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Roc Marciano’s ‘Marcberg’ 15th Anniversary Edition: All 17 Songs Ranked

We take a look at Roc Marciano's game-changing debut album 'Marcberg' at its 15th anniversary in celebration of Black Music Month.

Now, 15 years later, his piece of the game still resonates and can be seen in acts like Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz, Boldy James, V Don, YL, and Stove God Cooks — whose debut album was produced fully by Roc himself. Whenever this comes on while I’m driving, walking around, cleaning the house, etc., I do like that Antonio Banderas GIF when he sees something great on his laptop in the very underrated movie Assassins. The sound he was going for here cracked open something in the known universe that helped inspire a slew of rappers and producers to make a modernized version of a subgenre that had gone stale.

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