Pharoah

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Pharoah is a rapper from the neighborhood of South Park in Houston, TX. He's a member of Street Military and he is also the founder of the notorious Killa Klan. He is known for his viciously raw vocal delivery and clever rhyme schemes. He displays exactly that through a live freestyle session with Beltway 8 Records. This album was released in 2004 on Beatbox Records but it was recorded much earlier.

1) Pharoah is a rapper from the neighborhood of South Park in Houston, TX. He's a member of Street Military and he is also the founder of the notorious Killa Klan. He is known for his viciously raw vocal delivery and clever rhyme schemes. He displays exactly that through a live freestyle session with Beltway 8 Records. This album was released in 2004 on Beatbox Records but it was recorded much earlier. Also the Chopped N Screwed version was the only format released. Production along with all the effects are done by Mike Mo. He does an awesome job providing beats that easily bump in the trunk. Pharoah and members of the Beltway 8 Family grace the tracks and showcase their freestyle talent. Overall the eleven track record contains some stand out cuts and flows. The album was later marked as the last album Pharoah recorded before he was sentenced to fifty years in prison for attempted murder and armed robbery.

2) Dubbed by the press - New Jersey's answer to The New York Dolls ? Pharoah played the role of the east coast's tonic to the masses for the over saturated 1980's L.A. glam scene. Pharoah was best known for their outrageous stage antics, big-hair & makeup and beat-conscious glam rock ?n' roll. Armed with their self-indoctrinated credo ?Sex, Glam, Gloom? the band would dominate the metropolitan area's music scene.

With Pharoah being on everybody's A-list for record executive parties (including guests like Paul Schaeffer, Jeff Beck, Gene Simmons and Joey Ramone) it wouldn't be long before CBS records would rush in to capitalize on the band's success. But with the corporate take-over of CBS records by Sony Music in 1989, and the dramatic change in the music industry, the band would lose enthusiasm and part their own ways.

During their career, Pharoah would open for multiple national acts, release two records on their own label, showcase a video on MTV's ?Headbanger's Ball?, appear on over a dozen cable shows including ?Manhattan Cable's-New Music Show?, ?Tucci at Two?, ?CTN Networks-The Underground Caf??, ?U-68?, and South Jersey's ?TV35?. This band caused quite a stir amongst local viewers, however, live, that stir turned into shock, and shock at it's best. Veterans of the stage, Pharoah played such venues like ?The Cat Club?, ?Club Nirvana?, ?C.B.G.B's?, ?The Limelight?, ?Studio One? and ?The Dirt Club? to name a few. With rave reviews in ?East Coast Rocker's? center-fold (August 27th, 1986) and a full-page feature in ?Rock Magazine? (November, 1988), rock ?n' roll's best kept secret would gain national notoriety and develop a loyal fan-base that today still stands the test-of-time.

Fast-forward to 2009 and you find the legend has grown. Pharoah is currently beginning work on their second CD scheduled for release in 2010 Dubbed by the press - New Jersey's answer to The New York Dolls ? Pharoah played the role of the east coast's tonic to the masses for the over saturated 1980's L.A. glam scene. Pharoah was best known for their outrageous stage antics, big-hair & makeup and beat-conscious glam rock ?n' roll. Armed with their self-indoctrinated credo ?Sex, Glam, Gloom? the band would dominate the metropolitan area's music scene.

With Pharoah being on everybody's A-list for record executive parties (including guests like Paul Schaeffer, Jeff Beck, Gene Simmons and Joey Ramone) it wouldn't be long before CBS records would rush in to capitalize on the band's success. But with the corporate take-over of CBS records by Sony Music in 1989, and the dramatic change in the music industry, the band would lose enthusiasm and part their own ways.

During their career, Pharoah would open for multiple national acts, release two records on their own label, showcase a video on MTV's ?Headbanger's Ball?, appear on over a dozen cable shows including ?Manhattan Cable's-New Music Show?, ?Tucci at Two?, ?CTN Networks-The Underground Caf??, ?U-68?, and South Jersey's ?TV35?. This band caused quite a stir amongst local viewers, however, live, that stir turned into shock, and shock at it's best. Veterans of the stage, Pharoah played such venues like ?The Cat Club?, ?Club Nirvana?, ?C.B.G.B's?, ?The Limelight?, ?Studio One? and ?The Dirt Club? to name a few. With rave reviews in ?East Coast Rocker's? center-fold (August 27th, 1986) and a full-page feature in ?Rock Magazine? (November, 1988), rock ?n' roll's best kept secret would gain national notoriety and develop a loyal fan-base that today still stands the test-of-time.

Fast-forward to 2009 and you find the legend has grown.