Pharoahe Monch - Desire (Audio CD)

Desire is a taut and focused work that energizes, packed densely with typically Monch-like quotables that might take a couple listens to catch. Production-wise, it's quite different from Internal Affairs, incorporating gritty gospel, anthemic funk, and laid-back soul (not to mention an ambitious, sprawling, three-part finale), along with a measured amount of material that sounds more like a logical extension of Pharoahe's past. Altogether, it's a brighter, bolder set of tracks. The lone trip-up is a well-intentioned cover of Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome"; despite a relevant added verse, no one can reinterpret Chuck D and the Bomb Squad at the peak of their powers without coming up a little short.

CONDITION : NEW! PUNCHED UPC!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Intro
2 Free
3 Desire / Showtyme
4 Push / Mela Machinko
5 Welcome to the Terrordrome
6 What It Is
7 When the Gun Draws / Mister Porter
8 Let's Go / Mela Machinko
9 Body Baby
10 Bar Tap / Mela Machinko
11 Hold On
12 So Good
13 Trilogy / Mister Porter