roc marciano

aeokq · Post by **aeokq** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:24 pm

Marcberg sounds so much better in the whip than in the home system. Also, I love raw dark hip hop as much as the next guy, but the production on this album gets old. The beat is either sizzling or average. Raw Deal, Snow, Don Shit...those are fire. But a few snoozers too imo.

I also just heard Roc is doing an album with Madlib.

Money Daniels · Post by **Money Daniels** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:40 pm

aeokq wrote:I also just heard Roc is doing an album with Madlib.

http://www.unkut.com/2010/05/roc-marcia ... #more-3650

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:58 pm

dope interview too
the bottom of that page has some marciano shit i haven't heard yet

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:00 pm

I really wouldn't get my hopes up for that coming out for another year or two. Whats going on with that Druids shit already?

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:23 pm

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:38 pm

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:19 pm

http://www.steadybloggin.com/roc-marciano-like-thisss/

unreleased track from marcberg sessions

Fury's Flavour · Post by **Fury's Flavour** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:56 am

Marcberg is a masterpiece

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:45 pm

I can't stop listening to this

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:28 pm

admiral wrote:I can't stop listening to this

Me too. I've never played winter album so much in the summer/fall as I have this one.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:35 pm

crocodidile is def the word of the summer so far

Brokewax · Post by **Brokewax** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:11 pm

great, great album...can't wait for Reloaded...Roc is killin em

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:35 am

Yeah I got to finally listen to the Marcberg album last week. Very dope.

spew120 · Post by **spew120** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:42 am

Apparently he's working with AG. Nice.

aeokq · Post by **aeokq** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:33 pm

This album grew on me A LOT. Now I can say the only songs that are remotely average are Whateva Whateva, We Do It, and Ridin' Around. Whereas previously I said the beats on this album get old, the exact opposite is true; it has significant replay value. Shit knocks so hard, and Roc is one of the best MCs at the moment imo. He has a dope flow and hits you with various images and whatnot while boasting in a sly manner. Great album top 5 of the year easy.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:17 am

This grew on me a lot too. The album has a lot of filler, but there's not many artists putting out tracks as good as "Pop," "Snow," "Don Shit," and "Marcberg." Revisiting albums cause of a latent Pitchfork co-sign ftw.

I like how he sneaks in little details into his rhymes that distinguish them from other street rap, eg, how he says "dead broke...in a pea coat" or talks about creeping with girls who play clarinets. The only problem I have is that these idiosyncrasies, coupled with his flow, often remind me a little too much of Raekwon and on some songs the resemblance is too much ("Marcberg") that it comes off like biting.

Overall though, the guy's a great MC and great beatmaker, and the 4 songs I mentioned above are the best NYC street rap I've heard in a while besides Meyhem Lauren's "Got the Fever," some tracks off OB4CL2, and most of Cormega's last album. I slept on this hard because, like aeokq said, I was listening to a bunch of tracks on headphones when it first came out and hadn't given it a proper bump in ze whip.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:01 pm

A lot of filler?

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:02 pm

Philaflava wrote:A lot of filler?

i was about to say the same thing....

Jayou Ayen · Post by **Jayou Ayen** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:03 pm

Icesickle wrote:This grew on me a lot too. The album has a lot of filler, but there's not many artists putting out tracks as good as "Pop," "Snow," "Don Shit," and "Marcberg." Revisiting albums cause of a latent Pitchfork co-sign ftw.

I like how he sneaks in little details into his rhymes that distinguish them from other street rap, eg, how he says "dead broke...in a pea coat" or talks about creeping with girls who play clarinets. The only problem I have is that these idiosyncrasies, coupled with his flow, often remind me a little too much of Raekwon and on some songs the resemblance is too much ("Marcberg") that it comes off like biting.

Overall though, the guy's a great MC and great beatmaker, and the 4 songs I mentioned above are the best NYC street rap I've heard in a while besides Meyhem Lauren's "Got the Fever," some tracks off OB4CL2, and most of Cormega's last album. I slept on this hard because, like aeokq said, I was listening to a bunch of tracks on headphones when it first came out and hadn't given it a proper bump in ze whip.

Dammit, now I have to hate Marcberg.

aeokq wrote:Marcberg sounds so much better in the whip than in the home system.

I never understood when people use to say that an album was made for the walkman (portable cassette player for you 15 yr olds), I just assumed they meant it didn't bump in the system.
I first heard Marcberg on my ipod, and it sounded fine, dusty but fine.
It sounds like shit in my car though. I'm not expecting it to hit, but it sounds really funky, like it wasn't mixed right or something.

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Thun · Post by **Thun** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:07 pm

LOL @ Ithe's extraordinarily cautious appraisal.

But to be fair, a quick search will reveal a lot of kneejerk faggotry back when the album as first released.

A Kid · Post by **A Kid** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:57 pm

hold up he said Whateva Whateva & RIDING AROUND are (remotely) average? ...you can maybe argue that for Whatever, but Riding Around is one of the better joints to me. def one of my most played albums this year and it'll still get play thru the winter while a bunch of other shit gets retired til the weather breaks again

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:46 am

Jayou Ayen wrote:
Icesickle wrote:
I first heard Marcberg on my ipod, and it sounded fine, dusty but fine.
It sounds like shit in my car though. I'm not expecting it to hit, but it sounds really funky, like it wasn't mixed right or something.

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But yet oldies sound crisp and clear?

vinylpops · Post by **vinylpops** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:47 am

I still need to listen to this.

Jayou Ayen · Post by **Jayou Ayen** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:51 am

Thun wrote:
Jayou Ayen wrote:
Icesickle wrote:
I first heard Marcberg on my ipod, and it sounded fine, dusty but fine.
It sounds like shit in my car though. I'm not expecting it to hit, but it sounds really funky, like it wasn't mixed right or something.

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But yet oldies sound crisp and clear?

Relax bro, I got a reggaeton playlist ready for when you come to the East Bay.

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vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:29 am

By far album of the year. Like most people, it definitely grew on me. I liked it off of first listen, but it definitely got better to me.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:59 am

Jayou Ayen wrote:
Thun wrote:
Jayou Ayen wrote:
Icesickle wrote:
I first heard Marcberg on my ipod, and it sounded fine, dusty but fine.
It sounds like shit in my car though. I'm not expecting it to hit, but it sounds really funky, like it wasn't mixed right or something.

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But yet oldies sound crisp and clear?
Relax bro, I got a reggaeton playlist ready for when you come to the East Bay.

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marcberGASOLINA

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:19 am

Philaflava wrote:A lot of filler?

Maybe I need to listen to it more, but the four songs I mentioned stand out from the rest of the album primarily because of the beats.

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:22 pm

Philaflava wrote:A lot of filler?

seriously - can we get a rundown of the filler tracks on this?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:07 pm

Icesickle wrote:
Philaflava wrote:A lot of filler?
Maybe I need to listen to it more, but the four songs I mentioned stand out from the rest of the album primarily because of the beats.

Nah man, your time is precious. Don't let something like a cursory listening experience get in the way of making your claims.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:49 pm

No filler on here at all. One of the best rap albums in years, imo.

I gotta give Ithe some extra dap though cause of this: I hadn't peeped this thread since before he gave his little review here. I was bumpin this album once again in the whip the other day and I honestly was thinking that Roc and Rae should do a collabho album together cause of the minor similarities. But I wouldn't call it biting at all. Complete different flows, styles, I think they would complement each other nicely.