Between 2004 and 2005, Pharoahe recorded an album while he was signed to MCA/Geffen Records, which was never released. After a bidding war between prominent labels such as Bad Boy Records, Shady Records and Sony Records, Pharoahe Monch signed a deal with Steve Rifkind's SRC Records in February 2006. He released his second album, "Desire", on June 26, 2007. Prince Po released his second solo album "Prettyblack" on August 8, 2006. Around this time he was also featured on Adverse's album "David". Another Po solo LP, "Saga of the Simian Samurai", was released in November 2007 and was produced entirely by TOMC3. The two had worked together previously on Kool Keith's "Project Polaroid".