Roc Marciano - The Elephant Man's Bones '2022

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       It can be unwise to play favorites in the music biz, but maybe nobody
told that to The Alchemist. “I really made an album with my favorite
rapper and it drops tonight at midnight,” the producer tweeted ahead of
the release of his and Roc Marciano’s The Elephant Man’s Bones.
“I’m tripping.” Hempstead, Long Island-originating Marciano
is no stranger to peer adulation, however. His time as a recording artist dates
at least as far back as a stint with Busta Rhymes’ late-’90s
Flipmode Squad collective, but the name he has today was made from the string of
gritty and impressive solo projects he released across the 2010s. You do need a
specific kind of ear to fully appreciate the MC.

Roc Marciano raps in the kind of street code that reveals itself to be genius to
those who can grasp its nuances. Take this couplet from The Elephant
Man’s Bones’ “Daddy Kane”: “I been getting off
that soft white long before shorties was rocking Off-White/Water-colored ice, I
call it Walter White/Walk with me like a dog might, I got 44 bulldogs, you
ain’t got a dog in the fight.” The bars themselves are less complex
than they are both slimy and razor-sharp. These are raps to be heeded and, maybe
more importantly, enjoyed at a safe distance. Unless, of course, you’re
The Alchemist—or album guests Action Bronson, Boldy James, Ice-T, or
Knowledge the Pirate—in which case you can’t wait to add some of
your own ingredients to Marciano’s cauldron.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Roc Marciano - Rubber Hand Grip (3:29)
1.02 - Roc Marciano - Daddy Kane (2:55)
1.03 - Roc Marciano - Deja Vu (2:40)
1.04 - Roc Marciano - Quantum Leap (2:29)
1.05 - Roc Marciano - The Elephant Man's Bones (2:37)
1.06 - Roc Marciano - Bubble Bath (2:37)
1.07 - Roc Marciano - Liquid Coke (2:33)
1.08 - Roc Marciano - Trillion Cut (2:42)
1.09 - Roc Marciano - The Horns of Abraxas (2:46)
1.10 - Roc Marciano - JJ Flash (2:49)
1.11 - Roc Marciano - Zig Zag Zig (2:49)
1.12 - Roc Marciano - Stigmata (2:16)
1.13 - Roc Marciano - Zip Guns (2:43)
1.14 - Roc Marciano - Think Big (2:39) 

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