“Roc Marciano's sullen, monotone rap style is still the kind of thing only New York rappers can do convincingly, which is probably why a handful of the city's rappers, from Marciano to Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire to Ka, have reclaimed the style's homegrown pleasures. Marciano's bleary, gritty Marcberg was a distillation of the style, a secret handshake of a rap album with limited but intense NY-centric”
