Album

PA 2: The Director's Cut

Marco Polo

2013 · Hip Hop

Rare pressing on Gatefold

PA 2: The Director's Cut by Marco Polo

PA 2: The Director's Cut is a Hip-Hop album by Marco Polo, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.

About

Hailing from Canada but based out of New York, Marco Polo relocated to the States shortly after the millennium and found work as a studio engineer. His first high-profile production was for Brooklyn O.G. Masta Ace, and before long he was one of the city's most in-demand beatmakers, working with Boot Camp Clik, Pumpkinhead, Torae, and countless others. Heavily influenced by the golden-era greats (Premier, Pete Rock, Lord Finesse, etc.), Marco's tracks are anchored by classic boom-bap drums and brimming with well-flipped samples. Best known for projects like <i>Port Authority</i> and <i>The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo</i>, he's up there with Statik Selektah when it comes to next-generation practitioners of traditional East Coast hip-hop. Cali pioneers MC Eiht and King Tee appear on "West Coast Love," but for the most part it's NY to the fullest, with strong appearances from Large Pro, Inspectah Deck, O.C., and Tragedy ("Astonishing"), Talib Kweli (the tribute "G.U.R.U." with Preemo), and a reunited Organized Konfusion on the jump-off single "3-O-Clock."

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Tracklist

  1. 13-O-Clock (feat. Organized Konfusion)4:25
  2. 2Savages (feat. Slaine, Celph Titled & Ill Bill)4:04
  3. 3Earrings Off (feat. Rah Digga)3:59
  4. 4Can't Get Enough (feat. Big Twins, Nature & F.T.)4:48
  5. 5Astonishing (feat. Large Professor, Inspectah Deck, O.C. & Tragedy Khadafi)5:06
  6. 66 Trill (feat. Last Emperor)4:30
  7. 7West Coast Love (feat. MC Eiht & King Tee)3:41
  8. 8Wrong Girl (feat. Reach & Reggie B.)4:25
  9. 9Drunken Sleuth (feat. Invincible)3:40
  10. 10Intermission (feat. Michael Rapaport)1:56
  11. 11Emergency Man (feat. Malcolm & Martin)4:36
  12. 12Strange Brew (feat. Gangrene)2:47
  13. 13What They Say (feat. Kardinal Offishall, lil fame & Styles P)3:56
  14. 14Parental Discretion (feat. Breeze Brewin)4:08
  15. 15Underdogs (feat. Supastition & Shylow)4:11
  16. 16R U Gonna Eat That (feat. The Doppelgangaz)3:29
  17. 17Sucka Free (feat. Blaq Poet, Hannibal Stax & Panchi)5:23
  18. 18G.U.R.U. (feat. Talib Kweli & DJ Premier)4:51
  19. 19Glory (Finish Hard) [feat. Masta Ace, A.G., Posdnuos & Dion Jenkins]5:21

Sound DNA

  • Hip-Hop
  • Boom Bap
  • gritty
  • aggressive
  • urban

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