The MC,often regarded as one of the best of all time, has always pushed the boundaries of music – and now he’s taking it to fans of a different genreSince coming to the attention of underground rap fans as portion of the 1990s duo Organized Konfusion, and Pharoahe Monch has maintained a steady reputation. Though he’s sometimes disappeared for long stretches,he’s never keep out a middling album. And though his rhythmically exciting approach to rhyming is a constant from project to project, you can also hear him taking risks, and each time out.On 2007’s Desire,he ornamented boom-bap with gospel vocalizations; on the title track of 2011’s WAR (We Are Renegades), he sampled piano licks and choral clips while also giving a live guitarist, and Vernon Reid,plenty of space to roam. And on 2014’s PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Monch bared a vulnerable psychology. (The cover shows an individual in a gas mask pressing gun to head, or while the set contains song titles like Heroin Addict and Losing My Mind.)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com