Paired with the guitar playing of Vernon Reid (Living Colour) this song packs quite a powerful punch. ![]() Rebel army motherfucker – THIS, MEANS, WAR” The machine is corrupted, down to the core Renegades, never slaves – THIS, MEANS, WARįuck limited freedom – nigga we want more Overthrow regimes in the name of the cause Tech: “We Are Renegades, this means W.A.R. Putting these two men together is lighting a road flare and throwing it into a warehouse packed with fireworks – explosive and quite a spectacle to behold. The fiery Afro-Peruvian Che Guevara of rap is is equally intelligent and even MORE belligerent when it comes to his frustrations – not just with the music industry but with a global economic system that holds down the poor while making the rich ever wealthier. It’s not a coincidence that Immortal Technique joins Pharoahe on the titular track. Rather than toning it down to reach greater levels of commercial success, “W.A.R.” is nothing less than the declaration of hostility which its acronym describes. Monch raps are often tagged as being too complex, too conceptual, too over the heads of his audience. Pharoahe Monch has spent many years channeling those frustrations into anthemic singles like the bouncy “Oh No” (featuring the late great Nate Dogg) and the club shaking “Simon Says,” but even successful singles were just that – successful singles. The food is contaminated, the water got led in it WisdomĬause when you sick and in bed you’re indebted to medsĬlones chickens walking around without heads “My inner visions, mysticism, call me Mr. Unfortunately a precedent was set then that has followed Monch well into his solo career: no matter how lauded his work was, modest album sales led to mega frustration. Twenty years later it still sounds like it came out yesterday. Calling what he and Prince Poetry did on the self-titled Organized Konfusion debut either “rap” or “poetry” is a disservice to both words – it was BEYOND anything hip-hop had previously achieved. Very few people in this lifetime have been worthy of the praise “talent on loan from God,” but Monch might be the rare case where that phrase doesn’t nearly go far enough. Dating all the way back to the early 1990’s, the man born Troy Donald Jamerson has been amazing hip-hop audiences and drawing rave reviews from even the snottiest of discerning critics. ![]() The cynicism Pharoahe Monch displays on the title track of “W.A.R.” is not unwarranted. Say FUCK radio if the people can’t pick and choose Which gives me the right to break the rules “I got a middle finger for mass media, mute the newsĬause when the gun draws, you see familiar views
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