Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Stress
3. Extinction Agenda, The
4. Thirteen
5. Black Sunday
6. Drop Bombs
7. Bring It On
8. Why
9. Let's Organize
10. 3-2-1
11. Keep It Koming
12. Stray Bullet
13. Maintain
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Large Professor, O.C., Q-Tip | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Additional personnel: Q-Tip, O.C. The Large Professor (vocals); D-Ave (scratches).
Producers: Buckwild, Organized Konfusion, Rockwilder.
Engineers: Antonio Smalios, D. Anthony "The Bomb" Johnson, Anton Puchshansky.
Recorded at Unique Studios and Battery, New York, New York; Power Play Studios, Long Island City, New York.
Samples include "Mingus Fingus No. 2" (as performed by Charles Mingus), "Rain Dance" (as performed by Herbie Hancock), "Melody For Thelma" (as performed by Blue Mitchell) and "Who Sey Me Dun" (as performed by Cutty Ranks).
After earning both BET video play and underground cred (reaching beyond the rap community) for their 1993 debut with clever and twisted rhymes delivered with unique cadence, the duo of Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po returned two years later with another classic late golden age of hip-hop record. About the only change-up on STRESS: THE EXTINCTION is hinted at in the title; there is a stronger sense of urgency on Organized Konfusion's sophomore slice. While "Let's Organize" contains some playful call-and-response, the general tone is solemn seriousness; no one would dare question the pair's commitment to change. Meanwhile, the disc confirmed Pharoahe as one of the premier voices in political hip-hop with dexterous refrains like "a driver sprayed my face with mace/she didn't know I enjoyed the taste of radioactive waste" spit in a style combining Kool Keith staccato with Chuck D sound and fury.
Editorial Reviews
Included on Spin's list of the `10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '95' - ...a potent concoction--metaphoric contortions, moody textures, snappy drums--that cemented Organized's place among the beat generation's core...
Spin (01/01/1996)
4 Stars - Slammin' - ...The essence of Organized Konfusion is pure lyricism. More so than any other artists out now, Monch and Prince are masters of words and phrases...they become verbal contortionists, creating moving molecules of syllables and sounds...
The Source (09/01/1994)
9 - ...This is a must-have LP for any aspiring lyricist, as well as for avid fans who are tired of the saturated, unexceptional, untalented, crime-related, or sexual, close-minded MCs.
Rap Pages (11/01/1994)
...[Organized Konfusion] create a sophisticated hip-hop style that is often as innovative as it is infectious....there's enough head-bobbing and bounce-type material here to keep the attention of even the most jaded listener...
Urban Latino (10/01/1994)
...Combining rock-hard rhyming skills and a radical hip-hop critique of Christianity, the paranoid and apocalyptic visions this group expresses would be going down easier if the run-of-the-mill beats lived up to the lyrics...
Entertainment Weekly (09/23/1994)
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