Organized Konfusion was my shit!

I loved Pharoahe since I first heard that song he did for Madden 2002. Aside from his unique flow, most always credit him as one of few artists from the 90s that is not only consistent, but is always growing in terms of his subject matter. Like, he's not making Simon Says pt 5 or relying on what he talked about in his Organized Konfusion days. He's never antiquated.

...he's my favorite emcee.

Organized konfusion - open your eyes 🔥🔥

You should have added what it was like being sued? Sean P was taking the piss when he quoted “They sued your ass” then he bursts out laughing wildly. 😆

absolute classic!

A true lyrical monster

FACTS

Equally amazing album cover as well. R.I.P. Matt Doo

It's one of the most underrated albums of the '90s, along with Enta Da Stage.

Yep

Never a liar👊🏿

Lol, fam we see that you were really there!

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Word, you can play that album without skipping a song. Classic!!

Boss

major bars

A W E S O M E!

So grateful that it's resonating! Thanks for the love!

He's not the most complex. Aesop Rock is.

Oh my God, who gives a shit about which of the top tier lyricists has the biggest word count? All you assholes who are always pushing lyricism over content and catchiness and digability and everything else that makes a record great, you are going to kill hip hop music as we know it. Not the mumble rappers who you feel so boastingly superior over, it's you. You are killing hip hop with your relentless feedback on lyricism to the point that impressive word statistics is on its way to become the single focus for producers of hip hop music. Haven't you noticed a decline in beats you can bump to? And how often do you rap along to the songs of your word vomiting favorites, if you're being honest? Never is the answer because it's not flowing at all, it's just speed reading and you would admit that it sucks if you hadn't painted yourself into a corner over the past years, with your constant hollering about lyricism. And do you realize that the proud hip hop tradition of releasing hard hitting records is dying as we speak and will soon be gone entirely if you keep up your bullshit? It's not possible to get the listener all fired up when the lyrics are so complex, and the message of every bar is shrouded by ridiculously niched double and third entendres, that it takes three plays to begin to understand what the rapper is talking (deliberate use of word) about. And because the producers have stripped the song of everything that they feel is clouding the lyricism, there's no beat to pound the message home anyway. And what do you think will happen to hip hop music when it's lost all ability to resonate with the urban youth? It will die and only be known to the broad audience as the shallow rapping to radio pop beats that survived, and soon after that douchebag college kids will claim to rep the only bastions of true hip hop music that's left, incorrectly identifying the monotone beatless lyricist crap that still survive in the rooms and apartments of pretensious college douchebags as real hip hop because it's so apart from the commercial crap that also survived the Death of Hip Hop. And it's all because of you assholes.

@@achillessteals4535 Man, just say you want simple and catchy songs without artistic substance lol. You can have that opinion, and people can have their preference for lyrical content. People who say that lyrical miracle stuff is wack the same as people who say the catchy, easily digested stuff is wack. Yall are just representing a different side, you need to find middle ground and let artists express themselves how they want.

@@fulfillthedream9343 I listen to all types but my favorite is lies somewhere in the middle with emcees like Treach, Kool G Rap or, in honor of the man above, Pharoahe Monch spitting over dope beats. You do realize that by saying that only word counting lyricism have "artistic substance" you are dissing the culture's foundation and basically every hip hop legend from Kool Moe Dee to KRS-One. Speaking of, have you heard Teacha's latest album? Amazing boom bap, killer delivery of great lyrics and just oozing artistic substance... I could argue that just trying to pack as many words in a song as possible lacks in artistic substance, but I'm not gonna. There's a place for everything and monotone recitation of maximum words to minimal beats is obviously a thing. But so are dope beats in the vein of RZA or Apollo Brown, flowing like Grandmaster Caz or Rakim, the showmanship of Biz Markie or Shock G, the edutainment of KRS-One or Brand Nubian, the party music of Beastie Boys or Kurtis Blow, the storytelling of Masta Ace or Slick Rick, the revolutionary spirit of NWA or Public Enemy, and I could go on and on listing all the aspects of hip hop that I love. But you guys wanna make it all about the lyricism. The comment section under every rap video are full of opinions about the lyricism displayed and nothing else, and every discussion that follows about who is the greatest rapper mentions only lyricism as a criteria. It's crazy to me to hold a discussion on the greatest rappers and not even consider The Fresh Prince and many other legends. But it's not just you, a lot of critics are pushing the drone way of word speaking over sparse instrumentals. And the industry is starting to take notice, I'm guessing that they see a new market opening up, consisting of people who have always looked down on hip hop and never would have consumed any form of street culture. And that's fine, like I said, there's a place for everything (Rocket to Nebula was my favorite album of last year, speaking of minimalist beats) but you guys wanna make it everything.

You're welcome!

Sweeeet!

Super underrated album

Ras is WAY underrated

Don't forget no mercy. That was a banger two 🔥🔥🔥

Streaming makes you lose all the intricacies of the sounds. FLAC is CD quality so I'm always rotating 20-30 CDs on my phone.

Speaking of De La Soul, they need to be the next guests on People's Party. Given that they don't do a whole lot of interviews, that would be dope to see!

That’s right!!!

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