{"id":205534,"date":"2024-12-10T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=205534"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:07:57","slug":"roc-marciano-the-alchemist-chopstick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/roc-marciano-the-alchemist-chopstick\/","title":{"rendered":"Roc Marciano &#038; The Alchemist \u2013 Chopstick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sy02NsIPiME?si=fWHYbW6xsmeBpfhK\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Roc Marciano and The Alchemist have released &#8220;Chopstick,&#8221; the first single from their upcoming album, The Skeleton Key, dropping on December 13, 2024. The album, produced entirely by The Alchemist and featuring no guest appearances, follows their 2022 masterpiece, The Elephant Man\u2019s Bones. Accompanied by a visually striking Evidence-directed video, \u201cChopstick\u201d showcases the duo\u2019s creative synergy honed over 15 years of collaboration. Roc Marciano describes their partnership as pivotal to the culture, declaring, &#8220;We the gatekeepers, Key Makers, your shit don\u2019t shake unless we sanction it.&#8221; With this project, Roc and Alchemist continue to solidify their legacy as hip-hop trailblazers, blending innovation with authenticity.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"205602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/roc-marciano-the-alchemist-chopstick\/rocandalch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?fit=912%2C601&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"912,601\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rocandalch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?fit=540%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?fit=640%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-540x356.webp?resize=540%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-205602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?resize=540%2C356&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rocandalch-png.webp?w=912&amp;ssl=1 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roc Marciano and The Alchemist have released &#8220;Chopstick,&#8221; the first single from their upcoming album,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Rt4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}