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Desire (CD)

By: Pharoahe Monch (Artist)

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Pharoahe Monch Artist Snapshot:

One half of storied 1990s underground rap duo Organized Konfusion, Pharoahe Monch possesses one of the most remarkable (and instantly memorable) flows in hip-hop, along with a penchant for multisyllabic feats of linguistic acrobatics. The Queens native's 1999 Rawkus debut, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, earned him instant notoriety with brash beats, many self-produced, and angularly spit lyrics that swung from gutter-raw to reflective and refined. When a follow-up failed to quickly appear, the legend grew, anticipation stoked by sporadically released tracks on soundtracks and mixtapes. Finally dropped eight years later, DESIRE somehow lived up to the hype, boasting tight beats and gleefully extravagant rhymes.

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DISC 1 for Desire (CD) Album By Pharoahe Monch (Artist)
1   Intro
2   Free
3   Desire - (with Showtyme)
4   Push - (with Tower Of Power/Showtyme/Mela Machinko)
5   Welcome To The Terrordome
6   What It Is
7   When The Gun Draws - (with Mr. Porter)
8   Let's Go - (with Mela Machinko)
9   Body Baby
10   Bar Tap - (with Mela Machinko)
11   Hold On - (with Erykah Badu)
12   So Good
13   Trilogy - (Act I/Act II/Act III, with Tone/Dwele/Mr. Porter)
 

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Review

Spin (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[He] demonstrates why his rapping is nearly unparalleled in diction, creativity, and storytelling."
Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "His intricate rhymes ricochet gracefully off gospel-inspired backdrops....It's this year's rap album to beat." -- Grade: A
Uncut (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "DESIRE's lyrical broadsides coil like barbed wire round beats which call to mind the activist soul of the 1960s."
XXL (Magazine) (p.135) - "12 tracks of adamantine lyricism tempered by imaginative concepts....'Push' is a horn-driven, bluesy number produced by Monch..."

Title Note

Personnel: Pharoahe Monch (vocals); Mike Chav, Rob (guitar); Arden "Keys" Altino, Bamm Davis (keyboards); 99 Fingaz (bass guitar); Sean C., LV (drums); J. Clyde, Lee Stone, Alchemist , T. Jamerson, Black Milk (programming); Boogie Blind (scratches); Lenesha Randolph, St. Juste, Candice Anderson (background vocals).

Additional personnel: Dwele, Tower Of Power (horns); Mr. Porter (programming); Mela Machinko, Erykah Badu, Showtyme, Tone (background vocals).

The thinking man's favorite MC, Pharoahe Monch put in work in the 1990s as one half of Organized Konfusion. His exceptional 1999 debut, INTERNAL AFFAIRS (perhaps the apex of Rawkus's first wave), raised the bar for intelligent lyricism. After an eight year absence, the South Side, Queens native brings a gang of stress build-up to his sophomore release, DESIRE. Setting his sights on everything from crooked record labels to the war in Iraq, Pharoahe unleashes his lyrical fury with a barrage of head-scratching homonyms and tongue-twisted alliteration that puts Das EFX to shame. He speaks of gun violence on "When the Gun Draws," reworks PE's "Welcome to the Terrordome" for the new millennium, and gets a little crossover on "Body Baby." The beats bang thanks to the Alchemist, Denaun Porter, Sean C, Black Milk, Lee Stone, and Pharoahe himself, while Erykah Badu, Mr. Porter, Dwele, and Tone are featured. Without a doubt, DESIRE ranks among the best hip-hop albums of 2007.

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