studio album
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by Little Brother. It was released on April 21, 2010 via Hall of Justus Records.
Background
During a May 2008 interview with hiphopgame.com,
Rapper Big Pooh
Thomas Louis Jones III (born February 12, 1980), better known by his stage name Big Pooh (or Rapper Big Pooh), is an American rapper, who, along with fellow rap artist Phonte, is a member of the acclaimed North Carolina hip hop group Little Brothe ...
hinted that he and
Phonte
Phonte Lyshod Coleman, known mononymously as Phonte (born December 28, 1978), is an American rapper, singer, and producer. He is currently of the North Carolina hip-hop trio/duo Little Brother (revived in 2019 without producer 9th Wonder) and ...
may never record another album together. "That's so far in the future. We don't know if we are even gonna do another Little Brother album at this point. We are working on our personal projects right now. After this report, Phonte did announce another album--Leftback--but he also announced that the group would subsequently take a Black Star-esque hiatus, wherein he and Big Pooh will collaborate, but another group album will not be released for a long while Recently, former group member
9th Wonder
Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975), better known as 9th Wonder, is a Slum Village Baatin.
Most recently, Rapper Big Pooh posted a bulletin via MySpace stating that he, along with 9th Wonder and Phonte, are no longer doing features as a group, but that he was still available to do solo features as himself. In the same post, he also mentioned that Leftback was near the end of the completion process.
On March 27, 2010, Phonte and 9th Wonder fought through
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over a beat that 9th Wonder produced and did not want on the album ''Leftback''.
The album was leaked on April 9. Early reviews of the album rated it beneath the level of their earlier work.
Commercial performance
The album sold 4,600 copies in its first week; it debuted at #128 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.Little Brother - Leftback (CD liner notes). Hall Of Justus Music Group. HJR 5008
* Mischa "Big Dho" Burgess - executive producer, art direction
* Phonte - writer, performer, recording engineer, mixing, addiditonal background vocals, executive producer
* Rapper Big Pooh - writer, performer, executive producer
* Khrysis - recording engineer, mixing, producer
* Soiree Records - mastering
* Milosz Wachowiak - art direction, graphic design
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