![]() Whether it is provocative, emotional or plain ol’ ignorant, rarely does it feel like art. I stressed this in my review of 2012’s “Reloaded” – rap can be a powerful tool. Marciano’s tongue has effectively developed in to a paintbrush, where each stroke is intricate yet effortless. It’s hard to picture the guy as part of a group nowadays, having dominated near enough every record he has graced over the past five years. However before this, Roc Marciano was a member of Busta Rhymes’ Flipmode Squad who were ultimately underused as a group. Nowadays it could be considered a cult classic, particularly as it’s unlikely we’ll see another U.N. “U N Or U Out” was a criminally underappreciated record that was blessed by some corking Pete Rock production. Roc Marciano may not have had to pay for school, but the guy is as smart as emcees come, establishing himself as an elite rhymer with his project back in 2004 as part of The U.N. As Jay-Z once said, you can pay for school but you can’t buy class. Roc Marciano is like a fine wine, an expensive one at that. It’s not often an emcee gets better with age.
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