Masta Ace & Marco Polo Feat. Stricklin, Speech, E Smitty

Veteran Brooklyn MC Masta Ace and Canadian producer Marco Polo will release a collaborative album, Richmond Hill, on January 26 via Fat Beats. Of new single “Life Music,” Masta Ace says,

“I wrote ‘Life Music’ while riding on a local bus to town in Barbados. Listening to that beat and looking at the masked faces of the working class passengers sitting around me combined with seeing the many impoverished residents in the neighborhoods the bus rolled through, I was inspired to write a song that celebrated life. There are so many songs on the charts that glorify and celebrate death, I felt it was important to rail against those themes which we have somewhat normalized in our culture. I’m challenging the listener to embrace life and reject the negative messages we are constantly being fed in music.”

We couldn’t agree more. Press play and enjoy.