Doja Cat thinks that Phonte’s verse on Little Brother’s “Whatever You Say” is certainly one of the greatest verses in the historical past of hip-hop.
During a current Instagram Live session whereas doing make-up, Doja listened to the observe whereas taking good care of her eyelashes. She mouthed Phonte’s verse till the finish and afterwards, paused to let the individuals watching her know what she considered the observe.
“Bruh, that’s one of my favorite verses in the entire fucking history of rap ever,” she mentioned with a smile. “That shit was so smooth. He didn’t rhyme one fucking word. I don’t care what anybody says.”
Doja continued by admitting he rhymed one or two traces collectively, however doubled down on her level that it really works so properly as a result of it’s not predominantly rhymed. “It works,” she admitted. “You don’t have to rhyme.”
Doja paying homage to Phonte comes simply days after Little Brother’s ultimate dates of their farewell tour occurred. Earlier this yr, Phonte and Big Pooh introduced the Curtain Call tour as the group’s ultimate trek collectively earlier than retirement.
“I wanted to let people know, me and Phonte, we super good,” Pooh revealed to AllHipHop. “We had a chance to reconcile, come back and, I believe, put Little Brother to bed the proper way.”
“We was able to do it the right way and I believe that’s one of the things we both thought was important—not that when we knew when that day would be, but it was still important to have that moment and allow our fans to have that moment, too,” he added.
“Pooh said it beautifully,” added Phonte. “We came back after a decade and got our first No. 1 record, we did our own movie, we did our own block party and regained control of our catalog. Our work is complete. Our mission as Little Brother is complete.”
“Pooh and I were really able to not just rebuild but also cement our brotherhood. That was the most important,” Phonte concluded. “That was the God of it. Our work as Little Brother is done. Our lives as Phonte and Thomas will go on forever.”