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11 Feb

Posted at 14:35h in Music, Reviews
Is 2011 the year when the MCs are once again let off the leash? With Talib Kweli already dropping impressive material, Lupe Fiasco readying his project as well as the UK’s very own Hip Hop squadron dominating, has the ‘change’ which many purists finally arrived? To add further fuel to this suggestion, one of Hip Hop’s secret weapons is ready to unleash W.A.R. Pharoahe Monch for well over a decade, has schooled, shocked and mesmerised lyrically studious fans who fall deaf on the more simple rhyming schemes. Whilst mainstream fame came from the club-shutting “Simon Says,” his legacy still remains as a beast with the bars and flow. Four years on from his last release, what place does Monch have within the ranks of ‘real’ Hip Hop?