The New York producer who can be credited for helping keep the sound of '90s boom-bap rap alive is, in fact, a Torontonian.
Born Marco Bruno, the producer who works by the name Marco Polo has been featured in
The Guardian music blog as an unlikely cult hero in the industry. The blog writes:
It would be wrong to say that Marco Polo is solely responsible for keeping 90s-style boom-bap alive, but it’s hard to say what it would look like without him.
Duck Down, a label that had been a 90s rap mainstay, was slowly going to seed until the artists there hipped to Marco’s production. He played a major role in launching the careers of rappers such as
Torae, with whom he hooked up for a collaboration album, and he has a knack for digging up long-forgotten artists such as Last Emperor and giving them fresh life. He has produced for Masta Ace, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and KRS-One. A lot of rap artists talk about putting the whole scene on their back and carrying it, but Marco Polo is one of the few who could actually make good on that claim.
Take that, Drake.
Read the full article
here.
Source: The Guardian