Initially, I had this entire post mapped out about how Phonte’s “The Good Fight” describes my life and how it strikes a nerve that moves me to the point of chills each time I hear the record. Then I realized, doing so would be selfish. Read the rest of this entry »

What better way to kick off Charity Starts At Home’s visual campaign than with “Dance In The Reign.” Peep game as Phonte puts on for his mortgage, bills and food, the same things that pull us out of bed everyday. Read the rest of this entry »

Maturity and Hip-Hop go hand in hand like a hobo and an almond-shaped bar of Olay yet Phonte Coleman has made an earnest living from being that guy you revere as a professional artist–and turn around and get chummy with at your local pub. The past few years have been exciting for loyal disciples of the the former Little Brother’s congregation as he has walked the unbeaten path to musical lore with his rap and blues hybrid, the Grammy-nominated ensemble, The Foreign Exchange. Read the rest of this entry »

“My cousin hit me up and said he had to post bail again
‘Cuz my brother back in jail again
Back in that slave ship ‘cuz he tried to sell again
And all that’s going through my mind is ‘how the f*ck am I failing him?’
These young’ns want all of the spoils but none of the toils Read the rest of this entry »

Before the receipt is being printed for your purchase of Phonte’s Charity Starts At Home next Tuesday, two thirds of Little Brother link up to drop one last leak. Read the rest of this entry »

“If you thinkin’ bout quitting you should probably wait/Cause everybody gotta do a f*ckin’ job that they hate…”

As difficult as it is to explain, some songs come along at the right time and speak to you something serious. Read the rest of this entry »

“But what’s the deal with you and 9th on a solo?/I say we was homeboys before rap/n*gga we workin’ on it…” — Phonte from Median’s The Sender.

If there was anything more than a disagreement between Phontigallo and 9th, it isn’t evident in their chemistry in the studio. Read the rest of this entry »

Phonte knows you all love The Foreign Exchange. Phonte also knows you miss his humor, wit and lyrical dispositions hitting your eardrums on the regular. With that, there’s only one solution. Hit the studio and spill your guts out with your first studio solo album, you say? Read the rest of this entry »