Phonte Drops Gems…Clowns RZA In The Process

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Phonte decided to let loose a few records that have been collecting dust for years.  Today, the Little Brother member leaked nearly an entire album’s worth of previously unheard material, recorded between 2001 and 2009.

If you didn’t already know, Phonte can sing!  Songs like “A Rollerskating Jam,” “Hard To Do Right,” and “Sunflower’s Lament” are pretty clowning for the fact that Phonte performs under pseudonyms (one of which happens to be a poor man’s Curtis Mayfield).   Then there’s “RZA Is The World” which places Phonte in role of RZA attempting to make a “We Are The World” style song for Haiti, which is both strange and comical.  Regardless, mostly everything he just released is quality material.  Check out the songs and Phonte’s short, but descriptive blurbs below.

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G.I.M.M.E. (Phonte x 9th Wonder) “Paper Lines” –  STREAM

*Circa 1999 – The first track Phonte and 9th Wonder ever recorded together

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Phonte “Blessings” (prod Khrysis) –  STREAM

*2002 – “Blessings” was most likely intended to be the opener for Phonte’s shelved debut, Tigallo Must Die.

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RJD2 “A Rollerskating Jam” ft Percy Miracles (AKA Phonte) & NeNe Rogers –  STREAM

2004: Me, RJD2 and YahZarah gettin’ our rollerskate on. One of Percy Miracles’ last appearances.

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Phonte “Hard To Do Right” ft Tony & Harvey Mayfield (AKA 9th Wonder) –  STREAM

2001: Me and 9th Wonder playin’ Curtis Mayfield’s (fictional) and way less talented bros Tony and Harvey.

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Phonte “Sunflower’s Lament” ft Tony Mayfield –  STREAM

2002: Another Tigallo Must Die joint w/ my short-lived Tony Mayfield character.

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Denaun Porter “Beautiful Thang” ft Phonte –  STREAM

2009: My hook reference vocals for what later became Slum Village’s Faster.

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DJ Spinna “Dillagence” ft Phonte –  STREAM

2007: Celebrating the life and legacy of #JDilla.

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Phonte “RZA Is My World” –  STREAM

My impersonation of RZA doin’ We Are The World for the Haiti earthquake victims.