Monday, August 09, 2010
Video: D-Nice's True Hip-Hop Stories: Pharoahe Monch
It's the return of good friend, D-Nice's 'True Hip-Hop Stories' after a far-too-long hiatus:
"In this episode of True Hip-Hop Stories, Pharoahe Monch discussed the making of the Rawkus classic recording "Oh No" featuring Mos Def and Nate Dogg."
Click the D-Nice tag below to see old episodes of 'True Hip-Hop Stories' on The Kitchen. Also previously on The Kitchen:
Listen to Pharoahe Monch's new single "Shine" feat. Mela Machinko (and produced by Diamond D) HERE.
D-Nice Online - twitter | wesbite | facebook
Labels: D-Nice, Pharoahe Monch
Friday, July 09, 2010
New Music: Pharoahe Monch - Shine feat. Mela Machinko (prod. by Diamond D)
Off the W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) album dropping this Fall on Monch's new W.A.R. Media label in conjunction with Duck Down Records. Shout to the homie, Guy who manages Monch....
Y'all dig??
Labels: Diamond D, Pharoahe Monch
Friday, November 20, 2009
Video: BlakRoc Episode #9 feat. Pharoahe Monch
I featured this before HERE but here's a bonus download of the track they're working on in the video:
BlakRoc - "Dollaz and Sense" feat. Pharoahe Monch & RZA [usershare mp3 links: stream | download via 2dbz]
Shout to my dude, Guy who manages Monch.
The BlakRoc Project drops "Black Friday" (11.27)
Online:
BlakRoc - website
Labels: Black Keys, Blak Roc, Damon Dash, Pharoahe Monch
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
New music: King Reign – Reign Music
Even though he's managed by my dude Guy, I haven't really been up on this cat since his "Guilty Party" record which I f-cked with hard. He's just dropped this new mixtape EP featuring Drake, Saukrates, Boi 1da, Rich Kidd and Pharoahe Monch.
Download King Reign – Reign Music here: sharebee [via Real Frequency]
Online:
King Reign - twitter
Labels: Boi 1da, King Reign, Pharoahe Monch, Rich Kidd, Saukrates
Friday, September 04, 2009
Ticket Giveaway for the Organized Konfusion/Poor Righteous Teachers NYC show at BB King's (week 1)
This is their first NYC show in over a decade (according to the above flyer, at least!).
Ok, so thanks to the good people at B.B. Kings / Highline Ballroom, we are gonna give away a pair of tickets during each of the next three weeks leading up to the Organized Konfusion/Poor Righteous Teachers show at the end of this month. We will be giving away some tickets for some other upcoming shows too including Mos Def, Murs, Jedi Mind Tricks etc. so stay tuned and keep checking back for more info.
For this week's giveaway though, a winner will be selected from entrants correctly answering the following question: what was their original name before Monch and Po became known as Organized Konfusion? Correct answers will be accepted by email subject line: 'Organized Konfusion/Poor Righteous Teachers Ticket Contest'" until 11:59:59PM EST on Monday September 7. Winners will be contacted by email.
Note: you must be able to make your own way to the show. NO transportation can or will be provided.
Here's some more fine print for prospective winners:
Upon arrival at the club, tables may be available; ask the host at the door if you would like to be seated. Please bear in mind that we cannot seat incomplete parties. Seating is not guaranteed. Please note that we enforce a ten dollar food or drink minimum for any seated guests. We always offer standing room space at our bar, without cover. We don’t reserve tables; please let me know if this affects your ability to attend the show.
Shows start promptly; BBKing's recommend arriving no less than thirty minutes prior to scheduled start time. Please bear in mind that if there is an opener on the bill, the opener will begin at the scheduled start time, not the lead act.
I think this is pretty much gonna be it for me until after the Long weekend. I got people coming into town and I wanna enjoy the end of this, frankly lousy summer. Have a good one, y'all and if, you're in the NYC area, ENTER THE CONTEST!!!
Labels: Organized Konfusion, Pharoahe Monch, Poor Righteous Teachers, Prince Poetry
Friday, October 31, 2008
Video: Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome"
Too little too late? From an album I thought was one of the best of 2007 and proof that an MC can do a credible, fresh & interesting cover of an old hip hop song:
No! The visual content and the song itself couldn't be more timely.
I remember when the orginal version dropped. It was the lead single from the follow-up album, Fear of a Black Planet, to the neutron bomb that was Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation of Millions... and the "Fight the Power" single which was the theme song to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. After those two landmarks, the group and Chuck D had the attention of the entire hip hop nation and the world - the only group bigger or (possibly) more important than them was U2. People would have literally gone to war for Chuck if he had decreed it, that's how big and influential PE were at the time. Anyway, relive a time when it felt like hip hop could change not only the way you thought or looked at the world but that world itself:
Public Enemy - "Welcome To The Terrordome" [YouTube link]
Online:
Check out the Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome" blog here.
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No! The visual content and the song itself couldn't be more timely.
I remember when the orginal version dropped. It was the lead single from the follow-up album, Fear of a Black Planet, to the neutron bomb that was Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation of Millions... and the "Fight the Power" single which was the theme song to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. After those two landmarks, the group and Chuck D had the attention of the entire hip hop nation and the world - the only group bigger or (possibly) more important than them was U2. People would have literally gone to war for Chuck if he had decreed it, that's how big and influential PE were at the time. Anyway, relive a time when it felt like hip hop could change not only the way you thought or looked at the world but that world itself:
Public Enemy - "Welcome To The Terrordome" [YouTube link]
Online:
Check out the Pharoahe Monch - "Welcome To The Terrordome" blog here.
Labels: Chuck D, Pharoahe Monch, Public Enemy
Thursday, October 18, 2007
TOMORROW in NYC: Turn It Up!
Going.com, Kunal Merchant, Fusicology, Rappers I Know & Spine Magazine
Present
Turn It Up!
with
Pharoahe Monch (hosting and special live performance)
DJ Dummy (Common's DJ)
DJ Soul (creator of the Dilla Donuts mixtape, "Assorted Donuts")
DJ Kayper (BBC Radio 1/ UK)
& special invited guests!
Plus: respect to Ms. Yancey - J.Dilla's mom will be in attendance!
@ BLVD
199 Bowery (@ Spring St.), NYC
$5 admission til 11p with RSVP to: going.com/turnitup
For more info, table reservations, bday parties hit up at hypelist@gmail.com
Labels: Common, DJ Dummy, DJ Kayper, DJ Soul, J. Dilla, Pharoahe Monch
TONIGHT in NYC: The Get Back...
Featuring DJ Spinna, J. Rocc, Cosmo Baker, DJ Kaos & Pharoahe Monch at Plan B - 339 E. 10th St. (btw 1st and Ave. A) in NYC:
Click here for back of the flyer. Busy week in the city what with CMJ 'n all. Too bad I'd rather stay at home with GG. Oh well....
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Click here for back of the flyer. Busy week in the city what with CMJ 'n all. Too bad I'd rather stay at home with GG. Oh well....
Labels: Cosmo Baker, DJ Kaos, DJ Spinna, J. Rocc, Pharoahe Monch
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Pharoahe Monch - "Let's Go" (with Live Band)
From his NYC show last Friday night:
Via Prefix (thanks, Dave)
More: Photo gallery from the show of Monch, Black Milk and Polyrhythm Addicts.
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Via Prefix (thanks, Dave)
More: Photo gallery from the show of Monch, Black Milk and Polyrhythm Addicts.
Labels: Black Milk, Pharoahe Monch, Polyrhythm Addicts
Friday, June 29, 2007
Pharoahe Monch: Live in NYC TONIGHT!
Even though his cheap-ass promo company wanted me to run a ticket giveaway on the site but wouldn't give me a pair for myself (I'd buy 'em but am dead broke), I'm still gonna show love for Pharoahe Monch's show tonight at the Highline. Looks like it'll be a good one with Monch performing with a live band and Black Milk, Polyrhythm Addicts and The Cool Kids opening up. He looks nuts in that tour poster though.... (Click here for more details.)
Pharoahe Monch - "Body Baby" [Listen: windows | real]
Online: MySpace | Website
Also this weekend:
- Goliath store BBQ and sneaker sale.
- Afro-Punk Festival in BK.
Labels: Black Milk, Pharoahe Monch, Polyrhythm Addicts, The Cool Kids
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Amy Winehouse feat. Pharoahe Monch & Jay-Z "ReHab (Urban Legendz Escobar RMX)"
Amy Winehouse live at the Highline Ballroom in NYC (image courtesy aphrodite-in-nyc)
More Pharoahe Monch along with Jay-Z doing his best impersonation of Rick Ross' flow yet again on a brand new remix of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" by (?) or at least sent to me by DJ Tone Capone:
- Amy Winehouse feat. Pharoahe Monch & Jay-Z
BTW: Thanks to my dude Shawn at Universal Music, I caught Amy live last week with the Dap Kings at the new Highline Ballroom venue. It was definitely a solid show and she sounded good although she never really "took it to church" the way Keke Wyatt and Teedra Moses did at a really good TVT Records soul music showcase I was at a couple days later. And I swear to God, homegirl was so drunk and slurrring her words in between songs that I could not understand a friggin' word she said and I'm actually from England! I also wish she'd done "In My Bed" and maybe had Ghostface there to do "You Know I'm No Good" but I figure if he's even done it one of the now many times she's played NYC, that's probably it. Check out some live video clips here.
Online:
Amy Winehouse: Website | MySpace | BUY Back to Black
and other music by Amy Winehouse herePharoahe Monch: Website | MySpace
Jay-Z: Website | MySpace
Dap Kings: Website | MySpace
Keke Wyatt: Website | MySpace
Teedra Moses: Website | MySpace
Labels: Amy Winehouse, Dap-Kings, Jay-Z, Keke Wyatt, Pharoahe Monch, Teedra Moses
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Rob Swift DJing at the Guitar Center Sessions (Full Routine)
Gonna get into hip hop nerd mode for a minute:
Elsewhere...
Pharoahe Monch new single: "Body Baby" [OnSmash video | audio: Windows | Real] - from Desire coming out June 26th. Pharoahe's really getting his Gnarls Barkley on - I like it!
Online: Guitar Center Website | MySpace - DJ Rob Swift | MySpace - Pharoahe Monch
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Elsewhere...
Pharoahe Monch new single: "Body Baby" [OnSmash video | audio: Windows | Real] - from Desire coming out June 26th. Pharoahe's really getting his Gnarls Barkley on - I like it!
Online: Guitar Center Website | MySpace - DJ Rob Swift | MySpace - Pharoahe Monch
Labels: DJ Rob Swift, Guitar Center, Pharoahe Monch
