"This" is to say that Roc Marc offers classic, sample-heavy, N.Y.C. "This" being an album sonically rich and ambient, emotionally moody, and lyrically dexterous. crew and the former (albeit briefly) Flipmode representative had this in him? "This" being a self-produced LP with only one guest verse. Who knew this cat from Long Island's U.N. His major debut album, Marcberg, is a 15-track, 13-song gem that is as understated a revelation as can be. Roc Marciano is an auteur: a grimy, underground, unsung, unexpected, unassuming auteur. Rarely does one man's vision produce music that ascends to art, especially when the artist's music strictly dwells in underbelly subject matter and sonic textures - and especially if said artist would exceed expectations of selling 10,000 albums. In music, the word "auteur" is usually saved for highfalutin artists of both great fame and great critical acclaim (in hip-hop, think Kanye West, RZA, Q-Tip, Andre 3000, and the few other agreed-upon "geniuses" of that ilk).
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