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Unedited Raw Interview With Marco Polo

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13 December 2003 No Comment

Marco Polo has been active in the Western Cape hip hop scene since the late 80’s yet he has never gotten the respect he deserves. He has won battles and been a member of various rap groups. A few months ago we interviewed him and now we have those audio files for you to download.

Not much is known about Marco to the rest of the nation but if you were at Angels or if you attended a few hip hop jams throughout Mitchell’s Plain then you would most likely have heard of him. This clever emcee is a master at freestyling and he writes some of the most intriging Afrikaans verses, yet his career has been a rollercoaster ride, mostly downwards. 

His material is hard to find and when he does record it only sits with the hands of a few. Getting in touch with him is also difficult but when we meet, as we did a 2 months back, we tend to suck every bit of info from him, never knowing when we will see him again. This is an ode to the true ghetto dwella and a dope story teller.

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Part 1

Where have I been? What have I been doing? Karaktas Van Die Vlaktas. Pablo from the Street Brothers. His Demo / EP. What are they using for beats?

DOWNLOAD PART 1 REAL AUDIO 743 KB

Part 2

Talking about his song “It Might Sound Nice”. (contains a snippet from the song). What’s the song about. 

DOWNLOAD PART 1 REAL AUDIO 765 KB

Part 3 

His inspiration. Not paying his taxi fare. His performances. Producers he would like to work with. Groups he would like to work with.

DOWNLOAD PART 1 REAL AUDIO 1.10 MB

Interview conducted in Milkdaddy’s lounge during September 2003.

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