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Port Authority [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Marco Polo
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An earnest student of the early-'90s boom-bap technique, underground rap producer Marco Bruno, aka Marco Polo, was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Bit hard by the hip-hop bug, he enrolled into an audio engineering school in 1999, purchasing his first MPC with his student loans. Once he finished up school, he moved from Canada down to New York and lived in his friend's basement in Queens to… Read more in Amazon's Marco Polo Store

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  • Audio CD (May 15, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: May 15, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Red Urban Records
  • ASIN: B000NIVOAE
  • Also Available in: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #149,153 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "Fill the Hole in Your Heart That is Missin'", June 20, 2007
I just want to clarify a couple things. I give this album a 4.5 because I don't like handing out fives like everyone else on this site. Also, it takes a lot for me to review an album, this is only my 2nd (check the resume), but when I heard this tape, I went nuts.

I first heard of MP back on Boot Camp's "The Last Stand", the track "He Gave His Life" was straight up banging. When I saw that MP was putting out a joint I check it out, when I saw that Masta Ace, OC, Kool G, & Kardinal (too name a few) were up on it, I almost cracked the case to get to the disc.

Lets remember MP is just a producer so we have to analyze this cd from a beat perspective. In the source they say a rapper has to do something new to get five mics. Well MP finds a great blend of soul with cuts. Don't get me wrong DJ Premier is one of the best to ever do it, but he just cuts, 9th is also one of my favorites, but he just brings straight soul. MP brings both, for that reason you gotta peep this cat. "Yeah I said it", I mentioned this new producer in the same sentence as 9th and Premier, that is what I think of him (or at least with the same potential). The real heads who understand my language are in their car already on the way to their local record shop.

The MCs on this album kill! OC and Masta Ace are two of the most underrated in the game, but my favorite is "All My Love" ft. Jayshaun. His first verse is one of the best I have heard in the last 5 years and believe the kid when I say I have listen to a lot of albums. So at this point I give you a quotable, but instead I am going to leave you hanging. Go cop this, the cat is a carnivore!
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums in the past 5 years easy Rebirth of Hip Hop, May 16, 2007
Man, I've really been worried lately with all this new (c)rap coming out. Where has hip hop really gone? This album really feels good to listen. It makes me feel that maybe good Hip Hop is coming back. Masta Ace, OC, Ed OG, Kev and Ken, Large P.... the list just keeps going on and on. What an incredible line up. This CD is for real hip hop heads. Beats, rhymes.... and with more albums coming out soon like Rakim, Common, Cormega, etc... maybe Hip Hop is rising again?
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars IN MY TOP 10 - DOPEST ALBUMS OF 2007, June 30, 2007
MARCO POLO COMES CORRECT ON HIS DEBUT LP "PORT AUTHORITY". EACH ONE OF THE BEATS ON THIS ALBUM HITS HARD AND GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT. "NOSTALGIA" WITH MASTA ACE IS ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS, CLASSIC BEAT, AND SPEAK SOFTLY NOW, HAS A GREAT SAMPLE TO RIDE OUT TOO. OVERALL ITS JUST A FLAT OUT GREAT REAL HIPHOP ALBUM THAT U CAN PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND FEET LIKE U GOT 100 PERCENT OF YOUR MONEY'S WORTH AT THE END.

GREAT JOB MARCO!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Of 2007 Pt.2
its sad to say but some of the best albums of 2007 come from producers, but this is dope and one of the best albums in my collection. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars "You're only as good as the people you surround yourself with"
On the intro to Marco Polo's 2007 album "Port Authority," he announces "They say you're only as good as the people you surround yourself with... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good
overall this is an OK album
the beats are sicks but there are several skippable songs
Published on July 7, 2007 by Luis Alvarez

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album of 2007
You remember when you got that "feel"? You know the one where you were FLOORED when you heard an album. This is the album of 2007 that has given me that feeling. Read more
Published on July 3, 2007 by Hip Hop Lives

5.0 out of 5 stars Marco!?...........................Polo!!!!
Damn this album is bangin, I'm serious. Marco Polo really got a great line up of lyricists on this CD such as O.C. Read more
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