Speakaboxx Sundazz Presents Pharoahe Monch
Sun Apr 29, 13:00 - Mon Apr 30, 02:00
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Speakaboxx Sundazz Presents Pharoahe Monch
Let us shut down your long weekend with an Extra Ordinary Line up to brighten up your long weekend you had. Speakaboxx Sundazz we'll hosting the legendary Pharoahe Monch on our stage and he will be supported by the amazing Local DJ's who will keep you shaking the whole long.
Start time: 1 PM
Entrance fee: R 200 ( Presale ticket at book Quicket)
R 250 ( At the door, Card Only)
Headliner : PHAROAHE MONCH
DJ Line: MUPTEE
FOXY NEELA
MAMAKASHAKA
FHATUWANI
JUST THEMBA
THE BROWNIES
BILAL
MR PHIX IT
DENIECE MARZ
SLICE
SYMATIC
N DOUBLE
SCOTT THE GIRL
THA CUTT
PH
SEAN KROSS
PH
SEAN KROSS
HOUSE CATZ
THEMBA LUNACY
PHAROAHE MONCH
Troy Donald Jamerson, better known by his stage name Pharoahe Monch, is an American rapper from Queens, New York. He is known for his complex lyrics, complex delivery, and internal and multisyllabic rhyme schemes.
Monch released three albums as part of the rap duo Organized Konfusion with partner Prince Poetry: The self-titled Organized Konfusion, Stress: The Extinction Agenda and The Equinox. The duo handled a large amount of production on these albums themselves. All albums received positive critical reviews, but moderate sales. As a result, the duo split up after recording their final album The Equinox in 1997. Prince Poetry has since denied the possibility of an Organized Konfusion reunion.
Pharoahe Monch then signed to Rawkus Records, an indie label. After making several guest appearances on albums like the best-selling Rawkus compilation Soundbombing II, Monch's much-hyped debut, Internal Affairs was released in 1999. The first single of the album, "Simon Says", became a hit single, peaking at No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also featured in the 2000 cinematic releases Charlie's Angels and Boiler Room. Despite its success, the song caused controversy when Monch was later sued for the song's use of a sample from Akira Ifukube's Gojira Tai Mosura in the hook. The uncleared sample use caused a halting in his album's distribution.
After Internal Affairs and the controversy over its hit song, Pharoahe would not release another solo project for several years. He did still make some songs and guest appearances however. In 2000 he featured with Mos Def and Nate Dogg on the hit song "Oh No" from the Rawkus compilation record Lyricist Lounge 2. He contributed the song "Fuck You" to the Training Day soundtrack in 2001, and rapped the theme song to Madden NFL 2002. He also provided vocals on the track "Last Dayz" on the 2001 Adam F Album Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare and remixes of the track on the follow-up Drum & Bass Warfare, released the following year. In 2003 Pharoahe released his final single through Rawkus Records, "Agent Orange", a war inspired song which revisited the 1991 Organized Konfusion track "Releasing Hypnotical Gases.
Pharoahe Monch is acclaimed for his complex rapping technique- AllMusic says he has, a reputation as one of underground hip hop's pre-eminent lyricists, crafting intricate and intelligent raps. Kool Moe Dee ranks him at 26 in his best MCs of all-time list, from his book, There's a God on the Mic, noting: "Pharoahe Monch is like an eloquent linguistics professor moonlighting as a rhyme serial killer terrorist, challenging the listeners' I.Q. while daring him or her to keep up. Monch compares writing and recording his lyrics to writing and filming a movie - in the book How to Rap he says he will 'punch-in' vocals so he can retake some things, just like a film and he 'rewrites' lyrics, saying he will "go back as a screenwriter and rewrite scenes and leave more to the imagination.
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