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Joell Ortiz - Ooh
Artist: Joell Ortiz
Producer: Large Professor
Album: Free Agent
Label: Lush Life/eOne
Through good times and bad, Joell Ortiz has always come through with the kind of tunes that make listeners go “Ooh” – whether it’s the pleasantly surprised “Ooh!” a junk food fiend makes upon noticing there’s still one more Twinkie in the box, the drawn-out “Ooooooh” emitted by a third-grade class who just heard a dirty word or, as in the case of this newly-leaked album cut, the deflated “Ooh” of a hater who’s realized his target is simply too fly to care about his criticisms. Here, the pounding piano chords and chopped vocalizations of beatsmith Large Professor set a street-ready mood as Ortiz reminds us that he’s still driven, hungry and ready to attack his doubters head-on: “Every word I recite get the town (bacon/bakin’), I’m not your average feast / I can’t stomach y’all – make my abs get weak.” Singer Iffy handles guest duties, contributing a hook considerably less debatable than his stage name would suggest. Like what you’re hearing? While Ortiz’ recent release from E1 has made his long-awaited sophomore set’s title all the more appropriate, Free Agent will still be dropping, as scheduled, on November 30.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on November 15, 2010
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11677 |
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Ortiz is a beast... even Kanye says so (so it must be right, right?) Seriously, the man is setting himself up for success in this business for years to come with one consistent record release after another. Hopefully, "Free Agent" sounds exactly like "Ooh" and all the other quality songs of late that we've featured.
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Joell sounded off to me, I feel like he could have done much better. Any other rapper this would be a 4 star song, but when the bar is set so high he has to deliver.
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Joell is so impressive! He is a beast def underrated he needs to get sign quick!
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Anyone who's a regular reader of these pages knows I'm a huge Joell supporter - I'll put "80s Baby" next to any record, but I have to agree with Young Swish here. By Joell's standards, which are ridiculously high, he feels like he's just going through the motions here. And that hook's not exactly helping things.
I'm counting down the minutes until "Free Agent".
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 288 |
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How often do we get a Large Pro track in the Boot?
I’ve never been a big Joell Ortiz fan, but I’m quickly becoming one. |
| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1805 |
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Joell Ortiz will be great. This is good, but not great. Large Professor did great with this.
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| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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Professional  Total Ratings: 91 |
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I'm a fan... Prodiction and Lyrics are on point. Not to crazy aobut the hook.. but I can live with it. I'm rockin' it.
DJ Sandman (WBTP 95.7 The Beat -Tampa, FL / BumsquadDjz / 1200Squad / RapattackLives.Com / Dynasty's Tour Dj / Laws Tour Dj / Dreampusher Mixtape Best of the Booth Vol. 5 |
| Posted on Nov 08, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 09, 2010 |
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Crazy track am feeling it.
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| Posted on Nov 12, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 2 |
Can we get a Joell Ortiz respect article?
Free Agent was steel heat |
| Posted on Dec 23, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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For Joel: just another day on the mic. For another 2 star rapper: Banger.
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| Posted on Dec 24, 2010 |
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