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by Pharoahe Monch
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$30.44
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on 9-12-2008.
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Talk about going for the throat. Pharoahe Monch doesn't mess around when it comes to his music. He wants it loud, right in your face, and his lyrics are the same way. As half of Organized Konfusion, he has consistently held it down as a lyrical heavyweight, constructing complex rhymes that deal with multiple ideas at once. All in all, it makes for one BANGIN' album. When those horns start layin' that nasty loop for "Simon Says," you KNOW it's on. This is a consistently good, high-energy album that in my opinion is DEFinitely in contention for tightest release of the year. Pharoahe handles the bulk of the production (admirably, might I add), and the rest he delegates to some of New York's nicer hardcore beatmakers, the likes of Diamond D and others. Honestly, there isn't a song on this album that can be pegged as bad. From the rollicking "Intro" to the ominous/paranoid "Behind Closed Doors" to the smooth guitar licks of "The Light," it's just one jewel after another. And while some of the highlight tracks are collabos (Common and Talib Kweli lend a hand to the string-laden "The Light," M.O.P. stomps holes in the heavy "No Mercy," even Busta Rhymes guests on the Spanish-inflected "The Next Sh*t"), the real meat of this album comes when Pharoahe rolls solo. "Queens" is a round-the-way paean to his hometown that bumps like a champ, and even tracks with no concept behind them are still made likable by the banging production and Monch's clever wordplay. But the pinnacle of this album comes early, in the form of "Rape," where lines like "Witness a nigga who will take rap and chase it/To unoccupied dimly lit staircases and rape it" illustrate the borderline-disturbing metaphor for Monch's lyrical skill. It's a brilliant song (albeit a little sensitive of a topic), one that won't soon be forgotten. Do yourself a favor. Get wise to the real hip-hop and buy this album.
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