Roc Marciano

The Alchemist has spent this decade amassing a deep catalogue of soul-sample street rap noir in the vein of his grayscale turn-of-the-century rise with Mobb Deep,…

Fresh from releasing his second album of the year, Roc Marciano is back for the third time with KAOS—a concise, 10-song project that sees the…

Mobb Deep's Prodigy passed away on Wednesday, June 21--his death has left a hole in hip-hop that was immediately felt by members of the community. He wasn't just a…

Ten years ago the U.N., a rap group consisting of Dino Brave, Mike Raw, Laku, and most notably, Roc Marciano (before his solo career as…

Brownsville rap hero Sean Price (of the Boot Camp Clik and Heltah Skeltah) teams up with Melbourne, Australia beatmaker M-Phazes, who recently received a high-profile…

It wasn't enough for Roc Marciano to rank on SPIN's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2013. The Long Island MC/producer returned yesterday with Marci Beaucoup, a crime-universe-in-record-form that…

Welcome to Marci World — it's a dusky rap wonderland. Since 2010's Marcberg, Long Island-raised rapper and producer Roc Marciano has traveled a steady path…

ALBUM OF THE MONTH Da Mafia 6ix, 6ix Commandments (Hypnotize Minds) So here's a reunion record actually worth getting behind: Da Mafia…

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French Montana, feat. Ne-Yo & Raekwon "We Go Where We Want"This is the second time Ne-Yo has crooned on a pop-savvy Only Built 4 Cuban…

"I'm a fan of electronic music going back to the early '80s," says DJ Muggs, explaining away the inspiration for his new Bass for Your…

When SPIN named Roc Marciano's Reloaded one of our Best Albums of 2012 (and one of our Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012), critic Jordan Sargent praised the way the…

Switching it up this week (with three extra songs since I missed last week's Friday Five) due to Thanksgiving on Thursday. Of course, Friday is…

When I spoke to Roc Marciano about his career — from Flipmode Squad to Pete Rock's Petestrumentals with the U.N. to his 2010 debut, Marcberg…

"Is that Roc official like his last jawn? My best hip hop debate w/ hov was over that record."That's a recent Tweet from Roots drummer…