Organized Konfusion: Organized Konfusion (2LP) [NATURE SOUNDS]

Why you'll love it

The Queens duo's debut, spread across two LPs on Nature Sounds. Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po built a cult following on the strength of it, and 'Walk into the Sun' reached number 15 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart.

This edition

• 2LP set
• Reissue on Nature Sounds
• 14 tracks, including 'Fudge Pudge' with O.C.

About the album

Long before Pharoahe Monch went solo, he was half of Organized Konfusion with Prince Po, and this 1991 debut on Hollywood Basic is where the pair first showed what they could do. The rhymes are dense with wordplay and metaphor, the beats are loose and jazzy, and the mood swings happily from light-hearted tales like 'Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?' to the politics of 'Releasing Hypnotical Gases' and 'Prisoners of War'.

The Source gave it four out of five in January 1992, and AllMusic and RapReviews have since given it perfect marks. Trouser Press reckoned 'Releasing Hypnotical Gases' was one of the most complex sets of battle rhymes ever written, which is the sort of compliment most rappers would have framed. It never sold like the records it influenced, but mention it to a hip hop producer and watch them go quiet and reverent.

Tracklist

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Out October 23, 2026 on Nature Sounds (cat# NSD268), a reissue of the 1991 album.