Monday, February 19, 2024

Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect (Expanded Edition)

Holy Intellect (Expanded Edition)



Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect Full Album

Album • 17 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 18 MINUTES • MAR 16 1990

"Holy Intellect" marks the inaugural studio release by the hip-hop ensemble Poor Righteous Teachers, renowned for its strong Five-Percenter ideology. Among its tracks, the standout "Rock Dis Funky Joint" incorporates a sample from "Slippin' into Darkness" by the 1970s funk ensemble War.


Poor Righteous Teachers offer an in-depth analysis of each track on the album in Brian Coleman's "Check the Technique."


In 1998, "Holy Intellect" earned a spot on The Source magazine's list of the Top 100 Rap Albums of All Time.

Anyone who was alive and down for real remembers them as the most authentic and truth oriented hip hop group of the time.