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Joell Ortiz - Project Boy
Artist: Joell Ortiz
Producer: DJ Premier
Album: Free Agent
Label: Lush Life/eOne
Don’t look now, but I’m pretty sure that Joell Ortiz has not so quietly become one of the best underground rappers in the game (see his work with Slaughterhouse, Defying the Predictable, etc., etc.). And by underground I mean that the general public doesn’t yet know his name, a situation that will assuredly soon change if he keeps putting out tracks like Project Boy. Produced by the legendary DJ Premier – hence the booming bass and turntable cuts – Project Boy is Ortiz at his most vicious as the Brooklyn heavyweight paints a gritty picture of a place that shows its residents no mercy: “Somebody close get shotty smoked until they melon is red / in the streets my name hold weight like elephant legs.” Damn. I won’t even bother with the obligatory “what do you think” question. If you’re not feeling this track, we’re not on the same planet. For Project Boy and much more dopeness lookout for Ortiz’ upcoming album Free Agent, set to drop soon.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on April 5, 2010
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 432 |
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This is ghetto superhero music. Pure dope that just makes you wanna move.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11674 |
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You can no longer say that Joell is underrated, but you can say that he is under the radar. I truly believe that people just don't really understand what a dope emcee he is. Again, he shows us why on Project Boy.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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ughhh another sampled song lol just playing djbooth, i have to give it up to the staff at the djbooth because they challenged my views on there features and i really appreciate their feedback and i will comply...the beat overides his vocals...he brings that ol skool hip-hop back which is cool but i think the only ol skool hip-hop was in the now ol skool hip-hop age...he is very repeative in his verse which lets me know that he freestyled the whole song which is cool but im not impressed with this song and joell ortiz def. has classics under his belt but to me this isn't one of them...the beat is cool but it sounds like a whole bunch of other sampled, ol skool hip-hop beats, so it sounds like ive heard it before so all in all this is just ok for me...
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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My homeboy D Mac pointed out today that Premier's beat sounds pretty formulaic for Primo, and I can't disagree, but I don't care. The production's a f**king monster, and Joell absolutely murders it. Someday the world will truly catch onto how dope this man is, but in the meantime, only the real hip-hop heads appreciate ish like Project Boy.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 198 |
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definate rotation want to shout out to Z and everybody on djbooth dat des is da site and love bein on here tryin to get wit da whole usually dont see me in da first 5 comments tryin to be apart of da family u kno wut im talkin bout lol but yea joell killin it nice freestyle need to have another record wit novel
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 19 |
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I love Joell's music. I think he puts in a good effort on this. I just cant get into this song, not my style. The beat is too frenetic and a little repetitive, as well as some of the lyrics.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2919 |
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As soon as I get home, Imma get this, Ortiz is makin' some DOPE music lately, I really enjoyed 'Defying the Predictable' Novel is doin' great these dayz too, will be interestin' to see howhe goes n '10. New Wu-Tang by the way WOOP!
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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Professional  Total Ratings: 91 |
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This is dope.. heard Premier playing it the past few weeks. Been waiting for it to drop. Hip Hop!!!
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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I can't get into this production.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1227 |
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I really think Joell is one of the best in the game right now, but he is better than this. He seemed a little off to me, he can go much harder.
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| Posted on Apr 01, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
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I doubt this is anyone's favorite Primo beat, but it's top-notch either way. Also feeling a little letdown by Joell, he didn't exactly make this very memorable... 3.5
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| Posted on Apr 04, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 123 |
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Premier is Best. But Joell is bad
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| Posted on Apr 06, 2010 |
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| Posted on May 26, 2010 |
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Professional  Total Ratings: 42 |
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This record's huge for me now.
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