Phonte

He released his solo-debut titled ''[[Charity Starts at Home]]'' on September 27, 2011 through FE Music.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=phontigallo|author=Phonte|number=65995548016123904|date=May 5, 2011|title=Phonte. Charity Starts at Home. 09/13/11. #FEMusic.}}</ref> His second album, ''No News Is Good News'', was released on March 2, 2018. It was included in ''[[Bandcamp|Bandcamp Daily]]''<nowiki/>'s best-100-albums-of-2018 year-end list (placed at #42).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-10 |title=The Best Albums of 2018: #100 – 81 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2018/the-best-bandcamp-albums-of-2018-100-81 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref>

He released his solo-debut titled ''[[Charity Starts at Home]]'' on September 27, 2011 through FE Music.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=phontigallo|author=Phonte|number=65995548016123904|date=May 5, 2011|title=Phonte. Charity Starts at Home. 09/13/11. #FEMusic.}}</ref> His second album, ''No News Is Good News'', was released on March 2, 2018. It was included in ''[[Bandcamp|Bandcamp Daily]]''<nowiki/>'s best-100-albums-of-2018 year-end list (placed at #42).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-10 |title=The Best Albums of 2018: #100 – 81 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2018/the-best-bandcamp-albums-of-2018-100-81 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Bandcamp Daily}}</ref>

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Phonte was featured on the track "No Wish" by [[Black Milk]], along with Raphael Saadiq.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gee |first1=Andre |title=Phonte Gets Poignantly Vulnerable On Black Milk's "No Wish" |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-milk-no-wish-syntk-1234793377/ |access-date=7 October 2023 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=21 July 2023}}</ref> Phonte made a guest appearance on the song "Beats N' Rhymes" from producer [[Kev Brown]]'s album "I Do What I Do", and has also recorded tracked with producer Oddisee, both members of the Washington D.C. (DMV)-based [[Low Budget (collective)|Low Budget collective]]. In 2006, he was featured on producer [[DJ Shadow]]'s ''[[The Outsider (DJ Shadow album)|The Outsider]]'' album. In the following year he contributed vocals to rap group [[Playaz Circle]]'s song "Paper Chaser", from their album ''[[Supply & Demand (Playaz Circle album)|Supply & Demand]]''. Phonte's recent projects include The Foreign Exchange's third album, ''[[Authenticity (Foreign Exchange album)|Authenticity]]'', as well as a collaboration (as Tiggalo) with Detroit-based musician Zo! titled '' Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80s''. ''Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80s'' is a homage to early 1980s [[R&B]] and pop music and features covers of popular songs such as [[a-Ha]]'s "[[Take On Me]]", [[Toto (band)|Toto]]'s "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]", and [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]'s "[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Stepping Out]]". He appeared on [[Danny!]]'s 2012 album ''[[Payback (album)|Payback]]'' as well as [[RJD2]]'s ''[[More Is Than Isn't]]'' in the following year.

Phonte was featured on the track "No Wish" by [[Black Milk]], along with Raphael Saadiq.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gee |first1=Andre |title=Phonte Gets Poignantly Vulnerable On Black Milk's "No Wish" |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-milk-no-wish-syntk-1234793377/ |access-date=7 October 2023 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=21 July 2023}}</ref> Phonte made a guest appearance on the song "Beats N' Rhymes" from producer [[Kev Brown]]'s album "I Do What I Do", and has also recorded tracked with producer Oddisee, both members of the Washington D.C. (DMV)-based [[Low Budget (collective)|Low Budget collective]]. In 2006, he was featured on producer [[DJ Shadow]]'s ''[[The Outsider (DJ Shadow album)|The Outsider]]'' album. In the following year he contributed vocals to rap group [[Playaz Circle]]'s song "Paper Chaser", from their album ''[[Supply & Demand (Playaz Circle album)|Supply & Demand]]''. Phonte's recent projects include The Foreign Exchange's third album, ''[[Authenticity (Foreign Exchange album)|Authenticity]]'', as well as a collaboration (as Tiggalo) with Detroit-based musician Zo! titled '' Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80s''. ''Zo! & Tigallo Love the 80s'' is a homage to early 1980s [[R&B]] and pop music and features covers of popular songs such as [[a-Ha]]'s "[[Take On Me]]", [[Toto (band)|Toto]]'s "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]", and [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]'s "[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Stepping Out]]". He appeared on [[Danny!]]'s 2012 album ''[[Payback (album)|Payback]]'' as well as [[RJD2]]'s ''[[More Is Than Isn't]]'' in the following year.