosity who do you feel is the next artist/group or producer to have the same sort of success as you and LB has?

Strange Fruit?
Saukrates?
Murs?

Just a side note: "The Righteous Way To Go" - Edgar Allan Floe was a great cut and is engraved in my head.

All the best in the future and thank you for breathin life into the music, you guys were my highlight for 2003.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

yep...we're keepin it right.....

we are what we are.....we never pigeoned-holed ourselves...although we got a neo-soul/conscious rap comparison out of the gate, we just talk about real life. That's why we named the album "The Listening" to actually see how many cats would be listening........we are the average cats, who talk about everyday stuff that normal people can relate.......Kanye West is now doing that on a major level, to show these CEO's that reality sells in the music industry, whatever your reality is......

how much did u get paid for threats? how long did it take u to master fruity loops?

especially with their 1st post on OKP

money ?'s


uh.....naw




It took me 3 yrs to master FL

everything i try to make sounds straight out of gameboy... i also just have the demo version so maybe that has something to do with it.

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

could you take a few weeks out of your schedule and make us a guide?! :)

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I'm the man you think you are.... If you want to know what I'll do, figure out what you'll do. I'll do the same thing--only more of it. - Malcolm X

"Yo Calvin it's a thin line between fry's and shakes...the leaaaaaaanest burger in the world could be the meaaaaaaaanest burger in the world if you cook it that way a,a,a... I need to stop smoking this shit here boy-- dude from Wacarnold's skit (Dave Chappelle)

"it's better to have fought for redemption than to just sit silently sulking over the past" theScholar3000

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.

Or tell us where we can get and in-depth manual or something.

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

Anybody could be taught FL.....


but I can't teach you how to hear records.....


You can teach a cat the fundamentals of basketball....

but if you can't dunk, you can't dunk....

could you teach me the basics?

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

n/m

These are all from a technical standpoint....

T.R.O.Y.-Pete Rock
Man, that's Pete Rock singin in the background....

Players-Jay Dee-
Who would've heard that...

Fakin Jax-Pete Rock
Come on man...I would've never heard that..

Royalty-DJ Premier
wow, what a chop

Tru Master-Pete Rock
ditto what I said for Royalty...

just had to chime in on "Players" by Jay-Dee on Slum Village's Fantastic...

On of my favs of all time ...that beat is sick.

>just had to chime in on "Players" by Jay-Dee on Slum
>Village's Fantastic...
>
>On of my favs of all time ...that beat is sick.


I second that. Ayo, 9th, keep it comin. I'm in Baghdad right now bumpin The Listening DAILY

Have you ever spoken to Nas? and if so, was he cool with you remixing God's Son?

Nope nothing yet from Nas

Did you know that you look like Theo Ratliff?

That nigga is adding depth to tha definition of wack - T08 on Juelz Santana

Don't think-FEEEEEEEEEEEEEL! © Bruce Lee

i don't see it.

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"ask beavis, i get nothing but head" - big l

peace & love

now that's funny

If so what??

yep...seven

in order of appearance...

Clarinet, Baritone, French Horn, Trombone, Saxophone(alto and soprano, Percussion, and Tuba

damm him... i think i already know the answer..$$$

he said he didn't hear anything he liked

look at his last album. I got it from my mans and it was mediocre. He needs to clean his ears. His first album had a couple of fly joints.

I FORGET WHAT ALBUM IT WAS,,,BUT I TOSSED IT IN THE DECK AND HOMEBOY HAD A SONG ROCKIN THE SAME SAMPLE....TAHT CARL SAGAN UNIVERSE TRIPPED OUT SYNTHS AND FLUTES SHIT...BUT FUCK IT I GOT MORE SAMPS THAN A VINTAGE RECORD STORE<<<<4 GET ABOUT'IT HUH!

www.soundclick.com/konsanatra
NEW HIPHOP & BEATS!

havent seen lb live, sxsw is the perfect time man

...lotsa live acts going down... http://www.sxsw.com

But maybe it's too late to get on or it's just not in the schedule for LB.

Surprised you missed the Hiero/Little Brother show up at Antone's. That shit was pretty fly...Phonte is a beast as far as stage presence. Big Dho was covering for 9th though.

unfortunately, they need to get their asses back here lol naw, i really think the whole justus league coulda done a whole set during sxsw, that woulda been phat, there are lots of cats that dont know about the justus league yet, sxsw woulda been a good opportunity.

Not sure.....

wassup dawg, yo in my opinion you and hi-tek both kinda have similar sounds, so i was wondering what do you think about his production and do you even listen to him?

peace


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I was formerly thenextbestthing if
you were wondering.

My name is in the middle of
equality~ Talib Kweli

Slow up ak before you get
dropped and closed like a
caption~Black Thought

So many people focusin on black
people extermination, but we
keep it balanced with that
knowledge of self
determination~Talib Kweli in
Blackstar

yea you pronounce my name
kweli! any questions?-talib kweli-
the blast

yeah you pronounce my name
tariq..any questions?-Black
Thought-Thought at Work

i just noticed that

"I'm sick of these clones/ spitten
written sh** off the dome/im
sendin em home/back/when I
react to this track im gone" ~Me
aka BL aka QS

"Rappers are artists and not just
lucky kids from the ghetto."--
Monch in an old RapPages
interview

...i been wonderin bout this....

when haven't we been?

...the paranoia increases....congrats on the moves made so far, and ones yet to come....

What are the other 8 wonders?

God, God, and God, family, life, food, music, and sports.....

.

I miss you guys.

Do you guys miss me? lol.

Where my beats?

Where's my Ashford/Simpson jumpoff?



"YTINU" - C. Murphys face

yeah gurl!!!!

the beats are on the way!!!

I was just curious. I know you get inboxes galore asking the same question, but was their a big shift in price due to "the Black Album proxy"?

Are the Justus League cats currently looking for beats, or do they mainly keep it in-house?

prices vary....

the league will deal with anybody who is dope

????

lol

ha haaa!

beautiful comparison!

Song of the Day
Blues in the Basement
Milt Jackson- 1969

The Headhunters....

When did you start working with Fruity Loops? And to sample, do you use Cool Edit Pro or Acid?


You might not wanna answer those questions but I figure it was worth a try.

about 3 yrs ago.....


I sample with Cool edit

what up Ninth? i just gotta know (put my mind at ease).
who is that on the outro beat? Can we get a name, a clue, or something? thats just some smooth ass shit right there.

i'm loving the What More Can I Say remix!
keep doing your thing.
thanks and peace.

man.....I can't say...

I will say it's somebody from back in the day.....

theres a clue...but you're still clueless...lol
dont think the obvious...lol
--3rds

will they please not look like everyone else's

i guess that's a request, not a question, but feel free to respond

i'm counting on y'all to come innovative

oh, here's a question: has anyone, besides that internet guy that stole it, used the dollars circulate beat?

yeah....we've got PLENTY of Ideas.....

yep...that dollas circulate beat has been raped

that a good 'raping' of the beat (ala Monch)?

Or has it been taken from your possession and bad things have been done to it?

I NEED TO hear this beat with lyrics over it.

or other file sharing programs? have you ever?

what's your take on file sharing?

oh, and can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE work with Pep Love on an album?

I don't care about file sharing.....

only cats who album's SUCK care about that......


I don't use 'seek

sig-worthy

-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-@-
Let's get rid of George Bush: http://www.moveon.org/censure

Check out my ever-evolving hip hop mix project, featuring folks like J-Live, Aceyalone, Outkast, Hiero, and Nas:
http://noronacorona.redirectme.net/listen.pls

And now I'm led to believe that life is all about CREAM
I'm living a life idealistically, principle over profit
But realistically good intentions are microscopic to fat pockets
-

I don't care about file sharing.....
only cats who album's SUCK care about that......
- 9th Wonder

-

...that'll always stick out in your mind from the Hiero tour?

Any chance of an instrumental lp being released with the next album?

What's going on with a 9th produced complilation album a la the Beat Generation series? Basically a fully produced 9th album without a single artist/group being the focal point (LB, Murs)...but rather the producer being the focal point.

>...that'll always stick out in your mind from the Hiero
>tour?

did he even do one show? Dho was holdin em down on the tables for 99% of the tour I think.

...I didn't know that. I know he wasn't at the show I went to but I thought it was just for the first leg of the tour.

Ah well, there goes my question.

well....I didn't go on the Hiero tour.....

not sure bout the instrumental record....

BBE will be rocked hard by Foreign Exchange......

you know the one sitting on the bench,
is she like an un official member of little brother?

_________

Don't tell me what I said, I know exactly what I said, I remember saying it cause I was there when I said it. And another thing:
I'm never wrong, I'm always right, the only time I am wrong is when I think I'm wrong, but it actually turns out I was right.

Man.......

we told her we was taking a picture for an album cover....


she thought we was just joshin' with here.......


so she didn't move.....


her mentality makes up 80% of the black women in NC between the ages of 18 and 24.......

half of that population lives in RTP.....


just flat clueless

Damn that is so true......

This shit had me in tears.

Comedy.
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Generational Degradation... Don't let it happen to you.
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass
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Omega Johnson / Dok Who
The Nunayufake Project... Let's Be Real About It.
www.nunayufake.com

Albums in Rotation this Week:
1.) Sleepy Brown - Phunk-O-Naut(advance)
2.) Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine
3.) Vaste Aire - Scissor Tongue
4.) Chops - Virtuosity
5.) Kanye West - College Dropout

I used to see her skinny butt on the yard all the time.

these days? Can I afford you now that you've worked with Jay??

don't know......

you tell me?

There's no way I can offer...too low would be an insult, too high would over extend the budget(which is comes in bi-weekly incriments 15th and last of each month). It's safe to say...WAY below what Jay can afford...but it was a serious question. email addy HotSaucetheMC@bellsouth.net hit me up!


"....just because I hate you, doesn't make you a player!"

...your remix album for Jay-Z's "Black Album", you remixed Threat twice. Why didn't you use either beat for another song. BTW, the way you chopped the Luther Vandross was nice. Almost had me for a second...



>>I'm Rick James, bitch! Enjoy yourself.

don't know...they just worked for me

also on "Speed" off of The Listening somebody shouts
out Eddie Kane, are ya'll talk about Eddie Kane from the
J-ville crew? that's my homeboy from N.C. anyways
keep doing the damn thang I'm going to school out here in
Japan(for journalism) and alot poeple is loving Little Brothers
Album out here, is there anyway we could put something together
so ya'll could perform out here?

theScholar3000
aka
El Boogie
aka
lil Badword (N.C. fam no what i'm talking about)



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usually i don't do this but uuu... keep the S!G going
*****-*-***** - *****-*-***** - *****-*-*****

Illgalüminati™... is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very message board ...

I'm the man you think you are.... If you want to know what I'll do, figure out what you'll do. I'll do the same thing--only more of it. - Malcolm X

"Yo Calvin it's a thin line between fry's and shakes...the leaaaaaaanest burger in the world could be the meaaaaaaaanest burger in the world if you cook it that way a,a,a... I need to stop smoking this shit here boy-- dude from Wacarnold's skit (Dave Chappelle)

"it's better to have fought for redemption than to just sit silently sulking over the past" theScholar3000

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.

Eddie Kane from the 5 heartbeats.......


and I didn't graduate....

Phonte did....

Summa Cum Laude

then again Me, Eddie Kane, and Sadeki(K.O.D.) ran into alot cats at Central that were trying to get on with this music...

But what about the second question any trips to Asia on your calender?

I work for Marine Corps Community Services and I know the girl that books all the shows out here... something could be arranged

I don't want to waste too much of your time but answer this one and i'm done.
Were you at Central during 99 and if so do you know about the
Dirty 3rd? Anybody that know about the Dirty 3rd can answer this one...

And where the NCCU cats that stayed in Shitley (my bad Chidley) Hall? Room 309(new side) was where i'd reside in 1999

Peace,
Keep doing what you doing 9th










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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
usually i don't do this but uuu... keep the S!G going
*****-*-***** - *****-*-***** - *****-*-*****

Illgalüminati™... is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very message board ...

I'm the man you think you are.... If you want to know what I'll do, figure out what you'll do. I'll do the same thing--only more of it. - Malcolm X

"Yo Calvin it's a thin line between fry's and shakes...the leaaaaaaanest burger in the world could be the meaaaaaaaanest burger in the world if you cook it that way a,a,a... I need to stop smoking this shit here boy-- dude from Wacarnold's skit (Dave Chappelle)

"it's better to have fought for redemption than to just sit silently sulking over the past" theScholar3000

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.

>>
>And where the NCCU cats that stayed in Shitley (my bad
>Chidley) Hall? Room 309(new side) was where i'd reside in
>1999
>

this is hilarious because I actually stayed in Chidley room 309 main my freshman year....

we used to smoke that room out, and had many a wild
night there...


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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
usually i don't do this but uuu... keep the S!G going
*****-*-***** - *****-*-***** - *****-*-*****

Illgalüminati™... is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very message board ...

I'm the man you think you are.... If you want to know what I'll do, figure out what you'll do. I'll do the same thing--only more of it. - Malcolm X

"Yo Calvin it's a thin line between fry's and shakes...the leaaaaaaanest burger in the world could be the meaaaaaaaanest burger in the world if you cook it that way a,a,a... I need to stop smoking this shit here boy-- dude from Wacarnold's skit (Dave Chappelle)

"it's better to have fought for redemption than to just sit silently sulking over the past" theScholar3000

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.

actually Eddie Kane is my homeboy from D.C. that I was referring too

but anyway, what's up with Little Brother's webpage

little brother music... I tried to go there a couple of days
ago and it was shutdown, is it under construction or shut down
for good (pending the new label move?)

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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
usually i don't do this but uuu... keep the S!G going
*****-*-***** - *****-*-***** - *****-*-*****

Illgalüminati™... is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very message board ...

I'm the man you think you are.... If you want to know what I'll do, figure out what you'll do. I'll do the same thing--only more of it. - Malcolm X

"Yo Calvin it's a thin line between fry's and shakes...the leaaaaaaanest burger in the world could be the meaaaaaaaanest burger in the world if you cook it that way a,a,a... I need to stop smoking this shit here boy-- dude from Wacarnold's skit (Dave Chappelle)

"it's better to have fought for redemption than to just sit silently sulking over the past" theScholar3000

When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.

for shows, do you have wax of the listening instrumentals?

Being from Chicago and attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I appreciate what your doing...especially being an aspiring beat-maker, I count you in along with the greats (Primo, Jay Dee, Pete Rock)...Every time I ride in my car I'm always playing some LB or anything produced by 9th Wonder cause I can feel the vibe that you create through your beats...NON-STOP HEAT...I can't stop playing Track 9 from the collaboration effort with Pete Rock called Class Is In Session and used on the Future Flavaz show with Marley Marl...and oh yea...my homeboys and I love that radio show that you do at Duke University every Friday Night...Much love and respect

"Industry rule number four thousand and eighty,
record company people are shady" - The Abstract Poetic

Thanks man.....

much appreciated....

...from New Bern. How much input are you having on his album or is it just a track or two?

yep......got a lot of input on his project.....

somebody wack as hell......

do you hear.. "yo 9th, GIVE me a beat!" haha

nah for real. On a 9th Wonder produced posse cut, gimme your dream team of 5 MCs (non-JL) that you would put on a track together!

keep doing it my nigga!

supa

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SUPASTITION "CHAIN LETTERS" coming May 2004 (Grit Records)

Production by Nicolay, Illmind, M-Phazes, Jake One, Soul Supreme, and more.

Guests include Little Brother and Dminor!

www.supastition.com
www.gritrecords.com

several times.....


my dream posse cut....

I wanna do Crooklyn Dodgers 3...

Mos Def, Danz, and Jay bringing up the rear...

odb and you've got some fire....danz is raw too though....

Being from Chicago and attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I appreciate what your doing...especially being an aspiring beat-maker, I count you in along with the greats (Primo, Jay Dee, Pete Rock)...Every time I ride in my car I'm always playing some LB or anything produced by 9th Wonder cause I can feel the vibe that you create through your beats...NON-STOP HEAT...I can't stop playing Track 9 from the collaboration effort with Pete Rock called Class Is In Session and used on the Future Flavaz show with Marley Marl...and oh yea...my homeboys and I love that radio show that you do at Duke University every Friday Night...Much love and respect

"Industry rule number four thousand and eighty,
record company people are shady" - The Abstract Poetic

man who knows.........

http://www.okayplayer.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=user_profiles&user=9thWonder


?????????alias?????????????

uh....no....


I don't know who that is....

Hey just wondering if you have a day job, or when was the last time you had a day job and what was it?

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"want me to get naked and start the revolution?" - Jack Black

Hot or Not? http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=GYKMKUH&key=FWW

my last day job was in November of 2001......

I made smoothies at Planet Smoothie...

Where Cesar Comanche was my boss......

that would be hilarious. Between Tay as a security guard and you serving smoothies. I couldn't take it.

was he like go chop up his r kelly song, or was he like I want this beat at 90 bpm these kinda drums, etc. I think its the first.

He asked....what can you do with this????


I replied "gimme 20 min"

chop, chop, chop chop chop........

presto!

First of all i wanna say ur the greatest!! Second of all, is it true that u helped produce Fruity loops?! Peace man

and why did you chose central over a&t?

I am from a small town outside of Winston-Salem called Midway, N.C.....but I went to public school in Winston-Salem from K-12.......


The reason why it was NCCU over A&T.....A&T was too close to home.....

put "university wire cd review little brother" in any search

engine and my article will pop up. bet you didn't know LB was

that large. especially in Houston!! peace. oh yeah your "dirt

off your shoulder rmx." is on hit.




"...what's a weekend if you ain't knockin' boots?..."-Q Tip
"...Don't use the bucket, it'll just confuse you..."
Cleo McDowell to Akeem
"I only like "Disco" cause it talks about Vol. 2" - my homeboy Brandon

In Rotation

Giving You the Best That I Got - Anita Baker

He's Coming - Roy Ayers

Andsoitisaid - Declaime

Greatest Hits Col. - Gap Band

Music to Driveby - Compton's Most Wanted

Fantastic Vol. 2 ( STILL the hottest shit out!) - Slum Village

Speakerboxxx / Love Below - OutKast

what up 9thwonderbread, all these mcs out in cali like the ones on stonesthrow, illmindmuzik etc. etc. need to get on some 9th beats.
declaime, medaphoar, ohno, kas one, spontaneous, wildchild, aceyalone etc. etc. etc. we need some beat tapes, not to hate on ya boy trunks he came with it but cmon now much more is what we got in store for those bangers.
mad props due to ya though, stay up and keep up the good work, thanks
pwc

what up 9th...this is Rage from Atlanta....I met you when y'all came here last year....anyway....I wanted to ask you...do you use a keyboard to trigger your basslines or do you use the regular keyboard from the PC?..that is one thing I noticed about your joints..the basslines....I pretty much use Acid...Cool Edit..and Fruity Loops all together.

inbox me or e-mail.....

ninthwonderbread@hotmail.com

what up 9th...this is Rage from Atlanta....I met you when y'all came here last year....anyway....I wanted to ask you...do you use a keyboard to trigger your basslines or do you use the regular keyboard from the PC?..that is one thing I noticed about your joints..the basslines....I pretty much use Acid...Cool Edit..and Fruity Loops all together.
"I can only be me...that's it"

You dont have to check them out. I got my own style. How much swing/shuffle do you use (in FL3) for your drums? Plus, how come you dont really do double kicks?

BTW, I'm 17, and I been makin beats since 01, and listening to rap since 97. Go ahead and call me a baby backpacker. I dont care. You had your golden era time period, right now I'm having mine,... somewhat.

I got 2 questions if u got time. Did you play basketball in high school? and DO you know if LB will come to Minnesota anytime in the near future? Thanx man, I appreciate it.

Yeah....played ball........


Not sure about Minnesota

okay....


listenin' to rap since '97 is cool, but in order to dig into beatmaking is to go back.........

show and prove...

I know this is probably a waste of your time, but I've never had the outlet to actually interact with an artist I'm a fan of.

So I hope you don't mind the "left field" nature of the following questions. What are your thoughts on the following people or subjects:

1. John Mayer
2. George Bush Jr.
3. Cam'Ron and The Diplomats
4. High Speed Soul Samples
5. 50 Cent
6. Black Stereotypes in the media
7. Middle East Situation
8. Michael Moore of Bowling For Columbine fame
9. Common's Electric Circus album
10. Bill O'Reily

If you have time to answer all of them with short one word or sentence answers that would be cool. Otherwise continued success. I'm sure your hard work and appreciation of your fan base will bear the just fruits you deserve. God Speed.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

1. John Mayer
2. George Bush Jr.
3. Cam'Ron and The Diplomats
4. High Speed Soul Samples
5. 50 Cent
6. Black Stereotypes in the media
7. Middle East Situation
8. Michael Moore of Bowling For Columbine fame
9. Common's Electric Circus album
10. Bill O'Reily

Answers.....
1.He's REAL dope
2.He's real gangsta
3.They're straight(I like "get'em girl"
4.Start something new
5.Paid
6.Ignorance
7.I wish is was over(I got fam out there)
8.Michael Moore is ingenious
9.Wasn't feeling it
10.Get a new job

We hit him at the show in Cleveland. Did ya'll ever check it out?

Thoughts, critiques, jokes????????/

Yeah.....

It was okay..........hit my inbox...

9th you should check out this 18 year old australian kid who does his music entirely with fruity loops. his name's orange dust. it's a different genre but i thought you might enjoy hearing what other people are doing with the program. i love this guy's music and fans of the genre have the same reaction upon learning it's all done w/ FL as your listeners.

http://orangedust.hackmode.org/

he's unsigned and not looking, which is a shame..

I'm assuming you didn't since you guys blew up on your own.

How many copies of the Black Album did you buy? How long does it take to get your plaque?

How many tracks have you submitted to Jay-Z's secret recording sessions? haha, just playing.

no ghost production......

I bought 5 copies of the black album.....


100 entries(just joshin')

.

white-

Wonderbread.....of course....

How do producers like you and Kanye work with (or around, heh) liscencing and royalties for the cats yall sample?

gotta get at the sample clearance info-check who owns the publishing........


it varies from artist to artist

What do u think about ECU?

East Carolina.....

#1 party school in the nation

First off, congrats on all your success so far. I have 2 questions. First, what would do you think of remixing a project that had shoddy production, but tight lyrics (ex: Can-i-bus,etc.)? Second, what made you choose the name Little Brother?

have you been in the studio with dilla yet? if so, is he as advanced as they say?

How you think this potential signing with Atlantic records is gonna affect your use of sampling? You gonna try and get away from it? Or do you think the Rec Co. will shell out the $$ for you to continue to use the samples?

And whats the next release from JL?

What up 9th?

Do you happen to know who else is performing with you guys on March 1 in DC (Black Cat)?

Thanks man.

No...don't know who else is performing.......

- Storm the Unpredictable
http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Storm_the_unpredictable/

- Priest da Nomad

- Opus Akoben
http://www.opusakoben.com

They gotta kick out for samples....

I know if kanye's album got marvin gaye, chaka khan, michael bolton, and luther vandross.....

I didn't sample anything like that.....

naw...............

we reached out to him.......management got involved, but no word yet.....

How does it work where you guys Kno,Kev Brown,Soul Supreme,and MF Doom can sell remixes like that with no legal action coming back to get ya'll? How do you find acapellas too, cause my boy got a good remix album for one of those cats outta Yonkers....... Go Figure. But please let me know how you can put out those remixes without legal involvement.





Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

the same way 50 cent can take everybody's beat and rap over it, and also semi-bite the hook...........

tell ya man to post his remix on the net.....

I see how you do it, but because it's being sold, doesn't the artist have a say so? Or is is done in such a unique way where it's different? Or they don't mind it cause it's not doing major numbers? I would love for this remix project thing to be broken down further, so.... 9th, if you can give to me in depth that'll be cool.If you have a business associate who has the time to break it down if you dont,my email addy is politicsmajor@yahoo.com.

Missed you guys in New Orleans at the Howlin' Wolf.... had a PowerPoint presentation due the next day(Professor don't care about hip hop)...but when your in Florida.... I'll be there.... Loooking foward to the Minstrel Show. Just wanna let you guys know that my part of the SouthEast(Tallahasee Florida) are applauding you guys for bringing a new perspective to southern music.I know I been waiting for a long time for something like this out of the south. Keep it up.....





the same way 50 cent can take everybody's beat and rap over
>it, and also semi-bite the hook...........
>
>tell ya man to post his remix on the net.....

Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

>...they don't mind it cause it's not
>doing major numbers...

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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass
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Omega Johnson / Dok Who
The Nunayufake Project... Let's Be Real About It.
www.nunayufake.com

ill be at the black cat on march 1st, so holla at a fan

I'll have some then......

damn dude, i know i'm reaching right...ill be there with my okayplayer shirt on

wordup!

lol, word up. groupie.

9th, what up playboy. I just wanted to holla at you man bc I was on the site. Just wanted to let you know that I was proud of you kid bc you are doing what you were born to do. The buzz around is crazy about you, so crazy that Uncle Ham(yeah the crazy one)asked me did I know who you were bc he heard about the Jay joint and that you were from Durham/Winston...After I told him who you were he fell out laughing...but much love and respect due to you. Holla at ya boy man....

P.S. you know what you should chop up next is "Knock some boots" from back in the day...or that "Funky for you" by Nice and Smooth...lol

Friends for life....

R. McKiver

whaddup baby!!!!


been mad busy man...........tell Uncle Ham I said whaddup!!!!!!


we'll get it together....don't worry...


Friends for Life

P.Douthit

March 16th Little Brother feat. some cats named Kanye West and Cee-Lo

Tickets just went on sale today...waited for hours to get mine >>>> 8)

Glad to see you cats liked the reception youve got here the last two years...f-in giddy right now

till then, be EZ

M~

It's all good playboy. I know how it is but I'm just glad you found your niche and went for it. Keep doing what you do and I'll get at you when the time is right.

Peace and Love

R. McKiver

Yo 9th have the FL cats got at you on a endorsment deal?...cuz you doing for FL what MJ did for Nike...

Speaking of which I seen you a sport fan and played ball..who you got to win it all in the NBA Play-offs?

a lot of soul ish is happenin in cali right now, amongst the rest of the planet, i know this is gon pull through eventually, but i wanna hear you get down with some cali cats, have you ever rocked with any cali mcs yet, oh yeah do you ever spit rhymes? Im doin things out here in cali but 1st and foremost ive been a fan, i trip out sometimes on how the game is getting more soul, do you think the industry is a product of society or is society a product of the industry. either way the industry and society needs some change thanks for helping the cause.
pwc
oh yeah reply to my email if you get a chance

no love from the FL kids.....


man, the Timberwolves look good, don't they?????

Yo 9th.....how many bites did it take you to chew your fuckin arm off?
Hey 9th, who was the governor of Campania during the Herculonious period?
Who the fuck were those two other guys rhymin on Diary? Word?
Yo I got a question...are all of you there?
Question -- can any Jehovah Witnesses be down with Little Brother?
Yeah....do ahh.....maggots get drunk when they bury alcoholics?
.
.
.
Yo, I got one last question.........Who killed Tommy's Boy?

Dead? or Renovated?
Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

First off, congrats on all your success so far. I have 2 questions for you. First, what do you think of remixing an old project that had shoddy production, but has tight lyricism (ex: Can-I-Bus)? Second, what made you pick the name Little Brother?

well....I wanna do Big L's first record........not to the say the production was shoddy....


we wrote down a bunch of names and LB stuck....but we came up with the meaning later...

under renovation....


I think

Hey. Just want to congratulate you, LB and JL for putting out the best music you can. My question is...do you know of any female producers in the industry who you could say were on the same levels as some of the big names(Yourself, Primer, Ge-ology, The RZA, Pete Rock, Alchemist, Jay Dee, Madlib, Dr. Dre, etc etc.)? I know this field is pretty male-dominated. The only female producer that stick out in my mind is Missy Elliot right now (I'm sure there are others). Do you have to be an artist first? I know these are alot of questions, but I have been considering becoming a producer and i want different ideas about how to start. I've looked at it from every angle and I know it would be difficult, but I still want to try. I don't even have enough money or space to get all the stuff I need yet. I have this undeniable passion for music and it would be a shame to not test it out. Any advice, questions, comments or ideas you have would be appreciated.

-Peace

I don't know any big female producers with the exception of Co-Co Chanel(she used to be in the group called Kings of Swing)....
Now she does joints with D-Block and a few others......

I think the best way to get in the game as far as a producer is to have a story with your name.........and to be in a group with some dope emcees......beats are just beats until they become songs......


Male or Female, hot tracks are hot tracks..

Sup 9th, I have some questions for ya..

1) Whats your PC setup like?
2) Has Jay heard the black is back joint? if so what did he think? (its very dope IMO, you saved some songs...)
3) Whats are your favortie sports teams for leagues you follow?


Hopefully I'll be able to make it to see you in DC in a week..

my PC set-up is....

a PC......
a turntable.....
and some speakers...

from what I understand Jay has heard it....but I don't know what he thinks.......

Sports Teams:

College Football-FLORIDA STATE
College Basketball-DUKE

NFL-really don't have one
NBA-when mike retired, I stopped caring, but I got fav. players
MLB-The Yankees
NHL-uh....I just watch the fights.....

Damn, and I was really feeling your music man! Dook!?!?!?!

sjb
www.lineofthenight.com
"For The True NBA Heads Only"

Figured you to be a local sports fan... like root for DC teams or something.

are you putting out a compilation cd of NC hip-hop? Thats what the rumor is here in Greensboro. Let me know.

are you urban enough?
www.urbansophisticates.com

yep....


stay tuned

me me me me! on the reel tho', i would love to take part in this bruh! Is there any chance? btw: Troy (Mindbenda') gave me the word, and thanx bro.

1) I just saw PR and CL smooth last night, and they played 2 tracks that of there's that ft'ed CL on the Soul Survivor 2 lp. He's also played other tracks(my god, i've never wanted an lp sooooooo bad in my life), but i couldnt help but notices that Pete's new beats ft'ed DRUM KITS VERY SIMILAR TO YOURS, i mean VEEERRRRYYYY. Man, correct me if im wrong but did you give Pete your kits/is Pete using using your kits. If so, what an honor.

2) Will i see you in Paris in April?

3) I didnt know you were a Duke fan...

4) Little Debbie or Tasty Cakes?

out


http://www.linjapanesemusic.com

uuuuuhhh,yeah...

yo, since ms. grae is missing yall so much, why dont you have her come down to this show yall are doing in her hometown this weekend...
i know its not a question, but a suggestion, can you blame me for suggesting it though??

that's already in motion

and should i know you?

what?

should you?

why are you asking me that?

What's the significance between your next album and minstrelsy?

good question.....


gotta wait for the answer though....it will all make sense in the end.....

will you tell binky fingers i wanna be on his next album? thats one entertaining nigga.






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if you dont wanna worry about your moderator, all in your posts, dancing around...come on over to

...oh yea,

no doubt!!!!!!!

Hey what is the deal with the rest of the Justus league ceasar camanche and legacy are ill.

Would you ever do a collab with madlib like jay dee and mfdoom i think that would be ill ........i would definitely cop it

I would......

no sweat

stay tuned.......


everybody's on they're grind right now...

1. what happened to you on turkeyday '03?...no call back
2. when is the next md/dc show?
3. what are your plans, for memorial wkend?
4. did you hit that record spot in w. salem b4 they closed?
--3rds

turkey day-wife and kids.........no time
we're in dc on the 1st of march
probably a family event if I am not on tour
yep-they had some aight stuff...nothing major

will little brother be gracing philly with its presence anytime soon? I was away for the okayplayer winter break shows and was damn upset.

not sure.....


I'll be there on Mar 16th for the Murs 3:16-The 9th edition album release party

>I'll be there on Mar 16th for the Murs 3:16-The 9th edition
>album release party

does that mean you won't be at the va tech show?

Three things.

1. What is the next Little Brother album, and when will it drop?

2. Man, I hope you are on Tribe's new joint.

3. You know 14 Karat is now a daycare center. I hope they wiped the place down.

The next album-THE MINSTREL SHOW

No word from Tribe!!!!!

14K-ARE YOU SERIOUS????

That used to be my spot off of Alston.....

Me and some dudes were freestyling in that joint one night while some local women were doing their thing. Was I freestyling for the League of Justus and didn't know it???

REAL QUESTION: How do I get on that NC compilation album? I'm in DC right now, I'll be at the March 1 show @ Black Cat, but I was wondering how to get the vocals to the right people...

Side Question: You spin at Duke??? UNC's station sucked when I used to spin there in '99...

I'm currently a marketing student at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada) and I really believe that there was a real business sense to the way you guys gained exposure, promoted your product and parlayed that into a major record label and turned yourself into a big league producer in the industry. All on a shoestring budget no less. For that I must tip my hat to ya'll. With that being said I wanted to pitch an idea I had which I felt would be perfect for you guys. Please feel free to use it or even better criticize it. As a student of the trade, it's the only way I can learn and perfect the theory all these teachers stuff in my head.

The premise: Mass Customization of Music which can be used for Retail Albums, Production Projects. Mixtapes or Exclusive Web downloaded paid content (LittleBrother.Com, Napster, Itunes).

The idea: Yourself/LB's would set up a area on Okayplayer or on your artist page and ask your fans to vote on an array of samples you've cleared, know you can clear or personally are a fan of. For those who aren't "crate diggers", you would also provide a "real audio" clip so they can hear the original song and imagine what can possibly be done with the ‘break’.

Then based on voting results you would select the sample choice of ‘the people’ and inform them where this can be found (i.e. new LB's album, new Murs, new Nas album, new Justus League mixtape etc). Since every fan is registered you can do "direct sale" emails informing them of the release, the sample used based on their personal favorite registered in their voting results, and the medium it’s available on (CD, web content, etc). This is not only cost effective but focused. I feel making this web exclusive material in audio files encrypted in copy protected WMA file format would help limit piracy to a degree (Can't eliminate priacy) and provide higher profit margins than retail since the middle man is removed from the equation completely.

Fans will then be enticed to hopefully purchase your album, web content, mixtape or album the project appears on because they feel personally attached to the song. Essentially it will be music for the people, by the people.

As a person who downloads quite a few albums, I can honestly tell you that I feel obligated to buy albums from artist who represent me and produce music of substance. For example 50 Cent bootlegged, Petestrumentals purchased. I'm sure many of your 'base' fans are the same. The casual fan regardless of the music you put out will be a habitual retail consumer or bootlegger depending on their personal psychographics. With that being said making music for your base is key and eventually based on popularity the casual fan will come aboard. And if you need proof positive of this phenomena ask Big Boi and Andre 3000.

Music, outside the few exceptions has become so disingenuous and market driven. I honestly believe that good ideas can co-inside with relevant soundscans.

When you have a minute, please let me know what you think of the idea, if it has any relevance and as crazy as it may seem weather ya'll would ever considering using such a formula.


"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

Wow!!!!

Cool idea

hit my inbox....

I sent you an email via Okayplayer, but I'm not sure if you recieved it. I guess if your interested feel free to let me know if you got it or contact me via the email address I sent you. Thanks again for your consideration and time.

>Wow!!!!
>
>Cool idea
>
>hit my inbox....

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

There's a group coming from the NC/SC are called Amen and Forge. Have you heard of them?

Do people in the triangle still front on you/your skills?

Forge you are crazy!!!!!

Yep, those cats is on the move.........


Yep, people still front, to save face

Ninth,

You'd better be spinning this weekend at the show at BB Kings. I'm rolling through with a large crew, the show is gonna be crazy. I am gonna smack Nature when I see him on Saturday, I dont know what he is thinking. He has some weak in house producers and he really does NOT have a good ear for beats. I understand that he has no deal so he doesnt have that much $$$ to be throwin around for top production, but he needs to look at Khrysis or something. I WILL get him up on you and Khrysis, I know you respect his work and can get something worked out. Look for us at the show Sunday.

If you see a 207 area code number callin, pick that shyt up! That is Maine on the line right thea!!!

peace and see you Sunday.

NC Reppin. Go Wake Forest, W-S 4 life.

SEE YOU ON SAT BIG DOG....


WE CAN GET THE KHRYSIS THING JUMPED OFF!!!!

Yo, first off congrats on the black album...got the listening...feel it like a mofo....um my questions r:

1. The Murs album: r u satisfied with the outcome?
2. When is LB coming to the midwest(esp Omaha)
3. Is life moving a lot faster than usual..i think i read somewhere that LB aint been together too long, so is this all a shock!!!
4. What u think of the music in my sig bruh?(i had to ask this)

1. The Murs album: r u satisfied with the outcome?
2. When is LB coming to the midwest(esp Omaha)
3. Is life moving a lot faster than usual..i think i read somewhere that LB aint been together too long, so is this all a shock!!!
4. What u think of the music in my sig bruh?(i had to ask this)

1.Yeah, very satisfied with the outcome
2.Not sure
3.Now it is really movin' 2 fast for me.....just 2 fast for me...
4.I'll listen and get back at you.....

Do you tailor make beats for certain artists or do you just do what you feel and bring certain beats to the table when they are ready?


I'm the official president of the J. Mickens Street Team. Don't forget to visit the website at:

http://www.endzmusic.com/johnmickens/

I have emcees in mind.......all of the time, when I make beats.....

Peace what up 9th. This is Jax from Binkis Recs. We opened for Little Brother in Atlanta a while ago. Just wanted to say thanks for being one of the few people to level the playing field in hiphop. With people like yourself and Kanye and others, consumers ears are being groomed to hear good beats again. My question is do you know what happened to YAGFFU Front? Just kidding. Keep it coming. Also peace to all the OkayPlayers. This board is the deal.

for real........


I talked to Spin from Yaggfu Front all of the time.......


what's been up mainE??????

Everythings good. Just trying to stay busy. Rasta Roots and Phife said they are trying to come check you and I might tag along. Tell Spin YAGFFU was my shit. Now LB is my shit.

Pecae

fruityloops and cool edit?
i know producer dont usually say wat they be working on
unless its a MPC
You really do ur shit on fruityloops?
if so, u make it work
keep it coming

Frooty....

CE

WORD UP!!!!

Yup!
while u at it
this is hiphop the WestAfrican way
www.soundclick.com/KaeSun
u dont gotta respond,just enjoy!

Are you getting hookups or anything from Fruity Loops for finally exposing much of the public to it as a legitimate beat making program? (Besides the free upgrades of course)

Other than hometown, where's your favorite place to perform?

Got any mixtapes dropping soon?

HOW BOUT THAT DUDLEY PERKINS ALBUM ?

Peanut Butter???

hit my inbox man....


for real

just a dj thats friends with those cats, and i did hit your inbox,peace
pwc@bujwah.com

no hookups.....

My fav place to perform is......The 9:30 club in DC....


No new mixtapes yet

will the north carolina compilation feature non-justus league artists or will it be a league showcase?

when is that supposed to happen?

it will be both.........

league cats and nc artists

how can i get him a beet?


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Chaundon is in the Justus League....


he gets beats for FREE!!!

by the way, the Justus League is....


Chaundon
Legacy
Big Dho
Phonte
Eccentric
Sean Boog
Edgar Allan Floe
Big Pooh
Flash Gordon(DJ Flash)
The Son of Yorel
Khrysis
Cesar Comanche
Median
Mike Burv
9th Wonder

please make a note of it............

with the exception of Mike Burv and Flash Gordon I know who the League is. I've been following you cats for a long time. Chaundon and EAF were two members whose styles I was really feeling and I never said anything about charging for beets.




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i know you guys probably wanna visit the atlantic offices in burbank, not to mention the murs album and dude is from LA...will y'all be out here in the near future?

peace fam

tunji

not sure Tunj!!!!

not sure

well let me know when y'all come through...where you been lately? ain't seen you online much...my best to the fam.

peace,
tunji aka t-mobile aka tunjabi mc

True?...for the vocals that is.

Upgraded to latest FL Studio?

Still rocking CEP2?

What soundcard do you use?

After doing that Black Album track, you mixed and mastered it on whatever studio equipment they had?

Gonna scratch more in your beats?

Peace and Blessings. Not much people out there can say that they changed the game. A majority of software producing cats are on it because of you.

True?...for the vocals that is.
Yep...everything

Upgraded to latest FL Studio?
yep....


Still rocking CEP2?
never CEP 1.2


What soundcard do you use?
uh....no

After doing that Black Album track, you mixed and mastered it on whatever studio equipment they had?
yep......

Gonna scratch more in your beats?
yep......

Peace and Blessings. Not much people out there can say that they changed the game. A majority of software producing cats are on it because of you.
Thanks man....really appreciate it....

any of the Tin Men remixes (Bonnie& Clyde, Ice King, Break you Off)?

If so, what did you think?

nope...

Sounds, like everything is on schedule. But yo how do you feel about this next Little Brother joint? Seems like you all can take it a lot of different ways...

about the next album........I hope cats are ready....

Can a nigga get in for under a G??

"Absolutely not!...well maybe"

na man....don't think so


gotta be some G's

Worth a shot...

kneegrow is retarded?

kneegrow? any rnb folks trying to holla at u?

I like the lorax better.....

a couple of R&B cats.....

9th, just wondering if you were gonna be at the Freestyle Fanatics at NC State this Thursday night. I saw your name on one flyer, but just wanna to see if there was any truth behind the rumors.

yep....I'm in the House...

T-Nice is my man....

cool, i look forward to meeting you and hope a nice field of MCs show up for the battle. Maybe they'll get a chance to flow over some of you beats, one of my personal favorites is where you loop what sounds like "let the dollars circulate."

Anyway, I just hope it doesn't snow Thursday night like they are saying on the News.

or email? do you have msn messenger, if not you should download it, ill tell you what up there or just reply my mail, peace

what you think about DJs that don't spin vinyl, but CDs? I'm getting my cd joints this week, I can't afford to get all the vinyl I want and shit right now, but I'm going to definitely, eventually get some technics...

yea man, I've been putting people on to Little Brother since early last year when I bought the Listening, keep doing it! I'm gonna try to come out to the DC show...peace

no big deal to me.........

What up 9th wonda! man i gotta give u props for Threat, that track is sick! Two questions

uno) When is....I think it's the Brown Album, the remixed version that you are doing for Jay-Z supposed to drop?

dos) Will Lil Brother be in Cali anytime soon?

"Breathe, can tell by how you rap, you dont believe, ain't hungry no more, so off me you feed....."

Kev brown did the brown album....

mine is out........


not sure about Cali....

OH okay cool. What color is it? lol. Is it being Sold out here in Cali yet? or can i buy it online?



"Breathe, can tell by how you rap, you dont believe, ain't hungry no more, so off me you feed....."

Would Little Brother consider working with Kanye West as a emcee or as a producer?

Harder question: who's a better producer you or Kanye? You don't have to answer this one; I'm just being messy.

we did a joint with him last summer......LB,Kanye, and Consequence rhymed...

I did the track...


what do you think about me and Kanye....

What did (or will) this track appear on?

About you vs. Kanye, I'll let you know after I pick up College Dropout.

Ninth, good job so far on the Listening "the yo,yo" being one of my fav. joints, TBA and the mixtapes, you've brought a lotta heat so far, keep it up!

My question(s) for you is/are this/these), would you also consider doing R&B stuff and not just focusing your total strength on producing hip hop? Have you ever done joints without looping samples? What other rappers do you hope to work with in the near and distant future, when are we expecting another Little Brother record and what do you think about you guys repping the Dirty so far and working with other Dirty South cats that are talented.

What's the best live show you've seen?

Who would you like to meet in person that you haven't yet?

shorty on the lookout.....


and the Roots at Duke is best show I've ever seen live.....

co-sign, that show changed everything.....

(me smiling at that response)

wassup 9th this is sheronne's brother, i was just wanted to know what was good wit ya and how is everything comin along wit the record deal and to tell u thanx for all the shit u done for me. tell everybody i said wassup and i also wanted to know if u can tell me a good way to get started so people can hear the beats that im makin because i think that im real good at the shit now. so if you can help a nigga out please do. peace

Have u ever tried or thought about rhyming on a lb track or r u concentrating on producing 100%?

100% beats.......FOREVER!!!!

whaddup dawg...how's it comin? You gotta just let different cats hear your joints, you know, cats that don't know you.....

they'll be able to give you a fair listen...

If they think you are dope, then they will pass your name around....

Who do you consider the beat makers of this year, f*ck it the future?
And do you collab eith up and comers who aren't signed at the moment?

Jeckylla aka Lukky Seven
Noize Pollution
www.soundclick.com/bands/9/noizepollution.htm

the beatmakers this year:

Khrysis
Kanye
IllMind
Just Blaze
The Alchemist
Oddisee
Kev Brown
The Neptunes

You next?

a

No

track 3 on class is in session... the string instrumental w/ vocals and the 5 bar loop...
i'm assuming it's you and not pete that did it, maybe i'm wrong..

but someone MUST be wanting to rhyme over that. who's getting it? and when's it coming out?

I need to hear it.......

cause I don't know what track it is...

oh yeah...class in session is a phony.....

it was on Oct 11, 2003
Hieroglyphics, you guys, and Encore performing in toronto
and i was so upset that you didnt come
well i had great time with other performers, especially Phonte's
singing was the highlight
but
you werent there
and that disappointed me a lot
I wanted to see you!
give me a fine excuse or i'll slap you (just jk)

two words....


1.Jay

2.Z

LB comming to Michigan any time soon?

not sure....

haven't heard much of you on the cuttin'/scratchin' side... you practice, or too busy makin' beats???

oh yeah, what the hell does the sample on "dollars circulate" say? my buddies and i argue over it like its some "relax-yo-self-electric-relaxation-type-confusion"...

keep' doin' your thing, that murs joint is fire...

too busy makin beats......


it says....let the dollas circulate........

Yo, When are you gonna do some stuff with d-planet from greensboro. He did some stuff at my crib with Fatin and it was real hot. And which MC's are you gonna feature on that NC compilation? let me know.

are you urban enough?
www.urbansophisticates.com

we did something already....


not sure yet on which NC artists though...

UK anytime soon?

jazz cafe would be nice, you've definitely got fans in london.


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When explaining yourself to the Police its worth being as reasonable as possible. Graffiti writers are not real villains. I am always reminded of this by real villains who consider the idea of breaking in someplace, not stealing anything and then leaving behind a painting of your name in four foot high letters the most retarded thing they ever heard.

Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.

The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a bi-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit. - banksy

not sure about that one....

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/cgi/asp_events/event_info.asp?event_id=18003862912D33BC&category=MUSIC

came on sale last night. jazz cafe too, wow.


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When explaining yourself to the Police its worth being as reasonable as possible. Graffiti writers are not real villains. I am always reminded of this by real villains who consider the idea of breaking in someplace, not stealing anything and then leaving behind a painting of your name in four foot high letters the most retarded thing they ever heard.

Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access.

The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a bi-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit. - banksy

WHUT UP FAM! THIS STRO FROM THE PROCUSSIONS> I KNOW YOU ALL LARGE NOW AND PROBABLY DONT EVEN KNOW WHO THE HELL THIS IS>>BUT I AINT REALLY HAVE A QUESTION OR NOTHIN I JUST WANTED TO SAY PEACE! IM REAL EXCITED FOR YOU AND THE REST OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE FAM> GOD HAS BLESSED YOU WITH A GREAT GIFT MAN> OH BY THE WAY< THAT I HATE LEGACY TRACK!!!!! YOU KILLED ME WIT THAT ONE MAN< I NEVER THOUGHT TO EVEN TOUCH THAT SAMPLE< ANYHOW YOU STAY BLESSED BROTHER>
PEACE
STRO

Come on Stro....it will never be like that.....WHASSUP MAINE...me and Phonte still pump yall joints to this day.....

I always tell cats about Santa Barbara...you remember that? Or the wobbly stage in San Diego!!!!


Keep doing yall thing man.....don't listen to the haters........I TOLD YALL IN SAN DIEGO IT WOULD BE A TIME FOR OUR MUSIC!!!!! KANYE HAS OPENED THE DOOR!!!!!!!! RUN THROUGH IT!!!!!!!


PEACE AND GOD BLESS!!!

NINTH!!!!

i got mom's old vinyl, i got approx. 500 cds.
what else i need to get started?

i think i know who u sampled at the end of 'shorty on the lookout'

yo.....use the vinyl.........

what was so good about this show?

I thought is was dope....

what set it apart from others?

I just thought it was a dope show......

It FELT better than the other roots shows.......

something's about hip-hop can't be explained, bruh

i smell u....

and it was one of the better shows i've attended as well (nothing tops my first krs-1 show @ the cat's cradle circa 2001-ish!!!)....what set the roots show off for me was the light rain that was coming down during the show...it kinda added that woodstock feel to the whole show....and to see the water splash off of the drums w/ the light effects just took your breath away!!!

dude be like, "back me up if you feeling this here"....

who is this? who did the beat?

(at least i think it's justice league)

that's Median.....


there are 2 versions of that joint..........I don'tknow which beat you have...

a faint vocal sample at the beginning and it's got a real nice percussion feel to it...i don't know the techincal way to describe it....

i've also got another track with a sample of my favorite curtis mayfield song the makings of you....that's dope too....

keep doin' ya'll thing man....

that's the version Big Dho did....


"The Righteous Way to Go" is the beat,to me, that kinda started the "9th Wonder" sound so to speak

Yo, ninth what do I need to do or who do I need to send a CD to, cause im just trying to run through that same door.

inbox me....

when you gonna call me back nigga?

LOL

get at me!

peace // respect

T."The Beat Specialist"
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*Current Projects*

·JUSTUS LEAGUE //LITTLE BROTHER - "Mixtape Volume I: Whatever You Say Remix" 2CD
·AKROBATIK - "Balance" LP
·AKROBATIK - "Balance // The Beat Fanatic Remix Album" LP
·AKROBATIK - "Untitled" 12"
·SUPASTITION - "Chain Letters" EP
·UNSEEN - "THE IDEA" LP
·GRAND AGENT - Master Thieves 01: Fish Outta Water : The Remixes" LP
·TRUTH ENOLA - "Untitled" LP
·TRUTH ENOLA FEAT. DE LA SOUL - "Untitled" 12"
·KAY OF THE FOUNDATION - "Untitled" LP
·REEF THE LOST CAUZE - "Untitled" LP
·SLICK & ROSE - "Objects In The Mirror" LP
·DUTCH MASSIVE - "Music 2 Sleep 2" LP
·SUREAL OF DOUBLE HELIX - "Godspeed" LP

9th- The same way 50 cent can take everybody's beat and rap over
it, and also semi-bite the hook...........

I see how you do it, but because it's being sold, doesn't the artist have a say so? Or is is done in such a unique way where it's different? Or they don't mind it cause it's not doing major numbers? I would love for this remix project thing to be broken down further, so.... 9th, if you can give to me in depth that'll be cool.If you have a business associate who has the time to break it down if you dont,my email addy is politicsmajor@yahoo.com.

Missed you guys in New Orleans at the Howlin' Wolf.... had a PowerPoint presentation due the next day(Professor don't care about hip hop)...but when your in Florida.... I'll be there.... Loooking foward to the Minstrel Show. Just wanna let you guys know that my part of the SouthEast(Tallahasee Florida) are applauding you guys for bringing a new perspective to southern music.I know I been waiting for a long time for something like this out of the south. Keep it up..... You guys are damn near making history for something new in the south.Don't stop to reflect... Just thank God for the blessings and keep bangin out classic stuff.





Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

T.I.,The Connect,Sleepy Brown....? Anybody that maybe you can hint on?





Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

what up 9th...this is Rage from Atlanta....I met you when y'all came here last year....anyway....I wanted to ask you...do you use a keyboard to trigger your basslines or do you use the regular keyboard from the PC?..that is one thing I noticed about your joints..the basslines....I pretty much use Acid...Cool Edit..and Fruity Loops all together.

basslines come from FL....I don't use anything else to trigger equipment....

I got some tracks that got T.I. and Sleepy Brown all over it.........

it ain't that deep man......just get some acapellas....and remix it......

Yo,
Im very curious to know hat your favorite beat/track on "Black is Back" is...
The new "Threat" beat is pretty incredible in my mind (The first threat on BisB, not Threat2..even tho its nice too)
"What more can I say" is very good...
"Public Service Announcement" is powerfull as siiiittttt....

I also wanna know if you have heard the Black Album remix by Kno, the producer/"emcee" for Cunninglynguists...it is >>VERY<< impressive also

One more thing...its related to >>see below<<, but I just wanted to put it out there that seeing you and Kanye potentially on the same stage, and hopefully "pullin out some of the stops" has got me amped to no end...

be EZ, love you cats
M~
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ALREADY POSTED THIS PART EARLIER JUST MAKIN SURE YOU SAW IT, ITS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME IN THA 'BURG:

March 16th Little Brother feat. some cats named Kanye West and Cee-Lo
Tickets just went on sale today...waited for hours to get mine >>>> 8)

Glad to see you cats liked the reception youve got here the last two years...f-in giddy right now

till then, be EZ

M~

my fav joint on "Black is Back" is PSA....

I've heard Kno's....pretty dope....

I'm ready to rock the stage with Kanye....

my bad nigga......I got you....

Two other things.

When is LB coming back to Cat's Cradle?

I know you coming to the CIAA this week, right?

not sure about the cradle....

YESSSSSIRRRRRRR!!!!!!

when I had heard the horns on the "the listening" (the last track, not the album, to clarify) I was just floored. I have a hard time picking a favorite from the album, but the beat was just really inspiring, and I thought the pete rock horns were dope, and phonte and big pooh killed it lyrically too. That shit was just utterly visceral man. A couple of questions now...

What was pete rock's crib like, like what kind place was it?

Now that beatmaking has become your sole profession, is there anything you miss about your life before you guys blew up? Also, what is it like trying to stay close to your fam and the people you care about now?

Another song I really liked was that joint you did with pete rock on "class is in session" the "whenever wherever whatever you say" (I don't remember the exact title) joint with the maxwell vocals, I always liked that maxwell song and hearing y'all flip it up was tight. Is it possible to find that album on vinyl? or in any physical form?

one last one, if you're at liberty to say, how much have you and LB invested into production equipment total (like computer hardware, software, tables, mics, etc.)? You don't have to divulge a specific number, but I'm interested in learning how much a producer has to invest.

I'm definitely looking forward to the minstrel show, and I'm sure y'all won't disappoint. Thanks for your answers! Peace.

I kinda miss playing b-ball.....I used to to play all the time........and its hard to keep people you care about around you....cause its so hard when your time is limited.....

This is Groove I met you and your team in boston this summer! Glad you cats are doing big things! I hope you gave An-Ion some heat for his project on GRIT! inbox me if you can I need to build wit cha!

Oh this is question and answer right!
1. Who you feelin right now as far as mcs and producers go?
2. whats your favorite track that you made!
3. Do you think Kanye should get 90k for his beats?
4. And lastly did yall get any smut that night in Boston cause we did! haha be easy my nigga! oh tell Phonte to answer his damn phone!




DAMN RIGHT I'M AN ASSHOLE YOU PUSSIES AINT EVEN HALF AS TIGHT (Qwel)

Oh this is question and answer right!
1. Who you feelin right now as far as mcs and producers go?
2. whats your favorite track that you made!
3. Do you think Kanye should get 90k for his beats?
4. And lastly did yall get any smut that night in Boston cause we did! haha be easy my nigga! oh tell Phonte to answer his damn phone!

1.I'm feelin T.I. alot, and also Saigon.
2.It is a track called "love me down girl"
3.Yep, he works hard
4.Naw....lol

Two of my bois do beats. Mostly on a low end keyboard and computer. One of my bois is very good, the other okay. My question is when doing beats, how do you get realistic sounding instruments instead of having midi sounding instruments? I'm asking because as a saxophonist, I can hear the difference and frankly, it becomes annoying at times. Particularly when the instrumental is good.

gotta play live into a mic I guess,to get a rich warm sound...

First off, thanks for doing what you do and sharing it with us. I wish you and the crew much success.

Second, when is ?uest gonna hook y'all up to do a performance on Chappelle's Show? I would LOVE to see that.
______________________________________________
J-Sun - Professional Post Locker



"if it's two hits and pass, then muthafucker it's two hits and pass." - MrThomas43423 on my moderation

on the shorty hit the breaks too late outro beat- "baby for you, id do anything, make up your mind and decide...."

which soul group did you sample it from if i could know-
i know d.i.t.c. is discreet but i collect alot of soul records for listening. the closest i got to it was The Spinners?
worth a try.

you should fuck with some Danny pearson shit if you havent yet.

and to the FL babies...
its pretty useful to use your own sounds when sequencing. sample drums from breaks, or double up sounds. and if you dont got the 1 of the 2 latest versions of FL then you should. demo ones dont save so dont fuck with it unless youre recording to tape. COMPRESSION PLUG IN EFFECT is a big must if youre drums aint hittin right... if you got turns hook that shit up and chop records up with shit like cool edit then load it into FL. and its obvious you should at least have a decent keyboard to drop bass lines or drop ins. well thats how i do.

heres some old ass shit i been workin on for my boy.

www.soundclick.com/soulsav

my newest shit is on my sp505 for me which is purely soul.

gotta ask quest bout that one.....

we would love to get a shot at Chapelle Show...

what up, 9th. this is baskaf from houston. i was talking to dj cipher and my homeboy rico the other night and they was telling me that you guys came down to houston a long time ago. they approached me cuz they said they knew the dude who designed the LB listening shirt i was wearing at the club that night. frank wayne something. we got into a discussion about you guys coming to houston. cipher made a very valid point. he said alot of fans would be happy to have you come down, but bottom line is cats ain't talking about paying nothing. pissed me off cuz when slum village came to spy, i paid to see them. got kicked out cuz some underage dude in our entourage tried to get his drink on. roots concert at numbers was sold out before a brother even got paid. bottom line is, i would gladly pay to see some quality music in this town. i'm tired of cats with jerseys and grilles selling out shows here while i look on these boards and all the east coast people talk about how dope the roots show was. dude, you don't even have to come to houston. dallas or austin and i'll be straight.

i hope you guys do get a major deal. me and my boys love the hell outta the listening, but only one of us has the actual album. that's one out of like... thirteen. AND WE ALL LOOKED. the one that got it had to journey to shangri-la or some shit just to get it.

i make beats. i used to use acid, but i'm working on fruity loops right now. had it not been for you, i wouldn't know about using cool edit to sample. now that i'm learning fruity, i wish i had used it sooner. i've noticed that you have a particular snare you like to use. I LOVE THIS SNARE! i have loved it since the first time i heard whatever you say. my qustion is what is it called and how did you get it.

First of all i wanna let u know ur the greatest!! Second, im wondering if its true that u helped produce Fruity Loops?! One

okay 9th, where is the love for the "Lawn" Whatchu know about us Blades? LOL Keep it up!

get a questionaire started on the lawn.....

not true....

thanks for the support...

aight.. thanks for reply man! stay good..Peace

shouldnt you be macking ho's or something??

do you like the beastie boys?

I'm married youngblood......


yep, beastie boys is the truth.com

This is the same kid (Ryerson University, Toronto Canada) who's been pitching you marketing/promotional ideas the last couple of days. Here's another one I've been flirting with.

The problem is with every good idea; there are a whole bunch of clones and a truckload of saturation which follows. This ultimately weakens the effectiveness of the original successful idea or concept.

With that being said it's no mystery that everyone is buzzing on the whole "remix" trend you started. But through it all, the one album everyone is afraid to touch is Illmatic. For good reason too, that album is the Holy Grail. But there is an interesting marketing proposition within the challenge of reworking a classic.

Premise: Remix Nas’ Illmatic. On the strength of your production and clout in the industry it can be used as a dual propose vehicle; one would be to promote your abilities, the other would be creating a platform for the Justus League to gain notoriety. Other outcomes could include an invitation to contribute to the Illmatic anniversary project, get a major deal for Justus League artists or at the very least parlay the buzz and “street mixtape sales” into a larger budget from Atlantic/Warner for the LB sophomore release.

With the 10th anniversary of its release date fast approaching and Columbia planning on re-releasing an anniversary edition I thought you can take a different spin on the whole remix phenomena and beat Columbia records to the punch at the same time.

Because this album both lyrically and conceptually is near perfect, it would be wrong to use different beats. What I think would be an interesting approach would be to keep the original record used. But chop it up; sample it or whatever production technique you guys use in a different and refreshing way. This way you’re not stepping on the "masters" shoes and at the same time really flexing your production talents. You will really sell others on your talents by taking already classics and allow fans both old and new to appreciate and look at it in a different light.

Essentially you would have to come with your best material, because you’re going to be compared with the likes of Pete Rock, Primo, Extra P, Tip etc. A daunting task but no less, but I guarantee you will be the talk of the whole rap game. Something like this has a polarizing effect. People will love you like George W. Bush, or they will hate you like George W. Bush. But at the end of the day, people will be talking and feel strongly about it and that’s a marketer’s objective. This is extremely risky and there is little to no margin of error here. But like my mother says "To be successful you must be willing to accept the possibility and anguish of failure".

Starting with God Stepson and concluding with 9thmatic would be a climatic end to the whole remix phenomena and usher in the new era of 9th wonder the big league producer, the Justus League and the rebirth of true school hip hop. No beads, coffee shops or sandals, just good music.

Illmatic is pretty much the "bible" of true school hip hop. And you and I both know the whole industry is waiting for you to go there. Just like you did with the Black Album remix and essentially made everyone else (with the exception of Kev Brown) look like amateur hour. If you don’t capitalize on demand it becomes a lost opportunity.

Now the real twist here is not only the Illmatic remix but also putting the Justus League on. 9thmatic will not only be a showcase of your production skills but also get the Justus League mainstream attention. For many outside the realm of Okayplayer.com, backpack fan base and NC it's a name that has very little meaning. Just as yours did a year ago before Little Brother and God Stepson really took off. Doing 9thmatic would essentially create some name awareness for the members of the JL (Ceasar, LB, Scudda, Floe, etc). You would showcase one member on each classic track. Saving "It ain't hard to tell” for Phonte and Big Pooh. Again, just as the bar must be raised on the production end, the same is true for the lyrics. Nas really hit the nail on the head with this masterpiece. You and the Justus League would have to do the same plus double. But I think ya'll can pull it off. Big Ideas are given to those who are big enough to pull it off.

The anticipation, coupled with the reintroduction of the original release (10 anniversary release) and the major label signing of LB would really give this project wheels. If I'm off base then so be it. But I see this being an extremely ambitious project which would have extremely large payoffs in the end.

I present this to you as a student. I appreciate your opinion and your constructive criticism. I’d like to think I have all sorts of crazy ideas like this. So if I can be of help then that would be great. I’m a strong believer that quality is marketable, not ad-nausea. Ad-nausea are for the Ja-Rules and 50 Cent’s of the world. And based on his popularity, struggling acting career and last record my point speaks for itself. Short money with no focus of long term objectives. I wonder if hes going to be able to put his kid through school 10 years from now on the money made from "I'm Real and Put It On Me". For the sake of his kids I hope he put something int he bank. Anyhow, I think I’ve gone on enough. If you want me to go into further detail or want to hear more of my ideas which I’d like to think are RBG (Revolutionary But Gangsta) feel free. Continued success and all the best in the future.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

naw........not sure bout that one....

I guess it ain't a winner. Maybe it's a little over the top. Feel free to butcher the idea. That's the only way I'll learn. Thank you for your time.

>naw........not sure bout that one....

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

First off, this post has gone platinum!!! I wanna know what cats are you feeling from the chi?? It's a lot of talent out here.(All nat,fam tree,diverse,Iomas Marad,J.U.I.C.E,rhymefest,etc.) Would you work with some of these guys?? I spoke to Kanye, he told me about the session yall had in NC. This may sound funny to you, But I'm the reason Kanye knows about you guys. I told him about yall last year, when I tried to do a show with yall and him. He was like "little brother??" "the dude in my hotel lobby always calls me little brother" He though it was funny I told him to check out the site.(Spoke to Phonte over email, $1500 was too steep at the time, I didn't know if anyone would come) So I spoke to him again months later and he said I did a song with yall. At the time Kanye was willing to do the show for little of nothing too. I look back and should have made that happen. I guess life is funny like that. If your willing to work with any of these cats outta chicago let me know, I could put them in contact with you. BTW Rasheed is hungry again, you need to do a track with him as well...

I noticed that you've released a lot of beats for free I believe(Black is back, Justus league mixtapes, etc) Are these your A, B or C beats? Are the things we've heard old in age or style? Like I feeling the Comfortable track( Downing or Vandross samp?)but I wonder if it's mediocre compared to stock. If that beats expendable then I want to hear your A list4reel.

I think the Comfortable track is mediocre in sound......I did that beat in the summer of 2002......

long time ago

little brother is going to be on soul survivor 2. does that mean that you are producing a track or that pooh and phonte are rhymin over a pete rock beat?

LB's over a Pete Rock track

ps. at first listen, i appreciated the listening more for its throwback vibe, whatever you wanna call it. threat was cool. black album remix was dope. i was REALLY impressed with the beats on the murs collab. i got mad respect for you.

Are there any plans for LB to tour Europe? Mad dudes is fiending for some shows in the UK man....

never mind a uk tour just as long as u get to europe!i'll get there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm in France

Stick 2 Tha Scrip!

you might......

Big up to 9th Wonder! Hands down, you are my FAVORITE "new" producer. You are definitely carrying the torch for all the legendary/timesless producers (E.g. Pete Rock, Premier, JayDee, Diamond D, etc.). I got a few questions:

1) What is the significance of musical interludes on albums? (I haven't heard musical interludes on albums as raw as THE LISTENING in a minute!)

2) Do you plan on ever relasing an instrumental album/cd like Pete Rock and Jay Dee?

3) When is Little Brother coming to the Chi?

4) How do you fel about NO I.D.'s production skills?

5) Are you slated to produce any cuts for Common?

6) Do you ever see yourself relocating? (A lot of cats relocate to NY to really take their careers to another level ; does LB ever consider that?)

PEACE

1) What is the significance of musical interludes on albums? (I haven't heard musical interludes on albums as raw as THE LISTENING in a minute!)
Listening to Pete Rock for 2 many years

2) Do you plan on ever relasing an instrumental album/cd like Pete Rock and Jay Dee?
Maybe

3) When is Little Brother coming to the Chi?
We came last summer with Cypress Hill and on the Hiero tour

4) How do you fel about NO I.D.'s production skills?
He's a legend

5) Are you slated to produce any cuts for Common?
Hopefully

6) Do you ever see yourself relocating? (A lot of cats relocate to NY to really take their careers to another level ; does LB ever consider that?)
nope.....costs too much...

Streets are talkin.... or rather music nerds are talkin.... that you're producing the bulk of Bleek's next one. Good shot 9th....




Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

yep yep.....

I'm in....

!

Technically, I'm a *newbie*, but I used to have a username back in '02, but I forgot the password. I've been debating whether to make a new name or not cuz I don't wanna get flammed by the "okaylayerhaters" as Kweli would say....

Anywho, what up 9th. My question for you is what are your favorite Wu solo albums?

Top 5 RZA (or Wu-affiliated beats)?

....oh yeah, did Sugar Hill Gang's "8th Wonder" have a big influence on you?

~~~Sauceball 3000~~~

Anywho, what up 9th. My question for you is what are your favorite Wu solo albums?
Only built for Cuban links
Liquid Swords
Return of the 36 Chambers
Tical(yes tical)
Ironman
Supreme Clientele


Top 5 RZA (or Wu-affiliated beats)?
Truimph
Shadowboxin'
Verbal Intercourse
Daytona 500
Bring the Pain


....oh yeah, did Sugar Hill Gang's "8th Wonder" have a big
influence on you
No

I remember seeing a 3 man rap group on that show that
Left Eye hosted on MTV back in the day. Same crew?



" Another person I admire would have to be Sting. The music he's made over the years--I don't really listen to it. But he's making it and I respect that." -Hansel (so hot right now)


B-Ski

naw....

Yo 9th,
How are you picking who is gonna be on that NC compilation?
Im apart of a NCSU hip hop group that would love to get the chance to have a song on it...let me know

whether they dope or wack

cosign on shorty on the lookout being your favorite track...i love that shit

question 1)what were you majoring in when you were at nccu?

question 2)has the j league thought about making thethyrday a part of the league?...not only are your songs with them fire, but their own production is hot too...and i dont even have to talk about their lyrics

I was a history major....

No, Thyrd Day are fam though

1st question... when are we going to blow... NC that is...


2nd question... how would someone go about getting on that NC compilation yall are gonna do... i would really like to submit sum shit... but even if i can't, bomm sheltuh from fayetteville is nasssty... maybe they could get a joint on there...

hold it down

peace,
fayettenam bommuh


oh yea man, i'm pissssssed... i'm up here for college in NY, and i couldn't get the show at SOB's last semester cuz of a test the next morning... and now, this saturday yall are gonna be here again, but i'm goin back to NC for spring break sat morning... aint thatta HOE.... just thought i'd mention that... peace

NC will soon blow....

I'll be taking demos soon.....

some okayplayer posted a soundclick link a few months back -- but the webpage expired or something. I need to hear this. really. Where can I get it?

when the hell that Kanye & Little Brother twelve inch is coming out. kids are fiending for it. we want to hear a little brother called west. ALBCW holla.

soulseek.....

I gather that I'll never see you on some advertisement with DMX or Mary J going: "pleease don't download music ... *frown* ..remember it's illegal" (or in a movie-theater preview .. either or). They're funny, but.. I'll have to use my friend's PC, since I've got a mac.. but i'll find it. i will. Thanks for the reply though, and all the other ones.

Son sounds kind of hispanic...tight. He gets my props but he spits some ill lines. I dug Comfortable Visionary and that track with Scudda on the mixtape. Ya'll should drop a second mixtape

on another note it's a shame nas is too much of an ass and too proud to work with someone who made a beat for jay.

I'd love to hear ya'll together...my fav emcee and one of my fav producers

"To make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other."
-Orison Swett Marden

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Median's relief is coming soon...........

very soon....

____________________

Any okayplayas/sistas out in DC/MD/VA area tryina come up on a holla at cha boi.


"JR, hold a ugly rep, snatch wifeys and have they hubbys vexed, all in the buggy Lex givin lovely neck, yellin LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT, like Doug E. Fresh" --- J.R. Writer

"Who more realer? Weed in the 4-wheeler, Fuck Mike - till you seen me... you never saw Thriller" -- Killa

"We ready... Santana just came back from the bathrom, hands clean, no homo" -- Killa (preparing to freestyle)

killa quez!!!!

testing

I'm bringin to ya grill son....LOL!!!

that's aight.....


do your thing...

I played that Creative Source record when I was DJing this past Tuesday and heads were comin' up to me like "oh that's that...." you know..it's funny how I came across it..not long after The Listening came out I was goin' through random piles of records and I saw that one, randomly dropped the needle right onto the Love Joint sample..I didn't even know I had that ish...I guess you never know what you have in your crates if you keep buyin' and buyin' and don't take too much time to go through what you already have. Do you get to spend enough time goin' through your stacks?


and did Roy Lee ever learn how to use his Korg Tri-ton? I remember he had a boom and a bap..and just couldn't get it to go bip..


Keep doin' your thang, man. Peace and Blessings,
Bus.

check the other side of that record.....


Roy Lee ain't got it yet...

I heard some tracks from Murs 3:16 (9th Edition). Sounds sick. Are you familiar with the rest of the Legends? Will you work with The Grouch, Eligh, Scarub, or any other fools from his (murs')crew--or, from The Bay in general? (Del,Aceyalone?)

peace and blessings,

me.

Not familiar with the rest of the legends work.......

I will work if I feel it......

I completely bombed on the whole "9thmatic" concept and was lukewarm with the 'mass customization production' approach. Maybe my real mistake was neglecting the first rule in marketing; ask the client what their problem is.

I was wondering weather you can pose a marketing problem/situation to me that you are facing or know of. Then I'll use the little knowledge I have about marketing and the music industry and see if I can come up with some sort of solution. I'm sure you have big execs at WEA (Warner Atlantic) now to handle that sort of stuff, but hey, why not humour a kid. At the worse I flop and that's the end of that. At best case situation you get some free consulting or whatever my thoughts are worth.

If anything I thank you for at the very least acknowledging me and making me feel like I'm on the hip hop version of "the apprentice". I don't know too many artist who take the time to interact with their fans, so I'm glad I can thank you personally before you really "take off" and have some student intern reply to all your messageboard post and emails, hehe.

Hopefully one of my crazy ideas if not valid may inspire a more realistic and probable idea. I may not be able to do so now, but one day I'm going to have an idea which will change a industry. Which one, I don't know. But I have it in my gut. I will make a difference, or at least I hope so.

So I'm just going to keep pluggin away, learning from my errors and critics. Feel free to play Ceasar and give me a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" on my concepts or ideas. I'd like to think I get better with each of my losses and errors.

Thank you for your time and I value any feedback you can provide.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

Ninth, when are y'all coming back down to Wilmington. Y'all killed it here last May.

soon and very soon....

First is a comment... Basically I talked to Nature again today, he said that you (Ninth) only played ONE beat for him that hadn't already been gobbled up by somebody else, and it didnt fit him perfectly so he didnt cop it. He said all of the beats you played were fire, they were just all taken by others already.... u a popular dude.

Second... I told him he needed to buy beats from Khrysis and he was like ohhh shit I already have a bunch of his beats (I guess leftover from the NC trip) and he had forgotten who Khrys was... so we need to get him some of the latest and greatest beats... I was hoping Khrysis was gonna be in NYC this weekend. We'll be up in the studio on Saturday, I think NORE will be there too. Anyway when that 207 number calls answer, we will work something out. Not until after the 1 pm Wake/Maryland game tho... let us know!

(who is your fav college hoops team by the way?)

Okay it went down like this......

Nature came down to NC and chilled at this cats house named Pauly Snubnose(whaddup Pauly). Anyways, prior to his arrival, I gave Pauly a beat cd with 11 beats on it. Nature sat on that beat cd for 2 days.....

I arrived at Pauly's crib 2 days later, and asked Nature about the beats. He said that they were dope, but he wasn't feeling any for him. I also MADE a beat for him RIGHT before I left to get up with him. Wasn't feeling that one. Anyways, I THEN went back out to my car to get another beat CD. I played some more beats for him, and found that they were mostly beats I sent to labels, but there was only 1 beat that I had available. He wasn't feeling that, the 11 beats I gave him first, nor the beat I cooked up that day.

THEN Khrysis played about 40 beats for him, and he wasn't feeling those, AND Khrysis gave him the CD's anyways....

that is what happened sir....

If cats don't feel my joints, that's cool, but I know I gave him a beat CD to listen to.....

inbox me sir........

i remember a cat who used to be up in carmichael gym givin' it to cats on the regular...knee brace and all...

but seriously, best of luck to you, for real...you and LB deserve everything that comes your way...

and yes, youre right, the roots at duke was a very ill show, but i would have to put it second to the wu/krs-one/mad lion show in 95-96 up in reynolds....straight fire....

i don't know if this has been asked before, so i apologize if so (i have a short attention span for reading), but where do you think you would be without the support of ?uest (declaring himself as the LB "fan club president") and hiphopsite.com?

don't know.....

but in order for quest to support us.....he had to like our music.....

we gave him 8 songs first......

he dug it....

he didn't know us from adam........

he prolly get CD's ALL the time

why us 3 Carolina Boys?

>why us 3 Carolina Boys?

i'm not trying to discredit the music or your success or anything, and maybe i've had my head in The Lesson too much, but if the fro'ed one didn't open and influence people to you all, would the thing with Jay had happened? would the success be just the same?

true....but its starts with the music.....

I feel where you are coming from with the whole quest argument.....but just a cosign is not good enough, especially with the type of subject matter we have........even with Jay.....there were at least 1000 producers trying to get on the Black Album....everybody had a fair shot. You could get there, but what were you gonna do with your shot. Some cats got a shot.....with recommendations out the ass, then bombed........

?uestlove is a busy mofo, so we gave him a reason to back us....


the music...

that's where it starts...

what did you especially like?

Little Brother-The Listening(Come on man......)
Jay-Z-The Black Album(ditto)
Outkast-Speakerboxx/The Love Below
50 Cent-Get Rich or Die Tryin'
ColdPlay-A Rush of Blood to the Head
Ludacris-Chicken and Beer
Anthony Hamilton-Comin' Where I Come From


I know its more........

popeye's chicken is fuckin awesome -little nicky.

who the hell in their right mind would pick KFC over Popeyes? Popeyes is the truth.

Neither.....


Bojangles

they ain't ready for the bangin' 2pc dark w/ the dirty rice....they ain't ready for the slammin' supreme tenders & the seasoned fries....or the bangin breakfast biscuits (served all day)....nor are they ready for the tasty 1/2 gallon sweet tea (only available below the mason-dixon baby!!)....BOJANGLES (or pronounced "BO-HAHN-GLEZ" for my latino players) can't be faded you sissies!!!!!!!!!!!

.

Bojangles is the way to do it in NC.

with kanye and cee lo. are you(LB) and kanye gonna perform that song you did together? that would be awesome if you did, tell kanye we want to hear it.

Naw....don't think so

* Can I pick up that future flavaz set you played from a while back (oct '03 I think) anywhere?.

* 9th Wonder & Spectac - "Shake & Beats", you heard of it? (asume its some kinda net bootleg with 15 beats on).



props for the music sir..keep doing what you're doing..

no doubt...

I got the Future Flavas jumpoff.....


Never heard of the Spec joint....


its a bootleg....

9th...wanna say congrats on your success...I know it's journey, but anyway, I'm feelin' just about everything I've heard come outta your camp, but I've been havin' a hard time gettin' material of you guys. Where do you recommend I go...as in maybe a site...or a store...I'm up here in DC. I don't know if that question has been posted already. Anyway, much success and many blessings, youngn'!
-4daSoul

Thanks man......

thanks for the support...

I'm not a producer and therefore don't really know the whole thought process of selecting samples. Any how I was wondering if you heard of a song by Jimi Hendrix entitled "All Along The Watchtower".

I think it's one of the coldest songs ever made. I think it's pretty popular as well. Many newscasters, TV shows and movies use that song to encapsulate the feelings and uncertainty of the 60's. With that being said, I've never heard anyone touch that track to use as a sample. I think the lyrics in the song and guitar play is unreal. Everytime I hear it I get crazy amped.

Now i don't know if there would be any legal tanglements or high royalty cost. But would you ever consider using that track as a sample. Cause if someone did work with that track, I think it would be great.

Again your opinion and time is appreciated.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

naw.........Jimi is sacred grounds...

Fair enough. No harm in asking.

>naw.........Jimi is sacred grounds...

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

I'd say the same thing about Curtis Mayfield.

I know his Jimi's estate is heavy, but man i know you can do some "Change The Game" shit with it.

Well if I'm lucky hopefully you'll change your position at least for the sake of my ears, hehe.

All the best.

>Fair enough. No harm in asking.
>
>>naw.........Jimi is sacred grounds...
>
>"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

Ray Murray of Organized Noize did a cover of the track for "Ali"....

also the track he did with TLC & Andre "Sumthin Wicked This Way Comes"

all of Ray's shit is guitar driven like that. Witchdoctor's "s.w.a.t. healin..." has a few more tracks like that. "Ancient Sahore". check that track out. Takes Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" and makes a nice track out of it. Ray is the man.

are you a rapper? or producer? mack-about-town?
forgive my ignorance.

have you ever dropped your name to get some special treament? like i'm 9th wonder let me get 30% off...

First off, congrats for 'making it' in the world of music n shit.
And the question(s):- Have you started working on the minstrel show yet? any guests(apart form j-league)? and compared to the listening, how do you think its going to be recieved? do you think it surpass all expectations?
thanks

Ninth, good job so far on the Listening "the yo,yo" being one of my fav. joints, TBA and the mixtapes, you've brought a lotta heat so far, keep it up!
My question(s) for you is/are this/these), would you also consider doing R&B stuff and not just focusing your total strength on producing hip hop? Have you ever done joints without looping samples? What other rappers do you hope to work with in the near and distant future, when are we expecting another Little Brother record and what do you think about you guys repping the Dirty so far and working with other Dirty South cats that are talented.

Yo, ninth how do you you balance out your family along with the music, Im learning that thats a really hard thing to do, when you hustling your hardest to get on

Yo, Ninth with the demand it takes to make it, how do you balance out your family with the music biz, cause its hard for me.


don't forget to get at me about them submissions to JL....PEACE!

What up 9th? Just wanted to congratulate you and LB on your recent success. Most refreshing hip-hop I've heard in years. Keep up the good work.

My question is in regards to age in hip-hop. Do you think an aspiring MC or producer should stop pursuing his/her goal to make it in hip-hop if it hasn't happened by a certain age? If so, around what age would you hang it up? This is related, but if you can't answer it don't worry: How old were you when you started producing? How old are you now?

Are all your beats used on peoples projects or do you have throw away beats?

Ever tried raping at any time in ya life?

Who do you think is the better producer, Pete or Premo and why?

whatup 9th, first off ur dope as hell....ona the best in the game.

I'm a producer and i also use fruityloops and cool edit pro but when i hook up my turntable to my computer and put records onto my computer there is always this little ringing sound in the background which makes it hard for me to sample the record... anyways i was wonderin if this had happened to u ever and if so maybe u know how to fix it...keep up the incredible work and keep bangin out dem classics..

check out my shit if u feel like it

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/4/djdestructmusic.htm

thanx

You said the Listening was recorded in a living room, did you use Cool Edit for all the vocals?

for the show in NYC? Any chance Jean Grae will get on stage and kick 128 bars. See ya there.

What's your opinion on the Beatnuts?

I know you worked with him a while back, I have a bootleg called "superman for a day clark kent for life" I think all or almost all the beats on it (7 total songs) were made by you. I also have seen that he has a link to LB's site up on his site. Is the work you did with him ever gonna be released? Do you know what hes doing now? Any plans to work with him in the future? I copped that EP/Single he dropped (Lessons from the Ghetto) from hiphopsite, but you weren't on it. Spectac is hot, and the stuff he made with you is by far the best. Any light you can shed on this would be apprecieated. Damn this thread is so long my signature is a quote from it.........
________________________________________________________________

You guys are long over due for an appearance on that show.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

you know, like you did for Nas's God's Stepson and Jay's Black is Back...
you could call it Can-I-Beats

9th please tell me it's true and you will be rocking the same stage as Kanye West @ the NORVA in Norfolk VA. March 17th 2004.

kid is mad nice and of course with you behind the boards it's a definite classic.

by the way the 'warrior song' beat off of 'god's stepson' is the best thing i've ever heard man.

How long did your hand to hand distribution last? I held out and got mine off Median last week. You deserve it.
You should consider my man Fuzz for the NC compilation,he jus' connected with Cesar down here in Wilmington, and I'm working on getting Median and him together for a track. Peep his soundclick if you get a chance. btw 3:16 9th edition promos sound sick!!!

YO, 9th. What do you look for when your digging for samples.
Do you judge the record by its cover? Do you already know what exactly to look for? I know you sample from soul music and I found one of your samples. the one for the track "Home". Dope!
So whatsup with your diggin ?

"9th hooked up with a cloverdale ni**a"

And this cloverdale ni**a heard the MURS EP and that ish rules. your dude murs always seems to write from the heart. now with that said, For me the two joints that stand out(like a black man at a clan rally) are "The Pain" and "And This For".
so now i was wondering which cuts do you enjoy listening to from the project?

how in the hell can a brotha track down the black iz black joint?

when is the foreign exchange record droping?

Did you get a chance to work with Latoiya Williams yet?

That song "Fallen Star" is a killer. I was digging Ms.Williams also. And to add... that Doggy Allstars cd has some bangin tracks(Alchemist,DJ Scrach,Premier)...people slept.



Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

With the questions that is....All the way until "The Minstrel Show"?



Trickology?-
Man,FOLLOW THE LEADER!

I would go for a 9thmatic any day over what looks to be the end result of the Illmatic remix release by Columbia. Hopefully they will rethink at least Rockwilder before going ahead with the project. Don't know what your thoughts are but would be interested to hear them when you have a minute.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000448908

Nas Looks Back To 'Illmatic' With Reissue, DVD

Rapper Nas will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of his landmark debut, "Illmatic," with a double-disc edition of the set. Due March 30 via Columbia, "Illmatic Platinum Series" features a remastered edition of the original album, a million-seller best known for the hits "It Ain't Hard To Tell," "One Love" and "The World Is Yours."

A second disc adds four new remixes: "Life's a Bitch," produced by Rockwilder; "The World Is Yours," produced by Vibesmen; and "It Ain't Hard To Tell" and "One Love," produced by Nick Fury. Also featured are the new studio cuts "On the Real" (produced by hip-hop legend Marley Marl) and "Star Wars" (produced by Large Professor).

The same day, Columbia will issue the DVD "Video Anthology Vol. 1," featuring clips for "Illmatic" favorites plus later tracks like "Hate Me Now" featuring Puff Daddy and "You Owe Me" featuring Destiny's Child and Ginuwine. Explicit versions of "Got Ur Self A..." and "Made You Look" are also included, as is audio commentary for every video.

Nas is working on a new album, "Street's Disciple." The double-disc set is expected to be released this summer.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

I heard that on the Shoutro at the end of Halls Of Justice mixtape and I thought the statement spoke volumes.

Is that from someone or is that your own personal words?

I say you use that for an album/song title of the next project on deck which is currently untitled.

Don't know how marketble such a long name would be, but it really stuck in my head and had me reflecting on it's meaning. But that's just me and my opinion.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

Is there a reason you haven't made your mixtape series availble to those sites?

Or better yet set up an individual site making all of them availble; like the Diplomats have (http://www.dipsetmixtapes.com/)

It would serve as a promotional vehicle as well as a revenue stream with higher margins then traditional major label music.

The legal entanglements of selling mixtapes can easily be avoided using the same loopholes both mixtapekings and mixunit employ (You pay for a $6 sticker and get the mixtape for free). That way you can avoid any backlash associated with making mixtapes for the retail.

Are you going to exit the mixtape industry or will there always be a need for it as a promotional tool or revenue stream independant of the major label?

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

If so, how can I join..I have experience in Street Team promotions...I've done this for Stones Throw Records and Ropeadope Records..I've noticed that when I goto shows, no one is passing out Little Brother promo flyers, cds, stickers, etc..

I would LOVE to HELP...I live out in CALI and goto alot of shows in Southern and Northern CALI. I'm just like everyone on okayplayer.com, I'm one of the BIGGEST FANS of LITTLE BROTHER.

HIP HOP was LOST until you guys came along...THANK YOU!!

Oh yeah and another ?uestion if I may ask...WHO IS ROY LEE??
THAT'S MY POPS NAME.

What does a street team do?

I know they stick up posters in the city, drive a spray painted van and hand out flyers? But what else. I'm not knocking, I'm just curious.

Why does everyone praise Steven Rifkend?

I can understand there is some value in his concept, but at the same time I'm positive their are more effective means of promotion then the unfocused means Street teaming.

It's like Billboard or magazine advertising. We are inindated with so many ads and the only time sometihng like that is effective and permiates is when the idea/motivation is already planted in our subconsoius. So with that being said, the only true form of adversiting is identifying those consumers who already are predisposded to buy your product and inform them of it's availibility.

Direct marketing is the future. Steve Rikend and his street teams are good in small dosages, but they lose effectiveness once you try to project that outside of a local community.

Someone is going to put togther the new formula and when they do they trademark it just like Steve Rikend did 15 years ago with "Street Team"

That's just my opinion.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

http://www.okayplayer.com/dcforum/general1/34146.html

I was wondering if you can encourage people to post their thoughts and comments on Little Brother and "The Listening" for focus group I set up. It's for a class project and at the end of the day their may be some free market research you can pick up from this if I can effectively pull this up.

So any encouragement or co-siging you can put on it would be of great help.

Also fellow Okayplayers reading this post, feel free to visit the focus group post and share your thoughts with me as well as the 9th, Pooh and Phonte.

"Loved By A Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All"

Heard that ya'll was coming down here (Illinois State University) for a concert. Will ya'll be doing anything from the new album? Will it already be out? And the first song I heard from ya'll was "Light It Up", how come it didn't make the album?

(sorry, I can't ever ask just one question, they always come in blocks).

I was 9th wondering....

WHY DOES YOUR SITE SAY YOU WERE PERFORMING AT THE TEMPLE BAR IN LA ON MARCH 1st, BUT YOU DID NOT ?

PLAYIN WITH MY EMOTIONS, MAN.

I HAD ALL SORTS OF HEADS READY TO ROLL AND THEN CHECKED WITH THE VENUE WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT....

So who do you prefer - Curtis Mayfield or Al Green?

Favorite Mayfield album?

Favorite Green album?

a repost...

442. "RE: Ask 9th Wonder a question-NC comp....."
In response to message #196

me me me me! on the reel tho', i would love to take part in this bruh! Is there any chance? btw: Troy (Mindbenda') gave me the word, and thanx bro.

1) I just saw PR and CL smooth last night, and they played 2 tracks that of there's that ft'ed CL on the Soul Survivor 2 lp. He's also played other tracks(my god, i've never wanted an lp sooooooo bad in my life), but i couldnt help but notices that Pete's new beats ft'ed DRUM KITS VERY SIMILAR TO YOURS, i mean VEEERRRRYYYY. Man, correct me if im wrong but did you give Pete your kits/is Pete using using your kits. If so, what an honor.

2) Will i see you in Paris in April?

3) I didnt know you were a Duke fan...

4) Little Debbie or Tasty Cakes?

out


http://www.linjapanesemusic.com

uuuuuhhh,yeah...

So I like to fuck around with Fruity Loops, but the drums I have sound like shit. Where do you get drums that sound like actual drums and not techno-synthe-drums?!? I've tried everything, there must be something I'm missing.

I dunno if ur still taking questions or comments but just wanted to acknowledge you on the good quality of music you make and bringing a badly needed breath of fresh air to the game.

Anyways me and my partner did our own lil black album remix on my soundclick page, The Blacker Album. Check it out if you get a chance

Peace

~~~Sauceball 3000~~~

In Rotation:

Blackstar - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are...
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Fela Kuti - The Very Best of
Common - Resurrection
Ghostface - Ironman
Nas - The Lost Tapes
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Little Brother - The Listening
Soundbombing - II
OutKast - ATLiens
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
The funky Meters - Live
Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever

"Fuck yo' couch nigga!!" -Rick James to Charlie Murphy

"Visions occupy my synaptic space, command and shake, to illustrate my mind's landscape." -Mos Def

"My flow, is in the pocket like Wallets I got the bounce like hydraulics, I can't call it, I got the swerve like alcoholics.." -Kanyeezie from Chi-Teezie

let me get a beat.......LOL

nah, but my question is....is Scudda part of the JL ? or just an affiliate (if he is only an affiliate and not a member, y'all need to put him on QUICK FAST!!!)?

thankx for all the jewels, kid...

I say europe, you know what nation i mean (france is nice with theirs too though)...
I was in africa last summer, maybe you hit here then.

Produced for any overseas mcs yet?
or
Any foreign MCs you feel?
or
Any foreign MCs you've heard?