Pharoahe Monch Debuts “Clap" In London

During Pharoahe’s trip to London , he stopped by Kiss 100′s Hip Hop Show on Sunday and premiere a new track off his upcoming W.A.R. LP. Below he explains the concept of the track.

“That song is like a year and some change in the making – not that it took me a year to write it, but I found the beat on tour in Australia. I started writing over it after the Sean Bell incident and it was loosely based on police brutality. It’s still pretty loose around that – American corruption and police brutality.‘Clap’ was particularly inspired by the cases of Aiyana Jones, Oscar Grant and Sean Bell – “All young black people who were murdered by police officers in the States,” the Queens, NY emcee explains. “You feel helpless when this happens and the police never get charged with these crimes.”

The Origin: La Roux – In For The Kill

For all purposes presented: above you have the video for the hit single from the British pop band, and right below it you have the “Skreams Lets Get Ravey Mix” which might help you to locate the most important parts of the sample. Below that, a couple of pretty good uses for the record. Enjoy, because Elly Jackson’s voice is literally stuck in my head right now.


Download: Donnis – For The Kill (Prod. Needlz & Aganee)


Download: L.E.P. Bogus Boys – Going In For The Kill (Prod. Megaman)*

Update: *check out the equally sick video for this track here.