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Internal Affairs (album)

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Released
  
October 19, 1999

Length
  
53:22

Artist
  
Pharoahe Monch

Label
  
Rawkus Records

Recorded
  
1998−99

Internal Affairs (1999)
  
Desire (2007)

Release date
  
19 October 1999

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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Producer
  
Rene John-Sandy II (exec.) Pharoahe Monch (also exec.) Lee Stone (also exec.) DJ Scratch The Alchemist Diamond D

Similar
  
Desire, WAR, PTSD, Stress: The Extinction Agenda, The Equinox

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Internal Affairs is the solo debut from former Organized Konfusion member Pharoahe Monch, released on Rawkus Records and Priority Records. Monch creates a harder sound than heard on the previous Organized Konfusion records. The album spawned the Hot 100 hit "Simon Says".

Contents

The album is out of print because of Pharoahe Monch's refusal to record for the Geffen Records label after Universal Music Group acquired Rawkus Records from Priority. Rawkus, as well as its then-parent label MCA Records, were later folded by the Universal Music Group into Geffen Records.

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Track listing

Sample credits
  • "Intro" contains samples of "Blues and The Abstract Truth" by Oliver Nelson.
  • "Behind Closed Doors" contains samples of "Aftermath" by Quincy Jones.
  • "Queens" contains samples of "Til the Cops Come Knockin" by Maxwell.
  • "Rape" contains samples of "Candy Man" by Quincy Jones.
  • "Simon Says" and "Simon Says (remix)" contains samples of "Gojira tai Mosura Theme" by Akira Ifukube.
  • "No Mercy" contains samples of "The Trap" by Jerry Goldsmith.
  • "The Next Shit" contains samples of "Espani Cani" by Sid Bass.
  • "The Light" contains samples of "Mi Cosa" by Wes Montgomery, and "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" by George Benson.
  • "God Send" contains samples of "Iggin Me" by Chico DeBarge.
  • "The Truth" contains samples of "Cristo Redentor" by Harvey Mandel.
  • Music videos

  • "Simon Says" (1999, director: Busta Rhymes)
  • "The Light" (2000, director: Jeff Richter)
  • Songs

    1Intro3:04
    2Behind Closed Doors3:12
    3Queens3:31

    References

    Internal Affairs (album) Wikipedia