The Minstrel Show has sold about 90,000 copies as of right now.

Atlantic Records is re-servicing the record since Little Brother is currently touring with the Dilated Peoples and have a chance of selling more.

Warner/Atlantic is essentially going to act like the album never came out and push it again due to its buzz, critics, and the tour. I have no idea what the sales rep in the Raleigh area is going to be doing though I do know that certain Metro areas around the country will be pushing the album all over again.

If you downloaded or burned this album, get your ass up and buy it if you enjoy it.

1/16/2006 1:22:53 AM

Little Brother and "Dilated Peoples"... wow...

1/16/2006 1:42:34 AM

I bought it, it was well worth the money

1/16/2006 1:44:39 AM

^^whats so "wow" about that?

1/16/2006 11:28:37 AM

downloaded a while back

buying it today

1/16/2006 11:41:20 AM

Touring our way anytime soon?

1/16/2006 12:32:54 PM

damn only 90,000

oh well

1/16/2006 12:36:03 PM

f'real...i figured they had sold more than that

1/16/2006 12:58:37 PM

They've toured with Dilated before, it was a pretty damn good show too

But I check Dilated's site, I couldn't find any tour dates near here

1/16/2006 2:29:42 PM

they came through Chapel Hill in October i think it was, prolly wont be back around for a good bit.

1/16/2006 3:06:06 PM

They currently have no dates set in NC, but they do have a two week gap in their schedule down the road so who knows.

1/16/2006 3:09:53 PM

co-sign

1/16/2006 5:34:24 PM

i hear some rumors that this will be coming to the cradle.

1/16/2006 5:49:54 PM

this is bullshit

1/16/2006 6:30:31 PM

the rumors?
hmm, the rumors are true at least.

1/16/2006 6:53:18 PM

Aren't they going to push the album again because they're re-releasing the album with DVD footage from their earlier tour?

Can't wait til I see them on Feb. 7th with Fort Minor.

1/16/2006 7:31:47 PM

I'd think it's the other way around. They're adding extra stuff to try and sell more.

1/16/2006 9:05:53 PM

i've heard those rumors too - as far as i know nothing is set in stone, but it's def. been spoken about between the neccessary parties.

1/16/2006 10:46:38 PM

dilated is definitely touring and is negotions w/ cats cradle to book a show. blackalicous was the original touring partner but i guess that feel through and now LB got added b/c they've toured before and are still signed to ABB.

and yeah MS is being rereleased again w/ a dvd
Little Brother- Minstrel Show Director's Cut
Re-release of MS with bonus tracks, remixes, and a bonus DVD. Release date: Feb-Mar 06, I think.. (quote from Phonte in Dec)

1/16/2006 11:31:26 PM

^ I just got my friend who works for Warner to email his contact @ Atlantic and find out the particulars.

1/17/2006 2:07:10 AM

buy his album, then buy this to store it in:

1/17/2006 8:50:46 AM

oh so witty!

1/17/2006 9:07:59 AM

Ok, as of right now there will not be a reissue of the album with bonus material. This is because there were maybe 200,000 or so albums made and 90,000 sold. If they can manage to sell the rest, then there will probably be a reissue with bonus material.

1/17/2006 12:48:51 PM

^ I'm pretty sure I remember reading Phonte say something different.

1/17/2006 2:23:00 PM

There was talk of it awhile back, however it isn't happening now unless they get through their stock on hand.

1/17/2006 3:37:15 PM

They should make it a double cd with The Chitlin Circuit 1.5. I think the mixtape was a little more accessible to someone new to LB. A concept album can be a turnoff to the uninitiated.

1/17/2006 3:39:03 PM

it's not that much of a concept album. i mean, every song isn't about the concept of black culture making a mockery of itself to sell records.

1/17/2006 4:02:38 PM

^ no but the interlude between just about every song is.

1/17/2006 6:09:01 PM

then thats not really a concept album, but concept skits

concept album would be, the first idea that comes to mind, is Prince pauls "Prince Amongst Thieves"

like a movie on CD

1/17/2006 6:18:12 PM

and I, Phantom by Mr. Lif

1/17/2006 7:19:49 PM

and Deltron 3030, and Handsome Boy Modeling School, and Gorillaz, and Lovage, and Dr. Octagon, and a few more

oh yeah. i have an extra copy on wax still sealed FS if anyone is interested. pm me. k.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 7:29 PM. Reason : chop chop karate chop]

1/17/2006 7:28:23 PM

i was just naming the first one that came to mind for me, like hova was doing for him.

anyway, i still just can't get into the minstrel show album; then again, i didn't like the listening that much either, so i'm not sure what i would have expected to be different.

1/17/2006 8:10:11 PM

I understand that concept album isn't exactly the best description. My point is that the Minstrel Show theme is incorporated through the entire album which can be distracting if someone just wants to listen to songs.

1/18/2006 12:10:48 AM

i can honestly say that wouldn't be a distraction at all

maybe the percy song

but a minstrel show "theme" is most definitely not gonna shy away listeners

but I still think it is the worst they have put out

I don't really consider the Chittlin Circuit original because it had tracks from 1.5

Listening >Chittin 1.5>Minstrel Show

1/18/2006 12:54:42 AM

i love hip hop, and i loved the whole concept of little brother up until minstrel show.

if you want to live as a musician, you need to sell records. with your target audience being college kids and open mic night spoken-word-nerds, and your whole theme anti-pop hip hop youre destined to be a small time local celebrity at best. die broke in a lonely home.

i read an article where they were talking about how the laffy taffy song was such bullshit, and hey anyone will agree but you can believe D4L is payin the bills. now little brother fans have to go out and beg people to buy left over copies of an album? what kind of bullshit is this?

im calling it now, another local get-together group bites the dust. nasty fruit, whatshisname all over again.

1/18/2006 1:14:17 AM

you people have lost it

1/18/2006 1:18:13 AM

it's a double-edged sword

you get rich, you have ignorant singles that aren't you ( in LB's case)

you stay on the "grind", you love what you do and put out, but you aren't commercially successful

i mean

i go about as underground as Binary Star

and that is BARELY digging in the crates

when a D4L or a Chris Brown or Dem Franchise Boyz are dominating the game

what the fuck can you expect besides 90,000 records sold

1/18/2006 1:30:17 AM

Quote :

"Phonte: Yo I ain't never heard a act to blow and go global/ Then come back home and still be called local/ And when we onstage the people they all front/ Dope beats, dope rhymes what more do y'all want"

1/18/2006 9:23:51 AM

Quote :

"i read an article where they were talking about how the laffy taffy song was such bullshit, "

yea i remember that article, and it emcompassed everything i hate about "underground"/Non-popular rap, whatever you wanna describe LB as. He came off soundin like a hater

Quote :

"Phonte: Yo I ain't never heard a act to blow and go global/ Then come back home and still be called local/ And when we onstage the people they all front/ Dope beats, dope rhymes what more do y'all want"

I think dope may be giving them too much credit, thats just me....anyways

i found that quote funny cause they just annouced tour dates with Fort Minor...and lo and behold theres none in NC

1/18/2006 9:36:00 AM

Quote :

"you people have lost it"

Paul, seriously. I like LB, but it's in all honesty run-of-the-mill decent hip hop.

I can't pick out anything special about it, other than that it just doesn't suck.

Well, other than it being local.

1/18/2006 12:02:32 PM

Quote :

"if you want to live as a musician, you need to sell records. with your target audience being college kids and open mic night spoken-word-nerds, and your whole theme anti-pop hip hop youre destined to be a small time local celebrity at best. die broke in a lonely home. "

This is exactly what I was trying to say. I love The Minstrel Show but I don't find it suprising that it didn't sell.

[Edited on January 18, 2006 at 12:33 PM. Reason : ]

1/18/2006 12:32:55 PM