Pharoahe Monch will eat your favorite rapper...believe that. This cat got so many quotable lines on his new album sheeeiiitt...here's a sampling:"rap is like star wars except the stars die theres no sequels/beat three cases; see 3 P.O.'s"
"still get it popping without artist and repetoire/cause monch is a monarch only minus the A&R"
"keep snoring, keep sleeping i'll keep touring/come back lay in the cut like neosporin'/came out of the fallopian blasting/pharoahe hungrier than ethiopians fasting"
"incompleted, only deleted/to be pushed to the back of your mind like a hairline thats been receded"
IMPRESSIVE to say the least. Pharoahe has always been lauded for his lyrical prowess. Less discussed though is his ability to flip contemporary R&B joints and make them his own. So here's two fine examples...plus 1 throw in (a flip of a smooth r&b/jazz gem of the past). The 1st one is from maxwell, Pharoahe flipped this 1 on "queens". all he snipped was the intro and though you can obviously identify quickly what it is...its genius to me because the feeling of the records end up being two wholly different emotions. Numer 2 is from Tweet's debut. "My Place" gets the treatment here. Pharoahe funks it up (on "so good") with a harder kick and snare and speeds it up just so...PERFECT. The Wah WahWatson forms the basis of "hold on" monch's ditty w/ badu. PM song doesnt sound like a sample. Its so damn clear. ah...hopefully one day i can mix at electric ladyland too. i find solace in the fact that you can make quality hip hop with an mpc and your sister's favorite slow jam tape. I aint posting pharoahes songs though (*so good is in the post below). Go buy those mayne!!!
Maxwell: Til the Cops come... (http://www.zshare.net/audio/2721081a6b6589/)
Tweet: My Place (http://www.zshare.net/audio/2721102dd993fe/)
Wah Wah Watson: I'll Get By Without You (http://www.zshare.net/audio/27212108b862c7/)
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