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Marco Polo featuring Masta Ace

Mon, May 21, 2007

Breakbeat, DJ Weapons, Downtempo, Hip-Hop

Thanks to Bastard Jazz’s head-honcho DJ DRM for this inaugural 2007 Summer jam alert! You may already know about New York via Toronto producer Marco Polo, but for those not yet familiar — and fans of golden-era mid-90s hip-hop — do not miss out on the automatic BBQ bangers on his new LP for Rawkus, Port Authority. There’s little not to love about “Nostalgia” from it’s shuffling neighborhood break, to the perfectly placed samples and scratches, to the selection of Masta Ace to bring it all together verbally. Always a favorite, Masta Ace shows that while hip-hop has inarguably devolved from where it once was, those that experienced the view from that particularly storied window are yearning passionately for its return. Look, I’m suffering from a dearth of timeless contemporary hip-hop just like the next guy, but certainly someone as invested in the game as Masta Ace is hoping for a paradigm shift with even more urgency. Now that the weather is here, expect more hip-hop in posts to come from new releases from the likes of DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Kentaro, and more.

RIYL: Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Bootcamp Click, Nicolay, Madlib

BUY: Get Port Authority now from Amazon or the itunes store

WATCH: See the fantastic video for “Nostalgia” here.

 
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4 Comments For This Post

  1. Ekko Says:
    May 27th, 2007 at 5:12 am

    Hey, guys. I’ve been a fan of your blog for years but I don’t think I ever commented. Just wanted to say keep it up and if you ever want to do a link exchange, hit me up.

  2. IkeTurnerEatsStars Says:
    June 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    I’m a huge fan of this blog and have been for quite a minute. I’ve been away from the online world for like a month but I came back to see that you had that really dope “Nostalgia” track posted. Love it. Scissorkick, it’s hard to not love you.

  3. TheUrbanShop Says:
    June 9th, 2007 at 1:19 am

    We are giving giving away to the only UK gig from Masta Ace /EMC since 2001

    On Thursday, July 5 at 9:00 PM 7 Thirty presents Masta Ace with EMC: featuring Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Stricklin and Punchline support provided by Crusada with Fyaman, Deadly Hunta and New World Order (Lowkey and Logic) at Mass, St. Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1JF. Sponsored by The Urban Shop.
    http://www.theurbanshop.co.uk/prize%20draw/promo_mastaace.asp

  4. Cozby Says:
    August 4th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Great track.

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  2. Zune Insider : New Music Friday: Twenty-Fifth Edition Says:
    June 1st, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    [...] New Music Friday: Twenty-Fifth Edition What a week! But the free music lives on. Okletsgo: First up this week, ScissorKick has Marco Polo feat. Masta Ace. Go get the track! Music (for Robots) has a track by The Damned, dating back to ‘76  Celebrating undiscovered LA artists, Rockinsider posts two tracks from The Front I really like this song by Foundry Field Recordings, posted by I Rock Cleveland - go get it and tell me what you think. Mars Needs Guitars has six songs which I can only categorize as out of this world. Aquarium Drunkard has more Neil Young tracks than you can shake a stick at. Shout-out to my buddy at Different Kitchen, who has the new track by Mickey Factz feat. Nakim & Fall Out Boy You Ain’t No Picasso has The Besties tour dates, and one track. Lots of good music at this GorillaVsBear post, artists like Sufjan Stevens; Tenor Saw, and Damien’s favorite, Polyphonic Spree. Chromewaves has a pair of tracks by Chad Van Gaalen Just in time for the weekend, My Old Kentucky Blog has two Rosebuds tracks. 3Hive has a Maximo Park track. And 4 tracks by Minus the Bear. Oh, and one by Amon Tobin. And last but certainly not least, Stereogum points to a Dizzee Rascal/Lily Allen track. Have a good weekend and enjoy the music everybody!  |  Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:19 AM  |  0 Comments Tags: new music, MP3, Friday  [...]

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