Over the past two weeks quite a lot of new material featuring Brooklyn emcee Joell Ortiz has found its way on to the interwebs, and they all have something in common; Joell fucking destroys every track. I honestly get the chills when I listen to some of this dudes verses, and that is a rare occurance in the current generation of hip-hop. He is insane. No, really. He’s fucking crazy. I don’t understand how Dre could let Joell go.
Let me just get this shit out of the way now… Joell Ortiz is one of the most talented rappers around; if not the best. Hell fucking yes, I went there. If you think I’m going too far, take your head out of Hov’s ass for a moment and LISTEN to this dudes lyrics. If you think anyone out there at the moment competes (yeah yeah, I know Nas comes close), then his lyrics are obviously going way over your head. Listen to his verses, listen to them again, and again. I guarntee you’ll think “damn, sick line” more than once.
I’m just really glad hip-hop has Joell at the moment – he is exactly what we need. Anyway, listen to some of the recent leaks below and let me know what you think.
I Can Be President – Novel Ft. Joell Ortiz
Onslaught – Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Royce, Crooked I & Joell Ortiz)
Slaughterhouse – Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Royce, Crooked I & Joell Ortiz)
Crazy.
November 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
yo, i’ve been saying the same thing ever since the brick dropped. most under rated dude ever besides luda.
November 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Jake – Yeah, Luda is another under-rated rapper. He’s in my top 10.
November 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
holy shit, that onslaught track is actually straight murder… they all killed it, damn!
but yeah, word, joell is one of the best!
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I agree with you man, Joell is fucking crazy, line for line, verse for verse and song for song, no one can fuck with him. He is a fresh breath of air in this bullshit hip hop we have today, jawaaaaaaaa
December 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
[...] You already know this is good… Yeah, so what, Joell is my favorite rapper… Why the fuck aint he yours? [...]
May 4th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I saw him on television in early 2007 on BET with his single “Hip Hop”, and I wanted to know more about this sick dude. Looked him up, found out more about him….and been following this dude since he came out. He sick. One of the best right now. I don’t just go by lyrics like some many people do, or just go by the flow/voice like 99% of people do these day…I combine all that stuff together, and i remember what the rapper is about, then I decide if I love a song or not. And Ortiz is in the top 10 rappers of all time, even when I’m that type of fan.