''Marci Beaucoup'' is the third

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by American hip hop artist Roc Marciano, released on December 10, 2013 under Man Bites Dog Records. A month prior to its release, the album was preceded by ''The Pimpire Strikes Back'', a

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which serves as its precursor. Roc Marciano began working on the album in 2012 before the release of his second LP ''Reloaded''. While the latter features contributions from Q-Tip and The Alchemist on the beats, ''Marci Beaucoup'' focuses on Marciano's own production with vocal performances from various artists while Marciano also performs on every song. Guest appearances includes

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, Guilty Simpson, Action Bronson, Freeway,

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and Cormega, among others, along with frequent collaborators Ka and Knowledge the Pirate.

Critical reception

Upon its release, ''Marci Beaucoup'' received generally positive reviews from

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s. At Metacritic, assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a 77 score based on 6 reviews. Phillip Mlynar of ''Spin'' gave the album an eight out of ten, saying "Instead of reaching that precipice and seeming to over-stretch for some sort of tipping point into the mainstream, oc Marcianos forged his own world, on his own terms, and invited like-minded artists to flourish there as well. Long may his principality prosper." HipHopDX reviewer Marcus J. Moore gave the album four exes out of five, saying "''Marci Beaucoup'' is a nice victory lap that falls just short of ''Reloaded''. There are standouts here—'Drug Lords', 'Psych Ward' and 'Soul Music' to name a few—but the overall product isn't as spectacular. Like its predecessor, ''Marci Beaucoup'' follows a standard formula of dope beats and dope rhymes, which works fine for an emcee of Marciano's caliber. With ''Beaucoup'', Marciano and his friends just wanna rap and talk shit. That's fine. Marciano is a benevolent leader." David Inkeles of XXL gave the album an XL, saying "Marciano adroitly finesses ''Marci Beaucoup'', with the sort of smug, witty, stream of conscious brilliance that is one of his more endearing attributes on the mic. Couple that with his own tremendous production, and the bevy of talented guest-spots on here, and ''Marci Beaucoup'' is the perfect gift for any hip-hop connoisseur." Grant Jones of RapReviews gave the album a seven out of ten saying, "If you felt Roc's previous albums were too Roc-heavy, this is the ideal album to ease you in to his brand of excess rap. Yet for somebody that held his previous two albums in such high regard, it's a little bit disjointed, unpolished, and dare I say it, scruffy." Pitchfork reviewer Renato Pagnani gave the album a 6.8 out of ten, saying "As a proper third album, ''Marci Beaucoup'' doesn't stack up to its precursors, but as an advertisement for Marciano's services as a beatsmith, it's much more successful." Olivia Arezes of ''

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'' gave the album a seven out of ten, saying "Though not his most cohesive work, ''Marci Beaucoup'' is undoubtedly a solid addition to Roc Marciano's impressive and rapidly expanding catalogue."

Track listing

*All tracks are produced by Roc Marciano.

References

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