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Liberator 4.1
Big Pooh
Sleepers

Little Brother's Big Pooh steps out on his own with his first solo release. He faces the Phife Dawg complex: the inability for a solo artist to repeat the tremendous success of a previous group or collective usually marked by several substandard breakout attempts. The end result is often career paralysis, droves of guest appearances, and recurring bouts of the "coulda's." This is not just some fly-by-night theory; this is scientific data I'm dealing with here. By far the Justus League’s Little Brothers success is due to the mellow soulful beats that 9th Wonder puts together, which are good enough to have a slow kid drool on the mike and make a decent record. Phonte has also held his own as one-half of the duo, Foreign Exchange, which he and producer Nicolay (who he met over the internet) put together. The evidence shows that if you’re in a trio and two of the members blow up, your odds of doing the same are slim. To be fair, Pooh does a much better job on "Sleepers" than Phife Dawg did with "Ventilation: da LP" or that other guy from the Fugees did with that one record he put out (Ghetto superstar my ass). "Sleepers" is by no means a bad album, but it definitely won't change your life and if you are not a fan of Little Brother or the Justus League, it won't change your mind.