Getback

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Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	A−^[3]
HipHopDX.com	^[4]
RapReviews.com	(9/10)^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]
XXL	(XL)^[8]
DJBooth.net	^[9]

Getback is the third studio album from Little Brother, released on October 23, 2007. On October 12, Phonte leaked the album himself to Okayplayer.com

Details

The group has confirmed the involvement of several outside producers, in addition to 9th Wonder. These include Nottz (who previously collaborated with the group on the Justus League album, Soldiers of Fortune), Illmind (who has contributed to their mixtape albums), Hi-Tek, and Denaun Porter. Low Budget producer, Oddisee was supposed to make a contribution, however, the group wrapped up the album before finally meeting up with him.

The songs recorded and confirmed include four Nottz produced songs, and four Illmind produced songs, along with one 9th Wonder produced song. This caused many to speculate about 9th Wonders' role within the group, some even suggesting that he may have left the group entirely. Asked for clarification, 9th responded:

“ I'm still part of the group and that's all I have to say. I'm big on what's in the group stays in the group. I've always said the same thing, I'm 9th Wonder of Little Brother and Phonte is the leader of Little brother. This is the direction the MCs have decided to take. I've only got one beat on the album for now and if I get more, I do and if I don't, I don't.^[10] ”

Fan reaction to this news has been mixed, with some welcoming the new changes, and many others calling for greater involvement from 9th. Nonetheless, the album still had an overall positive outlook from critics. In a drastic turn of events, the group announced in January, 2007 that they would be parting ways with both Atlantic Records, and their longtime producer 9th Wonder, due to creative differences but in both cases, on amicable terms. Rapper Big Pooh was quoted as saying:

“ Little Brother has decided, in the best interest of the group, for Little Brother and 9th Wonder to part ways. There are no hard feelings and no beef. This is just a decision that had to be made so all three of us could move forward and continue to provide the world with dope music.^[11] ”

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Samples
0 (UK/Japan Only)	"Please Stand By" Instrumental		Zo!
1	"Sirens"	P. Coleman T. Jones C. Durand R. Ibanga, Jr.	Illmind	Little Brother Carlitta Durand
2	"Can't Win For Losing"	P. Coleman T. Jones R. Ibanga, Jr.	Illmind	Little Brother
3	"Breakin' My Heart"	P. Coleman T. Jones D.M. Carter Jr. P. Douthit	9th Wonder	Little Brother Lil Wayne
4	"Good Clothes"	P. Coleman T. Jones R. Ibanga, Jr.	Illmind	Little Brother
5	"After The Party"	P. Coleman T. Jones C. Durand C. Tyson	Khrysis	Little Brother Carlitta Durand	Parodies a famous Jamie Foxx comedy roast, in which Jamie heckles a failed joke by Doug Williams
6	"ExtraHard"	P. Coleman T. Jones D. Porter	Mr. Porter	Little Brother
7	"Step It Up"	P. Coleman T. Jones D. Dawson D. Jenkins T. Cottrell	Hi-Tek	Little Brother Dion
8	"Two-Step Blues"	P. Coleman T. Jones D. Brockington D. Lamb	Nottz	Little Brother Darien Brockington S. Graham
9	"That Ain't Love"	P. Coleman T. Jones J. Murdock R. Ibanga, Jr.	Illmind	Little Brother Jozeemo
10	"Dreams"	P. Coleman T. Jones J. Young	Rashid Hadee	Little Brother
11	"When Everything Is New"	P. Coleman T. Jones L. Ferguson	Zo!	Little Brother
12 (iTunes bonus track)	"The Getaway"	P.Coleman T. Jones C. Tyson	Khrysis	Little Brother
HipHopSite.com Bonus Track	"Next Day"	P.Coleman T. Jones		Little Brother
UK/Japan Bonus Track	"System"	P.Coleman T. Jones L. Givens	Mr. Porter	Little Brother Tone Trezure

Singles

Good Clothes, That Ain't Love

References

External links

Getback by Little Brother Review

Little Brother

Phonte Rapper Big Pooh 9th Wonder

Albums	The Listening The Minstrel Show Getback Leftback

Related	Little Brother discography The Foreign Exchange Sleepers

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