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"This shit is called Astonishing for a reason.  Enjoy. PA2 coming soon."
-Marco Polo

It’s been six years since Marco Polo took the hip-hop world by storm with his Rawkus/Soulspazm Records debut LP, Port Authority. This album not only established the Toronto, Canada native as one of the top emerging producers in his field, but also transformed Marco into a very sought-after collaborator as well. He has since gone on to release the collaborative project with Torae, Double Barrel, in 2009 and has also worked with acclaimed artists such as; Masta Ace, Special Teamz, Heltah Skeltah, Buckshot, KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, Copywrite, Vinnie Paz and Large Professor.

After generating tremendous momentum this summer with his free LP, Newport Authority 2, Marco Polo returns to offer up the highly anticipated sequel, PA2: The Director’s Cut, which is the culmination of thousands of hours of creative energy, manpower, crate-digging, knob-twisting, Newport-smoking and coffee-bingeing, to create an impeccable infrastructure of music that will resonate with hip-hop fans across the world.

Fans have already heard glimpses of what MP has in store for PA2: The Director’s Cut, as his heartfelt dedication to Gang Starr’s Guru (“G.U.R.U.” featuring Talib Kweli & DJ Premier) not only went viral in a day, but also clearly resonated with the late MC’s friends and family as they offered up their support for the track. The LP’s most recent leak, “3-O-Clock” did what hip-hop fans have been impatiently waiting on for over fifteen years; reuniting Organized Konfusion (Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po) on the same track. Official music videos for these tracks will be released in the weeks leading up to the album. The “G.U.R.U.” video is a nostalgic tribute to the legendary lyricist, directed by Todd Angkasuwan, while “3-O-Clock”, directed by The Doppelgangaz, effectively captures the grimy and gritty New York vibe on this MP x OK collabo.

PA2: The Director’s Cut is not a “compilation” project. Rather, much like projects from the producers (Jay Dee, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, etc), that have influenced Marco, it’s a seamlessly blended piece of art featuring a who’s-who of the industry’s top MCs; each track crafted and specialized to fit each MC’s strengths. This is evident throughout PA2. On “West Coast Love” Marco displays his versatility, cooking up some premo G-Funk for West Coast legends MC Eiht and King Tee to spread their Cali love on. Further, “Astonishing” featuring Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C. and Tragedy is like riding shotgun to “The Tunnel” in Doc Brown’s DeLoreon, and the shimmering “Strange Brew” with Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) pushes the BPMs to maximum levels. The LP’s apt closing track, “Glory” (Finish Hard) featuring Masta Ace, A.G. and Posdnuos (of De La Soul) offers up a hilarious commentary from Ace on Marco’s tedious “work ethic” and ends with commentary from everyone’s favorite beer-drinking Canucks Bob and Doug McKenzie (of Strange Brew fame) who revisit their “Strange Brew” days.

For nearly 10 years, Marco’s mission has remained the same: to keep the masses moving and their heads bobbing, and PA2: The Director’s Cut is a shining testament to that. “I put together an album that I felt picked up where Port Authority left off but updated it for 2013. I'm proud to finally let this album out into the world. It's a long-ass album and I don't give a flying #!@*. At the end of the day I'm excited with the finished product; which took me five-plus years to create. DJ connoisseurs can also expect some of finest-quality cutting courtesy of DJ Revolution, DJ Premier, Shylow, DJ Linx & DJ Romes. Moving forward, I'm seriously looking forward to touring this record and smacking them MP pads live for all those inviting me to do so. Catch me traveling the world again soon backing my big bro Masta Ace, as well as rocking some solo production sets for the hip-hop heads.” Marco states.

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Marco Polo "Astonishing" f. Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C., Tragedy Khadafi & DJ Revolution

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Prince Po of Organized Konfusion links up with West Coast producer Oh No on this track off their new collaborative album "Animal Serum".

Animal Serum

Prince Po & Oh No (ft. Roc C) - Bearz

Hip-Hop legend Edo.G teams up with his apprentices G. Dot & Born, Boston natives, to shine light on their story and style while also providing their own sound.  All production is handled by Confidence, who's claim to fame includes "Rashad and Confidence" and "Purpose and Confidence" on Ill Adrenaline Records and he produced seven tracks on Neek the Exotic’s “Hustle Don’t Stop” LP from 2012.  

The LP is fourteen tracks deep with Gdot & Born handling about half the duties on the mic, with the remaining tracks being handled by Edo.G, providing listeners with a nice diversity; while Confidence keeps a steady stream of that authentic Hip-Hop he is known for throughout.
     
Confidence, a student of the game dating back to the 90’s, first got a taste of music production in the mid 90′s while learning to DJ with his brother Technic.  His break didn't come until 2001 when he copped an MPC 2000xl which he still uses to this day to compose masterpieces.   

G. Dot & Born relay the struggle of survival in the streets with hard-hitting raw lyrics, traditional gritty street beats and a confident delivery that takes Hip-Hop back to its essence. G. Dot and Born stay true to the city of Boston that raised them and 90’s Hip Hop influences like J. Dilla, Sean P., Big Pun, Edo G., Kool G. Rap, AZ and Nas by embodying a humble braggadocio that only real life experiences teach you. 

Today, the group offers up a tribute song, “Living Legend,” dedicated to the one and only Pete Rock, featuring Pete’s former INI cohorts Grap Luva (Pete’s brother), Rob-O & EDO. G.

Confidence Presents G. Dot & Born Featuring EDO. G will be released on 1-28-14 and you can pre-order it here: http://redlinemusicdistribution.bigcartel.com/product/confidence-presents-gdot-born-featuring-edo-g 

Tracklisting and Credits for Confidence Presents G. Dot & Born Featuring EDO. G:

1.) “Confident”
2.) “About These Problems”
3.) “Class In In Session”
4.) “Interlude”
5.) “Its Real” f/ EDO. G
6.) “Lock And Load”
7.) “Manhunt”  
8.) “Makin Tracks” f/ EDO. G
9.) “Interlude”
10.) “Grammers Song” 
11.) “Find It”
12.) “Living Legend” f/ Grap Luva, Rob-O & EDO. G
13.) “Tuff Talk”
14.) “Interlude”
15.) “Of Course I’m Fresh”
16.) “You’re Mine” f/ M-Credible
17.) “Makin Tracks” (Remix)
18.) “Interlude”

***All Tracks Produced By Confidence

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Confidence Presents G.Dot & Born f/ Grap Luva, Rob-O & EDO.G- "Living Legend"

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CZARFACE (Wu-Tang Clan's Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric) will release their sophomore album, 'Every Hero Needs A Villain', on June 16th, 2015 via Brick Records.  The album includes guest appearances from Method Man, Meyhem Lauren, MF Doom, GZA, Large Professor, JuJu of The Beatnuts & RA The Rugged Man.

CZARFACE 
'Every Hero Needs A Villain' 
Tracklisting:

1.)  Don The Armor 
2.)  Czartacus 
3.)  Lumberjack Match
4.)  Nightcrawler f/ Method Man
5.)  World Premier f/ Large Professor
6.)  The Great (Czar Guitar)
7.)  Red Alert
8.)  Junkyard Dogs f/ Juju (of The Beatnuts)
9.)  Sgt. Slaughter
10.) When Gods Go Mad f/ GZA
11.) Ka-Bang! f/ MF Doom
12.) Deadly Class f/ Meyhem Lauren 
13.) Escape From Czarkham Asylum
14.) Sinister
15.) Good Villains Go Last f/ RA The Rugged Man

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CZARFACE (Inspectah Deck + 7L & Esoteric)f. MF DOOM "Ka-Bang!"

maticulous delivers the 1st official single from his forthcoming producer album, 'The maticulous LP.' Black Hoodie Rap features razor sharp lyricism from Lil Fame (M.O.P.) & Rah Digga over thumping drums, and sinister organs to provide a new street anthem for 2015

Black Hoodie Rap Feat. Lil Fame Of M.O.P & Rah Digga

Buy the single here: http://geni.us/VursatylNothingBring
Buy the album: http://geni.us/VursatylCrooked

With his debut solo release ‘Crooked Straights’ gaining support from the likes of HipHopDX and Okayplayer, we present two more missiles from the album, packaged with a previously unreleased remix from Jake One.
Showcasing Vursatyl’s fearsome lyrical skills to the fullest, ‘It’s Nothing’ is a raw slice of bragging, up-tempo hip hop; a reminder not to mess with this prodigiously talented and hard working veteran of the rap game.
Remixing Vursatyl’s awesome ‘Bring It To A Halt’ is the one and only Jake One, part of the legendary Rhymesayers Entertainment crew and one half of Tuxedo alongside Mayer Hawthorne. Having previously worked with a virtual ‘who’s who’ of hip hop artists, Jake One blesses Vursatyl with a vintage remix, rolling menacingly like a piece of heavy artillery.
Also included is the fiery original version of ‘Bring It To A Halt’ featuring cuts by DJ Flip Flop, plus instrumentals of both tracks; perfect weapons for DJs and MCs to get busy with.


It's Nothing / Bring It To A Halt (plus Jake One Remix)

Bring It To A Halt

Vursatyl - Bring It To A Halt (Jake One Remix)

MODERN DAY GANGSTA is a verbal threat, a written retaliation to the current state of corruption riddling broad levels of our systems of authority. This wake up call to the passive, launches with TRAGEDY KHADAFI drawing comparison between political domination and ruling in the streets, with the lyrical finesse of a veteran steeped in 30 years of Queensbridge history. KRS ONE returns as “The Teacha”, educating us on the infiltration of corporate America by gangster tacticians. A.G. (DITC) characterizes one of the numerous victims of police murder with a sombre hostility that draws a firm line in the pavement.
Three of Hip Hop’s luminaries combine over baneful strings delivered in a landscape of energy by producer STRICKNINE (MF Grimm, Thirstin Howl, Blaq Poet) to re-establish a message that is more relevant now than ever before: "I think it's time we all stand up".


Modern Day Gangsta

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VINYL

Trouble Knows Me (prod. by Madlib)

Go! NYC RMX ft. Joell Ortiz, Wordsworth, Aaron Cohen & K. Sparks [prod. by The Audible Doctor]

I sat on this beat for years and I probably should have released it on My Soul To Keep. My mistake, but since the music can't be updated and I rewrote this like eleven times...I just decided to let it go. 



Look inside my crooked mind, 
My words are what you would define, 
as visions over rhythms so my listeners, they could be blind,
They still would see the movie, hear the script, I'm using hooks and lines 
To bait you in, you thinking it's a flick, but it's a book of rhymes
I'm sort of like a crook that cries
Drug chemist cook that dies, 
Breaking bad, make me mad, you will see my hood resides 
in me
There's a Brooklyn sign inside my heart that pushed my grind,
I wanted fame, but couldn't lie, my real emotions wouldn't hide
The true pain, faith gone, YouTube, views low, 
Bills high, job stress, plan A, too slow,
Health scares, migraines, type two, glucose
One day I'll be playing for the Angels like I'm Pujols 
Pray more, help folks, give back, time flies, 
Broke days, kill hope, bring back crime side,
Push keys, users get, connected no 
Wi-fi
hard white, soft brown, kids lost wife high,
Young girls, hoes, thots, 
Run streets, no pops,
Fake ass, wack weave, short skirts, low tops
Make up, caked up, snapchat, throw shots,
We beef, we die, they laugh, whole plot, 
Weapons fly, genocide, songs tell you hit clubs,
Spend bread, we shed blood blood, crip blood,
Blacks kill Blacks still, black steel gripped up, 
Body bags zipped up, Lord please lift us,

Chorus- Chuck D.
I got so much troubles on my mind

Verse 2
Lord please lift us
Lawmakers, break laws,
World order, takes course,
Death rate inflates,
May cause, race wars,
Peaceful life, equal rights, 
Doctor King prayed for,
But we feel like, we should fight,
'Cause we can't take more
Black skin, can't win
Not when our mentality
Is how to be a player, while owners pay player salaries
prisons filled to generate millions, while we show apathy,
Black lives matter, I'm mad but you can't be mad at me,
I was writing happy crap while sitting eating apple jacks,
Then Hov and Biggie had to crack the code 
Exposing crack to rap,
Now I'm bringing Blackness back
There's more to life than Apple apps and trapping, 
factually the truth is truly the trap's a trap,
My habitat, sounds like rattatat, it's an action packed 
Movie 
where they cut and they shoot but you won't see actors act, 
Ain't no graduation that motivates all these massive claps,
But when the white enforcer attacks it's, "how do we battle back?!"
Return to slavery, 
Chances slimmer than Amerie,
Maybe we fight the power, or maybe embrace complacency,
Maybe we're in the spot evolution wanted the apes to be,
Maybe it's the ending of times and where revelations leads,
priest touches kids,
Pastor reaches congregations
Man shoots up a church, 
Says he wished for segregation,
Young soldier bombs a village and receives a commendation,
Post traumatic stress disorder, 
Now his wife and daughter hate him Lord!
It's been a wild ride,
Everyday as time flies,
My people embarrass me all the time on my timeline,
But I get upset when they kill us, it makes my pride rise, 
Prejudice and being supremacist, there's a fine line 
Then I get distracted by flicks of women with wide thighs,
Treat a hundred likes on my pic like a bunch of hi-fives,
What if I go out like the lead singer from Hi-five
Overdosing only cause Satan came from my blindside,
How can we survive when police are leading the drive-bys?
Same-sex sex is on television in prime time,
Wifey just told me that our fam is now expanding,
Can you see this crazy world through a child's eyes? My my 
My

Troubles prod by Just Blaze

A few weeks til Sept 18th #NewBeginning drops. The first video and single New Beginning intro had overwhelming great response check the video: http://youtu.be/ZmXvuzQ3tEU Check out the second single F.U.(Fingers Up) featuring Blu produced by Donel Smokes. After that go preorder the album @fatbeats and @ughh and anywhere digital as well. There's special bundles available courtesy of @nineoclockgun and @beatclubclothing http://www.fatbeats.com/collections/wordsworth-donel-smokes-new-beginning

F.U. (Fingers Up) Featuring Blu

11 RISE UP FEATURING QUADIR LATEEF & SKYZOO

Sadat X & The UMCs  team up for a golden era inspired track called "Joe Frazier" that knocks just as much as the late Boxing  legends left hook. The song is available as a hidden track when you download the NEVER LEFT Album via Bandcamp. 

Never Left (Deluxe Edition)

Joe Frazier

Buy Album & Get Single

Sadat X Ft. The UMCs - "Joe Frazier"

Galaxy Goon is 1st Single from Upcomming album " METEORITE" by Ruste Juxx & Kyo Itachi  on Shinigamie Records

Ruste Juxx & Kyo Itachi -Galaxy Goon (Produced by Kyo Itachi)

Came across this record while digging thru some of my older files. It's a long story but this never came out. Blu spit such an incredible verse on this that I figured I'd might as well share it. Hope you dig it. This would've been on a project called "genesis" if you know much about my work. 

Blu - Heron (Prod. Numonics, cuts by DJ Heron)

The Mathematics  - Styles P x Talib Kweli (prod. HenryDaher)

Coming off their explosive performance last weekend at the A3C Hip Hop Festival, The Regiment release the next single from their latest project The aRchives. On "Wake Up", the Detroit duo team with legendary producer J. Rawls (Mos Def / Talib Kweli / El Da Sensei) for a joint that should resonate throughout all Hip Hop heads.  Look out for the Rick Foy directed video to drop soon!

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-archives/id1042144019

The Regiment: Wake Up [prod by J. Rawls]

#‎DidThat‬ - Soul King x Bornallah Banks x Styliztik Jones x James J-ro Robinson ( From the Alkaholiks Remix!!!!

Soul King Did That ft Born Allah, Styliztik Jones J Ro from Alkaholiks Remix

Termanology & Reks team up on Panoramic, the first single off ST. Records producer Billy Loman' s debut album "9-5". Dropping 2016. 

Termanology & Reks - Panoramic [prod. Billy Loman]

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