Marci Beaucoup

Over the course of his first two albums, New York rapper Roc Marciano established himself as one of the foremost purveyors of classicist New York slick-talk. His latest release, Marci Beaucoup, finds Marciano stepping out of the spotlight and focusing on his production chops.

Slipping under the radar of Roc Marciano fans still drooling over last month's mixtape The Pimpire Strikes Back is the Long Island rapper/producer's Marci Beaucoup, his debut album on Man Bites Dog Records, to which he was just signed as VP of A&R.Already established as a master of grimy rap, and a very capable, soulful producer through one of the best rap records of 2012, Reloaded, Marciano lyrically sticks to what he does best drug references, threats of violence, dreary narratives of fiends and whores and the grandeur of a life of crime all delivered with the believability and nonchalance of a man who's spent as much time in the streets as perfecting his craft.