This week we sit with one of our favourite rap artists out there - yes, we talk to rapper, manager and one half of Little Brother, Rapper Big Pooh 🔥 In this wide ranging chat we speak in-depth on his love for Illmatic and Ice Cube, his solo career, Little Brother, family and what it’s like being with DJ Premier and Dr. Dre in the same room!

 

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Show Notes

• Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (01:22)
• How Illmatic helped Pooh fall in love with hip hop (03:15)
• How Pooh had to work on his stage fright (06:40)
• How he got his MC name…and how he never had a nickname (10:55)
• Breaks down his debut solo album ‘Sleepers’ with Khrysis (19:18)
• Using recordings as game film to hone his craft (27:00)
• How he inspired Evidence to go solo (29:40)
• Speaks on his love for family (32:30)
• Why he doesn’t talk about music at home…and how his sister’s boyfriend is a huge Little Brother fan and didn’t know Pooh was her brother (38:05)
• A brilliant story about his sister’s friend groupied out (40:40)
• How he met Dr. Dre and DJ Premier and sat in the studio as they worked together (45:30)
• Breaks down his ‘Words Pain Pictures’ project with Apollo Brown (50:43)
• His thoughts on the film ‘Jesus and the Black Messiah’ and America’s suppression of people (57:00)
• How he’s navigated the change from 2020 (1:01:40)
• Talks football (soccer) (1:04:50)
• Speaks on his relationship with Phonte, Little Brother’s future and his next solo project (1:08:30)
• Would love to work with DJ Premier, Battlecat, DJ Quik and The Neptunes (1:13:00)
• Working with Black Milk on ‘The Purple Tape’ (1:15:00)
• Speaks on his role as a manager (1:16:50)
• The last great piece of music he heard and why loves Ice Cube (1:27:55)

 

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And our last series talking best 3-album runs in rap can be found here…

Ice Cube with Shawn Setaro (https://bit.ly/3kaYfOq)

Tupac with Andrew Barber (https://bit.ly/2HGr3QT)

De La Soul with Andrew Emery (https://bit.ly/324LJJn)

Gang Starr with Dart Adams (https://apple.co/2Vlx9t1)

A Tribe Called Quest with Rob Pursey (https://bit.ly/3oS73uX)

Redman with Take it Personal Radio (https://bit.ly/3tYFUcL)

OutKast with Justin Hunte (https://bit.ly/3b89bJh)

Mobb Deep with Chris Mitchell from Breaking Atoms (http://shorturl.at/zHIKO)

 

Catch all our Spotify playlists here…

Slept-On DJ Premier Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3iw4yun

Slept-On Wu-Tang Bangers Playlist: https://spoti.fi/32QtAQG

Sample Corner Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3eYfhMd

 

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