pharoahe is the one of the illest mc's to ever touch a mic.
it's crazy that he has such a sick flow despite having horrible asthma. i remember reading an interview around the time that Internal Affairs dropped and he said that his asthma actually helped him develop his flow since he had to learn to breath a certain way just to rhyme. dude is
status. how many mc's of his technical skills are respected enough to be able to rock with underground cats like shabaam sadeeq and cella dwellas and then turn around and guest star on tracks by dj quik and nate dogg?
but yeah, "Simon Says" not being cleared really did fukk up his popularity. Internal Affairs got pulled off the shelves, all the publishing gone to the composers of the "Godzilla" theme song. man, rawkus put out some good music but man were those rich white boys who ran that shyt some really terrible businessmen.
i rock with all three OK albums more than his solo shyt but monch still brings it on every release although lately he's treading the "i'm a dope mc, but i'd rather sing and be a rockstar" line like cee-lo and andre 3000.
why do all the dope rappers want to rather sing that rap now?