Marco Polo And Torae - Double Barrel 2009-YSP

Canadian super producer Marco Polo (who has worked with Kool G Rap and Kardinal Offishall) and Brooklyn MC, Torae (pronounced Tori), are set to drop their first collaboration album titled Double Barrel June 2nd. When you listen to the album you get a sense why they named Torae’s debut album what they did. “He’s bringing the hardest production that he can bring, I’m bringing the hardest rhymes I can bring; together its like a double barrel blast,” says Torae.

Is this album a classic? No, but it is pleasantly surprising to hear a fresh new rapper with a story to tell. Does Torae sound different like the greats do? No, but, the dude can legitimately rap and after reviewing a lot of annoying auto-tuned rappers, Torae is a breath of fresh air (there is not a hint of auto tuner on this album).

He sounds like a mix of Gangstarr and a lost member of the Wu-Tang Clan. His lyrics are good, his flow is choppy, but still OK and it is the type of album that is good for a road trip. The songs do sound similar but they are, at the least, pretty good. It is the type of album where half-way through you will be bobbing your head and say to yourself, “Hey, this is pretty good stuff.”

Other lyricists have taken notice to the collaboration of a top producer and ambitious rapper. Double Barrel features a plethora of rappers, including M.O.P.’s Lil’ Fame among others. This album is directed towards true hip-hop/rap fans. It probably won’t set the charts on fire but like Marco says, “We’re not trying to take it back, we just wanted to make an album that knocks.”

“I think the sound of the album is not the most popular or trendy, but we’re going to crash the party,” says Torae, “ We’re coming in with this sound and we’re coming in doing what we want to do.”

Sounds like a true rapper, not out to make a buck, but to honor the art of rap.

Tracklist:
01. Intro feat DJ Premier
02. Double Barrel feat DJ Revolution
03. Party Crashers
04. Smoke feat Lil Fame (of M.O.P) & Rock (of Heltah Skeltah)
05. Lifetime feat DJ Revolution
06. But Wait
07. Rah Rah Shot
08. Danger
09. Stomp feat Guilty Simpson
10. Coney Island
11. Word Play
12. Hold Up feat Masta Ace & Sean Price
13. Get It
14. Crashing Down feat Soukrates & S-Roc

Label: Duck Down Rec.
Genre: Rap
Quality: Lame3.97 V2
Time: 48:48 min
Size: 65,7 MB

Release name: Marco_Polo_And_Torae_-_Double_Barrel-2009-YSP
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