Hip-Hop Thursday

"Desire" -- Pharoahe Monch

Pharoahe Monch is gifted lyrically and witty as hell. Lines like,

"Still get it poppin' without artist & repertoire, Cause march is a monarch only minus the A&R" plead my case for me. This was the first Monch song I remember hearing and it instantly won me over as a fan. The passion in his voice just oozes out over the beat, takes control of it in a way you can't help but buy into the inspirational picture he's painting. His latest album, W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), is dope, already in the discussion for my favorite Hip-Hop Album thus far in '11