A-Game for both Pharoahe and the producer Kanye West. Both are on fire.
Wow, so I just looked it up and this song was put out back in 2005. Chances are it didn't get publicized enough so I'm keeping the post up. While we're on the subject of Pharoahe, his album is being dropped in the United Kingdom first and reviews are already up:
W.A.R. isn’t like any emotionally charged album, as it is fuelled with the immense lyrical product of Pharoahe and brilliant production credits from an array of new and established beatmakers, including Exile, Marco Polo, M-Phazes, Samiyam and Diamond D. Even when adopting the cliched ‘pulpit rapping’ formula on ‘Let My People Go,’ Monch delivers remarkably with organs and signature choir to back him up.
Guests on board come at no surprise as the more introspective collection of Styles P, Little Brother’s Phonte and Jill Scott all provide further recollections for the Pharaohe’s enriching concepts. Even when returning to slap emcees upside the head on ‘Assassins’, the former Organized Konfusion spitter rains in on the onslaught alongside Jean Grae and Royce Da 5’9″ who literally crashes into the track.
Along with Royce on his new album, Pharoahe Monch also had Mr. Porter doing production for his last album Desire and appeared on Slaughterhouse's first album, so he seems pretty well tapped into the Detroit scene. Someone should call up Marshall Mathers and tell him to sign Pharoahe. He would be great alongside Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf and Eminem.
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