Port Authority is the debut studio album

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 of Canadian hip hop

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 producer

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 Marco Polo

Marco Polo (producer)

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, released May 15, 2007 on Soulspazm/Rawkus Records

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The album is entirely produced by Marco Polo, and features guest appearances from Masta Ace

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, Kool G Rap

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, Buckshot

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, Wordsworth

Wordsworth (rapper)

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, O.C.

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, Kardinal Offishall

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, Large Professor

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, Sadat X

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, A.G.

Showbiz and A.G.

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, Special Teamz

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 members Ed O.G.

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 and Jaysaun, Ju-Ju of The Beatnuts

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, Supastition

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, Copywrite

Copywrite

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, members of Low Budget

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 (Kenn Starr

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, Kev Brown, Oddisee, Cy Young, Kaimbr and Critically Acclaimed), Jo Jo Pellegrino, DV Alias Khrist, Roc Marciano of The U.N. and J Davey

J Davey

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Two singles, "War" and "The Radar", were released. A music video for "Nostalgia" was also released, directed by Kris Schackman and produced by Theo Bark.

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics. XXL

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magazine gave it an "XL" rating (4 out of 5), praising Polo's decision to feature "some of the East Coast

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's finest vets and samples." RapReviews.com gave the album an 8/10 rating, and called him "a one man band, creating instead of compiling." Stylus

Stylus Magazine

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magazine gave it a B+ rating, noting that he pays "homage to the latter Golden Age

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 through scratched hooks, graveyard strings, and breakbeats redolent of worn vinyl and dust." The album was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year

Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year

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 at the 2008 Juno Awards

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Track listing

#	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Port Authority (Intro)"		1:23
2.	"Get Busy"	Copywrite	4:24
3.	"Marquee"	O.C. O.C. (rapper) Omar Credle , known by his stage name, O.C., is an American rapper who has been involved with several renowned underground hip-hop groups and also released many solo albums.-Recording career:...	4:15
4.	"War"	Kardinal Offishall Kardinal Offishall Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Life and career:Harrow was born in...	3:56
5.	"Nostalgia"	Masta Ace Masta Ace Duval Clear , known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is a rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony"...	4:50
6.	"The Wrong One"	Wordsworth Wordsworth (rapper) Wordsworth is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn. A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Mos Def...	3:41
7.	"Low Budget Allstars"	Kev Brown, Kenn Starr Kenn Starr Kenn Starr may refer to:*Kenneth Starr, American lawyer*Kenn Starr , American rapper... , Oddisee, Cy Young, Kaimbr	4:09
8.	"Speak Softly"	JoJo Pellegrino	3:53
9.	"Time & Place"	Ed O.G. Ed O.G. Edward Anderson is a hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, better known by his stage names Edo G and Ed O.G.. Although not widely known in the mainstream, Edo G has a cult following in Boston, and an international fanbase.-Career:Born in Roxbury—a rough, predominantly black...	3:41
10.	"The Radar"	Large Professor Large Professor Large Professor , also known as Large Pro and Xtra P, is a New York City-based hip hop record producer and emcee. He is also best known as a founding member of the influential underground hip hop group Main Source, and as a frequent collaborator with Nas...	4:22
11.	"All My Love"	Jaysaun	3:38
12.	"Lay It Down"	Roc Marciano	4:46
13.	"Go Around"	Buckshot Buckshot (rapper) Buckshot is an underground rapper, famous as the leader of Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the group Black Moon. He has released one solo album, two with producer 9th Wonder, four albums with Black Moon and four albums with the Boot Camp Clik.- Biography :Born and raised in Brooklyn...	4:26
14.	"Hood Tales"	Kool G Rap Kool G Rap Nathaniel Thomas Wilson , better known by his stage names Kool G Rap , Kool G. Rap, and Giancana , is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew... , DV Alias Khrist	4:07
15.	"Heat"	Supastition Supastition Supastition is an underground hip hop artist from Greenville, North Carolina, now living in Charlotte. He has worked with rappers like KRS-One, Cunninlynguists, and Little Brother....	3:25
16.	"Rollin"	Sadat X Sadat X Sadat X is an American rapper, most famed as a member of Alternative hip hop group Brand Nubian. Originally known as Derek X, Sadat takes his name from former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.... , A.G. Showbiz and A.G. Showbiz and A.G. are an American hip hop duo from The Bronx, New York City. Showbiz is a producer and A.G. is a rapper. The two debuted on Lord Finesse's Funky Technician album in 1990. Show and A.G... , Ju-Ju The Beatnuts The Beatnuts are a New York-based hip hop group and production duo from Queens, New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu is Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights...	4:07
17.	"For the Future"	Critically Acclaimed	3:47
18.	"Relax"	J Davey J Davey J*DaVeY is a multi-genre duo from Los Angeles, CA whose sound can be described as a combination of alternative hip hop, alternative rock, soul, electronica, fusion, jazz, punk, funk, new wave and R&B futurists...	4:07