HipHopSite.Com » marvel http://www.hiphopsite.com Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Marvel – Throw This Ball / Red Light District / Words Of.. 12Inch http://www.hiphopsite.com/1997/01/01/marvel-throw-this-ball-red-light-district-words-of-12inch/ http://www.hiphopsite.com/1997/01/01/marvel-throw-this-ball-red-light-district-words-of-12inch/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 1997 07:00:00 +0000 http://0 [cont.]]]> After having seen his fellow Canadians rock it to the top (Choclair, Saukrates, Kardinal Offishall), Marvel finally returns to drop a 12″ for the T-Dot. “Throw This Ball” has a questionable hook – sh*t is just a little corny – but I can’t front on the slow-tempo, lumbering beat by Saukrates. And Marvel comes in with some deftness, trying to work with a slight basketball metaphor: “chill/my perspective/keeps me erected/only direction is forward/no more words from the benches.” Better than average braggadocio.

Marvel handles his own track for “Red Light District” and the slinky funk is a welcome surprise as is Marvel’s verses. I was expecting some boring chick flicks ala Choclair, but Marvel pens a morality tale instead about life on the wrong side of the tracks. And last but not least is the smooth, jazzy “Wordz Of..” (produced by Kardinal Offishall), a sly think-piece and showcase for Marvel’s gliding glibness. Great way to end a strong 12″.

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