PHAROAHE MONCH: Shine (feat. Mela Machinko) – 2010 – Single review + free download

PHAROAHE MONCH: Shine (feat. Mela Machinko) – 2010 – Single review + free download
RATING: 3.5/5
Not quite the underground club banger one might have hoped for from the man who once dropped Simon Says and Fuck You and who claims his forthcoming W.A.R. LP (now delayed until early autumn) will be a throwback to ’93/ ’94 hip-hop. True Shine has a meaty boom-bap beat (courtesy of one Diamond D), avoids theDOWNLOAD/ READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

PHAROAHE MONCH: W.A.R. LP to get summer 2010 release

PHAROAHE MONCH: W.A.R. LP to get summer 2010 release
Elsewhere, Monch has described the forthcoming WAR as, “a throw back to 1993, 94 hip hop.” Let’s hope that means along the lines of his solo debut Internal Affairs and less like the disorganised confusion of styles on last LP Desire which mixed up the odd banger with tedious rnb folly…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM