BeatTips MusicStudy: Roc Marciano, “Game of Death;” Pete Rock on the Beat

Tough Strings, Solid Drums, Jabbing Bass-Stabs, and Punch-You-in-the-Face Rhymes

Been following Roc Marciano’s development for a while now. He’s reached that rhyme confidence level that many rappers fall well short of. Here on one of Pete Rock’s more sinister beatworks, Roc Marciano is all bravado, no filler or un-useful slang. Each line of poetry flows effortlessly with each meter of the beat. Dope.

The music and video below is presented here for the purpose of scholarship.

Roc Marciano – Game of Death (Prod. Pete Rock)

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