Heat Under The Pillow

Roc Marciano “Flash Gordon”

Roc Marciano is not a flashy rapper. He doesn’t have a big voice, he’s not particularly energetic or magnetic. He is very very good with detail, especially when he’s placed at the center of a slow, sad track. The substance of his stories are pretty stock for rap over the past 20 or so years, but his approach is a bit different – he backs away from big drama, focusing instead on small moments that give you a sense of his characters’ daily lives. In other words, his songs are like little indie movies – relatively quiet, meditative and disarmingly low key.

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