From the forthcoming release 'The Second Album' dropping 11/05/13

"Close Your Eyes"
featuring Busdriver
produced by Antonionian

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(C) 2013 Latyramid, INC

LATYRX (Lyrics Born + Lateef) "Close Your Eyes" ft Busdriver (produced by Antonionian)

Potholes Podcast (Latyrx)

“P.T.S.D.” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) will be released on 4-15-14

With his highly-anticipated fourth solo-LP, “P.T.S.D.” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Pharoahe Monch re-emerges with a new concept project which finds the ground-breaking emcee tackling PTSD; a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. Throughout the duration of the LP, Monch narrates as an independent artist weary from the war against the industry machine and through the struggle of the black male experience in America.

When Eminem recently name-dropped him (“But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind”) on his “Rap God” single it was for good reason.; as Pharoahe Monch has been at the forefront of lyrical innovation for two-decades now.  Not only is he one of Hip-Hop’s preeminent lyricists, crafting intricate rhyme schemes and intelligent raps, but he is also an incisive political and social commentator, using Hip-Hop as a platform for political engagement as his “Bullet” trilogy hauntingly speaks to audiences in the same dark personification of a bullet.  

The first installment of the “Bullet” trilogy was introduced by Pharoahe in the seminal song “Stray Bullet” with Organized Konfusion via the Stress: The Extinction Agenda LP in 1994. The second installment came via his 2007 solo-LP, Desire, on the Mr. Porter produced “When The Gun Draws”. Socially prophetic and politically relevant, “Damage” from the upcoming PTSD (which drew rave reviews from Pitchfork, Complex, RapRadar, Vibe, MTV etc) continues to chronicle the tragedy of inner city killings and mass murder. Although it was penned before the Dark Knight Theater massacre in Colorado and the Newtown School shootings, the song relevantly accentuates the obvious ongoing gun issue in our society and provides a chilling reminder that bullets have no name. Similarly, a then rough-version of Monch’s protest song, “Stand Your Ground,” was released immediately at Monch’s insistence after the Trayvon Martin verdict was announced and added more discourse on the polarizing debates about racial profiling, civil rights and the inadequacies of the justice system.  Monch’s social commentary was subsequently profiled by MTV, Vibe, Huffington Post, AOL, BET, Ebony and LA Times. 

While Monch is not afraid to tackle the tough topics, the diversity you come to expect from Monch abounds on P.T.S.D., as he is quick to remind everyone that he’s still a “Top 5” emcee on recently released “Bad M.F.” and “Rapid Eye Movement” as he and Black Thought get lucid for a 4-minute exhibition of pure lyricism.  Further, Monch addresses the struggle of the hood on “The Jungle” “sometimes we all feel fenced in” and the haunting isolation of addiction on “Broken Again” and the LP’s title track swiftly brings you back to the overall concept of the LP “F*ck you know about struggle/the boy in the plastic bubble/when I drink away the pain I guzzle/my life is like a complicated mathematical puzzle.”
 
Monch’s longtime collaborator, Lee Stone, returns to the fold to produce four tracks; including “Dream” f/ Talib Kweli and Marco Polo who reunited Monch and Prince Po for a new Organized Konfusion track (“3-O-Clock”) from his recently released project, chips in three tracks as well.  Monch also links up with Mello Music Group’s rising upstart, Quelle Chris, on “Scream.”  Further displaying his versatility, Monch collaborates with The Stepkids (Stones Throw Records) on “Eht Dnarg Noisulli.”

In related news, Pharoahe Monch is currently on tour in Europe an is planning a full US tour to support PTSD in the spring, check www.pharoahe.com  for tour and album updates.

1.) “The Recollection Facility” (produced by Pharoahe Monch)
2.) “Times2” (produced by Marco Polo)
3.) “Losing My Mind” f/ deNaUn (produced by Jesse West)
4.) “Heroin Addict” (produced by Pharoahe Monch)
5.) “Damage” (produced by Lee Stone)
6.) “Bad M.F.” (produced by Lee Stone) 
7.) “The Recollection Facility Pt.2” (produced by Pharoahe Monch) 
8.) “Rapid Eye Movement” f/ Black Thought (produced by Marco Polo)
9.) “Scream” (produced by Quelle Chris)
10.) “SideFX”f/ Dr. Pete (produced by Pharoahe Monch)
11.) “The Jungle” (produced by Marco Polo)
12.) “Broken Again” (produced by The Lion Share Music Group)
13.) “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”(produced by Boogie Blind & B.A.M.)
14.) “Dream” f/ Talib Kweli (produced by Lee Stone)
15.) “The Recollection Facility Pt.3” (produced by Pharoahe Monch)
16.) “Eht Dnarg Noisulli” f/ The Stepkids (produced by The Stepkids & Pharoahe Monch)
17.) “Stand Your Ground”f/ Vernon Reid (produced by Lee Stone) ****Bonus Track for Digital Purchases
For More Information Please Visit:
https://twitter.com/pharoahemonch
https://www.facebook.com/pharoahemonch
http://www.pharoahe.com/
http://www.warmedia.com/
https://twitter.com/warmedia





Broken Again

Listen to The Roots' "Tomorrow" featuring Raheem Devaughn off the upcoming album "...and then you shoot your cousin." Available Everywhere May 19th!

The Roots - "Tomorrow" featuring Raheem Devaughn

Rest in Peace to Michael Brown and to every young black man murdered in America, whether by the hands of white or black. I pray that one day the world will be filled with peace and rid of injustice. Only then will we all Be Free - Cole

J. Cole - Be Free

MoQuannum: Soul To Sole, is a kindred fusion of past and present. To say the least, Motown records echo some of the greatest musicians and instrumental arrangements in musical history. Quannum - originally known as Solesides - is a like minded collection of artists that came together to pool their ideas and energy into something prolific and independent in contemporary music. I'm putting my art out there.

The Goodwill Projects began chipping away at Moquannum in 2008, it's been a long time coming. The intention was to deliver the tracks in a classy and minimal manner, as not to over cook them one bit. Rare or even raw. Most recently The Goodwill Projects contributed to the "Yasiin Gaye" Project which was created by Amerigo Gazaway, along as contributing to many other projects Gazaway has created.

Full Project Available Via https://thegoodwillprojects.bandcamp.com/  9/23/14

Credits:

Created and Mixed by: The Goodwill Projects 
Artwork by: Amerigo Gazaway (www.amerigomusic.com)
Mastered by: K-Murdock (www.the-sound-samurai.com)
Accompanied by: Subsoniq (K-Murdock and KB - www.subsoniqradio.com) 

Track 10 & 17 - Interviews appropriated from thebeeshine.com 

Track 3 - Includes appropriated Cuts/Scratches from Babu 

Track 2 - Includes appropriated interview of Brother Ali 

Solesides/Quannum Vocals/Cuts/Scratches appropriated include, Joyo Velarde, Gift Of Gab, Lyrics Born, Lateef The Truth Speaker, APSCI, Lifesavers, Pigeon John DJ Shadow

Website: thegoodwillprojects.com

*Be sure to sign up for the mailing list(bandcamp) to be notified of future free music from The Goodwill Projects

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No Shame On The Dancefloor (ft. Q-Tip + DJ Shadow)

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

Amnesia EP

Amnesia (Original)

Selected new and old tunes from Myka 9 of the legendary Freestyle Fellowship. Check out his different styles. This fella needs more recognition as a truly DOPE underground old school artist massive on freestyles, poetry, abstract thought, singing and dope rapping!!! 

Myka 9 MegaMix

Milorgia, the newest project, is available free at the Bandcamp. SoundCloud kept flagging it.. (same with Re-Endtroducing)
https://thegoodwillprojects.bandcamp.com/album/milorgia-and-so-the-flies-dont-come-to-georgia-2

No Shame On The Dancefloor (ft. Q-Tip + DJ Shadow)

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