Marco Polo News

In their annual holiday card, Duck Down Records made some important announcements.

"Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is... to make freedom real." - James Baldwin [1] Hip-Hop should listen to Marco Polo & Torae more.

With great independent labels, artists have a history of being A&R's. At Wild Pitch Records in the early '90s, it was MC Serch who helped sign O.C. and Non-Phixion . At Tommy Boy Records around the same time, producer Dante Ross was responsible for the signings of acts like De La Soul and Digital Underground .

Tanya Morgan at BHHF If it wasn't evident by their mixtape of the same name , then let it be known that Tanya Morgan Is A Rap Group .

June 23 - On Wednesday, July 8th, golden-era hip-hop torch-bearers Tanya Morgan and Marco Polo & Torae take to the stage at Southpaw, Brooklyn's premiere music venue for live hip-hop. Both groups are fresh off the release of new critically-acclaimed albums - Tanya Morgan's Brooklynati and Marco Polo & Torae's Double Barrel - and go into this ...

"Could you riddle me this - you pay for the Range but take the Isuzu?/ You do if the music you coppin' is doo-doo/ I got a bridge out in Brooklyn to sell to you/ - Cuz ya'll cool with being bamboozled/" - Marco Polo & Torae , "Crashing Down," Double Barrel , 2009.

"The blog your favorite blogger reads...." Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Music Video: Torae & Marco Polo - "Party Crashers" They annoyed the sh-t outta me with all their f-cking promo emails for leak singles, viral videos and mixtapes leading up to the release of the Double Barrel album but I have to admit, it worked.