The B-Side

Marciano produced this beat himself using a single soul sample, no drums, and no hook — just bars over a loop. Reloaded was entirely self-funded and self-distributed. The album's stripped-back, drumless production style directly birthed the aesthetic that Griselda, Boldy James, and the entire 2020s underground runs on. Before this album, conventional wisdom said rap beats needed a hard drum pattern. Marciano proved they didn't and an entire movement followed.