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Monday 20 August 2007

One to watch: Phonte Coleman


Big Pooh and Phonte of Little Brother on the cover of their soon-to-be-released third album "Get Back".

Tigallo goes to the movies

I always find myself checking in on the blogs of Phonte Coleman. A major creative force as part of Little Brother and The Foriegn Exchange, he has been guesting heavy on a variety of projects of late. My favorite being 4Hero's "Give In". And credit has to be given to his inspired rendition of Toto's "Africa" with Zo! (stick around to the end where the magic begins!).

What i really appreciate is that he is a true multimedia artist, like ?uestlove before him and now kanYe and even Just Blaze have followed.

Phonte gives so much more to his fans than just the music. Track back on the above link and you’ll find videos and diary-like entries from LB’s experiences on tour in Europe as well as Phonte’s music recommendations and championing of the work and web presence of Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor.

Now that’s a multi-layered portrait of an artist and a scholar. This Coleman boy's done good! (boy as in no-relation fam, not as in "white racist word!" ©Michael "Good Times" Evans)

3 comments:

MattM said...

Who did the Little Brother album art - The Clipse?

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omni osi said...

HAha! yeah, and i'm still tryin' ta figure out why Phonte is so much smaller than "BIG" Pooh. i got the pict from FMWJ's rappers i know site. i'm not sure if he did the cover though.