The Equinox (album)
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| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | October 1996 - August 1997 | |||
| Genre | Hip Hop | |||
| Label | Priority/EMI Records 0499 2 50560 2 0 P2-50560 | |||
| Producer | Organized Konfusion Rockwilder Diamond D Buckwild Rasheed Showbiz Casper | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
| MyMusic.com |  link |
The Equinox is the third and final album by heralded Queens Hip Hop duo Organized Konfusion, released on September 23, 1997, on Priority Records. The group branched out to work with a number of outside producers, including Diamond D, Showbiz, Buckwild and Rockwilder. The effort is a concept album, with tracks linked together by storytelling skits. Included on the album are two very ambitious tracks: "Invetro" and "Hate." The former gives voice to the unborn, with Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po rhyming as unborn twins, one hoping for their mother to get an abortion, the other praying for a chance to live, respectively, while the latter features Monch and Po rhyming as white supremacists. "Invetro" follows in the same steps as "Stray Bullet" from the group's previous album, giving voices to things that can not speak.
Track listing
| # | Title | Songwriters | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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| 1 | "Interior Assassin's Car, 3:35 AM [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 2 | "They Don't Want It!" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson | Organized Konfusion | Prince Po |
| 3 | "March 21, 3:45 AM [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 4 | "9x out of 10" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson | Organized Konfusion | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 5 | "Questions" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, J. Kirkland | Diamond D | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 6 | "Soundman" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, J. Watson | Rasheed | Pharoahe Monch, Prince Po |
| 7 | "Move" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson | Organized Konfusion | Pharoahe Monch, Prince Po |
| 8 | "Confrontations" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, R. Lemay | Showbiz | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 9 | "Life & Malice Exterior, Club, Night [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 10 | "Numbers" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, T. Hogan | Casper | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 11 | "Shugah Shorty" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, A. Best, Palmieri, Clash, Palmieri | Buckwild | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch, Hurricane G |
| 12 | "Interior Car, Night [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 13 | "Invetro" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, A. Best | Buckwild | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 14 | "Chuck Cheese" | L. Baskerville | Organized Konfusion | Prince Po, Rude One, Tha Ill Rahlos |
| 15 | "Interior, Marisol's Apartment [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 16 | "Sin" | T. Jamerson, T. Hogan | Casper | Pharoahe Monch |
| 17 | "Hate" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson | Organized Konfusion | Pharoahe Monch, Mike, Prince Po |
| 18 | "March 21, 3:47 AM [Skit]" | *Interlude* | ||
| 19 | "Somehow, Someway" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson, D. Stinson, A. Young, C. Broadus, Webster, Adams, Arrington, Waddington, Turner, Casey | Rockwilder | Prince Po, Pharoahe Monch |
| 20 | "Epilogue" | *Interlude* | ||
| 21 | "United as One" | L. Baskerville, T. Jamerson | Pharoahe Monch, Prince Po |
Charts
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[1] | 141 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] | 29 |
References
- ^ "Organized Konfusion Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ "Organized Konfusion Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2016.