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For the 30th anniversary of Off the Wall, the landmark fifth album that bridged the gap between Michael Jackson‘s run as Jackson 5 frontman and the pop icon’s Thriller-era glory days, Harlem rapper ESSO teamed up with producer Woody to put together a mixtape of the same name, with each cut inspired by one from the classic LP. With View From The Top, ESSO ends the street album on a motivational note, posing the rhetorical question, “Why aim and not aim for greatness?” On the production tip, Woody delivers a faithful interpolation of OtW‘s percussion-heavy closer, Burn This Disco Out. Off The Wall (the mixtape) is available for free download here, and look for ESSO’s contribution to our DJBooth.net Freestyle Series to hit our homepage early next month!
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One of my FAVORITE cuts off a creative, respectful, and (unfortunately) timely project. This classy interpretation is enjoyable from start to finish.
PS. ESSO murdered his DJBooth.net freestyle. Coming soon. 
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2009 |
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i love this song. but my fav song off off the wall was logged in. i cant wait to hear his freestyle!!
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2009 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 267 |
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Anticipating this freestyle to come out, ESSO is sick. Great flow on here with Woody's creativity on the board.
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2009 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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I love this project as a whole, gettin heavy Rotation on my MP3 player. I applaud ESSO for taking the time to hit on different subjects on a project that would be difficult for ANYONE to pull off. "Off The Wall" is one of the best mixtapes released this year and what a year this has been. "Girlfriend" is the sickest of em' all. Woody comes through with some amazing beats (he flipped that sh*t pretty nice), and ESSO holds it down appropriately throughout. But I gotta say his lyrics were not as impressive as they were on "Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant EP". Overall, I liked the production by Woody more than ESSO rhymes.
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2009 |
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| Posted on Aug 28, 2009 |
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I feel the beat. The homie Woody put down a nice beat with the Micheal Jackson sample. I not really feeling ESSO's beat but nevertheless I like his energy. R.I.P. MJ.
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| Posted on Sep 25, 2009 |
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