Organized Konfusion (album)

Organized Konfusion
Studio album by Organized Konfusion
Released	October 29, 1991
Recorded	1990-1991
Genre	Hip hop
Length	56:40
Label	Hollywood BASIC / Elektra Records
Producer	Organized Konfusion Snap & The Foolish Mortals Kid Nyce & So Unique
Organized Konfusion chronology
Organized Konfusion (1991) Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
RapReviews.com	[2]
The Source	[3]

Organized Konfusion is the eponymous debut album by Queens Hip Hop duo Organized Konfusion. The album was released on October 29, 1991 under Hollywood BASIC. The album and the group have received a large cult following throughout the years. The record was originally given a rating of 4 out of 5 in The Source in January 1992.^[4] The effort has received perfect ratings from many sources, including Allmusic and RapReviews. Group members Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po were praised for their highly skilled lyrical ability, making use of intelligent vocabulary and metaphors. The content on the album ranges from light-hearted tales ("Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?" "Audience Pleaser"), to extreme, politically influenced songs ("Releasing Hypnotical Gases," "Prisoners of War"), to religious influence ("Open Your Eyes"). AMG writer Stanton Swihart wrote in All Music's album review:

“

The inspired debut album from the duo of Prince Poetry and Pharoahe Monch was arguably the underground rap album of the 1990s...Organized Konfusion may be, alongside Main Source's Breaking Atoms, the quintessential cult hip-hop album from a decade full of forward-looking efforts.

”

—Stanton Swihart^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fudge Funk"		Organized Konfusion	1:04
2.	"Fudge Pudge" (featuring O.C.)	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, O. Credle	Organized Konfusion	5:31
3.	"Walk Into The Sun"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	5:05
4.	"Releasing Hypnotical Gases"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion, Snap & The Foolish Mortals	5:15
5.	"Audience Pleasers"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	3:33
6.	"Jiminez Criqueta"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	1:25
7.	"Prisoners Of War"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	4:36
8.	"The Rough Side Of Town"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion, Kid Nyce & So Unique	4:47
9.	"Organized Konfusion"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	4:48
10.	"P.S. 48"		Organized Konfusion	1:43
11.	"Roosevelt Franklin"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	3:58
12.	"Who Stole My Last Piece Of Chicken (Remix)"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	3:31
13.	"Open Your Eyes"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	4:57
14.	"Intro"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	2:17
15.	"Who Stole My Last Piece Of Chicken"	L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson	Organized Konfusion	4:05

Samples

Audience Pleasers

• "Lowdown Popcorn" by James Brown

Fudge Funk

• "More Peas" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s

Fudge Pudge

• "More Peas" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" by Barry White
• "Float On" by The Floaters

Intro

• "Give It Up" by Kool & the Gang

Jiminez Criqueta

• "Don't Mess With People" by Mandrill

Open Your Eyes

• "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock

Organized Konfusion

• "Let a Woman Be a Woman - Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke & the Blazers

Prisoners of War

• "Power" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• "The Mexican" by Babe Ruth
• "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" by Coke Escovedo

P.S. 48

• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.

Releasing Hypnotical Gases

• "Burning Spear" by S.O.U.L.
• "Soul" by S.O.U.L.
• "Non-Stop Home" by Weather Report

Roosevelt Franklin

• "125th Street Congress" by Weather Report

The Rough Side of Town

• "North Carolina" by Les McCann
• "Black Frost" by Grover Washington, Jr.

Walk Into the Sun

• "Green Earrings" by Steely Dan
• "Runnin'" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Walking Into Sunshine" by Central Line
• "Action" by Orange Krush

Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?

• "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps

As sampled by other musicians

A lyric from "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" ("Insight, foresight, more sight, the clock on the wall reads a quarter past midnight") was sampled by DJ Shadow as the introduction to the track "Midnight in a Perfect World" on his 1996 album Endtroducing......^[6]

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1991	Walk into the Sun	-	-	15

References

1. Allmusic review
2. RapReviews.com review
3. The Source review
4. Matty C (January 1992) Original Album Review. The Source.
5. "Organized Konfusion" (Album Review by Stanton Swihart). Retrieved n. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. Lee, Jordan (1 May 2013). "Midnight In A Perfect Sample". WYMS. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.