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Acclaimed rapper Pharoahe Monch will
release his highly anticipated sophomore album Desire (SRC/Universal) on
June 26, 2007 (June 25th in the UK), to eager fans’ delight, who have been
buzzing about Pharoahe Monch on the internet for months.
First hip-hop heads were stunned by the moving video for street single
“Gun Draws,” a graphic account of violence told from the bullet’s point of
view. Spin raves that the track shows why Monch is “nearly unparalleled in
diction and creativity.” Now an entirely different set — including gossip
guru Perez Hilton — is praising Monch’s remix of label mate Amy
Winehouse’s hit “Rehab,” in which the lyricist takes aim at Hollywood’s
anorexic party girls and sings alongside Amy’s boozy drawl.
This crossover excitement showcases the broad appeal of Desire, which
runs the gamut from the hard-hitting first US single “Push” to the
alternative UK single “Body Baby” (in stores on June 18th in the UK), which
The Fader labels “a stomping, juke joint-styled rock-n-b number,” to the
radio-ready title track “Desire,” which has been selected for inclusion in
the immensely popular EA Sports’ “Madden ‘08.” XXL calls Monch a “lyrical
juggernaut” and says the album “delivers yet another reasons for fans to
get up.”
“I’ve never been so free with my creativity before,” says Pharoahe
Monch about his new album. “I’m excited about this new album because
everything feels so fresh, almost as if I were a new artist. I’m taking it
to whole new places, hip-hop, rock, and gospel. It’s all there and it’s all
sides of me.”
With this genre-hopping in mind, Monch gears up for a busy spring and
summer. First up is a performance at the famed Coachella Music Festival on
April 28, alongside acts as diverse as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina
Spektor, Arcade Fire, and Ghostface Killah. Monch will also join the annual
hip-hop festival, Rock The Bells alongside Rage Against The Machine, The
Roots, Public Enemy, Nas, and more, performing July 28th in New York City,
August 11th in San Bernardino, CA, and August 18th in San Francisco, CA.
In addition to his performance dates, this spring Pharoahe Monch
tackles the gun violence he decries in “Gun Draws” by embarking on a
national college speaking tour as the spokesman for Guns 4 Cameras. This
revolutionary program gives at-risk youth an alternative to violence and
the tools to tell their own stories on their own terms by encouraging them
to trade their guns for video cameras.
Pharoahe Monch has earned a reputation as one of hip-hop’s most gifted
lyricists, tackling real issues with a “full, flawless voice” (Spin), from
his pioneering work as one half of the critically acclaimed alternative
hip-hop duo Organized Konfusion to his much-hyped solo debut in 1999. Since
his debut, Pharoahe has collaborated with hip-hop’s greatest and spit
alongside a cast of artists as diverse as Mos Def, Justin Timberlake, P.
Diddy, Linkin Park, Wyclef Jean, Macy Gray, will.i.am, and Beck. He returns
with Desire on June 26, 2007.
http://www.Pharoahe-Monch.com

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