Episode 250: Masta Ace and Marco Polo

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Masta Ace is a legendary rhymer whose career began with the Juice Crew and has continued through a series of beloved solo and group albums. Marco Polo is a Toronto-born producer who moved to New York City in the early 2000s, and took his adopted hometown’s traditional boom-bap aesthetic to heart. Marco has brought his rugged sound to Torae, Pharoahe Monch, Ruste Juxx, Sean Price, Vinnie Paz, Rah Digga, and many more.

Now, Marco and Ace have joined up for a new album. A Breukelen Story combines a set of incredible songs with a series of skits that follow Marco’s journey from Toronto to NYC—an Ace-written storyline that both mirrors and features people from the producer’s real life.

Tracks featured in this episode:

1. Marco Polo f/Masta Ace, “Nostalgia”
2. Masta Ace f/Big Noyd, “Do It Man”
3. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “You & I”
4. KRS-One, “Rappaz R.N. Dainja”
5. Roy Ayers Ubiquity, “We Live In Brooklyn, Baby”
6. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Smif-N-Wessun, “Breukelen ‘Brooklyn’”
7. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Smif-N-Wessun, “Breukelen ‘Brooklyn’”
8. Crooklyn Dodgers, “Crooklyn”
9. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Dad’s Talk (Skit)”
10. eMC, “The Backstage”
11. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Landlord of the flies (skit)”
12. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Kings”
13. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Smif-N-Wessun, “Breukelen ‘Brooklyn’”
14. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Get Shot”
15. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Kings”
16. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Styles P, “Man Law”
17. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Pav Bundy, “Sunken Place”
18. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Kings”
19. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Marlon Craft, “Wanna Be”
20. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Marlon Craft, “Wanna Be”
21. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Marlon Craft, “Wanna Be”
22. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Pav Bundy, “Sunken Place”
23. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Trini Boy, “God Bodies”
24. Marco Polo & Torae, “Word Play”
25. Shylow, “The Greatest”
26. Masta Ace & Marco Polo, “Get Shot”
27. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Lil Fame, “Count Em Up”
28. Pumpkinhead, “Grenades”
29. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Pharoahe Monch, “The Fight Song”
30. Marco Polo, “Double The Monsters”
31. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Pharoahe Monch, “The Fight Song”
32. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Pharoahe Monch, “The Fight Song”
33. Masta Ace & Marco Polo f/Trini Boy, “God Bodies”
34. Lord Jamar, “Supreme Mathematics (Born Mix)”
35. 3 Down, “Baby Boo”
36. Masta Ace, “Commercial”
37. Saukrates f/Masta Ace & O.C., “Rollin’”
38. DJ Serious f/Masta Ace, “Again”
39. Drake, “Know Yourself”
40. Drake f/Rihanna, “Take Care”
41. Rihanna f/Drake, “Work”
42. Kardinal Offishall, “Dangerous”
43. O.S.T.R. & Marco Polo, “Żywy lub Martwy”
44. Dinary Delta Force, “F.L.A.Me”
45. Marco Polo, Bassi Maestro, Ghemon f/Dj Shocca aka Roc Beats, “Rap vero”