TH1RT3EN
 
New Track “666 (Three Six Word Stories)” Unveiled Today
From Legendary Emcee Pharoahe Monch, 
Jack White drummer Daru Jones 
& Renowned Guitarist Marcus Machado
Available Across Platforms Here.
 
Discuss New Single + Reveal 1st Live Performance Footage In
“th1rt3en - unmasked: 666” Video
Directed and edited by Milton Walker
 
SiriusXM “Sway In The Morning” Featured Guest
 
Debut Album A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism
Due Out January 22 on Fat Beats Records
 
Stream: “Fight” (ft. Cypress Hill) | “666 (Three Six Word Stories)”
 

Photo Credit: David Wallace
 
“Underground rap king” - Consequence of Sound
 
“Pharoahe Monch is a perennial critical favorite [...] dropping complex multisyllabic rhymes about nebulous geopolitical threats all the way back in 1991, before that was a thing.” - Pitchfork
 
"Monch and Cypress Hill unload bruising bars that tackle police brutality and systemic racism over Jones’ relentless drumming and a churning guitar from Machado
that peels of into a blazing solo at the song’s end." - Rolling Stone
 
“Jesus H Christ. Is your current fave this good? Do you really know what good is? Or y’all will just consume anything? [Palindrome by th1rt3en] is high level amazeballs
(including the music & production)” - Questlove
 
“[Bring It On] would kill most rappers 99.99% [...] Pharoahe is incredible, and has always been ahead of his time since he came out.” - Eminem
 

th1rt3en is the combative new project from legendary Jamaica, Queens rapper Pharoahe Monch joined by musical assassins Jack White drummer Daru Jones + renowned guitarist, Marcus Machado. The debut album, A Magnificent Day For An Exorcism, is slated for release January 22 on Fat Beats Records and speaks to the cleansing that we need from societal ills and a world gone mad.  

A dynamic, dizzying exploration of hyper consumerism and political corruption, police brutality and murder, the prestigious trio recently shared lead single “Fight” (ft. Cypress Hill) and today they unleash the epic new track “666 (Three Six Word Stories)” which finds the band musically covering Black Sabbath’s “Hand of Doom” so authentically that Sabbath band members thought it was a sample rather than a replay. After Monch sent a letter to explain his intent with the song, the band allowed th1rt3en to use their composition for this new song.  

“666 (Three Six Word Stories) was not written for the sake of simply being provocative,” explains Monch, “but to be able to spaz out over a dark groove, losing all control, allow Marcus, Daru and myself to clear a path through this heavy darkness and forge through towards the light at the end of the archaic tunnel we’re all collectively experiencing.  I also wanted to embellish on the legend of Ernest Hemmingway’s six word story, so I wrote three six word stories at the end of the song, hence the title 666.” 

Pharoahe Monch has had a hall of fame career thus far, first as a member of the 90’s group Organized Konfusion and even more notably as a solo artist revered by his peers including Eminem and Questlove. He recently collaborated with beloved rap group De La Soul and fellow hip hop veterans Styles P, Talib Kweli, Mysonne, and Chuck D for the Supa Dave West-produced “Remove 45,” a call to arms about removing Trump from office. Aggressive, abrasive, often irreverent and fearless with their examination of the world today, the propelling percussion, bewitching hooks, elite lyricism and brilliant guitar work makes for a sonic explosion worthy of the best of all genres. In a landscape where we are constantly being conditioned to shrink our thinking into social media’s algorithm and age demographic, the world is in need of reflection and atonement and th1rt3en is just the band to get the process started. 

 

“666 (Three Six Word Stories)” artwork
 
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For more information on th1rt3en, contact:
Sarah Avrin, sarah@girlieaction.com, 814-777-0709
Erin Jean Hussey, erinjean@girlieaction.com, 858-762-2567