Marlon Craft
New York native Marlon Craft worked for years on his music before sharing his heady, lyrical rap. Gravitating towards an instrumental style that incorporated both rugged golden-age East Coast hip-hop influences and jazz-touched live instrumentation, Craft's politically conscious lyrics and social questioning were the driving force behind his 2019 studio debut, Funhouse Mirror, and its 2021 follow-up, How We Intended.
Marlon Craft grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, the son of a jazz musician father. He spent his teenage years playing basketball and ravenously absorbing hip-hop sounds, and in college he began making music of his own. In 2015, while finishing college, he self-released his first mixtape, Pieces. He followed it the next year with the so, what are you doing? EP and singles like "Workin'" and "Reason." Craft's style developed over the course of these releases, and his technical abilities sharpened on 2017 mixtape The Tunnel's End. In 2019, he signed on with Sony affiliate Same Plate Entertainment for the release of his politically charged studio debut, Funhouse Mirror. The album's lyrics unpacked issues of racism, classism, and wealth disparity and featured cameo appearances from Ricky Motion, Dizzy Wright, and others. Led by the singles "Hoodie Weather" and "Get Off My Yard," Craft's sophomore album, How We Intended, arrived in early 2021.
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HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE, Vol. 2
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by HOMECOURT LLC on 2 aug. 2023
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Work From Home
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Same Plate on 3 jun. 2020
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How We Intended
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft, LLC on 10 feb. 2021
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HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE, Vol. 1
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft LLC on 21 sep. 2021
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State of the Union
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft, LLC on 19 jan. 2021
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Robert Horry Freestyle
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft LLC on 15 dec. 2021
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State of the Union, Pt. II
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft LLC on 19 jan. 2022
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Do The Work
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Same Plate on 13 mrt. 2019
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Funhouse Mirror
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Same Plate on 18 jun. 2019
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The Tunnel's End
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft, LLC on 2 aug. 2017
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Mom's Whiskey
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Same Plate on 25 mrt. 2020
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Lot To Give
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Marlon Craft, LLC on 18 nov. 2020
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