Roc Marciano had one of the best mic performances on the album this year. This up there with Black Thought, Ransom, Lupe's performance. This is a top 10 rap album of the year.
You 100% right, and I personally got it top 5 now that I sat with it for a bit. The thing that elevates it over Ransom’s project and Lupe’s project for me is the production. You splitting hairs when debating which of those 4 had better rappin but you can put this and cheat codes comfortably ahead on just the production front. All got all of those except the ransom one in my top 10 of the year so far.
Ransom’s production may not have been as good but man, what he does with words is unmatched. Thought is obviously a GOAT but Ran gives so much food for thought. Roc is supppper dope but it’s so much of the same. Still one of the greats
Bro I appreciate that!! Exactly! Everything from the rhymes, the cadence, the word play - it’s all meticulously crafted…dudes a master at his craft. Prior to this, Roc was my fav artist I haven’t reacted too - mt Marci was before my channel but was looking forward to him dropping since I started 🔥
I think this albums marks a new level of hip-hop, it´s outer world, I don´t know how to describe it, how can somebody build this peace of art? god daamn
I loved it on first listen and it gets better each time. Roc rapping just don’t seem human and I catch a new gem with each listen. The big question for me is how does this rank agains Roc’s other projects? I think this has to be the best production he’s rapped over and I don’t think you can really argue that the rapping here isn’t as good or better than any other album. How you feel?
That Quantum Leap flip is crazy. Had to be since it's related to Rakim's "The Ghetto." An all-time classic. The original that sample came from is amazing too. Dope review as always.
Sheeeesh I love the beat but didn’t even put 2 and 2 together!! That’s dope af - and it’s kinda like a Easter egg with daddy Kane just a couple songs earlier. Great catch bro and Preciate it!! ✊🏾
@@moo-moo74 bro dont judge me but I can’t even lie to you…I don’t remember a single track on there besides the Kendrick track 😂 I did go listen though and yep - great ear bro!
Al is a monster and I love how versatile he is with how each projects he molds his production style to fit the artist. Roc Marci is that dude!! I think he’s probably the most influential underground rapper of the last decade and that takes into account guys like Freddie Gibbs. He got a really big discog but my favs outside of this are Rosebudd’s Revenge and Mt Marci.
Lyrically one of the best rappers on the planet and he pretty much fathered that minimal, neo-mafioso style that is dominating the underground right now. Smooth af like you said then the slick wordplay and intricate rhymes - he’s a alien dawg!
Marci's bars are vicious, that Amastad line is incredible. Shame you weren't feeling that Daddy Kane track, really love that synth sample. Liquid Coke and Quantum Leap my favs though and Bojack showed up on Trillion Cut. Great reaction man, new subscriber right here!
Loved that Amastad line and just really incredible lines throughout the whole album! I liked that old school sounding synth sample but I thought the beat didn’t have enough texture to it. Felt like something Roc coulda produced hisself. But I don’t think it was a bad beat at all and I liked the rapping a lot. Liquid Coke and Quantum leap are 2 of my favs - especially quantum leap! Those 2 and JJ Flash been getting the most plays. Let’s gooo! Preciate the sub bro!!
Real rap breakdown you serving the culture fasho brotha. When I first heard Roc it gave me hope as a artist. Didn’t have nobody to look up too until I found Roc .
Facts!! I just got done listening to the JID project and none of the 3 albums I was excited for disappointed! Bro I’ve actually never copped any artists merch, I think I gotta start. Is his stuff as hard to cop as like Griselda or Mach stuff?
@@BSideRapReviews I looked at the online store a few hours after it dropped and the numbered LPs and limited variants were sold out, but a lot of the shirts and hoodies were in stock. Griselda merch is basically Westside Gunn’s DMs it seems like, haha. The only Mach thing I was able to get was Pray for Haiti when it dropped through Daupe. They sell through bandcamp and when the time hit, the whole site halted to a crawl.
Really appreciated how you broke down Marci's lyrical acrobatics. As English is not my native language, it gave me a whole another perspective to listen to this album. Keep doing this great job.
Ayyyy that’s dope!! Super glad I could provide there. Bro so I’m from the US and rap has helped me understand the English language better - especially when it come to manipulating the language. Back in 10th grade, We had to learn poetry for a semester and it would be easier cus every time the teacher brought up a technique in poetry, I would know a song that uses a that technique and bring it up in class. I lactually put the teacher on to some rappers haha. But yeah salute and I preciate the love!!! ✊🏾
You make me appreciate hiphop on a deeper level. I'm listening with a more analytical ear to patterns and beats because of your vids. Good vibes, thank brah👍
Ay Preciate the support fasho!!! Yooo that’s crazy! I think I was still watching Barney in 99 lmaooo. But sheesh that’s dope - by the time I heard of him I had already heard that he was one of the best - he one of them rappers that I wish I coulda seen on they come up
Not BDSM with the brick 😭. Marci is different and ALC is on another level!!! This album definitely has a ton of replay value. I appreciate the way that you are able to point out individual aspects on a track by track basis. Your ear for production and your insight on syllables definitely makes you one of the best reviewers out there right now!
Bro Roc took it there first 😂😂😂 he lowkey funny af!! It’s been on repeat - that quantum leap sound better every time I play it…we’ll really I can say that bout the whole album. Bro I really really appreciate that!! Man the constant support and all the dope discussions really make it super enjoyable to run the channel. Salute bro!! ✊🏾
Had too!! Fam I took off work today cus both Roc and JID dropped today - then woke up to find out Mach Hommy dropped too…3 of my fav rappers and 2 I haven’t reacted to yet🔥🔥🔥 Hard for me to pick my fav. Those 2 go crazy af - so far I been bumping Liquid Coke, JJ Flash, and Stigmata the most
@@BSideRapReviews Damn yeah I got Stigmata, JJ Flash too plus Elephant Man. Possibly Roc's best but hard to rank alongside albums like Reloaded and RR2, his run is stupid at this point. You said you fw Armand Hammer maybe you'd dig the new Shrapknel album 'Metal Lung'? That and Roc dropping last week completely shook up my top 5 for the year
@@noddingyellow5449 yeah I was thinking the same thing - extremely hard to compare. I was just having a conversation that Roc’s discography is so crazy you can ask 5 ppl to rank their top Roc projects and get completely different answers and you can throw this right In the mix. That plus, it takes me multiple listens cus I don’t catch everything in one listen. That’s Elucid’s group right? I haven’t heard any of their stuff but ima check that out out fasho if it’s really good!
@@BSideRapReviews they're on the same label Backwoodz, but nah different rappers. Their first album was fully produced by Elucid tho, that one is solid but the new album is next level
I really rocked with the bonus tracks - the beat on Macaroni was especially crazy to me! I actually recorded reactions to those, but i edited them out once I saw he didn’t put them on streaming. They fire Fasho tho!
I wasn't much into Roc Marci's discography until recently. I listened to Mt Marci and Marcielago in February I think and I can say that this collab in terms of production is underwhelming for me at least. I fell like Ice T could have a verse here, and the rest of the features were great. Yes Marci hit us with rhyme schemes like a river and his flow was nice but Al underproduced this album because of the lack of complexity. I think this album ranks bottom top 10 for now for me. I am a big Roc Marci fan too. His verse on $500 ounces captivated me. Great analysis bro. I love how well you got the punchlines and the metaphors without trying too much.
Yeah I feel you on that fasho! The one thing I will say though, is if you take expectations out of it, I think this is honestly might be the best produced Mach album - and if not it’s up there! This was the lightest set of instrumentals that Al has done in years….but I think he’s easily a better producer than Roc. Like you touched on he def under produced. Al likes to adapt to who he’s producing for and I think he over adapted. I woulda preferred Al to be Al cus Roc shouldn’t have any issue rapping over more explosive beats. But yeah I think the disappointment isn’t in the quality of the album but that we all know it had the potential to be the best roc album and AOTY. They left meat on the bone. And bro Preciate the love and Preciate the insight you offer ✊🏾
I rock with those heavy - I particularly love that beat off macaroni. I ended up not putting them in the video just kinda outta respect for the artists cus I saw they didn’t put those on streaming. I gotta get some good karma to balance out all the music I’ve illegally pirated in my lifetime 😂😂😂
Bro I really appreciate it!! 🙏🏾 Yeah I just got onto Mach with Pray for Haiti and he’s before one of my fav rappers. So far I’ve reacted to HBO and Dollar menu 4 and reviewed Hommy Edition, Triz Nathaniel, and pray for Haiti. Ima cover more for sure and hopefully he continues to put his back gate log on streaming. Im a lil iffy about reacting to music that isn’t on streaming yet. Once again - Preciate the support brotha!
keep up the videos bro you’re the best at review videos in this lane, it’s a big market and not much competition 💪🏼 side note: you should react to the meyhem lauren x daringer album it’s so crazy
Bro you a real one!!! I really appreciate that! 🙏🏾 Bro today has been so the most insane day for music do the year and as a underground fan - the best day in years! Ima try to react or revue to that joint too - haven’t checked it out yet just in case I got time to react to it. I already planned to react to the JID joint, then Mach ended up surprising with a album 🔥🔥🔥
It’s cold af! I haven’t decided yet if it’s AOTY, but it’s gon be in the convos! This, cheat codes a few weeks back, and I mr morale all have great arguments. I love that new Mach project. Not AOTY level but has a solid argument for best EP so far. I’m actually uploading my reaction to it now
The borrowing of syllables and sounds from previous bars is referred to as “threading”. Roc and Doom do it better than any other rappers Crimeapple is a beast at it as well. That’s why it’s hard to make their lyrics captions because they are literally all braided together. Great reviews keep going bro
Ay Preciate that brodie!! Ion have this AOTY but I got it top 5 Fasho! Def reviewing both - ima actually take off work on the 30th cus Rome Streetz and Boldy James dropping that day too and I’m tryna react to all of it. Did KD3 already get announced?
@@BSideRapReviews Nas said on one of the tracks from Magic "KD3 on the way this is just to feed the buzz" and Hit has put up pictures on his IG of them in the studio with the KD3 caption so yeah it's definitely coming.
The Album is amazing.....AOTY 🔥🔥🔥.....Roc Marciano is hands down the King of New York.....Alchemist is the G.O.A.T....and I'm a big Madlib fan...but bro Alchemist is killin everything....podcast is lit 🔥 bro
Bro I love madlib too but right now Alchemist is crushing it with the volume of music he puts out. Madlib is fairly active but with Alchemist we’ve been getting multiple full length projects for some years now and I can’t even recall a bad beat. Preciate the love bro!
Ay that’s actually dope!! Aight ima take it into consideration. Ion feel like I got time to throw an out her series in the mix right now but Roc Marci one of my favs. I at least want to review rosebudds revenge, dark horse, and Mt Marci in the near future
Wee witnessing da shit yall favorite rapper's r bumping behind closed doors 🚪 💯 percent 🔥 📛 👩🚒 4reals NOBODY fucking with Roc's word play n Al's production right now PERIOD....
Sublime analysis from you. Well done. A great album is not just about how good the rapping is or how dope the production is. An album with an average rapping and a really good engineered production and mixing can turn out to be a great album and vice versa. It's why you can be a really good rapper but an okay musician. Marci still writes clever but he's flow and delivery has changed and that may be okay or not. Truthful, I kinda expected more from this duo but what I got is still really good. I wish the production was MORE Alchemist and the Rapping MORE Marci. I don't know how to say this not to offend some peoples selection but after my 13th listen of The Elephant Man’s Bones, I can say that it's on par with RELOADED... kinda. 1. MARCBERG/RELOADED 2. THE ELEPHANT MAN’S BONES 3. RR/RR2 4. Marci Beaucoup/The Pimpire Strikes Back 5. Mt. MARCI 6. Other albums... Just my opinion Alchemist and Roc are both gifted in what they do.
Preciate it brotha!! Never gotta apologize for an opinion over here - feel free to offend anyone including me haha! But yeah I’m with you on that! I personally think Westside Gunn is a perfect example of that. He’s stepped it up with the rapping in the last few years but a lot of his success has much more to do with his musicality and ability to curate an album moreso than his rapping ability. Now I will say that roc is one of the rare exceptions where he honestly could go acapella and it would be a decent album lol (ransom would fall in that category too). I’m right there with you about wanting Al to be more Al. Al is known to be able to adjust his style to fit who he’s producing for but I honestly wish he just went crazy and made roc adjust. I still think this is probably Roc’s most well produced album but I think they left some meat on the bones by not letting Al just cut loose on the production - with drums and all! On Roc’s side though - I didn’t feel let down at all with the rapping. Maybe he coulda got into a few more of those rapid fire flows like he did on say Boosie fade of marcialago but Id still rank the rapping somewhere between 9/10 or 10/10. And seems like you acknowledge that even though you think they may have underachieved a bit that it’s still a top notch Marci project. I think overall you got a lot of great takes on the album!
@@BSideRapReviews I really appreciate your indept analysis on this brother and yes you got my point perfectly. Roc really did his thing and even though I think they could have achieved more TOGETHER, it's still an S-tier album. A bulls eye on the Westside Gunn analogy.
Nah they don’t - matter fact I don’t even think they have a song together. You think that would be a pairing? I can kinda see it if they working with a producer like Alchemist, but I think Roc is significantly better lyrically and the rapping would be really one sided. Kinda like that Currensy and Freddie Gibbs project but I think the gap between Roc and June is even wider lol
Yooooo that’s crazy!! Never heard that until now. Dang everybody else sounds the same but Marc doesn’t even sound recognizable hahah! Song def goes hard too. Slightly random but ain’t Raekwon supposed to be dropping Cuban Linx 3 this year? It would be dope if him ghost and roc collabed again
Bro I haven’t even bumped it yet!! I was planning on listening and recording yesterday and posting a reaction today but I pushed it all back a day cus I wanted to react to the Mach Hommy joint that dropped yesterday. Ima check it out today fasho and let you know what I think. Ima have a full reaction up too either tomorrow or Monday.
@@BSideRapReviews Glad to hear that you're doing a reaction to it. Imma check out this new Mach project and come back to your reaction. I really appreciate the way you break down the instrumentals and flow patterns. English is not my first language so its always super intriguing hearing your thoughts on certain lyrics that fly over my head. Great review!!
@@BSideRapReviews Honestly very hard to pick my AOTY for 2022. There have been some gems, but not many of them polished enough to stand out. Going hard thru my top 10 right now.
Just my personal opinion but I was disappointed with this album. Expectations were through the roof and I don't think the Alchemist brought his best. Roc Marciano is always on point, he delivered as expected. I actually like the Mayhem Lauren x Daringer album more than this.
I’m actually with you - I just think both things can be true. I think this can not meet expectations and still be really good. So I always try to take my personal opinion out of it. I got biased but I kinda go into each album but when is start analyzing I try to look at it in a vacuum. So that being said, i can def see how the production was disappointing (I think the rapping is crazy no debate)…but it was still REALLY good production. I think Al toned his production down to fit Roc’s style…like this felt way too similar to a roc produced album. But that being said, the sampling was great and it it created a great atmosphere. Also…this still might be roc’s most well produced album lol. I’ve seen a lot of people say this is Roc’s best album, and even though I’ve enjoyed Mt Marci, Marcielago, and behold a dark house all better on first listen - I can’t knock ‘em cus of that fact. Anyway I say all that to say this is still a top 5 album of the year imo
Roc Marciano had one of the best mic performances on the album this year. This up there with Black Thought, Ransom, Lupe's performance. This is a top 10 rap album of the year.
You 100% right, and I personally got it top 5 now that I sat with it for a bit. The thing that elevates it over Ransom’s project and Lupe’s project for me is the production. You splitting hairs when debating which of those 4 had better rappin but you can put this and cheat codes comfortably ahead on just the production front. All got all of those except the ransom one in my top 10 of the year so far.
Ransom’s production may not have been as good but man, what he does with words is unmatched. Thought is obviously a GOAT but Ran gives so much food for thought. Roc is supppper dope but it’s so much of the same. Still one of the greats
The kinda review this album deserves…. cuz with Roc, style IS substance!!! 💪🏾
Bro I appreciate that!! Exactly! Everything from the rhymes, the cadence, the word play - it’s all meticulously crafted…dudes a master at his craft. Prior to this, Roc was my fav artist I haven’t reacted too - mt Marci was before my channel but was looking forward to him dropping since I started 🔥
I think this albums marks a new level of hip-hop, it´s outer world, I don´t know how to describe it, how can somebody build this peace of art? god daamn
I loved it on first listen and it gets better each time. Roc rapping just don’t seem human and I catch a new gem with each listen.
The big question for me is how does this rank agains Roc’s other projects? I think this has to be the best production he’s rapped over and I don’t think you can really argue that the rapping here isn’t as good or better than any other album. How you feel?
"Only Soup on the menu, My dude on the roof he ain't bring a fiddle" Roc Marci is hilarious 😂😆
Lol bro it ain’t Roc if he ain’t dropping outlandish bars 😂
That Quantum Leap flip is crazy. Had to be since it's related to Rakim's "The Ghetto." An all-time classic. The original that sample came from is amazing too. Dope review as always.
Sheeeesh I love the beat but didn’t even put 2 and 2 together!! That’s dope af - and it’s kinda like a Easter egg with daddy Kane just a couple songs earlier. Great catch bro and Preciate it!! ✊🏾
Don't forget that sample was also used recently in Busta Rhymes "Deep Thought" on his ELE2 album...
@@moo-moo74 bro dont judge me but I can’t even lie to you…I don’t remember a single track on there besides the Kendrick track 😂
I did go listen though and yep - great ear bro!
@@BSideRapReviews Fasho...SALUTE & continued success with your platform 🙏🏾💪🏿
Haven’t heard much of Marci before but man he can rap 🔥 Al on the production never disappoints too
Al is a monster and I love how versatile he is with how each projects he molds his production style to fit the artist.
Roc Marci is that dude!! I think he’s probably the most influential underground rapper of the last decade and that takes into account guys like Freddie Gibbs. He got a really big discog but my favs outside of this are Rosebudd’s Revenge and Mt Marci.
@@BSideRapReviews thanks for the recommendations. Ima definitely check him out he didn’t disappoint at all
Dude been out-rappin cats for a while now. So smooth
Lyrically one of the best rappers on the planet and he pretty much fathered that minimal, neo-mafioso style that is dominating the underground right now. Smooth af like you said then the slick wordplay and intricate rhymes - he’s a alien dawg!
WE HERE! I'll be leaving another comment after this one. Bout to drive to the crib!
Brotha I always appreciate you taking the time away from your channel to support! We out hear Fasho!! 🔥🔥🔥
Marci's bars are vicious, that Amastad line is incredible. Shame you weren't feeling that Daddy Kane track, really love that synth sample. Liquid Coke and Quantum Leap my favs though and Bojack showed up on Trillion Cut. Great reaction man, new subscriber right here!
Loved that Amastad line and just really incredible lines throughout the whole album! I liked that old school sounding synth sample but I thought the beat didn’t have enough texture to it. Felt like something Roc coulda produced hisself. But I don’t think it was a bad beat at all and I liked the rapping a lot. Liquid Coke and Quantum leap are 2 of my favs - especially quantum leap! Those 2 and JJ Flash been getting the most plays.
Let’s gooo! Preciate the sub bro!!
Real rap breakdown you serving the culture fasho brotha. When I first heard Roc it gave me hope as a artist. Didn’t have nobody to look up too until I found Roc .
Ayyy Preciate that brodie!! When did you first hear Roc? Were you already making music then?
You said it somewhere in the comments, one of the best days for hip-hop releases in a long time. The merch for this album is all super dope too
Facts!! I just got done listening to the JID project and none of the 3 albums I was excited for disappointed! Bro I’ve actually never copped any artists merch, I think I gotta start. Is his stuff as hard to cop as like Griselda or Mach stuff?
@@BSideRapReviews I looked at the online store a few hours after it dropped and the numbered LPs and limited variants were sold out, but a lot of the shirts and hoodies were in stock. Griselda merch is basically Westside Gunn’s DMs it seems like, haha. The only Mach thing I was able to get was Pray for Haiti when it dropped through Daupe. They sell through bandcamp and when the time hit, the whole site halted to a crawl.
Really appreciated how you broke down Marci's lyrical acrobatics. As English is not my native language, it gave me a whole another perspective to listen to this album. Keep doing this great job.
Ayyyy that’s dope!! Super glad I could provide there. Bro so I’m from the US and rap has helped me understand the English language better - especially when it come to manipulating the language. Back in 10th grade, We had to learn poetry for a semester and it would be easier cus every time the teacher brought up a technique in poetry, I would know a song that uses a that technique and bring it up in class. I lactually put the teacher on to some rappers haha. But yeah salute and I preciate the love!!! ✊🏾
love this album, ty for the reaction. the giraffe bar is smth else
Preciate you tapping in! Lol Roc always good for at least one outlandish bar 😂
unbelievable album
Absolutely!! Now the tough question…where you rank this as far as album of the year??
You make me appreciate hiphop on a deeper level. I'm listening with a more analytical ear to patterns and beats because of your vids. Good vibes, thank brah👍
Great commentary! I gravitate towards the details in the beats so it's dope to hear some bar breakdowns that I usually don't catch hahah
Haha ay bro that’s what the community is for!!
Peace just watch your reaction 👍🏾👍🏾 dope views keep doing your thang ✊🏾✊🏾been down wit Roc since 99’
Ay Preciate the support fasho!!! Yooo that’s crazy! I think I was still watching Barney in 99 lmaooo. But sheesh that’s dope - by the time I heard of him I had already heard that he was one of the best - he one of them rappers that I wish I coulda seen on they come up
Elephant Man and No Fear Of Time stay in rotation, them beatz and rhyme schemes is top notch
Yezzir! Whole joint stay in rotation but I been bumpin JJ flash SUPER heavy lately. Roc a alien dawg
@@BSideRapReviews True Indeed!
Lyrical Olympic Gymnast.... God bless and bubble wrap Roc Marciano
Not BDSM with the brick 😭. Marci is different and ALC is on another level!!! This album definitely has a ton of replay value.
I appreciate the way that you are able to point out individual aspects on a track by track basis. Your ear for production and your insight on syllables definitely makes you one of the best reviewers out there right now!
Bro Roc took it there first 😂😂😂 he lowkey funny af!! It’s been on repeat - that quantum leap sound better every time I play it…we’ll really I can say that bout the whole album.
Bro I really really appreciate that!! Man the constant support and all the dope discussions really make it super enjoyable to run the channel. Salute bro!! ✊🏾
Jeeez!
Wondered if you would do this man ...
Quantum Leaps and JJ Flash are my Joints
Salute
JJ Flash is crazy 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Had too!! Fam I took off work today cus both Roc and JID dropped today - then woke up to find out Mach Hommy dropped too…3 of my fav rappers and 2 I haven’t reacted to yet🔥🔥🔥
Hard for me to pick my fav. Those 2 go crazy af - so far I been bumping Liquid Coke, JJ Flash, and Stigmata the most
@@BSideRapReviews Damn yeah I got Stigmata, JJ Flash too plus Elephant Man. Possibly Roc's best but hard to rank alongside albums like Reloaded and RR2, his run is stupid at this point. You said you fw Armand Hammer maybe you'd dig the new Shrapknel album 'Metal Lung'? That and Roc dropping last week completely shook up my top 5 for the year
@@noddingyellow5449 yeah I was thinking the same thing - extremely hard to compare. I was just having a conversation that Roc’s discography is so crazy you can ask 5 ppl to rank their top Roc projects and get completely different answers and you can throw this right In the mix. That plus, it takes me multiple listens cus I don’t catch everything in one listen.
That’s Elucid’s group right? I haven’t heard any of their stuff but ima check that out out fasho if it’s really good!
@@BSideRapReviews they're on the same label Backwoodz, but nah different rappers. Their first album was fully produced by Elucid tho, that one is solid but the new album is next level
Dope review. Salute
Preciate that!! Salute ✊🏾
The two bonus tracks he released on his website were fire too
I really rocked with the bonus tracks - the beat on Macaroni was especially crazy to me! I actually recorded reactions to those, but i edited them out once I saw he didn’t put them on streaming. They fire Fasho tho!
I wasn't much into Roc Marci's discography until recently. I listened to Mt Marci and Marcielago in February I think and I can say that this collab in terms of production is underwhelming for me at least. I fell like Ice T could have a verse here, and the rest of the features were great. Yes Marci hit us with rhyme schemes like a river and his flow was nice but Al underproduced this album because of the lack of complexity. I think this album ranks bottom top 10 for now for me.
I am a big Roc Marci fan too. His verse on $500 ounces captivated me. Great analysis bro. I love how well you got the punchlines and the metaphors without trying too much.
Yeah I feel you on that fasho! The one thing I will say though, is if you take expectations out of it, I think this is honestly might be the best produced Mach album - and if not it’s up there!
This was the lightest set of instrumentals that Al has done in years….but I think he’s easily a better producer than Roc. Like you touched on he def under produced. Al likes to adapt to who he’s producing for and I think he over adapted. I woulda preferred Al to be Al cus Roc shouldn’t have any issue rapping over more explosive beats.
But yeah I think the disappointment isn’t in the quality of the album but that we all know it had the potential to be the best roc album and AOTY. They left meat on the bone.
And bro Preciate the love and Preciate the insight you offer ✊🏾
Yo this album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
On me!!!
Yo great review. I would highly recommend reviewing the Pimpire edition with the two bonus songs because that's the real complete album, imo.
I rock with those heavy - I particularly love that beat off macaroni. I ended up not putting them in the video just kinda outta respect for the artists cus I saw they didn’t put those on streaming. I gotta get some good karma to balance out all the music I’ve illegally pirated in my lifetime 😂😂😂
love you man ! great vibe great work, need some deep dive into mach !!
Bro I really appreciate it!! 🙏🏾
Yeah I just got onto Mach with Pray for Haiti and he’s before one of my fav rappers. So far I’ve reacted to HBO and Dollar menu 4 and reviewed Hommy Edition, Triz Nathaniel, and pray for Haiti. Ima cover more for sure and hopefully he continues to put his back gate log on streaming. Im a lil iffy about reacting to music that isn’t on streaming yet.
Once again - Preciate the support brotha!
@@BSideRapReviews i'm on man, great! fahim is another to get within, its clean n powerful, the wide berth collabs are top level !!
Great album!! Just recently listened to it
Ayyy glad you tapped in! Do you listen to Roc Marci’s other stuff or was this your intro to him?
@@BSideRapReviews this was my first intro to him!
Best rap reviewer on the platform
Bro I really really appreciate that 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
“I’m in the Maybach they tryna stab me in my back but already know where my mind at “
Tuff!!!
keep up the videos bro you’re the best at review videos in this lane, it’s a big market and not much competition 💪🏼
side note: you should react to the meyhem lauren x daringer album it’s so crazy
Bro you a real one!!! I really appreciate that! 🙏🏾
Bro today has been so the most insane day for music do the year and as a underground fan - the best day in years! Ima try to react or revue to that joint too - haven’t checked it out yet just in case I got time to react to it. I already planned to react to the JID joint, then Mach ended up surprising with a album 🔥🔥🔥
Aoty🔥🔥🔥🔥....I dunno I cant stop listening to this...havent even check the new mach yet
It’s cold af! I haven’t decided yet if it’s AOTY, but it’s gon be in the convos! This, cheat codes a few weeks back, and I mr morale all have great arguments.
I love that new Mach project. Not AOTY level but has a solid argument for best EP so far. I’m actually uploading my reaction to it now
Yea I gotta let it sit...but replay value heavy duty🔁💯
The borrowing of syllables and sounds from previous bars is referred to as “threading”. Roc and Doom do it better than any other rappers Crimeapple is a beast at it as well. That’s why it’s hard to make their lyrics captions because they are literally all braided together. Great reviews keep going bro
The alchemist is my favourite producer man
I think he might be mine too bruh. I was on the Muggs wave last year but Al so dang consistent
Fantastic review you’ve earned a new sub. This album of the year to now but I’m eagerly anticipating SSS and KD3 I hope you review those as well!
Ay Preciate that brodie!! Ion have this AOTY but I got it top 5 Fasho! Def reviewing both - ima actually take off work on the 30th cus Rome Streetz and Boldy James dropping that day too and I’m tryna react to all of it. Did KD3 already get announced?
@@BSideRapReviews Nas said on one of the tracks from Magic "KD3 on the way this is just to feed the buzz" and Hit has put up pictures on his IG of them in the studio with the KD3 caption so yeah it's definitely coming.
You had the same reaction to snow globe as I did great analysis of his rhyme structure
Preciate it brodie!! What’s snow globe though?
@@BSideRapReviews 😂 I am overworked, meant to say bubble bath
Hahah all good! I saw some folks wasn’t rocking with Bubble Bath. It ain’t the best beat on the album but the rapping is hard af on it!
Yooooo… I just caught this line $$$
“I heard your cheese tighter than virgin kitty”
Bro Roc gotta be top 10 funniest niggas in rap. Ion even think he intentionally funny but some of his bars just outlandish 😂
The Album is amazing.....AOTY 🔥🔥🔥.....Roc Marciano is hands down the King of New York.....Alchemist is the G.O.A.T....and I'm a big Madlib fan...but bro Alchemist is killin everything....podcast is lit 🔥 bro
Bro I love madlib too but right now Alchemist is crushing it with the volume of music he puts out. Madlib is fairly active but with Alchemist we’ve been getting multiple full length projects for some years now and I can’t even recall a bad beat. Preciate the love bro!
@@BSideRapReviews bro Alchemist is destroying everything and everybody
Bro you look just like the Falcons WR Bryan Edwards ! Lol dope reaction !
LOL and as my twin - ima need him to go crazy this season 😂 our WR was so awful last year
Preciate it brodie!!
Mannnn , my nigga needs more subs .
Roc Marciano Every Project Review Who Agree
Ay that’s actually dope!! Aight ima take it into consideration. Ion feel like I got time to throw an out her series in the mix right now but Roc Marci one of my favs. I at least want to review rosebudds revenge, dark horse, and Mt Marci in the near future
Wee witnessing da shit yall favorite rapper's r bumping behind closed doors 🚪 💯 percent 🔥 📛 👩🚒 4reals NOBODY fucking with Roc's word play n Al's production right now PERIOD....
Yezzir! Roc 1 of 1 Fasho!! I haven’t decided yet myself - but where you got this ranked for album of the year??
@@BSideRapReviews 1 4sure
Sublime analysis from you. Well done.
A great album is not just about how good the rapping is or how dope the production is. An album with an average rapping and a really good engineered production and mixing can turn out to be a great album and vice versa. It's why you can be a really good rapper but an okay musician. Marci still writes clever but he's flow and delivery has changed and that may be okay or not.
Truthful, I kinda expected more from this duo but what I got is still really good. I wish the production was MORE Alchemist and the Rapping MORE Marci. I don't know how to say this not to offend some peoples selection but after my 13th listen of The Elephant Man’s Bones, I can say that it's on par with RELOADED... kinda.
1. MARCBERG/RELOADED
2. THE ELEPHANT MAN’S BONES
3. RR/RR2
4. Marci Beaucoup/The Pimpire Strikes Back
5. Mt. MARCI
6. Other albums...
Just my opinion
Alchemist and Roc are both gifted in what they do.
Preciate it brotha!! Never gotta apologize for an opinion over here - feel free to offend anyone including me haha! But yeah I’m with you on that! I personally think Westside Gunn is a perfect example of that. He’s stepped it up with the rapping in the last few years but a lot of his success has much more to do with his musicality and ability to curate an album moreso than his rapping ability.
Now I will say that roc is one of the rare exceptions where he honestly could go acapella and it would be a decent album lol (ransom would fall in that category too).
I’m right there with you about wanting Al to be more Al. Al is known to be able to adjust his style to fit who he’s producing for but I honestly wish he just went crazy and made roc adjust. I still think this is probably Roc’s most well produced album but I think they left some meat on the bones by not letting Al just cut loose on the production - with drums and all!
On Roc’s side though - I didn’t feel let down at all with the rapping. Maybe he coulda got into a few more of those rapid fire flows like he did on say Boosie fade of marcialago but Id still rank the rapping somewhere between 9/10 or 10/10. And seems like you acknowledge that even though you think they may have underachieved a bit that it’s still a top notch Marci project. I think overall you got a lot of great takes on the album!
@@BSideRapReviews I really appreciate your indept analysis on this brother and yes you got my point perfectly. Roc really did his thing and even though I think they could have achieved more TOGETHER, it's still an S-tier album.
A bulls eye on the Westside Gunn analogy.
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Nah you fire
Glad you get it *fire emoji*
Oh yeah fasho!!! Preciate it brodie! ✊🏾
quantum leap is THE ONE
You ain’t lying!! The beat crazy af and roc spazzed out! I prob have bumped that the most followed by JJ Flash and Stigmata
Does Roc have any projects with Larry June?
Nah they don’t - matter fact I don’t even think they have a song together. You think that would be a pairing? I can kinda see it if they working with a producer like Alchemist, but I think Roc is significantly better lyrically and the rapping would be really one sided. Kinda like that Currensy and Freddie Gibbs project but I think the gap between Roc and June is even wider lol
When you get a chance listen to The Heist by Busta Rhymes and you will see what I mean about Roc in 99’
Yooooo that’s crazy!! Never heard that until now. Dang everybody else sounds the same but Marc doesn’t even sound recognizable hahah! Song def goes hard too.
Slightly random but ain’t Raekwon supposed to be dropping Cuban Linx 3 this year? It would be dope if him ghost and roc collabed again
Roc was extremely hungry back then raw unrefined talent & skill now your witnessing him on another crescendo
@@BSideRapReviews Go check those "The UN" albums too .. Roc was going craxzy
Daddy Kane sounds GORILLAZ esque, like Damon Albarn should be on it lol
Lol especially the section with that second bassy synth!
@@BSideRapReviews truly lol
Wow so true
Pushing drugs we can have a shoving match hahaha
Hahaha it’s so simple that I’m surprised no one said it but I LOVE that line 🔥🔥🔥
yo b side u fucking with the new jid?
Bro I haven’t even bumped it yet!! I was planning on listening and recording yesterday and posting a reaction today but I pushed it all back a day cus I wanted to react to the Mach Hommy joint that dropped yesterday.
Ima check it out today fasho and let you know what I think. Ima have a full reaction up too either tomorrow or Monday.
@@BSideRapReviews Glad to hear that you're doing a reaction to it. Imma check out this new Mach project and come back to your reaction. I really appreciate the way you break down the instrumentals and flow patterns. English is not my first language so its always super intriguing hearing your thoughts on certain lyrics that fly over my head. Great review!!
Do new KA, please
Reacting Fasho but gon wait til he release it on streaming to post. Ion really wanna post clips of the album while it’s behind a paywall
AOTY finalist IMO
For sure!! Not my AOTY right now but it’s very high - top 5 pretty easily
@@BSideRapReviews Honestly very hard to pick my AOTY for 2022. There have been some gems, but not many of them polished enough to stand out. Going hard thru my top 10 right now.
Alchemist is tha only white god I believe in🤣🔥
Nah bro this got me crying 😂😂😂
Just my personal opinion but I was disappointed with this album. Expectations were through the roof and I don't think the Alchemist brought his best. Roc Marciano is always on point, he delivered as expected. I actually like the Mayhem Lauren x Daringer album more than this.
I’m actually with you - I just think both things can be true. I think this can not meet expectations and still be really good. So I always try to take my personal opinion out of it. I got biased but I kinda go into each album but when is start analyzing I try to look at it in a vacuum.
So that being said, i can def see how the production was disappointing (I think the rapping is crazy no debate)…but it was still REALLY good production. I think Al toned his production down to fit Roc’s style…like this felt way too similar to a roc produced album. But that being said, the sampling was great and it it created a great atmosphere.
Also…this still might be roc’s most well produced album lol. I’ve seen a lot of people say this is Roc’s best album, and even though I’ve enjoyed Mt Marci, Marcielago, and behold a dark house all better on first listen - I can’t knock ‘em cus of that fact.
Anyway I say all that to say this is still a top 5 album of the year imo