New ish from Pharoahe Monch of the forthcoming album War (We Are Renegades).

Duck Down Music is celebrating its 15 Year Anniversary. Founded in 1995 by Dru Ha & Buckshot, Duck Down Music has sold over 3 million records in its rich history. The label, currently home to acts such as KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT, 9th Wonder, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Sean Price, Kidz In The Hall, Skyzoo, Smif [cont.]

Pharoahe Monch performing live in Montreal while in concert with Slaughterhouse. Check it out above.

Pharoahe Monch On Jay Electronica, Drake & How The Industry Has Changed With Combat Jack from iHipHop on Vimeo. Pharoahe Monch On His Album “W.A.R.” & His Personal Life from iHipHop on Vimeo.

Monch talks about his new album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) on Duck Down, reuniting Organized Konfusion, and the current state of hip-hop.

Includes performances and video footage from Black Moon, Pharoahe Monch, Smif-N-Wessun, Sean Price, and Kidz In The Hall.

Consequence has fought an uphill battle since the beginning of his career at 16 years old. First appearing on A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, then becoming a satellite member of the group on Beats, Rhymes, & Life, Cons eventually would score a solo deal with Elektra Records. Although the label ceased operations before the [cont.]

With such an abundant amount of video surfacing from this week’s festival, we’ve decided to take some of the performances highlights and roll them all up into one post. Check back here regularly for updates over the next week. Pharoah Monch @ SXSW Duck Down Showcase from AB on Vimeo. Black Milk w/ AB & [cont.]

Pharoahe Monch is on the front lines once again and this time it’s bigger than just album talk. Monch is gearing up to release his new project W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) through a partnership with Duck Down Music, while establishing his company W.A.R. Media as a viable entertainment portal. W.A.R. is the follow-up album to [cont.]

This is the third and fourth leaks off the new Cons TV: Movies on Demand mixtape which reportedly will be released later today.  Keeping with the movie/theatrical references, these tracks co-star Styles P and Pharoahe Monch.  Production from Statik Selektah and Consequence on “Don’t Stand So Close,” and Lee Bannon on the “Let U Live.” [cont.]

Taken from Consequence’s upcoming Movies On Demand mixtape, dropping March 15th. Here’s a peek:

     Who would have thought, that one winter in 1999, the biggest commercial hip-hop single in New York City was by Pharoahe Monch, � of defunct backpack duo, Organized Konfusion. Call it a fluke, or call it payola, but “Simon Says” Godzilla stomped its way onto the charts, help making his solo debut, Internal Affairs, [cont.]

Pharoahe Monch is man who needs no introduction.   From social commentary and raw unabashed lyrical content with Organized Konfusion to his highly slept on album “Internal Affairs”, Monch has constantly made us hit rewind.   On November 28th a new chapter is written in the Pharoahe Monch legacy.   “Desire” hits stores on SRC/Universal records.   Not so [cont.]

By Toshi Kondo Boston, MA – Unfortunately the city of Boston is traditionally known for having some very antediluvian perspectives on race relations and all things associated with minorities.  Having an understanding of this would make one realize how monumental the hosting of the first annual Hiphop Peace & Unity Festival in this great city [cont.]

Mission Impossible for the underground rapper: Create an album that stays true to your core audience, yet still supply the Tunnel banging club hits that the commercial crowd craves without playing oneself. Many have tried, unsuccessfully, yet the unthinkable has now been accomplished. Underground champion Pharaohe Monch has risen from the relative obscurity of …Konfusion [cont.]