Masta Ace and Marco Polo announce their 2024 album, ‘Richmond Hill’, plus share their life-affirming lead single and music video for “Life Music”.

Acclaimed rap veterans Masta Ace and Marco Polo remodel private tales into common sentiments utilizing simply their beats and rhymes.

In the present day, the Brooklyn rapper and the Canadian producer announce ‘Richmond Hill’, their upcoming collaborative album.

Coming to you by way of Fats Beats, ‘Richmond Hill’ is out there on vinyl and all digital platforms on January twenty sixth, and is presently out there for pre-order.

The follow-up up their acclaimed 2018 album ‘A Bruekelen Story’, which centered on Marco Polo’s life within the huge metropolis and his makes an attempt to get into the rap recreation, ‘Richmond Hill’ is impressed by Marco’s childhood within the titular neighborhood, a small city in Ontario, simply outdoors of Toronto.

Between interstitials about Marco’s ardour for hip-hop and cartoons, his battle with habit, and the help of his dad and mom, Marco Polo and Masta Ace sort out the problems of the day head-on with readability, the rapper utilizing his decades-worth of rapping expertise to slice by the producer’s heat soul samples and crisp percussion.

A cinematic journey that explores how the previous echoes by the current, the album welcomes visitor appearances from notable names from all eras of rap historical past, together with Inspectah Deck, Coast Contra, Blu, Che Noir, Speech of Arrested Growth, Masta Ace’s longtime collaborators Stricklin and Wordsworth, and lots of extra.

Together with the official announcement of ‘Richmond Hill’, Masta Ace and Marco Polo share “Life Music”, that includes Speech (of Arrested Growth), Stricklin, and E Smitty, the brand new single and music video from the mission.

Using a propulsive groove outlined by heat electrical piano, vibrant organs, and heavenly vocal harmonies, “Life Music” is a direct response to the negativity that permeates the countless scroll, as Ace makes an attempt to modify the power and emphasize life’s preciousness: “There’s just one selection, that’s life, hope you pickin’ it,” he spits.

In his personal verse, Masta Ace’s longtime collaborator Stricklin speaks of a near-death expertise whereas on tour, and his lengthy highway to restoration.

Directed by Parris Stewart, the “Life Music” video follows a younger man as he runs by New York Metropolis, urged ahead by the music as he passes all walks of life.

“I wrote ‘Life Music’ whereas driving on a neighborhood bus to city in Barbados,” says Masta Ace. “Listening to that beat and searching on the masked faces of the working class passengers sitting round me mixed with seeing the numerous impoverished residents within the neighborhoods the bus rolled by, I used to be impressed to put in writing a music that celebrated life. There are such a lot of songs on the charts that glorify and have fun loss of life, I felt it was vital to rail towards these themes which we’ve got considerably normalized in our tradition. I’m difficult the listener to embrace life and reject the damaging messages we’re continually being fed in music.”

“Life Music” and the Richmond Hill pre-order arrive as Ace and Polo put together to embark on the “Richmond Hill Tour”, their European tour.

Kicking off in Berlin on November twenty ninth, the tour makes its means by the continent for the following three weeks, stopping in Paris, Milan, Zurich, Cologne, Hamburg, and extra.

Tickets for the “Richmond Hill Tour” can be found at mastaace.com/occasions.

‘Richmond Hill‘ Tracklisting:

1. December twenty sixth (Skit)
2. Brooklyn Heights
3. Licensed that includes Coast Contra
4. Cartunes (Skit)
5. Hero that includes Inspectah Deck
6. Life Music that includes Stricklin, Speech (of Arrested Growth), & E Smitty
7. Beneath The Clouds that includes Blu
8. St. Roberts (Skit)
9. Warmth Of The Second that includes Pav Bundy
10. Jordan Idea
11. Cash Issues that includes Che Noir
12. Scarborough (Skit)
13. P.P.E.
14. Exterior In that includes C-Pink & E Smitty
15. Connections
16. Plant Primarily based
17. December twenty fifth (Skit)
18. All I Need that includes Wordsworth

Keep tuned for ‘Richmond Hill’, coming January twenty sixth, and hold a watch out for extra bulletins from Marco Polo and Masta Ace!!!