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Official Roc Maricano Thread - Sound like some authentic 97 NY...
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COP THIS.
Straight heron bars the whole way through.
"Y'all doo doo, I'll sock it to you. Pierce your rib with the spear like Shaka Zulu. Cops pursue you when you got pies like LuLu. Control a hoars mind like Voodoo."
Great album.
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Reloaded is amazing, he's one of the best rappers period right now.
Son's wordplay is in another league, he's like a Wu x Big x AZ 2012 hybrid
Also really feeling his production as well, artists like him are super rare in hip-hop nowadays
Son's wordplay is in another league, he's like a Wu x Big x AZ 2012 hybrid
Also really feeling his production as well, artists like him are super rare in hip-hop nowadays
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Here's a XXL review:
Beats XL
Rhymes XL
Originality XL
It’d be a lazy critic’s choice to label Roc Marciano as a grimy New York dude who follows the lineage of Mobb Deep and Raekwon and can spit AAA rhyme scheme for a full 16. This approach sells the Strong Island artist, and arguably one of the best albums of 2012, short. It neglects the cohesiveness of his vision and the veiled depth of his lyrics and lo-fi production. For some listeners, Reloaded—the followup to 2010′s Marcberg—may take a few intent listens before these qualities shine, but they are certainly present in force. There is a lot of pain on this record, and it’s intensely dark and personal at times. However, Roc’s chest stays puffed and his rhymes flamboyant, and almost every line on the album is quotable. (“I got Lamborghini dreams, Nissan nightmares/Moving white, my ice is cool as the night air/two five’s flare, a glare through your Cartier eyewear/Knock ya newborn out of the high chair.”)
There’s no doubt, Marcberg and Reloaded have similar production, cinematic interludes, and structure. But the latter clearly stands as an expansion of the former. It dives several stories deeper into the rabbit hole with riskier production and free-flowing, hard-hitting verses. And yes, like his debut LP, there are no very few rap features on the album. It keeps the focus on Roc and the New York he introduces on Marcberg, which is cold and rugged, with no radio single formalities (a majority of the tracks don’t even have hooks).
It’s a world of passion, death, drugs, greed and blackened tilapia. Roc flexes his abstract storytelling abilities—dancing from one cleverly worded image to another—all sounding indescribably New York. Characterized by a series of masterfully selected, vinyl-crackle-laden, two-bar sample loops, the production is, at once, bleak, playful, smooth and gritty, expanding on the style of his 2010 solo debut, for which he produced every track. This time around, Marciano enlists a little help from Q-Tip, Alchemist, Ray West and The Arch Druids, but it’s still his show. Like Marcberg, Reloaded sounds like it could’ve been released in 1992, but the production is bold and experimental and serves as a worthy backdrop for trouping sessions strapped with Beef & Broccoli Timberlands.
The drum-scarce, sample-heavy style isn’t new, but it’s clear that Roc the producer doesn’t simply settle for the first dope loop he finds on a dig. It’s a sonically cohesive product, and no track stands out from another, which works in his favor. On the first listen, the drum-scarce dissonance seems like it might start to wear out by the end of the 15-track offering. But it doesn’t. The production is creative and nuanced, knit together tightly by Roc’s casually ruthless flow and storytelling ability that rely more on interpretation than direct imagery, which strengthens the album’s punch.
Reloaded is a more than worthy addition to the veteran MC’s young solo repertoire that reiterates his own vision and skill set. It’s vivid and infectious. Truly, a thrilling upgrade of signature East Coast delivery in the new age and one of the best albums of the year to date.
Beats XL
Rhymes XL
Originality XL
It’d be a lazy critic’s choice to label Roc Marciano as a grimy New York dude who follows the lineage of Mobb Deep and Raekwon and can spit AAA rhyme scheme for a full 16. This approach sells the Strong Island artist, and arguably one of the best albums of 2012, short. It neglects the cohesiveness of his vision and the veiled depth of his lyrics and lo-fi production. For some listeners, Reloaded—the followup to 2010′s Marcberg—may take a few intent listens before these qualities shine, but they are certainly present in force. There is a lot of pain on this record, and it’s intensely dark and personal at times. However, Roc’s chest stays puffed and his rhymes flamboyant, and almost every line on the album is quotable. (“I got Lamborghini dreams, Nissan nightmares/Moving white, my ice is cool as the night air/two five’s flare, a glare through your Cartier eyewear/Knock ya newborn out of the high chair.”)
There’s no doubt, Marcberg and Reloaded have similar production, cinematic interludes, and structure. But the latter clearly stands as an expansion of the former. It dives several stories deeper into the rabbit hole with riskier production and free-flowing, hard-hitting verses. And yes, like his debut LP, there are no very few rap features on the album. It keeps the focus on Roc and the New York he introduces on Marcberg, which is cold and rugged, with no radio single formalities (a majority of the tracks don’t even have hooks).
It’s a world of passion, death, drugs, greed and blackened tilapia. Roc flexes his abstract storytelling abilities—dancing from one cleverly worded image to another—all sounding indescribably New York. Characterized by a series of masterfully selected, vinyl-crackle-laden, two-bar sample loops, the production is, at once, bleak, playful, smooth and gritty, expanding on the style of his 2010 solo debut, for which he produced every track. This time around, Marciano enlists a little help from Q-Tip, Alchemist, Ray West and The Arch Druids, but it’s still his show. Like Marcberg, Reloaded sounds like it could’ve been released in 1992, but the production is bold and experimental and serves as a worthy backdrop for trouping sessions strapped with Beef & Broccoli Timberlands.
The drum-scarce, sample-heavy style isn’t new, but it’s clear that Roc the producer doesn’t simply settle for the first dope loop he finds on a dig. It’s a sonically cohesive product, and no track stands out from another, which works in his favor. On the first listen, the drum-scarce dissonance seems like it might start to wear out by the end of the 15-track offering. But it doesn’t. The production is creative and nuanced, knit together tightly by Roc’s casually ruthless flow and storytelling ability that rely more on interpretation than direct imagery, which strengthens the album’s punch.
Reloaded is a more than worthy addition to the veteran MC’s young solo repertoire that reiterates his own vision and skill set. It’s vivid and infectious. Truly, a thrilling upgrade of signature East Coast delivery in the new age and one of the best albums of the year to date.
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Reloaded is doooooooope. Like REALLY dope. Very nice followup to Marcberg.
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yepCheck for "Snow". Your life won't be the same after hearing that @%$%
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good find. i love this type of rap
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Album on steady repeat.
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^^
Was gonna post that up.
Roc demolished that verse. :x
Was gonna post that up.
Roc demolished that verse. :x
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im sayin
im tryin to fill a wallet
till its brolic
knob get polished
by the most exotic
****** who promise
my benz got leather
and oak inside it
anyone letting him do a guest verse just got murdered on their own ****.
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my boy was beggin me to listen to this cat....glad i listened to him
i see my type of hiphop is alive and well.
i see my type of hiphop is alive and well.
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Shout out to the OP and members keeping this alive. This songs was on heavy repeat when I first heard it some years back. His flow and content is TOO raw in this.... just listen.
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why does DOPE music like this get slept on...its so discouraging
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Pretty sure there was a thread on the album but I'm not sure.
Album is still being played on a daily basis.
This, Skyzoo, Action Bronson on constant repeat
Album is still being played on a daily basis.
This, Skyzoo, Action Bronson on constant repeat
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Dude is so raw. Very potent bars.
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yall should check out his man ka, he just put out a short film w/ a video for every song on his grief pedigree album
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qE57tO3Iw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qE57tO3Iw
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Because as time passes, our type fades. This new era, chief keef, no content having, label ***** wearing, follow me I follow you has diseased our youth and even some older cats. I mean, how do you tell someone who is listening to "love Sosa" you got a BANGIN track you want them to hear? Their like Roc Marciano who? A pizza place? SMFH
I can't say I haven't or don't listen to new music. But I've been heavy into real hip-hop for years. Got to thank nation of hip hop and other great forums who keep the content real. Reks, skyzoo, qwel and kip kilagain.... Blu, dead prez, killah priest and a lot of others. Just named ones I knew others could relate lol
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^its not like he was lying though, no matter how hard his statement justled your rimmies
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Other than you disagreeing with something truthful and logical? Nothing
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