On Red Bull Music Academy Radio, the artist known as Pharoahe Monch (pronounced ‘monch’) examines the music from past and present that’s inspired him. Whereas a few artists tend to meander amongst their picks, and many of their catalog sounds the same, Pharoahe Monch has what some might call a penchant for more bizarre genres/songs. It’s this kind of strange eclectic and often hypnotic sound, which in reality bares little in similarity to his own music, that just goes to show you ya never can tell: listen to tracks like “Welcome to the Terrordome” or “Desire” that alternate and dabble in both harder and heavier hip hop as well as classic R&B. Get a look at the man’s influences now on the RBMA.