Marco Polo
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 get his career started. He began paying his dues as an unpaid intern at the Cutting Room recording studios in Manhattan, which eventually turned into an on-staff management position. He used to play his beats in the office while clientele like Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, and Inspectah Deck came through for recording sessions. One of those passersby, Masta Ace, liked what he heard and added one of Polo's productions ("Do It Man") to his 2004 effort A Long Hot Summer. The song opened up many more opportunities for him, and soon he became an in-house producer for N.Y. indie Soulspazm. He was landing beats for several noteworthy hip-hop artists, including Supernatural, Jean Grae, Immortal Technique, the Boot Camp Clik, and California MC Rasco, who released Polo's first beat CD, Canned Goods, on his Pockets Linted imprint in 2005. When Soulspazm had a falling out with its distributor, the company lined up another joint venture with Rawkus Records. Rawkus championed the ambitious beat-maker and his 2007 production album, Port Authority. With his smooth textures and back-to-basics approach, Polo aptly chose veteran MCs like Kool G Rap, Large Professor, O.C., and Masta Ace to grace various tracks for the LP.
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West Coast Love
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Soulspazm, Inc. am 05.11.2013
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Menino de Asas
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Selo Estelita am 10.10.2023
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C'est commando
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Mr Collectif am 23.12.2020
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Cumbia Navideña
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei Marco Polo am 17.11.2016
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C'est commando
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Mr Collectif am 23.12.2020
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MY BEST LIFE
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Marco Polo am 28.08.2021
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Astonishing
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Soulspazm, Inc. am 22.10.2013
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Mi Historia Hecha Canciones
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Marco Polo am 01.10.2015
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Molo molo
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Pull up MusicGroup am 10.05.2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo