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In 2001, he returned with the album \"Disposable Arts\" and followed up in 2004 with \"A Long Hot Summer,\" which was released on his own label M3 Macmil Music.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-long-hot-summer","title":"A Long Hot Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Long Hot Summer\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth solo album of Masta Ace. The album is about Masta Ace's journey as an underground rapper through his Long Hot Summer in Brooklyn, together with his unofficial manager Fats Belvedere. This album includes fan favorites such as \u003ci\u003eGood Ol Love, Da Grind, Beautiful, Bklyn Masala\u003c\/i\u003e and guest appearances like Jean Grae, Big Noyd, Wordsworth, Edo G, The Beatnuts, Rahzel and more. 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Between interstitials about Marco's passion for hip-hop and cartoons, his struggle with addiction, and the support of his parents, Marco Polo and Masta Ace tackle the issues of the day head-on with clarity, the rapper using his decades-worth of rapping experience to slice through the producer's warm soul samples and crisp percussion. A cinematic journey that explores how the past echoes through the present, the album welcomes guest appearances from notable names from all eras of rap history, including Inspectah Deck, Coast Contra, Blu, Che Noir, Speech of Arrested Development, Masta Ace's longtime collaborators Stricklin and Wordsworth, and many more\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Beats","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50441258500427,"sku":"2172061","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0784085100144_a8c7e318_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1726975869"},{"product_id":"ma-doom-son-of-yvonne","title":"MA DOOM: Son Of Yvonne","description":"\u003cp\u003eMasta Ace joins forces with the metal faced MF DOOM for \u003ci\u003eSon of Yvonne\u003c\/i\u003e, a highly personal concept album that celebrates the life and legacy of Ace's recently departed mother. A set meticulously constructed with stories, settings, and characters that resonate with flesh and bone humanity. Interstitial vignettes provide a thematic backbone to the experience and each track complements and completes the previous to form a narrative whole: a sometimes visceral, sometimes nostalgic slice of Ace's young life in Brownsville, brooklyn. entirely underscored by MF DOOM's iconic 'special herbs' instrumentals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Beats","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50480629252427,"sku":"352869","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50480630301003,"sku":"352870","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0e9dc621-0973-4ccd-8692-9e37f5fda343_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727524122"},{"product_id":"disposable-arts","title":"Disposable Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisposable Arts\u003c\/i\u003e is a concept album by Masta Ace, originally released in 2001. It follows the Brooklyn MC as he is being released from prison and returns home, joining 'The Institute of Disposable Arts', a school in which Ace enrols after realising how bad the situation in Brooklyn has become. The songs and skits combine to complete one full story, and they feature guest contributions from Strick, Punchline and Wordsworth, Apocalypse, Greg Nice, Rah Digga, J-Ro, King Tee, Jean Grae and more, plus production by Ayatollah, Paul Nice, Domingo, and more, including tracks from Ace himself\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M3","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50530230075723,"sku":"2028998","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/dbd3636a-4652-4b1d-9b42-a0817a1f2752_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728074513"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_512c333c_thumbnail_4096_4242233e-20c0-41e4-85e4-e4b414b55931.jpg?v=1726543577","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/masta-ace.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}