Organized Konfusion-Releasing Hypnotical Gases

[Staalstraal]

still shatterin conventions and blowin brains out after 20 years!!

[graveey]

''i threw a rock and i ran (i threw Iraq and Iran). So dont ask me who's sane (so dont ask me Hussain) so sick..

[OZtheVillain]

Just a bunch of fucking hipsters on these comments, but this song is amazing no doubt.

[loxie909]

I threw a rock and i ran !!!!!!!!!!!!

[suaved]

I was bumping this album last weekend. Still sounds dope.

[andyhibbert]

and the reason they didnt release more albums is because they didnt get the credit they deserved...AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[IEtherianSoul9]

I wanna hear Prince Po, Percee P and Pharoahe Monch all on a track together.

[VERTiGOVAMPIRE]

Bitch Titties this is gold

[NDPofNovaScotia]

"I am one who is one with all things, thus the unorthodox I am

The paradox I am, the equinox extending my hand

Into dimensions to unlock new doorways

And so the light has revealed to me that there must be more ways

And so I play with rhythms, for something more than a mere game

Enabling me to advance in wisdom"

And Tyler thinks he understands paradoxes...

[Sahyeh]

3 people don't know how to fart.

[dudewhyfi]

don't ask me Hussein

[Mersault1988]

This is the greatest poetry a man is ever likely to hear.

[dirty7thirty]

if i got one breath left / i'll suck the wind from the valley of death

[metoksipirazin]

Is this Gil Scott Heron on 3:41 talking ; The time is now.. right now.} {This is the hour, this is the new dawn! This is the new day????????????

[MrDabest99]

Wow id fuck with this good ish

[martinmedeski]

Thank god for DJ Shadow. If I hadn't looked up the track he sampled i would never have found this.... some of the sickest bars i've ever heard

[cat0b]

@martinmedeski You and me both. How the hell have I missed this?

[ServingBongs]

BANG, This is ill

[premier46]

I put this in the top 5 best hip hop songs of all time (not greatest in terms of influence and shit, but best in terms of overall quality and essence):

5. They Reminsce Over You

4. Releasing Hypnotical Gases

3. Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Mixx)

2. N.Y. State Of Mind

1. Protect Ya Neck

[EnterTheWuTang1]

@premier46 ill list

[jdbankshot]

@premier46 nothing by rakim?

[premier46]

@jdbankshot It's funny you say that cuz my list has changed since then...Let the rhythm hit em is probably #1 for me now and Lyrics of Fury is up there too

[shsfootball54]

@premier46 Damn, that's a solid list, but I would take The World is Yours instead of NY State of Mind and C.R.E.A.M. instead of Protect Ya Neck. I just think that those are the two strongest tracks off of Illmatic and 36 Chambers, respectively.

[premier46]

@shsfootball54 No doubt those songs are great and true staples of hip-hop, influential to the genre and all...but my list is not taking into account what impact they had. Protect Ya Neck in my mind is the best ever cuz a track to have 8 or 9 emcees with completely different styles spitting the illest and grimiest lyrics ever over a beat that is so layered and menacing and unpredictable....I cant say enough about the song

[premier46]

As i posted before though I would add Let the Rhythm Hit Em by Rakim in that top 5 somewhere...his lyrics and flow are literally like heavy artillery, and that Paul C beat gottdamnn idk how he took that Commodores drumbreak from back in the day and mixed it the right way...so hard!!!

[IBlackThought9]

Prince Po looks like Rakim in that one picture around 2:30.

[STARRBUCK1973]

OH MY FUCKING LORD!!!!...PEACE!!!

[voidofbeeswax]

There have been some good West Coast rappers, but the East Coast, where it all began, has a far larger quantity of talent.

[voidofbeeswax]

How could I have never heard this until now?

[centralcoaster33]

Hmmm, a source of a DJ Shadow sample is pretty cool. Something in the rhythm reminds me of Ice T's new jack hustler theme song. What do you think?

I'm easily confused though as I even thought the "Soundman" song was done by Large Professor. I know... Duh!

[TaelRiverine]

aye...stop sleeping on Po. Dude is illllll as well.

[guitar16]

far ahead of its time yet perfect timing! no mother fucker on your tv set can touch this poetical philosophical other-worldly entity. this brother is enlightened and full of soul. something your modern quote on quote "MC" or "rapper" cant even fuckin fathom! cats on a whole 'nother level when it comes to the lyrical scripture, get the picture? envision what is being said and your mind explodes! when was the last time you played something on the radio or tuned in to mtv and learned something? LOL

[iamegrant]

yes

[kirby6891]

this song is 20 years old and it's still incredible

holy shit

[energypower1]

probably one of the hardest "set it off" verses you will ever hear ! P M goes in ! My crew would rock this song on repeat when we rolled out to the cypher , of course back then it was on cassette tape ! I threw a rock and I ran...

[djmrparker]

These gentlemen were waaaaaay ahead of their time. The early 90's in regards to hip hop was like walking into a candy store that sold all kinds of stuff to choose from. Hip hop of today is like walking into a convenience store looking for something to drink and they only have one flavor of vitamin water.

[Doze67]

vocal machinegun

miss that...

[SuperAntisocialite]

This was some prophetic shit. I am a little white chick from Oz, I rocked to this hard in the 90's. Now listen," In 2010 every man will be subject to global warming, formless oval, millions of locusts swarming." That is awesome then, and still sounds clean and deadly today. Man, I seriously LOVE OK...

[64Pharcyde]

"Insight, foresight, more sight, the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight..."

Thank you DJ Shadow for giving that line the legendary status it deserves.

[Vokab27]

1991 this shit was way ahead of its time!

[okretro]

hell yeah! pharoahe monch still getting down 20 years later!

[tevilune]

3 people missed the like button

[Henryz817]

shat brix..

[TheCarbonfiend]

met PM a couple of times when I did all the promo work for Rawkus in the uk. He is totally on the level, really nice dude.

[asherwebb]

if you weren't ready for this then ya definitely aren't now. If you feel this now you are REAL HIP HOP

[schwiggys]

@asherwebb

rofflez

[xDefunktx]

Still incredible and beats most hiphop produced today.

[givitallUgot]

only thing MORE POEWFUL in this form of intellectual poetic content would be,.... ......... THE LEGACY BY TIMBO KING, for sure check that out,top 5 of all-time

[TheHumanBallsack]

Listen to this....then listen to anything from 50 cunt or lil wendy.

Like comparing Michelangelo's construction of the Sistine Chapel to a retarded 3yr old shoving crayons up his nose.... :P

[jskyl14]

when was this like 1990 right? WHO THE FUCK WAS RHYMING LIKE THIS AT THIS TIME? besides possiblyyy g rap.....as far as consistency and lyrics....monch is the goat...or top 2 at least

[MatthewYoungProducer]

"Insight, foresight, more sight, the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight" sampled by DJ Shadow.

[c0al]

@MatthewYoungProducer gee, great catch

[jusborn7a]

Monch said that in 2010 everyman would B exposed 2 Global Warming!!! What a powerful statement made in 1991!

[brnsktingdieskting18]

2:36 ....if you tell me you didn't dance to that your full of shit

[ningdoggjyfh]

what year is this shit from??

[sleepercellproductio]

Lyricism at its finest.

[mckase]

Love this track. 

[kek0r]

Insight, foresight, more sight

The clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight

[0341593]

@kek0r

yes.

[rancorog]

eeddaann



[HeuristicThought]

one of my three fav groups

[JackPlatinum]

come on now, that man prince said "torture some CHERISH, while most human life beings PERISH, subjected to death, theyre bodies dont agree with that hypnotical intellect"

i dont care whther i messed up what he said, but that some rough shit

[JackPlatinum]

Dude...Organized Konfusion is nasty im not going to lie

[KillJoy353]

I don't like rap/hip-hop, but damn I would much rather have this on the radio than the shit that's on now.

[jdbankshot]

@KillJoy353 gee, thanks. what were you doin here if u don't like "rap/hiphop". the reason u don't like hiphop is because those who control it don't like it either. they put out garbage for weakminded sheep. this is borderline rakim type shit. check out follow the leader by eric b. & rakim.

[KillJoy353]

@jdbankshot I was in here because of a forum, and I thought why not give it a listen. Thanks for the suggestions, but I don't feel like delving further into it, I'm mostly a metalhead, and while this isn't my music, at least i can respect this type of rap/hip-hop.

[jdbankshot]

@KillJoy353 cool. although a b-boy at heart, i can feel slayer, maiden, & megadeth. also love punk, which, in it's purest form, shares many parallels with tru hiphop. i hate modern rap because i love hiphop. i dunno, it's like someone tellin you that metal doesn't get better than the scorpions... LOL!! variety is my spice, so i can't help myself... try non-phixion, jedi mind tricks, el-p, diabolic, blitzkreague, disposable heroes, i'm sure u know public enemy. black mountain any good? anytime.

[KillJoy353]

@jdbankshot The less known bands always make for the better

[spexxx]

What happened to the art of MCing and completely destroying beats with hardcore thought provoking lyrics?I'm proud to have grown up in the era of the real sh*t!Damn ringtone rap.

[nemesis700]

in 2010 everyone will subject to global warming

[tha3immortals]

@nemesis700 hahahaha wtf you obamanoid

[JackPlatinum]

Dude...these dudes, Prince n Phaorahe can spit like damaging fire

[tha3immortals]

@JackPlatinum check out genelec & memphis reigns on youtube. the song sunwheel is especially good

[JackPlatinum]

@tha3immortals eh theyre pretty good dude, i dont know, im more of an apocalyptic guy...

[aztecsmurf]

Brings back good memories

[The0neFreMan]

i tried to look up the lyrics and i crashed the whole damn internet

[MrRisn]

A CLASSIC ! REAL HIP HOP .. REAL SHIT..THNX FOR UPLOADING!!!!!!

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥ .

[mellowyellow12345678]

wow these dudes represent an era of my life when hip hop was real!

[trugameplaya]

"Insight, foresight, more sight

The clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight"

DJ Shadow Midnight for a perfect world

[DanLar08]

@trugameplaya ye amazing that isnt it

[dufus321]

@trugameplaya ill song/album

[1399jn]

@trugameplaya as soon as it hit 2:00 i jizzed in my pants

[archeringnow]

@trugameplaya i was looking for the same lines :D but i came to find, its a great song! :)

[flailoutmovement]

majaaaa ffffffffffaaat!!!!!!

[MeanGreen36]

No need for sunlight, from concentrations camps I escape

with my sanity.....in 2010 every man will be

subject to global warming, formless oval

Millions of locusts swarming ..... illest part of his rhyme

[cyzerdoe76]

lyrical science

[RhymnDymnd]

Holy Shit This Is Some Impressive Lyricism

[omarfrancis]

As far as rapping goes this is probably as advanced as it gets. Modern dudes sound plain primitive.

[RhymnDymnd]

@omarfrancis ya i agree wit yu about modern dudez sounding basic in comparison but ive heard lyricism more advanced than this (but not by too much) and this has to be the most lyrical group of the early 90's

[thirdshift47]

It's one thing to be advanced;it's another to be prophetic.

"Utilizing the minds third vision/Surrounded by a three-sided figure/Containing the brain/For triggering mechanisms from which I strike..."

Emcees are disinteresting because they no longer dare to travel to the other side.

[minhasc]

@omarfrancis Listen to Mental Stamina - Jeru & Afu Ra. That's just as raw.

[thaGmusic]

Ok, let me get this right: This track was released in 1991.

And at 2:58 Pharoahe Monch says:

" In 2010 every man will be subject to global warming. "

This is pretty weird to say the least.

[TheHsza]

"Damn it's hard to breeeeeeeathe...

but if I got one breath left/I'll suck wind from the Valley of Death"

always love this dopeness!!!

[stixxandstones]

"I threw I-raq/a-rock and I-ran/I-ran

cause I couldn't stand anymore within the depths of the sand

So don't ask me Hu-ssein/who-sane

cause the hypnotical gases are eating my brain"

Waaayy before there time!!!

[AndreWr1980]

Prince Po murdered that beat with his second verse

[Blastaar7]

dam, I wish hip hop would return with the professor x style lyrics. Even the beat is deep.

[SupernaturalTip]

Favorite Organized Konfusion Song

Pharoahe's Wordplay is off the TOP

[Blastaar7]

I wish the whole song's beat was like the first half though.

[killsmaphobia]

man phaorahe monch kills this shit hard

but prince po was right behind him

[pacrox2]

insight, foresight, moresight. the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight. if it wasnt for dj shadow i would've never listened to this group

[minhasc]

This display of extreme lyricism is still beyond most ppl's comprehension. This was 1991 people, when NWA were still telling ppl that they'd "Bust a cap in ur..."

Just think about how amazing a display this remains to this day. This is a master class in MCing.

[50Dashes]

"In 2010 every man will be subject to global warming, formless oval, millions of locusts swarming"

He was right about the global warming. Not so much about the locusts swarming.

[iyaramonk]

@50Dashes The year is not over yet ;)

[50Dashes]

@iyaramonk: Heh. Good point.

[Rambo29]

@50Dashes The whole album is crazy, they predicted the future like 10 times over the course of the entire record

[MCBrainpower]

13 ...THE ILLEST!!! Monch verses on this one are just 110% perfection..Organized Konfusion for life

[TheLotusMantis]

"You could never ever begin to apprehend a Hologram"

The meter and stacato way he said that verse in itself was just sick.

[YahzMangoTr3e]

they knew allready back then the coming problems of global warmings in 2010 respect 2 my Knowledge ancestors and brothers in those days

[Aelxadner]

No man you got it wrong they are talking about the lies and the hypnosis the rulers use on us, like the global warming..

[geodacius]

I think he is rapping about government and media flooding our world with lies and the horrible things gov does to people around the world.

[musicbox4249]

i finally know where the sample at the start of Midnight in a Perfect World by DJ Shadow comes from. ("Insight, foresight, more sight, the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight") and I didn't even look it up before viewing this!

[petemakky]

i DID, LOL. ONly listening for that reason!

[teef1027]

pharoah's verses are about War-- genocide-- he gives a clue in the first verse at :56 when he says

"I threw a rock (Iraq) and I ran (Iran)

Because I couldn't stand anymore in the depths of the sand-- So don't ask me whose sane (Hossein)-- cause the hypnotical gases are eating my brian."

Don't ask what Prince Po is talking (2nd verse) He never made sense to me and was so much worse of an mc than Pharoah --

[bultima]

yea remember this album dropped just after the first gulf war

[wepmajoe]

Absolutly agreed. Po has plentiful technical talent but he could never work on the level of intelligence that Monch does consistently.

[lanesiapolk]

this song used to scare me when I was younger, because I didn't understand. Shout out to my brother, for helping me understand, years later...

[fury2962]

He has that authoritative voice that is characteristic of his work with Organized Konfusion my discrepancy is that he lost the forcefulness of his voice on Internal Affairs and Desire but the lyrics have always been there

[ZeroStageMonster]

one sampled at 1:58

[AllYourBase29]

Monch just destroys this track.

[rpj1]

Greetings loved one...i was blessed 2 have a radio show at the time when this dropped....WE RAN THIS IN YOUR BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[insanemacbeth]

superSIKK!

[RealHipHop49]

lyricism

1. the quality or style of lyric poetry.

2. this song.

[Middler124]

Yep a song about being green.

[skam1]

took my ages to digest what this tune was about, but i enjoy every second of it...

when hip hop was in it's prime.. :)

[asskickatron]

you can never ever begin to apprehend a hologram

[Middler124]

The best track on the album, also DJ Shadow sampled a cool line from Prince Po for "Midnight in a Perfect World."

[teswon]

not only is this ahead of the time of the golden era of rap it is light years beyond what is playing these days.... these guys could not do pop if they tried...

[hey12358y]

There is no sub-genre, style, subject matter that these guys could not destroy it in.

[stepneyjay01]

the best hip hop tunes ever made this has everything the words are fucking unreal it make the hair on the bk of my neck stand up all the time

[Chessboxer09]

incredible

[attaboy83]

monch is nuts

[chabaman]

fckn godly flow delivery

[chris45322345]

mannnn got that amen break goinnnn onnnnn

[Pheonixboy1]

I like the way Pharoahe Monch rhymes on the song as well as Prince Po

[tharekhh]

Amazing song and it's hard to believe they came out in the 90s with such complex and fast rhythm rhyming, wayyyyyy ahead of its time...

[ChineseKiwi]

Na, not really, it's part of the Golden age of rap.

[tharekhh]

still ahead of its time, though...

[acey7519]

This song is amazing and the rapping by Pharaoh Monch is brilliant. Rakim would be proud of this it's stunning.

[M450N23]

i like the lyrics.

[DrOctagon20]

I hate that I got a defective copy of this CD where the audio only plays in one ear. Then I read reviews from Amazon and found that a lot of people got those copies.

That sucks....I hate dling torrentz. Be sure I'll buy the re-release though.

[BestVideosEver01]

yea, my friends copy didnt do that but when i burnt it onto my pc if only plays in one speaker, but when i tweak the settings i can get it to play through both.

[moderndaymugging]

the best beat switch in hip hop history

[Trauermantel]

true.

[turnbullroad]

check out triple six clubhouse bad ass beat change there too

[JAYLIB03]

dj shadow sampled prince po's lyrics "insight, foresight, moresight, the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight'' on 'Midnight in a Perfect world.'

[jerahmii]

i noticed that too its pretty dope

[95Bomber]

yo wut i like is when 1 beat break in2 anutha...Den da rhyme really takes off.. Peace 2 Pharaoh Monch on dat last verse.

[kemgems]

to practice my breathe control, i recite this jam.

[whereishiphop]

straight up son!

preach that shit....

[Indhegoh]

Most mainstream "Hip-Hop fans" these days wouldn't even comprehend what they're listening to. They'd stare off into space with drewl hanging out of their mouths, turn it off and put something else in. They wouldn't even recognize it as the same kind of music. Most of them don't care about lyricism, flow, style, true artistry, etc. Besides this isn't popular and they need permission from the media and/or other people to like something. What a shame. What a backwards world. TRUE platinum.

[whereishiphop]

well said...

10/10

TRUE PLATINUM...

[totaleclipse666]

amen brotha, couldnt have said it better myself. this shit is ridiculous, if only the masses could recognize it as such

[popinmycola]

@Indhegoh YA! I love playing dope shit that no one's heard of. I was just thinking while I wrote this that if I had my own radio station of good music there wouldn't be repeats for a whole week. So much more good flows than what's hot for the week on other stations. We should start that man...

[theInfamous3]

@Indhegoh go to 'last . fm/user/maruonee' and check out my 'about me' section.

[shawar147]

7,000 views only!!!

how the fuck dose this have 7000 views and soulja boy's songs have like 50 million views

His word play's amazing

[Rickeeey1]

It's sick how brainwashed people are today. Soulja Boy is nothing. Even if I think Lil Wayne sucks very much I think he's like 5 times better than Soulja Boy. You can't even compare Organize Konfusion and Soulja Boy. Organize Konfusion kill Soulja Boy by looking at him.

[Theromen1]

just knowing hes alive kills him.

[mutedmakequiet]

what??

[thugstar14]

dem smooth robotic flows....notice the contradiction! killer rappers

[SonantLucidity]

damn it's hard to breathe...after listening to this sick, sick poetry

[Staalstraal]

These guys were on an incredible level, out of their heads!

[gonnastayhome]

insight foresight more sight/the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight

[saberino1]

Pharoahe's verse is one of the illest ever.Next would be his verse on "Stray Bullet".

[askoastm2]

This one practically defines lyricism.

[JohnnyWarbux]

Damn this song was ridiculous. I caught that DJ Shadow sample too, that's probably my favorite DJ Shadow song. My boys flowed so much real shit over that track, just releasing any and all personal pains. Insane.

[saberino1]

Whats the name of that Shadow song?