The Minstrel Show (Clean)
09/13/2005
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All Music Guide Review
Few groups earn a major-label contract based on their producer's merits, but when Little Brother jumped to Atlantic for their second full album, The Minstrel Show, any cynic looking for a good reason would point to the increased profile of trackmaster 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Destiny's Child). But it wasn't just 9th Wonder that made Little Brother's first album one of the best underground rap debuts of the new millennium; rappers Phonte and Big Pooh matched a smooth Southern drawl with up-North smarts. Like their influences in the Native Tongues family, the trio cast a clever eye over music and culture, sniffing out hypocrisy and greed, then dismissing them with sparkling satires. The Minstrel Show presents more of the same, expanding the palette to a host of hot topics: R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series, which gets skewered by the spot-on "Cheatin"; exploitative urban TV stations (the album's main concept); and even the need for brand-name clothes ("5th and Fashion"). And any fans who feared that 9th Wonder's success would lead to a diluted or overly polished record have nothing to worry about; awash in '70s soul and mellow, slapping beats, his productions make the message tracks carry just as well as the humorous material. [The Minstrel Show also appeared in a clean version.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
The Minstrel Show (Clean) Track Listing
Credits of The Minstrel Show (Clean)
- James Poyser
- Strings, Keyboards
- Chris Athens
- Mastering
- Rob Tewlow
- A&R
- Gimel Keaton
- Mixing
- DJ Jazzy Jeff
- Cut
- Andrew Foster
- Actor
- Lanre Gaba
- A&R
- James Lopez
- Bongos, Grooming, A&R, Prop Design
- 9th Wonder
- Producer, Group Member
- Robert Gold
- Art Direction, Design
- Percy Miracles
- Vocals, Vocal Ad-Libs
- David Brown
- Assistant
- Darien Brockington
- Vocals
- Chaundon
- Performer
- Rapper Big Pooh
- Group Member
- Beni B.
- Executive Producer
- Greg Beckman
- Art Direction, Design
- Mischa "Big Dho" Burgess
- Executive Producer
- Phonte Coleman
- Vocals, Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement, Group Member
- Pamela Graham
- Vocals
- Ryan Jaskot
- Actor
- Derek "Poetx" Jennings
- Liner Notes
- Mister Diggs
- Vocals
- Mister Marcel
- Photography
- Piano Reeves
- Producer
- Gentry C. Simms
- A&R
- Kim Wu
- Photography

















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