Rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer Phonte Coleman is known for one of the richest and most consistent discographies in post-millennial hip-hop and R&B. The lifelong North Carolinian began in the early 2000s as one-third of Little Brother, in which he honed casually clever wordplay that projected vivid realism with rare depth and sharp humor. Coleman branched out later in the decade with the Foreign Exchange, an enduring R&B group whose "Daykeeper" (2008) was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Urban/Alternative Performance. As a solo artist, Phonte has release...