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Joell Ortiz - 80's Baby
Artist: Joell Ortiz
Producer: DJ Green Lantern
Album: YAOWA
Label: Lush Life/eOne
What are the chances that a day after I launched into a “remember the ‘80s?” riff, thanks to 1982’s new track, Slaughterhouse alum Joell Ortiz would drop a cut called 80s Baby? Apparently the hip-hop gods really want me to think about my childhood. Disappointingly, 80s Baby contains nary a mention of BK Knights, hyper color shirts or Airwolf. What is does contain, however, is a pounding, percussion and horn-driven beat from DJ Green Lantern, and, of course, nearly three straight minutes of relentlessly dope and precisely delivered flows from Ortiz: “You could put on six layers of clothes and you’d still be see through / we don’t believe you / your story ain’t rough enough for a sequel.” Budden may be Slaughterhouse’s most talented emcee, but Ortiz is their most consistent, and, all things considered, perhaps their best. Anyone disagree? With his album Free Agent lost in the ether, Ortiz is turning his attention to his new mixtape YAOWA (the name comes from his ad-lib), which will contain this track and many more when it drops in October…hopefully.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on August 9, 2010
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11882 |
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Nathan (above) suggested that Ortiz is the most consistent member of Slaughterhouse, which is quite evident on this new record. Never does Joell take a line off - always fully into what he is saying. Also, it helps here that he received a beat from Green Lantern's "good stack."
Though this isn't as impressive as some of his past work, it is still better than most works out - which cannot be ignored in this highly-saturated, watered-down industry. 
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Nice to hear a new solo feature from Slaughterhouse's best emcee. It may be the higher pitched voice or the "YOWWA", but Joel always stands out to me on every on of the group's tracks. As Z pointed out, this isn't as impressive as anything on "The Brick", but it is still a straight up banger.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Great freestyle type of song, with about every line being a punch line too. Lantern's beat was nice and good thing is wasn't that long, or it would of really gotten repetitive. Joell is probably my favorite out of the group and with songs like these I don't need to explain why.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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i dunno if he is Slaughterhouse' best emcee, but thats jus cuz i dunno enough bout Joell Ortiz or the rest of em. on the other hand, i do kno that this is a pretty good song. the only prob i have is it feels like the beat is toned down too much, especially since its a good one.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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aint heard a green lantern beat in a while...you know joell lays it down...
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Blah Blah Blah. It's a given that Ortiz can spit. Budden's records have more direction.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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One of the best days I can remember on the Booth in a long time. Every track comes correct.
While Ortiz has been better lyrically, his flow on this is absolutely dope to me. His cadence, his accentuations, they're absolutely ill. I mean, the man pulls off a "knock knock" section. What more could you want? And since I raised the question, I can't stop thinking about who the best Slaugherhouse emcee is. Crooked and Royce are dope, no doubt, but I think it really comes down to Ortiz and Budden. And then it comes down to this: Would you rather have a 10 record from Budden every week, or an 8 record from Ortiz every other day? Fascinating question, I'm gonna have to mull it over for a minute.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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I would argue that Royce is the best emcee in Slaughterhouse. But on any given day (or track) Joey, Joell or Crook could be numero uno.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Joell’s is hands down the best mc in slaughterhouse and this song is pure fire
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Busta would b proud... Ortiz did this track justice... Banger!
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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This beat got redundant to me after a while. Nonetheless,I like Joell's flow on the track. I wish it would have been mixed so that the drums knocked a little harder.
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| Posted on Aug 04, 2010 |
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Ortiz on point
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| Posted on Aug 05, 2010 |
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another dope track from joell ortiz. he is made consistent and keep picking good beats. flow is nuts.
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| Posted on Aug 05, 2010 |
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i like
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| Posted on Aug 06, 2010 |
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JOELLLLLLLLL!!!!
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| Posted on Aug 18, 2010 |
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Joell needs to understand it takes more to have a hit then to just spit a decent 16.
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| Posted on Sep 19, 2010 |
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