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As a poet, I love it when songwriters utilise clever wordplay in their rhymes. So when Francis Arevalo’s HEATCHECK! was introduced to my ears, I was thrilled by the creative and powerful lines jammed into its 14 tracks. It’s no coincidence. The Vancouver-based Filipino hip-hop artist has a background in slam poetry that lends itself to his lyrical dribbling. It’s best shown in “Slam (Interlude),” a one-minute slam poem detailing Arevalo’s childhood love for poetry and basketball. It embodies that picture of him as a kid on the album cover. “One time she asked why you always riding a ball and don’t you want all of this? / I thought I’d polish songs to save my life ball for a scholarship.” Damn. Did I mention this dude loves basketball? His love for hooping heats up in “Open Gym,” a nearly three-minute-long track chock full of rhymes mentioning basketball players, lingo, and history — a must-listen for
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