Way back in 2000-2001, if you would have asked me who my favorite rapper was, I would have said Pharoahe Monch unequivocally. Fast forward nearly a decade later,I’m left scratching my head wondering what the hell happened to his career?
Sure, he had that joint with Dilla, Love, but that is the only jam that equals his output from the 90′s. It’s not like this man has lost his talent, but it feels like he lost his heart, which is readily apparent on his second solo album, Desire. I imagine with all of the label drama he had to go through in the past decade, that the love will go away from you, too.
Pharoahe’s flows, even to this day, are top tier. Plus he is a master at switching tones on you, at one point he can be this sick, sadistic sonuvabtich (think “Rape”), then the next he can be singing the sweetest of love songs (think “The Light”).
Anyways, what was the point of this post? Oh yeah, check out this Best of Pharoahe mixtape mixed by DJ Foodstamp. I already own all of these songs, but it’s good to hear them mixed up very nicely.
