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Apr 19, 2009
THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE (Nicolay & Phonte) FREE Beyond the Sound:Charlotte, NC: 4/19. Details here

The Foreign Exchange is a hip hop duo consisting of American rapper Phonte Coleman and Dutch producer Nicolay. The pair first made contact over message boards on Okayplayer.com and began recording and sending music back and forth. Soon after, Phonte and Nicolay formed The Foreign Exchange without having ever met each other in person, hence the name Foreign Exchange.

The album, Connected, was released in 2004 and was a showcase for Nicolay's musical talents as well as an introduction to like-minded Little Brother affiliates who guested on the album. The album received strong reviews[citation needed] and the single, "Sincere" featuring YahZarah, was released with a promo video. In October 2008, the group released their sophomore album Leave It All Behind.

Check out their AMAZING LIVE show at the next MySpace Music Presents Beyond the Sound Event Sunday April 19, 2009. EARLY Show and arrival suggested. Doors close at capacity!

Details below!
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Aug 13, 2008
LITTLE BROTHER MySpace Release Show in Honolulu, HI : Saturday August 16, 2008

Click on the flyer below for info!
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  - Imagin
    DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yall Finally are coming out to hawaii and ill be in the middle of a PCS and gone from hawaii.
    
    Damnit.
    
    4 years ago
  - Tehran Malone
    Tay!!!! I saw yall last year here in Chicago at the Abbey Pub and yall Killed it!! I already got my tickets and I'll be there this Thursdayas well! You shold bring the guy from the Diary of a Mad Black Man with you. That was hilarious. I'm goin to cop that LIAB 1st thing in the morning too. Maybe I can get a special edition CD with some autographs at the concert. And this time, I'm not gonna be left without a GetBack shirt like I was last year.
    
    3 Days till Thursday!!!!
    
    4 years ago
  - Steve O
    BEST FUCKN HIP HOP CONCERT I'VE SEEN EVER! I WOULDA FUCKN PAID FOR THIS CONCERT FO REALZ, DATZ HOW MUCH I SUPPORT YALL FO REALZ. DOIN IT BIG TE N POOH MUCH LUV N RESPECT FOR BRINGIN HIP HOP DOWN TO HONOLULU.
    I KNO WE GON BE SEEIN' MORE OF YALL DOWN HERE
    
    4 years ago
  - David
    Lol at Akiona, haha we was da firsts in line fo those free tickets. N LB i c u guys at da show tomorrow.
    Peace n here's a new equation LB+beats=Hip Hop Saved
    
    4 years ago
  - BRONSON akiona
    i got my free tickets...... nanananabooboo to you if u aint down in the islands. nah jus playin.
    
    4 years ago
  - oh snap!
    wonder if you'll run into Obama...
    
    4 years ago
  - IZ-REAL (STRANGEGIBBERI…
    i need that shirt tig. lol.
    -iz
    
    4 years ago
  - Corey Lea'Kes
    Damn!!! I'm really hurtin' NOW, I'm trapped in Iraq and My Favorite Hip Hop Group and Fam are gonna be tourin' on what was my Home 5 years ago in Honolulu, Hi......along with my favorite Hawaiian Hip Hop Rapper EM!RC.......Damn!!!.Ya'll Blaze them Volcano's and make sure ya'll take a trip ova to DiamondHead 4 Me. Imma Call you afta the 16th Phonte just to chat for a few and Tell Tassho I said whats up...........Corey.
    
    4 years ago
  - Soccer the Real Football
    rap - lies = hip hop needs to be the new movement
    Do yo thang in Hawaii Little Brother.
    
    See ya back stateside....
    
    4 years ago
  - d.o.n.
    YA'LL NIGGAS BET' NOT BREAK UP!!! i quit.
    
    4 years ago
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Jan 15, 2008
Twelve Days of Getback, Day 12- Sorry Folks, Nothing To See Here

"....and the ball game's over." - Walter A. Coleman, Jr.

Well, my good friends, we've reached the end.

I was going to give y'all the "Second Chances" joint for the last day, but I just got word last night that it may be getting used for a major project that's droppin later on this year. I'm happy for the exposure nonetheless, but I still feel like the father who promised his kids Jordans for Christmas and showed up with L.A. Gear's....lol

Oh well, what mo can a nigga do?

I didn't mean for this shit to turn into the "Three Weeks of Getback," but I severely underestimated how hard it would be to crank out 12 blogs in as many days a) during the holiday season, and b) between recording sessions, family time, Guitar Hero, The Wire....(shit gets REAL in episode 3, btw) I'm only human after all...

Either way, we've reached the end and I sincerely appreciate all of you for reading and taking this journey with us. A big shout out to all the producers and MC's who worked on the album, and an even bigger shout out to all the fans who keep us going. We've got much more music comin for '08.

Stay Tuned,
Tigallo

P.S.-For those who missed the other leb'm days, Abraham Lainkin: h@@p://www.sendspace.com/file/nvtl62
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  - Positive Example
    A Little Brother and 9th wonder.This is Positive Example. We just wanted to thank you for influincing our group and the hip hop crowd what hip hop is,and how hip hop started and the history behind hip hop. We Positive Example are glad that its a group like yall that will never let Hip Hop Die. We Positive Example are praying that one day our group get well knowned in the music industry.like the rest of the artists.But we are taking our time waiting on God to help us with that,just like he helped yall.God bless yall.And peace From Positive Example Luv,Keep Fly'n High. From "DJ FLY 9".
    
    4 years ago
  - Mr. Corey
    LMAO!! I had the LA Gears w/ the "pump" joints on em...yeah my ol lady couldnt afford the Reebox, or J's..or Flights..so yeah it was British Knight Ambassadors(MC Hammer, lol)..good blog homie(s)
    
    5 years ago
  - Wynton Bannister
    Thanx for the ZIP file, brutha Phon-tiggalo. Being deployed in Iraq and all, I couldn't get ALL of the tracks at the time (sllllooowwww internet) and being busy and all. I was about to trade my mama's sofa to some peeps on MySpace to get the ones I missed, lmao.
    
    I truly appreciate the determination and dedication that you (and Pooh) put on for the blogs and "Get Back" altogether. I bump GB just about everyday; a really solid effort from beginning to end.
    
    I'm also steadily gettin' the word out about you guys to friends/family. Your music is what the TV/radio needs to live again. Luckily, in this day and age of technology, the internet proves as a helluva powerful tool, and let's not forget the most important thing: WORD OF MOUTH.
    
    Can't wait for FE2 and any other joints hittin' in '08. I've always been a dedicated fan and will continue to be. A Homey's there for the LB always.
    
    Take care and God bless in your future endeavors.
    
    -The 1 and Only Homey
    
    5 years ago
  - Brandon B.
    yo they need to com out w the custom "LB" Gear's thaswsup. na, for realz thanks for the good music n great sense of humor. i was str8 up lookn for a new blog all of 07, lets do it again n 08. peace to my LB fam
    
    5 years ago
  - Erik Holman
    Hey, I appreciate it wheter it's "!2 Days" or "12 Months", it's a great insite to all of your songs. Keep it moving in '08 for us!
    
    5 years ago
  - Touch Thomas
    Nah thank you and Pooh for staying true to the game and putting out that real hip hop..
    you guys are for sure running the game...Keep it up homie
    
    5 years ago
  - brittny oshunissweetash…
    just got my copy of get back in thailand. i must say as always it is the shyt
    
    5 years ago
  - Corey Lea'Kes
    Real Sh!t My Nigga......................Ya Boi......................Corey
    
    5 years ago
  - DJ Whitaker
    Tiggalo you have given use the hottest joints of the last year and I know you and Pooh are bringing some serious heat in the years to come. Big Ups to y´all and all my fam in NC.
    
    5 years ago
  - Warren Tanaleon
    Aww man i was waiting to read another one of ur funnyass blogs Tay! its all good tho! i thought u were gonna write a blog about that joint "Next Day" since it was the 12th bonus track on the Get Back.
    
    5 years ago
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Jan 8, 2008
Twelve Days of Getback, Day 11- "When Everything Is New (Original Mix)"

"I know it sounds like an ending.....this is a beginning...." -Thomas Jones

Zo is like my musical brother from another. Our relationship goes back to around 2005 when we hooked up after an LB show in Ann Arbor. He gave me a copy of his instrumental album "Passion...Definition" and I was an immediate fan. This nigga is the KAING of 'Saturday clean up/Sunday driving/chillin on the couch and havin a draink with wifey' music. He's also one of the few producers I know that is able to walk the line between 'hip hop beatmaker' and 'trained musician,' and we constantly push each other to get better and work harder:

Zo: "Nigga, I played the hi-hats on that "Africa" joint live all the way through.."
Tigallo: "Nigga, I did six-part hahminy at the end with all that Marvin shit....six-part hahminy (c) Duck Matthews
Zo: "Nigga, I had to practice that bassline on "Holdin You, Lovin You" for days til I got it right...."
Tigallo: "Nigga, I had to squeeze my nuts to hit that high note on Take On Me..."

That competitive spirit and mutual love for music led to us doing a whole 80's EP together ("Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80's" coming soon), as well as him co-producing a joint for the upcoming Foreign Exchange album. "New" was originally done as the intro to Zo's (www.myspace.com/zo and *cough* www.myspace.com/zoandtigallo) forthcoming production album. I did it for him and sent it back, but Pooh heard it and was like, 'nigga we gotta have that one!'

By this time in the album, me and Pooh pretty much had all the other songs done, but still felt like it was missing *that* something. I thought 'Dreams' was a gorgeous song, but I wanted to end the album on a joyous note. I knew that if I woulda ended with "Dreams" y'all woulda been lookin at the CD player like this:

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.

Zo speaks on it:

God bless and good night,
Tigallo
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  - Karlsen
    Man i copt 2 of those Getback T-shirts. Just so i can walk with them everyday.
    
    Peace Karlsen.
    DreaMoMusic
    
    4 years ago
  - Thad Ochocinco
    "Getback" came out in what...October? It's almost July and I'm STILL playing "When Everything is New." Like the cat before me said, that song just speaks to me on so many levels.
    
    And damn, the way Tracy McGrady got worked into all of this...classic.
    
    4 years ago
  - Mornin Man
    Almost a year after it's release, this song is my morning theme song before heading off to the plantation...thankx to all yall for puttin this one on fo real!!
    
    4 years ago
  - BVizdom
    wow....the tracy mcgrady ice grill mean mug!!! Lmao...the look of pouting failure...LOL (Still laughing after 10 minutes of looking at McGrady's Mean Mug)
    
    5 years ago
  - beat junkie
    I know I'm mad late, but LMAO at the T-Mac joint...caught me completely off guard...
    
    5 years ago
  - Miz Korona.."The Inject…
    Now that's what's up. I can't wait to hear the project.. Zo is my twin brother from another mother (he's a genius) so I know it's gonna be crazy.
    
    5 years ago
  - Rakim Allah
    T-mac comin lookin for y'all *LOL*
    
    5 years ago
  - K2K Productions
    Yessir! all I know is that I am still bumpin the album...nuff said!
    
    5 years ago
  - Kamau Williams
    This track took me by surprise when I first heard it. Not because Phonte is singing,but because of the energy surrounding it. It feels like a "Don`t worry,we`ll be back,so just ride with us" kind of track. Me and my sister harmonize with this one all day. This reminds me of the Foreign Exchange outro because you don`t want it to end. Keep that feel-good shit commin`
    
    5 years ago
  - Trillion
    Love the song, love the blog, love the twelve days of getback, but why's everyone saying this is the end? I don't know what it is, but I feel like there should be more than 11 days in the 12 days of getback. Day 12 - Secret hidden track that is so secret and so hidden it's not even on the album.
    
    5 years ago
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