There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be at its most simplistic.
Pharoahe MonchThe battle thing is very important in hip-hop, but at the same time, I want to sit down and have a beer and listen to Rakim.
Pharoahe MonchNew York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.
Pharoahe MonchHaving the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.
Pharoahe Monch