Albums Roc Marciano - Marcielago (Discussion Thread)

[spliz]

Roc made the underground fly again. Late 90's going into the 00's, it was almost like a sin to be dipped up, pushing a European whip, and pop champagne if you were an underground artist. Roc brought it back to the essence where it was okay to be super lyrical making great non conformist music as well being on that fly sh*t. He has become a landmark artist who changed the culture in the underground scene.

Great assessment.

 

[Zero]

Roc made the underground fly again. Late 90's going into the 00's, it was almost like a sin to be dipped up, pushing a European whip, and pop champagne if you were an underground artist. Roc brought it back to the essence where it was okay to be super lyrical making great non conformist music as well being on that fly sh*t. He has become a landmark artist who changed the culture in the underground scene.

And don't forget 00s till about 07-08 underground period where it was cool to be a swagless cac writing struggle poetry or social degenerate wigger spitting battle raps for a whole album

Spoiler

I've deleted so much of that off the iPod

 

[TheDarceKnight]

And don't forget 00s till about 07-08 underground period where it was cool to be a swagless cac writing struggle poetry or social degenerate wigger spitting battle raps for a whole album

Spoiler

I've deleted so much of that off the iPod

No doubt.

The only major underground rap I listened to in the mid 00's was Little Brother/Justus League stuff, Madib, Dilla, and a few other cats.

That was a mostly dull era for underground stuff.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The piano keys on Puff Daddy remind me of the ones on Bear Meat

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The cot damn flow on Saw



And the demonic vocal effect when he talks about demons.

That’s the low key stuff that makes Roc a producer and not a beatmaker.

Edit: oops. Alchemist did that beat but my points stands. Roc puts so much thought into his adlibs and little extra details.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I agree. I’m embarrassed to say I slept on him in his Flipmode days. I remember him on The Heist and just wanting to hear Busta, Rae, and Ghost.

I caught on a few months after Marcberg. And I agree that he’s been dope since then but Reloaded is still in my eyes what made the larger audience catch wind.

I agree about Rosebudd too. From then on it’s like he moved past the lane that he helped create. I like that he talks about what he contributed on this album too. A lot of modern goon albums are very much in the Marcberg and Reloaded lanes, but Roc’s production is getting ridiculously experimental. Some of it’s not for me but I really appreciate what he’s doing.

Roc is definitely the biggest / most significant underground lyricist since DOOM and arguably more influential.

If you're looking for pre Marcberg Roc, there's a few joints that he had with UK producers called The P Brothers out of Nottingham, between Flipmode and Marcberg. They were linking with NY rappers like Smiley Da Ghetto Child, Boss Money Gangstas and Milano and putting out albums with them.

This dropped just before Marberg and it's still one of my all time favourite joints by him:



The BBE 'Beat Generation' series really put me up on Roc's work though - after hearing 'Nothin Lesser' with Pete Rock, I put two and two together that he was the dude from 'The Heist'.




I fukked with The U.N. album too - I liked the fact it was confident in what it was, despite the fact its sound wasn't at the forefront at that time.

 

[resistanze]

Tom Chambers

 

[Zero]

If you're looking for pre Marcberg Roc, there's a few joints that he had with UK producers called The P Brothers out of Nottingham, between Flipmode and Marcberg. They were linking with NY rappers like Smiley Da Ghetto Child, Boss Money Gangstas and Milano and putting out albums with them.

This dropped just before Marberg and it's still one of my all time favourite joints by him:



The BBE 'Beat Generation' series really put me up on Roc's work though - after hearing 'Nothin Lesser' with Pete Rock, I put two and two together that he was the dude from 'The Heist'.




I fukked with The U.N. album too - I liked the fact it was confident in what it was, despite the fact its sound wasn't at the forefront at that time.

That UN album was something special. A true anamoly that dropped 5-6 years too early. I didn't even listen to it until 4 years after it came out

 

[Supa]

I agree. I’m embarrassed to say I slept on him in his Flipmode days. I remember him on The Heist and just wanting to hear Busta, Rae, and Ghost.

I caught on a few months after Marcberg. And I agree that he’s been dope since then but Reloaded is still in my eyes what made the larger audience catch wind.

I agree about Rosebudd too. From then on it’s like he moved past the lane that he helped create. I like that he talks about what he contributed on this album too. A lot of modern goon albums are very much in the Marcberg and Reloaded lanes, but Roc’s production is getting ridiculously experimental. Some of it’s not for me but I really appreciate what he’s doing.

Roc is definitely the biggest / most significant underground lyricist since DOOM and arguably more influential.

 

[Newark88]

No doubt.

The only major underground rap I listened to in the mid 00's was Little Brother/Justus League stuff, Madib, Dilla, and a few other cats.

That was a mostly dull era for underground stuff.

I grew up liking both mainstream and underground music. Probably because back then both worlds were more intertwined with one another then separate. Once the late 90's came there was a definite divide between the 2. Although I always enjoyed music that was lyric driven and substance heavy, I was also running around the streets on get money time. So the new crop of underground artists during the dawn of the 00's didn't really speak to me and I stopped checking for the scene overall. But with the emergence of Roc and Griselda this past decade, it has definitely rekindled my love for the underground.

 

[Escobar305]

prodigy on the intro...loving this

 

[TheDarceKnight]

If you're looking for pre Marcberg Roc, there's a few joints that he had with UK producers called The P Brothers out of Nottingham, between Flipmode and Marcberg. They were linking with NY rappers like Smiley Da Ghetto Child, Boss Money Gangstas and Milano and putting out albums with them.

This dropped just before Marberg and it's still one of my all time favourite joints by him:



The BBE 'Beat Generation' series really put me up on Roc's work though - after hearing 'Nothin Lesser' with Pete Rock, I put two and two together that he was the dude from 'The Heist'.




I fukked with The U.N. album too - I liked the fact it was confident in what it was, despite the fact its sound wasn't at the forefront at that time.

I tried to rep but it told me I couldn’t. Thank you for these joints and this info brother

 

[Majestyx]

That UN album was something special. A true anamoly that dropped 5-6 years too early. I didn't even listen to it until 4 years after it came out

that UN album is so fire and the world domination mixtape.

 

[planD]

Marc nikka! Did it again with that premium winter music

 

[Escobar305]

Roc made the underground fly again. Late 90's going into the 00's, it was almost like a sin to be dipped up, pushing a European whip, and pop champagne if you were an underground artist. Roc brought it back to the essence where it was okay to be super lyrical making great non conformist music as well being on that fly sh*t. He has become a landmark artist who changed the culture in the underground scene.

prodigy actually did that...RIP