![]() ![]() One of my favorite verses on the album comes from “Can’t Win For Losing.” It’s the most honest verse I’ve heard in a minute. Don’t sleep…and beware of what you feed your mind I’m not sayin to not watch reality TV, and not indulge in some mindless fun every once in a while, just realize that everything you see, read, and hear has some sort of agenda. The underlying theme is that all the bullshit we see in the mass media from videos to reality TV is just a diversion to keep you away from things that are really important. ![]() Phonte: For the chorus, I just wanted it to sound like some super-paranoid “Minority Report” style shit. ![]() The chorus on “Sirens” fits the mood perfectly, with Carlitta Durand singing, “ They’re coming closer for you/And they wont stop until you believe/Watch out/Don’t sleep, beware.” How does that fit in with the above mentioned concepts? I’ve never been big on the phrase, ‘its just entertainment.’ Expose your mind to anything long enough, and eventually that’s what you’ll become. In the case of much of the entertainment that kids watch in the mainstream media, I personally find much of it to be negative. Programming can either be a positive or negative thing. Phonte: Whenever your mind is being exposed to the same shit over and over again, that’s a form of programming. It’s an amazing song, and you end saying, “ Them ain’t videos/Nigga that’s psychological warfare/20 different variations of the same face/Designed to keep ya broke ass in the same place/Something else more it’s got to be/But I’m gonna end transmission cause they’re watching me.“ The concept isn’t something new, but I wanted to get you to elaborate on the idea. ![]() “Sirens” starts the album off, and sets the tone. At press time the group was overseas touring in Europe, and only reachable by email, so instead of the typical interview we had Phonte explain the words and ideas that made Getback so poignantly powerful. Their latest offering, appropriately titled Getback, is full of insight and conceptual gems, giving listeners something to think about as they’re bobbin their head. Through four albums they have stayed committed to their original objective of delivering music with substance, and gotten stronger with each release. In that time the group has taken their knocks, from being put through the major label ringer and back, but they refuse to stay down. They arrived right on time, and over the past five years have established themselves as the premier purveyors of dope hip-hop. The chopped samples pumped with soul, and lyrically Phonte and Pooh brought fourth a level of creativity that was bonded by an honest humor and dedicated spirit. Hip-hop heads were searching for fresh young minds to bring light in the new millennium, and Phonte, Rapper Big Pooh and producer 9th Wonder fit the criteria with a Golden Era vibe void of the modern bullshit. As cliché as the saying has become in rap terms, it couldn’t be more true. When Little Brother introduced themselves to the hip-hop world in 2003 with The Listening they were met by an audience desperate for something that felt real. Phonte of Little Brother on the Lyrics and Concepts of Getback ![]()
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