Torae: The rap veteran delivers with a hard-hitting 'The Bubble Chip' music video

New York rap heavyweight Torae isn’t slowing down at the start of a new year. Instead, it’s more audio and video product for the masses courtesy of gems like his ‘The Bubble Chip’ visual.

The song goes hard but seeing Torae glowing up from start to finish? Tough. Tap in.

The multifaceted emcee Torae begins the new year with his reflective single “The Bubble Chip.” In the three-minute video, directed by The Fire Factory and produced by Hitmaker Dot, Torae is seen in the project halls and basketball courts throughout New York City, rapping about some of his career highlights and some of today’s trends in the music industry. 

Torae takes people back to when he was a “blog era baby” and where he’s been since then. He raps “Ain’t nobody doing the shit that I’ve done, blog era baby, and I’ve been on a hell of a run. Pen something crazy for an artist, and go number one, and then bring them to Sirius for a promotional run. Tell my publishing get a sync, put that record in a flick, my agency get the audition, and I memorize the script. Got a million different corners, I hustle, then get a flip…”

His second verse begins with “Don’t ever get it confused, I paid all of my dues. I never paid for no followers, likes, comments, or views. Can’t give you no proof of purchases… these rappers selling you their storylines faking their streams, so when they post their Spotify numbers, it ain’t what it seems.”

Between the verses, Torae reflects on the successes of his HARD2EARN podcast with cohost Bonsu Thompson and what he has going on for him in the future.

Torae & Marco Polo: Of course 'The Return' is all types of nostalgia with Blockbuster and Super Nintendo flashbacks

You know the vibes when Torae and Marco Polo link up and it’s the case in their new ‘The Return’ music video. With a full-fledged Midnight Run album now available for everyone’s streaming goals, it’s all about getting the cameras rolling on this visual gem.

It’s all eyes on Torae on the bars and Polo delivering for the culture with the production. Get caught up in the nitty, gritty New York vibes.

Torae & Marco Polo taks their fans back to a much simpler time of video games without microtransactions in every mode and when streaming platforms weren’t a thing with their video for “The Return.”

The opening verse reflects on Torae’s and Marco’s first project together in Double Barrel along with how Torae challenges emcees. In the video, Marco & Torae watch the news and see that Blockbuster is going out of business. Marco finds a video game from there and realizes they have to return it to Blockbuster. Torae suggests they play the game one last time before returning it. The visual has both of them as players in the 64-bit Miami Vice-inspired hue video game driving cars at midnight. 

“The Return” is one of the singles from their upcoming album, Midnight Run, which will be on streaming platforms tomorrow September 22, 2023.

Follow the duo on Instagram: @torae & @marcopolobeats 

Torae: The explanation behind 'The Return' is as fire as you would hope with Marco Polo, too

Marco Polo. Torae. ‘The Return.’ What more could you want? How about a full-fledged detailing of how their fire anthem came together? Say less.

The hip-hop game-changers link up to dish on their audio heatwave ‘The Return’ and talk about how it all came together. Peep the details and keep scrolling to see both Marco and Torae dish on their repeat-worthy anthem.

Following the release of their latest single, “The Return” Torae and Marco Polo give fans the story of how the single came to be. He briefly discussed the different route Marco wanted to take with the single, but Torae had other plans. They originally recorded the record in 2016. However, Marco and Torae punched in a few lines and realized how the song still withstands the test of time today. 

Torae gives hilarious commentary about some of the bars in the song as if he were on Genius giving a lyrical breakdown. Since its release last week, “The Return” has been featured on BET, Rock The Bells, and more. Their collaborative album Midnight Run will be released later this year.

Marco Polo’s perspective takes viewers to his in-house studio. He reveals the bag in which he keeps all of his beats on cards and plays the song sequence for viewers. Marco Polo teaches people the differences between some drum kicks and spotlights the simplicity in the beauty of the beat pad he used to make “The Return.”