Just 10 days after the US cel­e­brated its birth­day, there was another tes­ta­ment to the power of inde­pen­dence as Duck Down pre­sented its 15th Anniversary Concert at BB King Blues Club in NYC Times Square on July 13th. With over 800 fans in atten­dance, Duck Down artists Team Facelift, Ruste Juxx, Marco Polo, Torae, Skyzoo, Kidz In the Hall, Pharoahe Monch, and the mighty Boot Camp Clik fea­tur­ing Buckshot, Sean Price, Smif N Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, Black Moon) graced the stage per­form­ing their clas­sic hits. The first 50 fans to enter the con­cert received a free lim­ited edi­tion Duck Down x Rocksmith Tokyo "Duck Hunt Inspired" T-shirt with our Duck Down mas­cot in pix­alated form, in which many fans imme­di­ately put on dur­ing the show. Hosts Angela Yee and Amanda Diva kept the show mov­ing smoothly, while DJ Evil Dee pro­vided music through­out the evening.

Special guest per­form­ers dur­ing the evening included Large Professor, !llmind, Stalley, Donnis, Daru, Jean Grae, Styles P, DJ Boogie Blind, Mela Machinko, Pete Rock, Tony Touch, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace, and Talib Kweli.

Big thanks go out to BB King Blues Club, Rocksmith Tokyo, XXL Magazine, Nahright.com, Sirius XM, Hot 97 and Native Instruments for mak­ing this amaz­ing cel­e­bra­tion possible.

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Off Marco Polo's new album, The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo. Available at all fine retail­ers where Duck Down Records are sold. [via]

New Music from Marco Polo fea­tur­ing D-Stroy & Bad Seed from The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo Album In Stores June 29^th, 2010.

For fans in Toronto, catch the Stupendous beat show­case & album release event on June 26th at The Great Hall (1087 Queens St W, Toronto, Canada) fea­tur­ing Marco Polo, Rich Kidd, Moss, Frank Dukes & per­for­mances by Tanika Charles, Promise, Shylow & more.

For those in NYC, Marco Polo will be per­form­ing at Duck Down's 15 Year Anniversary show at BB KINGS with per­for­mances by Pharaohe Monch, Boot Camp Clik artists Sean Price, Buckshot, Smif N Wessun, along with Kidz In The Hall, Skyzoo, Torae & a large list of spe­cial invited guests. Music by DJ Evil Dee. Hosted by Angela Yee & Amanda Diva.

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Music from Marco Polo's upcom­ing project, THE STUPENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO, in stores June 29th on Duck Down Music.

Directed by Todd Angkasuwan. Music from Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx's new album, The eXXe­cu­tion, in stores now on Duck Down Music: http://bit.ly/ddx49f

Follow Babu as he and the crew invade Austin,TX! Shouts out to Evidence, Brock, J.Rocc, Krondon, Chace Infinite, Bun B., Talib Kweli, Ohno, ALchemist, Rakaa, the Flatstock & Austin Record Convention, The Closed Session Crew,Dj Rhettmatic, Adad, Fashawn, Scheme, Buff 1, GLC, Red Bull Bigtune, Dj DV One, Vitamin D., Johnny Merlot, Jake One, Beat Society, Marco Polo, The Are, Kev Brown, Oddissey, Torae, Peter Rosenberg, and JIm

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