Pharoahe Monch Breaks Down 'Simon Says,' The Legacy Of 'Internal Affairs,' & Rawkus | People's Party

One of my favorite rappers of all time!

Stress: The Extinction Agenda is one of the best hip hop albums ever made

They're all locked for the Harvey Weinstein case! Common, questlove, monie love...

Internal Affiars imo is a flawless, 5 mics album. I was super thrilled when Spotify made it streamable on its 20th anniversary after the whole sampling fiasco made it so rare to find.

I've been waiting for this...2 of Rawkus Records finest alumni. 2 incredible emcees and lyricist. This brings me back to Washington Square, West 4th, Fat Beats...Thank you People's Party for continuing to release quality content

Pharaoh Monche has always been a backpacker favorite... and as rap nerds in the '90s, we hated almost anything commercial or popular... but we weren't mad at "Simon Says." We were proud that an elite lyricist like Pharaoh was finally getting some mainstream shine... the beat was ridiculous, the chorus was cool and the lyrics were still dope af... that song is a classic.

Need The Extinction Agenda and De La Soul’s albums on steaming ASAP

Hip hops most complex lyricist ...top 5 lyricist all time

Monstrous ! 😎

I use to bodyguard in Manhattan. I recalled this brother carrying around his vinyl record to be played by the DJ. I love that record about Chicken 🐔 Awesome

Much Appreciation .

Askin about Simon Says reminded me of when Sean P interviewed Monch as Seanwuar

The only song I really didn't like was Rape. I hope they ask him to elaborate on that one.

Was front row in Detroit at St Andrews for the Spitkicker tour with Kweli and Monch. Was such a dope show. I believe Phife and Xzibit was on the bill too and Xzibit had Tash as his hype man (and Tash was my fav mc at the time).

This is for either or Rolliessss or Timexesss

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.... I can't wait. My favorite album.

One of my top 3 MCs ever

Can't wait for this one 😁

I've got my release day, first edition CD right here in my room. I picked up every Rawkus CD on every single release day. This album is a classic.

I would kill to see talib at a crue show

They had pharaoh’s boots from the video shoot on display at rawkus

Pound for pound one of the deadliest lyricists ever! His verse on the Sway & Tech Anthem went crazy!
"With synonyms I get an adrenaline rush, from minimum thrusts bust multiple assaults in small interims. As horrid as Boris Karloff was, When I cut your neck, leave a little piece of skin so the head won't fall off. Hauled off, sawed-off shotgun blast, he asked: "Why did he have to die like cast metal?" Oh, see, now like Omar Credle. We 'pon pedal at a high resolution on a Wake Up Show with Sway, Tech, and DJ Revolution."

yyyeeessssss, finally. Thank you.

Shoutout to The People's Party for this.

I'm just here to give flowers. Been a fan since the beginning and watched him excel to be such a dope lyricist. Thank you for blessing us with your talent. You, my brother are (and has been) definitely a top tier MC. 🙏🏽

The government utilizes bionics in a $6 million dollar man to capture me....

Pharoahe Monch is one of the true greats, straight up lyrical genius.

Ladies Rub on your.....classical Hip Hop

Most of my favorite rap albums come from that era: Blackstar, Internal Affairs, Let's Get Free, The Platform and the 1st High & Mighty.

Not even talking about the 1st CNN album released just before that and all the Stones Throw vibe following the Rawkus vibe.

Shout out to speak n spell all day

Behind Closed Doors, Queens, Godsend still get play today🔥🔥🔥

Did the whole Rawkus catalogue go on streaming? Let me find out...

Pharoahe was the only backpack rapper that got love from the hood.. i was hooked after hearing metal thangs and internal affairs is one of the few albums i like start to finish. Shit is hard! Salute the Master lyricist.. Peace!

I fuck with Biggie, Eminem, Jay Z, Nas & Pac...but when you start listing MC’s like Pharoah Monch, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Black Thought....the convo can be just as powerful, if not even more, at least to people like myself....

I didn't listen to Organized music much but one of my boys had this CD when it dropped and once I heard Queens that song right there got me into this album. The song The Truth w/ Common and Talib is my favorite song off the Internal Affairs album the album is a classic and sounds even better today and aged well.

The Equinox album was one of my favourite rap albums ... along with OGC The Storm

Luv pharoahe mounche. But he looks nervous or something lol.

I remember I had just gotten out of the military and a bad marriage. I was just stuck in a "sunken place". I was a truck driver driving thru McComb, Ms and this song came on XM. This song came on and I lost my cool completely. Man, I pulled over in that town and went straight to the record store. Nobody but this young white cat was THEE ONLY ONE in the store who knew the chorus I was imitating and repeating. And coped it, jumped back in the truck, pressed play and I started shifting like a maniac. I played the album from front to back for like a week straight. Thinking to myself, "THIS DUDE IS SOO ILL WIT IT" Pharaoh, all I have to say is THANK YOU FROM EVERY HEAD WHO HAS EVEN ACCIDENTALLY CAME ACCROSS THAT ALBUM

I would love a Monch/Capleton colab

Is there any video of Motley Crue playing Simon Says?

Man internal affairs was on its way to being Rawkus' first platinum album. But Rawkus dropped the ball via the lawsuit against Pharoahe Monch surrounding Simon Says.

Gives me chills to see Talib Kweli speak to PM about this record. What they did on the Truth was LEGENDARY!!!!

Dude had mad hype but was pretty 🌽 shouts to prince po

Phaoahe one of the trurest emcess to ever hold the mic.

I copped promo of Simon says in...'01 I think. Maybe 02. Dopest record in a decade and maybe 10 years after. Two decades of Greatness and never fails to move a crowd. Respect to Pharoche Monch. Dude is gifted.

Talking about pitching his voice up cos he was watching Thai, fighting movies? This is the shit we love. Big Up UpROXX

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

I can imagine Kweli on a Motley Crue gig!! Missing the Rawkus era, you could cop anything blind folded Mos Def, Black Star, Pharoahe, Company Flow, the whole Lyricist Lounge and Sound Bombing series, anything, pure gold💯👑🫡

had parental advisory double-sided cassette with the instrumental on the other side of the simon says!

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