Cat: CDFB 5217. Rel: 29 Jan 24
Hip Hop/R&B
Track 1. December 26th (skit) |
Track 2. Brooklyn Heights |
Track 3. Certified (feat Coast Contra) |
Track 4. Cartunes (skit) |
Track 5. Hero (feat Inspectah Deck) |
Track 6. Life Music (feat Stricklin & Speech (Of Arrested Development)) |
Track 7. Below The Clouds (feat Blu) |
Track 8. St Roberts (skit) |
Track 9. Heat Of The Moment (feat Pav Bundy) |
Track 10. Jordan Theory |
Track 11. Money Problems (feat Che Noir) |
Track 12. Scarborough (skit) |
Track 13. PPE |
Track 14. Outside In (feat C-Red & E Smitty) |
Track 15. Connections |
Track 16. Plant Based |
Track 17. December 25th (skit) |
Track 18. All I Want (feat Wordsworth) |
Masta Ace and Marco Polo team up once more for their highly anticipated follow-up to the esteemed Breukelen Story. Just like the last album, Richmond Hill grips the listener by the hand and ear, whisking them away, through the semiotic-auditory memory lane, and doubling up as Ace's hometown and childhood experience. Providing a fresh retrospective take on the cream-of-the-crop hip-hop mastermind's earliest days, it's a far cry from the rapper's early 90s style, but still nonetheless channels the same penchant for instantly nostalgic sample-heavy production motifs and includes many guest appearances from contemporaneous greats such as Inspectah Deck, Coast Contra, Blu and Che Noir.