To appreciate Roc Marciano, Oh No and Alchemist's (Gangrene) collaborative EP, GreneBerg is to appreciate filthy Hip Hop at its finest. The Decon Records release stands in direct contrast to Rap's overproduced, cry-me-a-river swill merchants, slapping a gritty mean mug across the mainstream's shiny facade in twenty-two sleek minutes. Few hooks. Feverish horns. Heart-thumping bass lines. It's enough to applaud earnestly in the presence of grimy lawlessness.
"My discography's Godly / Biters copy / While I pull one out the crime rhyme glossary," raps Roc Marciano on the self-produced "Momma Told Me," this EP's blustering, horn-heavy introduction. Roc's flow is anything but linear, making it nearly impossible to digest on shallow listen. But Roc revels in a-typical lyrical exercise, trading flaccid rhymes for abstract expressions of a felonious lifestyle.
