If Only Radio Would Actually Play Marion Write’s “Radio” (Listen & Download)

Yes, of course radio programmers are ironically robots themselves - Power 10Drake, where Drake lives - but those who throw around the term "radio" as a slander against wack hip-hop forget that many of their favorite rappers (Biggie, Jay-Z, Tupac) received widespread radio play. In the right hands "radio" isn't a sell out, it's a challenge: make music accessible enough that thousands will want to hear it, but real enough hip-hop heads will listen too.

In that sense I've got nothing but respect for Marion Write's "Radio". The Las Vegas emcee flows in and out of the bouncing S.B. beat nicely without losing any of the lyricism he displayed on "Field of the Dollar" and me manages to make a song about women that isn't just a "song for the ladies". If you can't admit that "Radio" is at the least decent, you're too bitter. If only real radio sounded like this maybe I'd actually listen to the radio.

I'm officially stoked to hear Write's upcoming "Illustrated Example" album, dropping January 31 via the mothership. In the meantime, enjoy.

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