But then I tried to challenge myself to make it more than that. But on “Trilogy,” the first record we recorded much before, and we were just going to leave it as a skit. But what I wanted was to challenge myself. It would have been nothing for me to just get with an A-list producer and bang out some songs with some good rhymes on them. It’s easy for you to just get comfortable. I don’t think it’s a very safe record, which is what I’m proud of. Even the song “Push,” with me trying to sing an entire verse. I just loved the track, and I couldn’t do it in the obvious way.ĭo you feel like you try to push the envelope with the record as a whole? As well as, let’s push the envelope, in terms of hip-hop, in terms of what you’re not supposed to do and what you can do.” Even eight years ago, I wouldn’t have thought about covering another rap record, but the boundaries have been pushed, so I’m ready to push them in a direction that I’m happy with. The song “When the Gun Draws” is very thematically similar to a previous song you did, “Stray Bullet.” Why did you revisit that concept?Īll these things are kind of taboo, and my approach to making the album already unconventional, so I was like, “How about I do a part two?” I thought, “That song was so cinematic let’s do some more scenes. So we played the verse for Chuck, and he liked it. And when I got the beat, I just started doing that verse. If I heard someone was doing that, I’d be like, “I gotta hear that for myself.” So that put that extra pressure on me. I like to bite off a lot and put myself out of my shoes. Well, I’m a huge fan, and I like challenges. You chose to do an update of Public Enemy’s “Welcome to the Terrordome” What drew you to that song? So that was done to make this record cohesive. Rock inspirations, soul inspirations… There’s an air of hope with some of the record. To fit the mood of what I was trying to convey, not only lyrically, I wanted to incorporate vocals and incorporate instrumentation to fit that inspirational vibe of the song. The production on your album is very different this time around, incorporating jazz, soul, R&B and other influences. It’s that push, that drive to make that record. I have to have a strong desire to persevere through the turmoil of that whole thing. What does the title of your album, “Desire,” mean for you personally? spoke with Monch while he was on the road, making his own “desires” known and explaining why he won’t let another seven years go by before the world hears from him again. The album finds Monch effortlessly jumping from R&B on “So Good” to an Elvis impersonation on “Body Baby”, culminating in the 9-minute revenge epic “Trilogy,” all while maintaining his complex lyrical style. 58 on The Billboard 200 and 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. “Desire,” Monch’s second album, reached No. He quickly got back in the game by remixing Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” last year. It’s been seven long years since Pharoahe Monch advised us all to “get the f*ck up” on his hit “Simon Says.” The song’s unlicensed Godzilla sample got the record “Internal Affairs” pulled from shelves, but it’s the former Organized Konfusion member’s latest album, “Desire,” that is now towering over an unsuspecting populace.įollowing the success of “Simon Says,” Monch left Rawkus Records, and endured more than his share of label issues - including a failed deal with Shady Records - before being picked up by Steve Rifkind’s Street Records Corporation, a division of Universal Music Group.
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