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Joell Ortiz - Can't You Tell
Artist: Joell Ortiz
Producer: Statik Selektah
Album: Free Agent Mixtape
Label: Lush Life/eOne
The plight of Joell Ortiz is well documented. An immense underground buzz helped the Aftermath first-round draft pick find a place at the label of Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem. Once Coach Dre and his rookie-of-the-year had their falling-out, however, it was back to the underground for the Brooklyn bully. On Can’t You Tell, Ortiz sums up his time with the West Coast legend; “I got the voice of a champ, flow like the levee broke/Fadeaway/I bet a Dre publishing check, you won’t.” Off the forthcoming Free Agent Mixtape, one of the games brightest explains the ins and outs of the industry over a lush beat from Statik Selektah. With a waterfall of melody and a quick scratch sample of Jay-Z, this hustler’s ambition is reminiscent of a certain Latino rapper from the BX.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on October 6, 2008
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HA 1ST!!! yeeeea! n-e-way...i dont like thiz track @ all. im not a fan of him @ all. i dont like this beat, voice or flow, or n-e-thin else that makez a song good. this iz a good x-ample of what I call g-a-r-b-a-g-e.
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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Statik Selektah put his foot in this one! I was definitely digging this. The production is off the chains. The Jay-Z "Blue Magic" sample was hot. Joell Ortiz did not disappoint at all with the lyrics or subject matter. A solid banger. I'm digging a lot of these cats that are currently flying under the radar. These newer tracks exhibit their true hunger to get real music out and move up in the rankings. I can dig it!
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 94 |
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no more then ok...
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11662 |
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Joell Ortiz does not disappoint me. I agree, MH, that Hova sample was nice.
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 314 |
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Lyrically Joell's always been on point...matter of time before dude takes over the game and gets the props he deserves...so far the first 3 songs today got sick ass beats...i'm loving dA Booth today
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 107 |
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joell is on point..feelin' dis one too
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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STATIK SELEKTAH reppin that 978(BOSTON)keep it up fam and Joell is nice on the lyrics classic ortiz lyricism likin this one Ha Ha
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 201 |
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Wow lyrically insane and the production is great.
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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lobb this shit ..@*#$! lovin the scratchin..classic shit rite here
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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lobb this shit ..@*#$! lovin the scratchin..classic shit rite here
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| Posted on Oct 02, 2008 |
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tight song. hes got an ill flow
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 452 |
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Damn good. Another talent that was just rotting on the Aftermath label.
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| Posted on Oct 03, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3212 |
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I'm feeling the Asiatic production, it's really original. The beat is good, too! His flow goes well with the song. After a while it gets repetitive, though. This is not my type of track but it's well-done!
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| Posted on Oct 05, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 131 |
I'm not into this kind of stuff either, BUT ATTENTION WOW:) ----
You keep going into these pages of songs that OBVIOUSLY are not your kind of music. You can go back to Soulja Boy and your typical favorite mainstream music, but you actually CONTINUOUSLY go to song after song after song and 1-starring crap saying "nah i dun liek it. it iz nuh gud evrythn is bad!!!!". You always 1-star songs that are actually good but your close-mindedness doesn't allow yourself to process that. Please realize what I'm saying. |
| Posted on Oct 09, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 54 |
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All I say is...What the Fu Dr. Dre? How do people with so much talent get the wash over in that camp. It cannot be coincidence. Artist are going to start thinking twice before they come over to that camp and better be ready to ride the bench before being tossed out the game. Aside from all that Joell has some serious flow to back up the nice sample from Jay. WOW your stuck on stupid and need not rate on anything that says Northeast and Mixtape cause it ain't Rigtone or Down South music.
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| Posted on Oct 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 8863 |
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Beat is sick.
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| Posted on Sep 15, 2012 |
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