Marion Write Works the “Field of the Dollar” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 09/02/10 | Filed under Downloads, Marion Write

I won't front. I knew Las Vegas representer Marion Write (a.k.a. the rhyme-half of The Perfect Formula) had some serious skill, but I didn't know he could do it like this. When I first heard his new cut "Field of the Dollar" is was impressed by its heavily jazz-influenced sound (so I threw it into the Daily Re-Up), but then I found myself listening to it again the next day, and again the next, and now "Dollar" has joined my regular rotation. It might take more than a couple listens to truly appreciate this one, but stick with it, I promise it's worth it.

That production, by Two3 (which consists of J. Spence & Marion Write) take a pure jazz based foundation and then transform it into a darkly angelic chorus whose mood reminds me of GhostWridah's "Still Not Famous", all while Write gets into his metaphor game lyrically, delving deep into what life is like for a working class Las Vegas resident, surrounded by extravagant wealth by working overtime just to pay the rent: "In the field of the dollar I was a broke seed...and then I let it grow into an oak seed." In other words, this is the shit.

I'm now officially stoked, as they say here in L.A., for the release of Write's upcoming album "Illustrated Example", due to drop in the beginning of 2011.