The Listening

Little Brother

2003

The Listening, the debut album by Little Brother, revolves around a fictional radio station: WJLR – Justus League Radio (complete with features like a interview with 9th Wonder), which also contributes to tying all the songs more together.

The underlying theme of The Listening concerns the group’s effort to engage their listeners on a deeper level, and their frustration at casual listeners who pay little attention to lyrics and content and simply want to hear a “hot song”. The interludes are performed by the members of a fictional radio station called WJLR (Justus League Radio).

On the last song, “The Listening”, the group addresses the album’s main theme directly: they abruptly stop the song, exchange dialogue, then restart. Keep it locked on WJLR Justus League Radio!