Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy

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10th Anniversary Test Pressing
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Double vinyl "Test Pressing" of 'Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy'. Pressed on black vinyl. Only 5 copies are available. Signed by Substantial upon request.

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Japan Edition Compact Disc
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A physical CD version of 'Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy'*
Comes in Gloss UV Coating digipak.
Cover artwork by Shuhei Matsuyama

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10th Anniversary Limited Edition Double Vinyl
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The 10th Anniversary double vinyl version of Bop Alloy's classic debut album*

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1.	Jazzmatic feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress) 02:56	buy track
2.	Another Day in the Life feat. Mr. SOS & Cise Star of CYNE 04:17	buy track
3.	Chillaxation 04:19	buy track
4.	Cloud 9 (Interlude) 01:00	buy track
5.	The Art of Work feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress 02:49	buy track
6.	Save the Day 03:53	buy track
7.	Universe Works feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress 03:31	buy track
8.	Star Child 03:56	buy track
9.	Music (Interlude) feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress 00:49	buy track
10.	Lead the Followers feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress, Tunji, Edgar Allen Floe, & Niles 05:12	buy track
11.	Still Think Different 04:25	buy track
12.	Why the World Weeps feat. Mello-D 03:52	buy track
13.	In Memoriam... (Interlude) 01:19	buy track
14.	The Boy with No Name 04:30	buy track
15.	Tokyo Twilight 03:56	buy track
16.	Commencement (Bonus Track) 04:37	buy track

credits

released September 7, 2010

All songs produced by Marcus D for MARCUS D PRODUCTIONS (ASCAP)
All songs written & mixed by Substantial for Unlimited Vinyl (ASCAP)

Jazzmatic (featuring Steph the Sapphic Songstress)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson & S. Hilliard
Steph the Sappic Songstress appears courtesy of Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD & Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Another Day in the Life (featuring Mr. SOS & Cise Star of CYNE)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson, D. Diaz, & C. Graham
Mr. SOS appears courtesy of QN5 Music (ASCAP)
Cise Star appears courtesy of Hometapes & CLYDEMAX (ASCAP)
Additional vocals by Steph the Sapphic Songstress for Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD, Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY, Dropbombz Studio, Atlanta, GA, and Enoch Home Studio, Gainsville, FL

Chillaxation
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

Cloud 9 [Interlude]
Written by: M. Marino

The Art of Work (feat. Steph the Sapphic Songstress)
Written by: M. Marino, & S. Robinson
Steph the Sapphic Songstress appears courtesy of Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD, Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Save the Day
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

Universe Works (featuring Steph the Sapphic Songstress)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson & S. Hilliard
Steph the Sapphic Songstress appears courtesy of Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD, Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Star Child
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded by: S. Robinson at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

Music [Interlude] (featuring Steph the Sapphic Songstress)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson, & S. Hilliard
Steph the Sapphic Songstress appears courtesy of Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Recorded by: S. Hilliard at Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Lead the Followers (featuring Steph the Sapphic Songstress, Tunji, Edgar Allen Floe, & Niles)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson, O. Balogun, D. Sams, & C. Phillips
Steph the Sapphic Songstress appears courtesy of Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Tunji appears courtesy of Heirborn Music & Olatunji Music (BMI)
Edgar Allen Floe appears courtesy of MCEO Records, LLC & Floe Almighty Music Publishing (ASCAP)
Niles appears courtesy of Legend of Gill Production (BMI)
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD, TLC Recording Studio in Washington, DC, Twelth Sign Studio in Brooklyn, NY

Still Think Different
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

Why the World Weeps (featuring Mello-D)
Written by: M. Marino, S. Robinson, D. Hodge, & S. Hilliard
Mello-D appears courtesy of Imagination Inc. & RHJ Publishing (ASCAP)
Additional Vocals by Steph the Sapphic Songstress for Twelth Sign Publishing (ASCAP)
Trumpet by: Z. Hensler
Recorded at Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD, The Imagination Factory, Forest Heights, MD, and Twelth Sign Studio, Brooklyn, NY

In Memoriam... [Interlude]
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

The Boy with No Name
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

Tokyo Twilight
Written by: M. Marino & S. Robinson
Beatbox by: Substantial
Recorded at Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Studio, Baltimore, MD

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Substantial Alexandria, Virginia

Virginia based International Hip Hop Recording Artist from Maryland.

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discography

Apeks (Maxi-Single)

Nov 2023
Adultish (Deluxe Edition)

Jul 2023
Salt N Pepa ft. Black Root & Marcus D (Maxi-Single)

Apr 2023
1580 ft. DJ RBI & T.Lucas

Mar 2023
You've Grown ft. MLLN

Feb 2023
Reed Richards

Oct 2022
No Per Diem 2.0 ft. Mega Ran

Oct 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1 (Instrumentals)

Mar 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1

Feb 2022
Keep Cookin' V.1.5

Dec 2021
Winter Breaks 1 & 2

Dec 2021
We Met in Tokyo (Instrumentals)

Oct 2021
We Met In Tokyo

Aug 2021
A Soundtrack for Fatherhood (Inspired by the book 'She Sees')

Jun 2021
Spizzy Commercial

Apr 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Instrumentals)

Feb 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Deluxe Edition)

Oct 2020
What I Been Saying (Vol. 1)

Jul 2020
ARTdustry (Season 1)

Jun 2020
Bridges (Instrumentals)

Aug 2019
Splendor (Single)

Sep 2015
Another Day in the Life of...

Apr 2014
The R & R (Remixes & Revisions)

Dec 2011
Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy

Sep 2010
Lyrical Terrorists

Jan 2000
Nakagyo (Kyoto)

May 2019
Recompositions (Instrumentals)

May 2019
Recompositions

Feb 2019
Alone In The Rain [SINGLE]

Dec 2018
Substantial Sundays, Vol. 1

Oct 2018
Exposition (Remix) [SINGLE]

Aug 2018
Loopin' (Lupin) - FREE DOWNLOAD

Jul 2018
The Garden

May 2018
Seeds EP

Dec 2017
The Past Is Always Present In The Future

Jan 2017
Little Black Dress

Oct 2016
Home Is Where The Art Is - 10th Anniversary Edition

Sep 2012
Present EP [Clean]

May 2016
Present EP [Explicit]

May 2016
Follow The Master b/w Cool Mornings [SINGLE]

Oct 2015
Black of All Trades (Time Cards Mash Up)

Oct 2015
Always EP [Clean]

Jul 2015
Always EP [Explicit]

Jul 2015
The Past... [Clean]

Mar 2015
The Past... [Explicit]

Mar 2015
Art Is Where The Home Is [DELUXE EDITION]

Mar 2014
Jackin' Jill [MIX]

Apr 2013
WINK: Something Substantial [MIX]

Feb 2010
U Were There (feat. JsouL) [SINGLE]

Feb 2010
Substantial vs Samurai Champloo: Beats, Rhymes & Strife

Oct 2009
Substantial/Burns

Oct 2009
I'm Here (feat. Kokayi & Gods'Illa)

Jun 2009
Make Love (feat. Substantial) [Chew Fu’s Small Room Sax Fix]

Jun 2009
Sacrifice [DELUXE EDITION]

Jan 2008
Resurrection of the House Party [JAPAN EDITION - SINGLE]

Aug 2007
Sacrificial Lambs (The Prequel to Sacrifice)

Jun 2006
Substantial Evidence [MIX]

Oct 2003
To This Union A Sun Was Born [DELUXE EDITION]

Oct 2001

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