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Pharoahe Monch came down to the Brownswood basement ahead of his sold out show at The Garage in Highbury a couple of weeks ago. We talked Hip Hop history, digging for records, sampling and his love of playing in the UK. It was fascinating to hear his stories of the early days of Organized Konfusion and Rawkus Records as well as the plans for his next album.

Track list:

Organized Konfusion - Stress
Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
Organized Konfusion - Why
Pharoahe Monch - Push
Organized Konfusion - Releasing Hypnotical Gases
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Heavy D & the Boyz - You Can't See What  I Can See
Skull Snaps - It's A New Day
Weather Report - Non-Stop Home
Organized Konfusion - Releasing Hypnotical Gases
Ezra Collective - Zombie Live at Ronnie Scott's
The Step Kids - La La
Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
Most Def Feat Nate Dogg & Pharoahe Monch - Oh No
Hi-Tek Feat Talib Kweli - Get Back Part II
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - The Blast
Company Flow - Linoleum 
Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
Pharoahe Monch - F**k You
Pharoahe Monch - Let's go
Ultramagnetic MCs - Ego Trippin'
Souls Of Mischief - 93 To Infinity
Pharaohe Monch - The Grand Illusion (Feat The Step Kids)
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
Pharoahe Monch - Push
Pharoahe Monch - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
M-Phazes - Put In Work
Earth Wind & Fire - Running
Organized Konfusion - Walk In to the Sun
Pharaohe Monch - The Light

Produced by Will LV

Pharoahe Monch In Conversation

In this episode I discuss my musical background and how I got into production. Also an in depth conversation with Keyboardist and friend Alan Ladan about how we met and how the Cave (music studio) came to be.

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Hot off the heels of her brand new To Be Fair EP in May I talked to one of my favourite rising singers Ruby Francis about the project, her remixes and what’s in store for the next year. If you’re unfamiliar don’t miss out, stream/DL the project here: https://awal.lnk.to/ToBeFair

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro (original intro missing due to mic issues)
0:34 How “Drip Drop” from Ruby’s new EP came together (I was talking about this quote btw: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/southpark/images/b/b3/A_beautiful_sadness.png/revision/latest?cb=20160402230255)
3:16 Her favourite song from the project
3:53 Headlining a show for the first time
4:45 Singing personal songs publically and whether it came with challenges
6:08 Growing as a songwriter and her writing process
7:09 What song defines Ruby Francis?
8:06 Pharrell’s influence
9:33 Putting out remixes of other music from other people for the first time her history of remixes
12:15 Repeating words and where the EP came from
13:52 The biggest misconception about Ruby or her music
15:26 Learn other instruments since Ruby plays the keys
16:06 Her parents thoughts on her success
17:14 The relationship between her voice and production and producing for other people
18:26 Plans for the next 12 months (including a headline show on 15th November)
21:15 What artist she would love to work with
22:11 The last album that stood out to her
24:24 Places in the world Ruby feels a special connection with

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