Masta Ace

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04/12/21 • 55 min

Masta Ace is one of hip hop's greatest storytellers. After making his debut on the Juice Crew's classic posse cut "The Symphony," Ace has many amazing accomplishments throughout his 30+ year career, including membership in hip hop supergroup Crooklyn Dodgers, classic concept albums, full album collaborations with producers like MF DOOM and Marco Polo, and so much more. In this episode we break down the following songs from his catalog:

"Think I Am (feat. Big Daddy Kane and MF DOOM)" ('MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne', 2012)

"Crooklyn" (Crooklyn Dodgers) ('Crooklyn' soundtrack, 1994)

"Sunken Place" (feat. Pav Bundy) ('A Breukelen Story' w/ Marco Polo, 2018)

"Type I Hate" (feat. Leschea and Rah Digga) ('Disposable Arts', 2001)

"Bklyn Masala" (feat. Leschea) ('A Long Hot Summer', 2004)

"SlaughtaHouse" ('SlaughtaHouse', 1993)

"Mathematics" ('The Falling Season', 2016)

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"Think I Am (feat. Big Daddy Kane and MF DOOM)" ('MA_DOOM: Son of Yvonne', 2012)

"Crooklyn" (Crooklyn Dodgers) ('Crooklyn' soundtrack, 1994)

"Sunken Place" (feat. Pav Bundy) ('A Breukelen Story' w/ Marco Polo, 2018)

"Type I Hate" (feat. Leschea and Rah Digga) ('Disposable Arts', 2001)

"Bklyn Masala" (feat. Leschea) ('A Long Hot Summer', 2004)

"SlaughtaHouse" ('SlaughtaHouse', 1993)

"Mathematics" ('The Falling Season', 2016)

Masta Ace:

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Slug

It isn't exaggeration to say that Sean Daley – better known as Slug – has played a pivotal role in the evolution of underground hip hop since the turn of the century. His group Atmosphere truly carved their own lane out in the indie scene dating back to the '90s with the DIY-approach of his label Rhymesayers Entertainment and the vulnerability in the group's songs. Over the years, Slug's style as a writer has also evolved, from the "underground battle rap" space to his development of the silly-sounding-but-somewhat-useful "emo rap" and "dad rap" descriptors. He's always been a great writer and an excellent storyteller, and so it was an absolute pleasure to go under the hood of these seven songs:

"Sleep Apnea" ('The Day Before Halloween,' 2020)

"Get Fly" ('You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having,' 2005)

"Everything" ('Fishing Blues,' 2016)

"Felt Chewed Up" ('Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez,' 2009)

'Get It to Get Her' ('Strictly Leakage,' 2007)

"One of a Kind" ('God Loves Ugly,' 2002)

'Sunshine' ('Sad Clown Bad Summer,' 2007)

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Fat Tony

Houston rapper Fat Tony popped onto my radar in the early part of the last decade from his appearances on mixtapes by both ASAP Rocky and Das Racist, and since then he’s had a wildly prolific career, dropping albums at a steady clip and constantly tweaking his sound. His most recent album – 2020's Exotica – finds Tony embracing the role of the griot with a concise collection of storytelling songs. I first connected with him when he appeared on an episode of my hip hop game show The Questions last year, and we had such a good time that I knew we had to reconnect and get even more in-depth on some music talk. In this episode we break down these songs:

"Through the Storm" ('10,000 Hours', 2018)

"What Wake You Up" feat Bun B ('Exotica', 2020)

"Get Out My Way" feat Sophia Pfister ('Wake Up' w/ Taydex, 2020)

'Legal Weed' ('MacGregor Park,' 2017)

"Take A Sip" (Charge it to the Game 'House with a Pool', 2018)

"U Ain't Fat" ('RABDARGAB', 2010)

"Full Circle" feat. J Kelr ('Full Circle', 2018)

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