The two young gunners go in on their track at the Spliff. Props to Drew.

DOWNLOAD: H.O.P.E. – Dreams & Egos f. Casey Veggies

Here’s some new H.O.P.E. with (2)Dope To Sleep On alum Casey Veggies riding shotgun over Little Brother’s “Dreams.”

DOWNLOAD: H.O.P.E. – Dreams And Egos f. Casey Veggies | Mediafire

So the twelve days three weeks ended on a rather disappointing note (aka no new shit); but props to the new venture LB got. So instead of no post from Shake I put together a folder of all the files, tagged nicely I might add. Enjoy…

Tracklist + Download link after the jump…

01 Sirens (Sleepy Pooh Mix)
02 Can’t Win For Losing (Seque Mix)
03 Breakin My Heart (Belind Blooper Mix)
04 Good Clothes (Phonte Outtake Mix)
05 After the Party (Nekkied Ha Ha Mix)
06 ExtraHard (Extended Bitches Mix)
07 Step It Up (Sleepy Grocery Mix)
08 Two Step Blues (Trumpet Reference Mix)
09 That Ain’t Love (Faceemo Mix)
10 Dreams (Rashid Hadee Original Inst)
11 When Everything Is New (Original Mix)

DOWNLOAD: Little Brother – Twelve Days of Getback [Complete]

Almost done, and what a dope journey it has been. I wish more artists would do shit like this. Come to think of it, nevermind … I don’t need Soulja Boy writing a 10 paragraph essay on how he “supersoaks” yoooooooooouuuu. Sheesh.

“Looking back, I really don’t think we could’ve done a better job of ending the record. Everything we wanted to say about our group, our careers, and lives in general up to that point; we put it all on the track.” – Tigallo [via blog]

Day 11 – “When Everything is New (Original Mix)” [read blog entry]
PREVIOUS: Day 10 | Days 8+9 | Day 7 | Day 6 | Days 1-5

This is one of my favorite tracks on the new album and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. On day 10, Tigallo speaks on how this track served as a changing moment on how he perceived his “job”. And instead of a different mix for the “gift” Tay and Pooh drop the original instrumental for us. Dope!

In retrospect, it was really Pooh who saw the potential in this joint more than I did. I thought the lyrics I’d written for the hook were silly, but once we added our verses they took on a deeper emotional meaning. “Dreams” is probably my proudest moment on the album. Everything from the way it was conceived, to the verses, to the subject matter, to the beat, to the instrumentation, to the mixing, to the vocal arrangements (props to Khrysis for convincing me I could hit that Bilal-esque top note on the hook’s 2nd half…lol) showed everybody at the top of their game. It was, in my opinion, a beautiful example of how God lives through our expression. The mix you hear on the album, save for a few minute adjustments, is the exact same version we walked out of the studio with that morning. – Phonte

Day 10 – “Dreams (Rashid Hadee Original Inst.)” [read blog entry]
PREVIOUS: Days 8+9 | Day 7 | Day 6 | Days 1-5

Looks like Denaun Porter and Shake have something in common. Step It Up is one of my favorite joints off Getback as well. Dion is an artist everyone should be checking for as well. Dude has WRECKED everything he’s done with Hi-Tek.

Tek sent us this one with Dion’s hook already in it, so there wasn’t much to add save for the additional harmonies I sang during the last hook and the ‘baby do you want a massage’ part.  Honestly at first, me and Pooh didn’t think too much of the song after we did it, but after playin it for countless people who swore it was THEE jam, we decided to keep it. (Further proof that artists are very often the worst critics when it comes to judging their work…)

Day 7 – “Step It Up (Sleepy Grocery Mix” [read blog entry]
PREVIOUS: Day 6 | Days 1-5

As promised, I’ll be posting these daily. Day 6 is an extended “bitches” mix of ExtraHard. Shout out to Denaun Porter for laying down this beyond dope instrumental!

Around September of ‘06, me and Pooh had a few joints in the stash for Getback and we were happy with ‘em….but nothing really had that ‘umph’ we were lookin for. We went through countless beat CD’s from producers both big and small-time, but the heavens didn’t open up until we took a trip to Daytwah, Home of the Greats (Dilla, Black Milk, Waajeed, Zo!, and unbeknownst to many…..Denaun Porter).

Me and Pooh flew out to Denaun’s studio, played him the few songs we had for the record, and asked him if he had something that would fit. The ‘ExtraHard’ instrumental was the first beat he played.

Hot.
Damn.

Day 6 – “ExtraHard (Extended Bitches Mix)” [read blog entry]

Pooh and Tigallo decided to drop some gems for their fans with a special “Twelve Days of Getback” series. Each day Phonte will post different versions of Getback tracks. Each day also comes with a dope insight to the track itself via blog entries.

“Twelve Days of Getback” days 1-5 below…

Day 1 – “Sirens (Sleepy Pooh Mix)” [read blog entry]
Day 2 – “Can’t Win For Losing (Seque Mix)” [read blog entry]
Day 3 – “Breakin’ My Heart (Belina Blooper Mix)” [read blog entry]
Day 4 – “Good Clothes (Phonte Outtake Mix)” [read blog entry]
Day 5 – “After the Party (Nekkid Ha Ha Mix)” [read blog entry]

The Holidays have me all jacked so I forgot to post these as they came, haha. From now on I’ll drop the song they feature daily. Oh yea, cop the album bidges!