Showing posts with label Marco Polo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marco Polo. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Rah Digga - "Storm Comin'" ft. Chuck D (Prod. by Marco Polo)
What can I say about Rah Digga?! Since the days of Flipmode Squad, I've always been a fan. Plus, she's a Brick City native like myself so that's extra dope. On this Marco Polo laced track, she goes off about her road through the industry and gives folks some advice on navigating the trenches of it with the illustrious Chuck D. saying a few words himself. Check it!
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Pharoahe Monch - "Rapid Eye Movement" featuring Black Thought and DJ Revolution (prod. by Marco Polo)
More dope music by some lyrical veterans in the game along with a DJ and a producer with an amazing track record. This joint is on repeat! Check it.
Pharoahe Monch’s Forthcoming PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) LP Will Be Released On 4-15-2014
With his highly-anticipated fourth solo-LP, “PTSD” (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Pharoahe Monch re-emerges with a new concept project which finds the ground-breaking emcee tackling PTSD; a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. Throughout the duration of the LP, Monch narrates as an independent artist weary from the war against the industry machine and through the struggle of the black male experience in America.
Pharoahe Monch has been at the forefront of lyrical innovation for two-decades now. Not only is he one of Hip-Hop’s preeminent lyricists, crafting intricate rhyme schemes and intelligent raps, but he is also an incisive political and social commentator, using Hip-Hop as a platform for political engagement.
Rapid Eye Movement featuring Black Thought of the Roots Crew, and produced by long time collaborator Marco Polo is the next look from the album and is a lyrical barrage worthy of these two titans.
Pharoahe Monch's "P.T.S.D." (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) will feature guest appearances from Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Denaun Porter, The Stepkids, Vernon Reid and production from Lee Stone, Marco Polo, Jesse West & Quelle Chris.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
What I'm Watching: Marco Polo - "3-O-Clock" featuring Organized Konfusion (Pharoahe Monch & Prince Po)
If you couldn't believe that Marco got Organized Konfusion back together on a track then peep the video for the proof. This track is fire! My kinda Hip-Hop.
The lead-single from Marco Polo's forthcoming LP, PA2: The Director's Cut, accomplishes what no one else has been able to pull off in over a decade--reunite Organized Konfusion. Since the duo disbanded in 1997, there has been no new OK material and every few years or so the usual "reunion rumors" emerge and then disappear.
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013
What I'm Watching: Marco Polo - “3-O-Clock” ft. Organized Konfusion
Yooooooo. Organized Konfusion. Shoutout to Marco Polo for this. I approve the hell out of this collaboration. I shouldn't be surprised. Marco Polo does not disappoint. Have your radios ready October 12th.
The lead-single from Marco Polo's forthcoming LP, PA2: The Director's Cut, accomplishes what no one else has been able to pull off in over a decade--reunite Organized Konfusion. Since the duo disbanded in 1997, there has been no new OK material and every few years or so the usual "reunion rumors" emerge and then disappear.Follow the madness: twitter.com/TheMadBloggers_
Marco Polo's forthcoming LP, "PA2: The Director's Cut" will be released on 11-12-2013 via Soulspazm Records, with exclusive vinyl courtesy of Slice of Spice. The album features appearances from Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, Posdnuos, Masta Ace, Kardinal Offishall, Styles P, Lil Fame, Alchemist, Oh No, MC Eiht, King Tee, Michael Rapport, Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, Rah Digga, Slaine, Ill Bill, Organized Konfusion, Doppelgangaz & many more.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Marco Polo - "Fame For President" feat. Lil Fame (of M.O.P.) w/scratches by Shylow.
Marco Polo is readying his next album "Port Authority 2" by giving us this new track off his also upcoming free LP Newport Authority 2. Says Marco Polo, “I’ve recorded so much quality material over the last few years and I really want to share it all. It couldn't all possibly fit on Port Authority 2; hence Newport Authority 2 came to be". Yo, if this is a free track, I can't wait to check the album out. Both, actually. Peep it.
Newport Authority 2 will feature appearances from Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Artifacts, Das Efx, Lil Fame (M.O.P.), Torae & Ruste Juxx all rocking over Marco’s production.
Yet, the project everyone should really be excited for is Marco’s Port Authority 2 LP which will be released this spring on Soulspazm Records. Port Authority 2 features appearances from Organized Konfusion (yes, a new Organized Konfusion track!!), Gangrene, Talib Kweli, DJ Premier, Masta Ace, Posdnuos (De La Soul), Kardinal Offishal, Styles P, Nature, Rah Digga, Slaine, Celph Titled, Ill Bill, Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C. & many many more.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
What I'm Watching: Koncept ''Watch the Sky Fall" feat. Royce da 5'9"
Koncept drops off the Royce da 5'9" featured Marco Polo produced cut. Pace Rivers on the direction. Wait, are they really ghost-riding the whip? Ha! Another classic Koncept vid. Enjoy. Chea!
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Koncept Speaks New Single and New Project
That dude Koncept is one funny ass dude. But that should be no surprise, because the Brown Bag AllStars collective are some insanely funny and extremely talented fellas. Koncept, with Beverly close at hand, drops off the promo video for his upcoming project awaken, due out on iTunes December 13 and the official release January 10. But instead of me rambling, I'll let Koncept take it from here.
Watch The Sky Fall" feat Royce da 5'9 (produced by Marco Polo) is the lead single for Koncept's debut album, awaken, available now on iTunes through Soulspazm Records.
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Koncept "Watch The Sky Fall" feat. Royce da 5'9 (prod. by Marco Polo) by iamKoncept
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Koncept "Watch The Sky Fall" feat. Royce da 5'9 (Prod. by Marco Polo)
THE SKY IS FALLING! Ha!
Koncept is consistent with his music. His new single continues that trend of consistency. The Brown Bag AllStar drops off his lead single from his debut album, Awaken, which drops December 13 on Soul Spazm Records. With Marco Polo on production and Royce da 5'9"on the feature, Watch The Sky Fall does a great job setting the tone for the new project. Hit play and enjoy this one. Chea!
Koncept "Watch The Sky Fall" feat. Royce da 5'9 (prod. by Marco Polo) by iamKoncept
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx "The Exxecution: Live From The ROC"
Shouts to the good folks over at ACT LIVE MUSIC and Don't Beat Records. They are doing a series of live albums featuring some incredible talent. Marco Polo and Ruste Juxx are up this week with a live set from their project The Exxecution recorded in Rochester, NY at The Dub Land Underground. I love live albums. So much energy. Enjoy this joint and be on the look out for more, including Brown Bag AllStars, Moses Rockwell, The Sleepwalkas, YC The Cynic and more. In the meantime, enjoy this joint. Chea!
Rearview (Live)
Download: Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The Exxecution: Live From The ROC
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
What I'm Watching: Brown Bag AllStars - The Agenda (Marco Polo Remix)
Last week Brown Bag AllStars released Brown Bag Season Vol 1. Last night the crew celebrated with a release party. They also premiered the visuals for Brown Bag AllStars over at 2DopeBoyz.com. Enjoy.
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
What I'm Watching ... Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx "Rearview"
You might just smack the shit out of someone at the end of this track. Enjoy.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Check It ... Marco Polo x D-Stroy & Bad Seed - "Buggin Out"
New Music from Marco Polo featuring D-Stroy & Bad Seed from The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo Album In Stores June 29th, 2010
For fans in Toronto, catch the Stupendous beat showcase & album release event on June 26th at The Great Hall (1087 Queens St W, Toronto, Canada) featuring Marco Polo, Rich Kidd, Moss, Frank Dukes & performances by Tanika Charles, Promise, Shylow & more.
For those in NYC, Marco Polo will be performing at Duck Down's 15 Year Anniversary show at BB KINGS with performances by Pharaohe Monch, Boot Camp Clik artists Sean Price, Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, along with Kidz In The Hall, Skyzoo, Torae & a large list of special invited guests. Music by DJ Evil Dee. Hosted by Angela Yee & Amanda Diva.
Audio Link: http://bit.ly/cwmDz9
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Check It ... "Radio" (Marco Polo Remix) EXILE featuring Ruste Juxx x Torae
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
What I'm Watching ... Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx "NOBODY"
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The Marco Polo and Ruste Juxx "The eXXecution" project is serious. This "Nobody" track is crazy. The visuals are dope. The vid was directed by Todd Angkasuwan. Check it out.
By the way, Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx's new album, "The eXXecution", is in stores now on Duck Down Music. Get that!
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Tha Lady Blogga Asks...Where's Hip Hop?
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Given the recent events in the music industry, we can't help but realize that the hip-hop culture is on a rapid downward spiral. We lost the King of Pop, Vibe magazine folded, XXL featured a cover full of shiny suit rappers. What the hell is going on with hip-hop? It needs to be revived and quickly. We have been bombarded with parties and bullshit, bling and swag, titties and asses (thanks, Drake), but no talent. Where did it all go?
Pandora Internet radio has become a necessity in my Blackberry. While mainstream radio caters to the artists that pay the most for spins per day, Pandora gives you a mix of stuff you want to hear. I can't stand listening to mainstream radio anymore. Every hour, the line-up is the same...and it's a shitty line-up at that.
So, here I am jammin' to my Pandora "Nas" station, listening to Nas, Jay-Z, Tupac and then it plays Ma$e? WTF is this? Ma$e? Where did this come from? How does he fit in here? He doesn't and that's the problem. I can't deal with the shiny suit rapper. I can't do it. So then I got to thinking, where did hip-hop go wrong? When did we lose it to talentless gimmick promoters with expensive cars? First I thought it was Puffy and his shiny suit movement. But then what about Hammer? And who the hell gave Vanilla Ice a record deal?
The new age of rappers is coming equipped with everything but talent. I mean, it's one thing to have a sales pitch or a certain image but you have to have talent to back it up. I am not even knocking the use of auto-tune. I was rocking to "Computer Love" and it was all good. If artists were saying something worth listening to, it wouldn't matter if it was auto-tuned or not. Having to listen to the likes of Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, New Boyz and other talentless "Hip-Hop" acts makes it difficult for the real Hip-Hop acts to shine through. In my opinion, their music isn't considered "Hip-Hop", it's just noise. Soulja Boy will never live down the fact that he lyrically compared himself to Nas! Nas is a rapper, Soulja Boy is not. So for him to compare himself to a lyricist such as Nas, he deserves to be smacked.
Not for nothing, I think Drake is lyrically inclined and has potential to be something special, but he is allowing himself to be pushed in that bullshit artist direction and that isn't a good move. He is going to lose a lot of fans because of that. He really needs to think about staying true to himself and his talent and not following behind the likes of Kanye West. Honestly I think Kanye just wanted to kill his competition a little bit so he created that video to put Drake on hold for a second. Drake created a buzz without tits, ass and jewels. He can continue to make moves sans that crap in his act.
We have always had underground rappers. The underground movement in the Hip-Hop culture was real serious at one time but now all the real Hip-Hop artists are being pushed into that category. We need to start moving in a direction to bring back Hip-Hop as we knew it. Supporting bullshit music is a problem. We have to start supporting real music and stop helping these "lucky" mediocre artists who knew the right people get ahead. We have new rappers emerging with ridiculous talent and they deserve to be heard on a mainstream level. How awesome would it be to turn on the radio and hear tracks from Diamond District, or Tanya Morgan, some Marco Polo & Torae, or how about "Queens' Anthem"? That would be a revitalizing breath of fresh air. I wouldn't have to cringe every time I turned on the radio or kill my Blackberry battery listening to my Pandora Internet radio.
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Road to Release Day: Eternia & MoSS: "AT LAST" Episode 5
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Over the next 6 months, eternia will release steady video and audio leaks leading up to the release of eternia & MoSS's debut album, "AT LAST". Follow them as they shop for a record deal, promote the album, and countdown to the release date ... stay tuned!
BONUS Flashback Audio: Eternia Ft. Torae & Ms. Davis - Nowhere No More (Prod. By 9th Wonder)
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
What I'm Listening to Right Now ... "Crashing Down"
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I was on the road most of the day doing the voyage from downstate NY to upstate. I had to listen to this song more than 30 times. During a stop over in Albany, I pulled out the laptop and jumped on the Internet to post it. It had to be shared. We often talk about being in pursuit of realness on the blog ... this Crashing Down track is an example of pure REALNESS! Check out the joint from Marco Polo and Torae! I want you to listen very closely to the lyrics on this track. As a matter of fact, after you're done checking out this joint purchase Double Barrel immediately. Support real hip-hop!
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
THE 5th ANNUAL BROOKLYN HIP-HOP FESTIVAL
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I received info a few weeks back on Brooklyn Bodega's Twitter page about a festival they're throwing for the 5th year. I visited their website and saw previous performers and this years performers and thought to myself, "For a small $10 donation, you're telling me I can check out all these artists? Where do I sign up?" You can't really beat that. For all the complaining we do about music, here's a great chance to support alot of established artists as well as hardly known / hardly heard of artists. I got my tickets. Excited to go and take lots of pics to blog about. I know it's gonna be a dope event. Check out the performers listed here...
THE 5th ANNUAL BROOKLYN HIP-HOP FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE JUNE 20TH 2009 - 12pm-8pm
EMPIRE FULTON FERRY STATE PARK
DUMBO, BROOKLYN
Full Artists Lineup...
First Stage:
Pharoahe Monch
DJ Premier
Styles P
dead prez
Smif N' Wessun
Grand Puba
J Period
Torae and Marco Polo
Tiye Phoenix
Keys N Krates
Brown Bag All Stars
DJ Parler
DJ Misbehaviour
Metermaids
Special Guests: Chip Fu, Kel Spencer, Homeboy Sandman
Hosted by Ralph McDaniels
Second Stage:
Donny Goines
Nyle
Eagle Nebula
Brokn Englsh
Children Of The Night
Hosted by Homeboy Sandman
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The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2009 will take place on June 18th, 19th and 20th. Events include a retrospective photo exhibit of the first four years, a kick off party, Family Day, The Main Day, and the Official After Party.
Lots more info at their BROOKLYN HIP HOP FESTIVAL website.
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Check it ... Marco Polo & Torae
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Fat Beats NYC, Tuesday, June 2, 6pm-8pm
Album Release Party
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Sutra Lounge, Tuesday, June 2, Doors at 10pm
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
What I'm Listening to Right Now... Party Crashers
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