In 2002, Dutch producer Nicolay shared his beats on the Okayplayer message board. Phonte, one half of the prolific rap duo Little Brother, was impressed with what he heard and reached out to collaborate. Their intercontinental alliance resulted in Connected, the debut album from their group Foreign Exchange, which celebrated …
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Black Milk beat the Friday rush with the July 19 release of his eighth studio album, Everybody Good? The 12-track project is yet another display of Black Milk’s polished penmanship and production virtuoso. One of the standout tracks is “No Wish” with Raphael Saadiq and Phonte. The Detroit producer-MC scored …
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When Drake stepped onstage to give his acceptance speech for the BMI Songwriter of the Year Award in 2011, one of the names he shouted out — along with his mom, Kanye West, and Andre 3000— belonged to Phonte. The name of the rapper from the acclaimed North Carolina duo …
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