A Breukelen Story

by Masta Ace & Marco Polo

A Breukelen Story cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 November 2018
  • Label: Fat Beats
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:03
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collaborative concept album between veteran Brooklyn MC Masta Ace and Toronto-born producer Marco Polo. Functioning as a sonic love letter to Brooklyn, the project intertwines classic boom-bap production with intricate storytelling interludes that chronicle Polo's relocation to New York to pursue a career in hip-hop.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, conscious, sampling, rap, old-school, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Kings (3:08)
  2. Dad's Talk (Skit) (0:46)
  3. Breukelen "Brooklyn" (feat. Smif 'n' Wessun) (4:05)
  4. Get Shot (3:36)
  5. Still Love Her (feat. Pearl Gates) (4:35)
  6. Man Law (feat. Styles P) (4:22)
  7. You & I (3:10)
  8. Gotta Go (Skit) (0:38)
  9. Sunken Place (feat. Pav Bundy) (3:56)
  10. Corporal Punishment (feat. eLZhi) (3:23)
  11. Landlord of the flies (skit) (0:41)
  12. Count Em Up (feat. Lil Fame) (3:49)
  13. American Me (3:14)
  14. The Cutting Room (skit) (0:45)
  15. God Bodies (feat. Trini Boy) (3:06)
  16. Wanna Be (feat. Marlon Craft) (4:17)
  17. Three (feat. EMC) (2:47)
  18. The Fight Song (feat. Pharoahe Monch) (3:47)
  19. Mom's Talk (Skit) (0:49)

Credits

  • Mohammad Mohsen Zadeh - goblet drum [tombak]
  • 脰mer Avc谋 - percussion [brush, bendir, riq, shaker, darbouka, kik, dohol, tef, pendiro, tambourine, tepsi]
  • Ziya Tabassian - percussion [tombak, zlis, dayereh]
  • Khosro Ansari - voice

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