''A Breukelen Story'' is a collaborative studio album by American rapper

Masta Ace Duval Clear (born December 4, 1966), known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is an American rapper and record producer from New York City. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut " The Symphony". He is noted for his distinct voice ...

and Canadian hip hop record producer

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. It was released on November 9, 2018 via Fat Beats Records.

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was handled solely by Marco Polo, who also served as executive producer together with Masta Ace. It features

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s from

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, eMC, Lil' Fame,

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, Pav Bundy, Pearl Gates,

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, Smif-N-Wessun,

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and Trini Boy. An eight-track bonus extended play was released in 2019 featuring production from

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, remixing from the Drum Majors, and guest appearance from

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Critical reception

Albumism's Daryl McIntosh praised the album, saying "with ''A Breukelen Story'', Ace and Polo craft the musical equivalent of a screenplay or novel, by sharing their personal stories and memories reflective of life in one of America's great microcosms". Sy Shackleford of RapReviews found both artists "have employed their respective talents to provide their perspective on their home and what it has birthed". Tom Hull resumed: "rapper Duval Clear, past 50 now, which moves him from

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to old school, teamed up with beats producer Marco Bruno, tells the story of someone moving from

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to New York to break into hip-hop (roughly speaking, much Bruno's story), although the music easily tops the story".

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

*Duval "

" Clear – vocals, executive producer *Marco "

" Bruno – producer, recording, mixing, executive producer *Jay "Shylow" Khan – recording, editing *Richard "Filthy Rich" Ahee – recording *Ricardo Gutierrez – mixing, mastering *Emanuele "Mocce" Mocchetti – mixing *André "Deck97" Henriques – art direction, design *Mr. Wattson – photography *Darrell A. "

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" Yates Jr. – guest artist (track 3) *Tekomin B. " Tek" Williams – guest artist (track 3) *Cesar "Pearl Gates" Perez Jr. – guest artist (track 5) *David "

" Styles – guest artist (track 6) *Paris "Pav Bundy" Wells – guest artist (track 9) *Jason "

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" Powers – guest artist (track 10) *Jamal Gerard " Lil' Fame" Grinnage – guest artist (track 12) *Trini Boy – guest artist (track 15) *

– guest artist (track 16) *Stephen "Strick" Stricklin – guest artist (track 17) *Vinson "

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" Johnson – guest artist (track 17) *Troy Donald "

" Jamerson – guest artist (track 18)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Breukelen Story, A 2018 albums Masta Ace albums 2018 collaborative albums Marco Polo (producer) albums Albums produced by Marco Polo Albums produced by DJ Premier