Roc Marciano – Marcberg 2010 320kb
Marciano delivers a verbal technique that combines a stream-of-consciousness flow with traditional street wisdom, all wrapped-up in a complex labyrinth of flow patterns and cadences. This is the kind of record that sounds like it was made on the artists own terms – no A&R interference or forced collaborations, no pandering to current trends – and it’s all the better for it. Even though previous work with his UN crew featured beats from Large Professor and Pete Rock, it was the tracks he produced himself that knocked the hardest…and he didn’t even own a sampler back then. Now armed with an MPC-2500 and a razor-sharp ear, Roc has really knocked this one out the park. The stripped-down production essentially serves as a platform to showcase the flows on display here – and if you have even a passing familiarity with Marcy’s catalog, then it will be no surprise that he beasts every beat on here.
The previously leaked ‘Snow’ really sets the benchmark here, with cuts like ‘Don Shit’, ‘Real Raw’ and ‘Thugs Prayer’ decimating the competition with line after line of ill imagery, sly boasts and that trademark unorthodox delivery that keeps it in the pocket regardless of the tempo. ‘Jungle Fever’ is the best homage to the ‘rich man’s aspirin’ ever, while ‘Ridin Around’ is the ideal soundtrack to driving while twisted. ‘Panic’ makes you remember why you started messing rap in the first place – that hardcore, sinister anti-social sound that demands to be put on repeat. There’s honestly nothing that you’ll skip or fast-forward on here.
1 Pimptro
2 It’s a Crime
3 Whateva Whateve
4 Raw Deal
5 We Do It Feat. KA
6 Snow
7 Ridin Around
8 Panic
9 Thugs Prayer
10 Pop
11 Jungle Fever
12 Don Shit
13 Marcberg
14 Hide My Tears
15 Shoutro
Props to JordanGunz for original link, yes it’s the real deal! This was converted to mp3 from m4a
April 19th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Bootleggers and plagiarizers?!?
Remove the name Hip-Hop from your site, cowards
April 19th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Nice rip-off from the Unkut.com review…
April 19th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
How about putting it up in m4a (lossless)
April 19th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
unkut to da gut.