Jan
25

Gangrene Alchemize Vodka & Ayahuasca

Last week, I spent four hours rambling around weed dispensaries with Alchemist and Oh No, watching documentaries on Ayahuasca, and smoking enough weed and hash to harm the health of even a “legalize hemp” advocate. They are true professionals. The article drops in the LA Weekly two weeks from tomorrow and I’d planned on timing… Continue reading »

Nov
21

Gangrene, Vodka and Ayahuasca

It’s hard to procure Ayahuasca. I tried to get it two years ago, when I met a girl named Jacqui at a Surfrider-sponsored hippie firepit guitar dance-off in an esoteric canyon that I’d never even heard of and can’t remember. She sold weed chocolates and told me that she was involved with a sacred shaman-led… Continue reading »

Oct
18

Shotguns, Slang and Quelle Chris

You might remember Quelle Chris from the interview that Aaron Matthews did earlier this year, asking the Detroit bruiser to break down his production work on Danny Brown’s Hybrid. Quelle’s been rhyming since carrying bridge cards in Wasted Youth, alongside Ta’Raach and Elzhi, but his affiliation with the Adderall admiral is what’s really got him… Continue reading »

Sep
26

Rococo Kraftsmanship

When will I stop posting every track that Roc Marciano drops? When he stops popping shots like a wild Iranian. When he stops riding Mercedes while rhyming kind of wavy. When his ties to the game are no longer as tight as the binds of slavery. When God stops forgiving him for robbing ladies the… Continue reading »

Sep
19

Pollyn Till You Deficit

Consider Pollyn something like the Tom Tom Club covering Portishead. But Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth never met Roc Marciano, the latest impeccably chosen gollywopper to grace the Los Angeles band’s remix series. To re-acclimate ourselves, let’s tick off the artists they’ve recruited to re-invent the remix: Nosaj Thing, Debruit, Blue Daisy, Freddie Gibbs, James… Continue reading »

Jul
19

Roc Live

Because Roc Marciano remains the ultimate in shattered septum loose tooth rap. Because the video for his collaboration with Telemachus somehow escaped the claws of this site (below the jump). Because he insists that rivals have a “Haagen Daaz Heart.” Because he makes the Murda Muzik that Mobb Deep stopped making after “Quiet Storm.” Because… Continue reading »

Jul
06

Roc Marciano ft. Gangrene – “Jet Luggage”

Roc Marciano, Oh No, Alchemist joint album dropping July 19. Entitled Greneberg. Two week lead time. No frills. Full length minks, solo kings, holding heat, flowing to the beat, appropriately. You know what you’re getting and you don’t want anything else. Roc Marciano Feat. Gangrene – ‘Jet Luggage’ by DeconRecords

May
23

Between a Roc and a Hard Place

Evan Nabavian keeps the 40 drop in the velour top. As much as I’d like to proclaim Marci of Hempstead the New York rap messiah, that’s not really the case. Roc Marciano gave NY an album to be proud of with Marcberg, but he didn’t spark a citywide resurgence of gritty rap sounds, nor does… Continue reading »

Apr
28

When the Mossberg Comes Out the Fur: Roc Marciano Goes to Japan

Despite boasting cell phones that can talk to God, the Japanese have apparently yet to figure out that if you’re going to fork over the $750 for a Roc Marciano guest spot, you put him on last so that people won’t turn the track off upon completion of his verse. Better for us, with Roc… Continue reading »

Nov
18

The Rap Paul Orndorff

Roc Marciano is uninterested in re-inventing the wheel–he’s trying to perfect it.  From the Scarface fixation to comparing himself to Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff, his cinematic semi-automatic rap is the spiritual descendant of Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep. Theoretically, that should be dull in 2010, but as long as people kill, crime sagas will always fascinate.… Continue reading »

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