Busta Rhymes has excessive reward for Roc Marciano upon the discharge of Roc’s latest album, Marciology.
In an Instagram submit on Thursday (April 4), Busta dubbed his colleague the “father” of a sound he mentioned many have copied and mirrored on the New York native’s decades-long profession, which started within the late Nineteen Nineties along with his position in Busta’s Flipmode Squad.
“THE FATHER OF THIS SOUND THAT GAVE BIRTH TO SO MANY OF YOU IS BACK!!!” he started. “JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER @rocmarci WAS GETTING PLATINUM PLAQUES WITH ME SINCE 1999 WHEN HE COLLABORATED WITH MYSELF, @raekwon @realghostfacekillah PROD. BY @xplargepro CALLED #THEHEIST ON THE #ANARCHY ALBUM 25YRS AGO!!!
“KNOW YOUR FUCKIN’ HISTORY AND DO YOUR FUCKIN’ RESEARCH!! NO RON DESANTIS SHIT OVER HERE!! BRAND NEW @rocmarci ALBUM #MARCIOLOGY LIVE AND STREAMING EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW!!! RUN IT UP!! FUCK YOU MEAN!!!”
Roc Marciano has constructed his personal world. The Lengthy Island legend loosely operates within the underground, however he doesn’t actively rep affiliation with any East Coast staples who rule the unbiased panorama. Somewhat, he formed the scene they now function in, each aesthetically and business-wise. He was an originator of the so-called “drumless” sound that has dominated the underground for the previous a number of years. His business practices have been equally modern: he would steadily initially withhold albums from broad launch, promoting them solely on his personal web site for a time earlier than sharing them with commonplace distributors.
Launched on Friday (March 29), Marciology marks Marciano’s first solo effort in practically two years. Options embody Crimeapple, T.F, Flee Lord, Jay Worthy, Grea8GAWD and Data the Pirate.
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The album’s lead single “Gold Crossbow” dropped a day earlier than the album and is produced by Marciano himself.
In a evaluate, HipHopDX‘s Will Schube ranked the hassle a 4 out of 5 stars, writing, “Bar for bar, nobody blends extravagance with economic system like he does, parceling out morsels of brags that counsel generational wealth, feeding simply sufficient at a time to maintain ’em hooked and wanting extra. The cohesiveness that happens throughout the album favors it as a physique of labor relatively than a group of particular person songs.
“Standout moments abound, however particular person highlights are typically deemphasized in favor of presenting one thing that strikes as a single organism from starting to finish. With that mentioned, although, there are nonetheless loads of songs which might be completely stellar.”