Don’t get too excited — the acclaimed trio from North Carolina are unfortunately not reuniting. This track is from the vaults of Toronto-based producer and songwriter Bird, who became acquainted with 9th Wonder years ago. Bird so blown away by The Listening that he reached out to the 9th, resulting in Phone and Big Pooh linking up with Bird to record this track in Toronto.
This song will appear on Bird’s upcoming album La Notte (July 9).
With REKS’s new album Revolution Cocktail set to drop on February 26, he leaks a new track featuring Rapper Big Pooh and produced by A3. After the song, check out the video trailer for Revolution Cocktail below.
When the trust is gone, everything falls else falls apart. Rapper Big Pooh details his issues with the whole “female friends” dynamic with a short video for his single off the Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 2 project.
Treat yourself to some melodic, well-made Hip-Hop this morning courtesy of Focus’ “Clouds.” This track will be a part of Focus’ upcoming Focal Point 1172 EP, dropping on August 7.
FOCUS X J. PINDER X RAPPER BIG POOH “CLOUDS”
Since Rapper Big Pooh missed Halloween by a mere 24 hours, the video for “They Say” brings the morbid storyline you’d expect for that macabre holiday. Justus League fam Joe Scudda and Chuandon also make appearances. Pooh’s Dirty Pretty Things album is available now on iTunes.
“Fat boy, look at all these niggas I have outrun…”
There was a time when remixes were a complete reworking of the original. Rapper Big Pooh brings that classic approach to his Dirty Pretty Things lead single “They Say.” While the original’s production had a more urgent, slightly ominous feel, this remix is smoothed out soul. Dirty Pretty Things drops on November 1.
I wanted to do a remix that felt like when Pete Rock or DJ Premier used to remix records, give it a whole new feel. As I was listening to the track and thinking about the message, I reached out to two legends from legendary groups who’s contributions and skills may have also been overlooked.
RAPPER BIG POOH X PHIFE DAWG X T3 “THEY SAY (LEGENDARY REMIX)”
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Rapper Big Pooh and DJ Skillz have put together a 10 minute sampler of Pooh’s upcoming Dirty Pretty Things (November 1). There’s not much to complain about from what you hear; producers like Nottz and Focus supply good beats, the guests (Torae, Novel) are straight and the concepts (brotherhood, love) engaging. We’ll see if this is the project that gets Pooh out of the shadow of his former LB fam.
RAPPER BIG POOH “DIRTY PRETTY THINGS SAMPLER”
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“My circle getting small/ My legend grows bigger…”
Rapper Big Pooh drops his next solo album, Dirty Big Things, on November 1. Singer Choklate handles the hook while Pooh takes aim at naysayers and anonymous former affiliates waiting for handouts. Kudie Fresh’s production is a nice mix of heavy bass, synths and vocal chops. How ironic is it that in the span for two months we’ve gotten solos from all the former memebers of Little Brother?
RAPPER BIG POOH X CHOKLATE “THEY SAY”
“They thought Hip-Hop was here last week [with the BET Hip-Hop Awards]. Hip-Hop is really here this week…” – Dres the Beatnik
“I have to say that of the seven years, this has to be my favorite artist lineup.” – Brian Knott, A3C Founder
ATLANTA, GA — Atlanta’s 2011 A3C Festival kicked off yesterday with minimal problems and high-powered sets from an array of the industry’s respected names. The event began at 3 PM around the city with assorted “Meet and Greets.” Although many fans undoubtedly couldn’t attend them due to work commitements, it allowed the many artists and fans who flew in to be occupied before the evening. With many of those artists new to the industry, A3C filled out the rest of the afternoon with information panels on business models to market and brand independent music (“Do For Self,” “What Is the Hook”). Those who made it were treated to a eclectic blend of advice from veteran artists (Malice of the Clipse, Dungeon Family’s Backbone) and executives representing DTP, Grand Hustle, Audible Treats, BET and Universal Music Group.
By 6 PM, the Masquerade venue had begun filling up as the first artists took the stage. Upon approaching the site, you’re greeted to an outside stage, this year dubbed the “Underground Express” that featured performances from Torae, El Da Sensei, J-Live, Boog Brown and Rapper Big Pooh. Despite many of the bigger names being confined inside, this stage was important in that it set the tone for the rest of the showcases. This group provided the energy needed to break the 9-5 work sluggishness many initially brought to the venue. Torae premiered new 9th Wonder and Pete Rock produced tracks from his forthcoming For the Record (November 1) album. The sultry Boog Brown let the uninitiated know the ladies could rock just as hard with a few selected tracks from her 2010, critically-acclaimed Brown Study LP.
Inside the Masquerade, the site had two parallel rooms on the bottom floor (A3C Pro Audio Room, Perfect Attendance) and one upstairs (Creative Loafing). In any given room there were freestyle battles, producer showcases and break sessions for the beat junkies. Legendary producer Diamond D of the Diggin in the Crates crew treated fans to a near one hour set of just playing his favorite 45, which ranged from notable samples (Jay Electronica, Mobb Deep, Pharcyde, Minnie Ripertona and Nas) to the highly obscure.
The only glaring issue with Diamond D’s work is that he started an hour late and completely destroying the listed performance schedules. Fans now had to guess when their favorites would be going on and check back regularly to avoid missing out.
Nonetheless, wherever you stayed you were treated to good music. Some of the more subdued, cerebral artists like Wu-Tang affiliate Bronze Nazareth struggled to translate their styles to a live atmosphere. Others with eccentric personalities like Homeboy Sandman had no problems whipping the crowd into a frenzy with frenentic rhymes and call and response chants. Even the Ying Yang Twins, who when announced for the event several weeks ago had many underground fans raising eyebrows, won over those who watched them perform their catchy hits. And those who preferred their Hip-Hop with a harder edge were treated to lyrical sets from Ultra Beast, Freeway and Random Axe.
Outside of one big delay, A3C amazingly managed to avoid much of the chaos that usually marks the first day of big festivals. Today promises to be even bigger with performances scheduled from 9th Wonder, Big K.R.I.T., Freddie Gibbs, Skyzoo, Cory Gunz Saigon, Pill and Jean Grae.
Tickets for the two remaing days of A3C can be purchased HERE.
“We’re on the same train, different cars…”
You can’t go wrong bringing together three graduates from the respective schools of Tribe Called Quest, Little Brother and Slum Village. For his upcoming Movies on Demand 3, Consequence recruits fellow vets Big Pooh and Elzhi to address new jacks who try to walk before crawling in the game. The hook features newcomer Tannie J. Cons says he was going for a “nostalgic 90′s feel.” You decide if he hit his mark.
CONSEQUENCE X RAPPER BIG POOH X ELZHI X TANNIE J.
