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3.8 ( 13 total votes )
Novel - I Can Be President ft. Joell Ortiz
Artist: Novel
Featuring: Joell Ortiz
Producer: J. Dilla
Album: Unreleased
Label: Unsigned
Following last Tuesday’s Presidential Election, the Booth has been bombarded with celebratory music from many of today’s most popular artists. One of the best submissions from this crop comes courtesy of Atlanta rapper/singer Novel and Brooklyn free agent Joell Ortiz, who have teamed up over a previously-used J. Dilla production (adding samples from Obama’s acceptance speech in Grant Park) to express how overjoyed they are that children of African-American descent can now grow up knowing, “I Can Be President.” Though some of our members have been critical about the overwhelmingly high number of features regarding the past election, songs like I Can Be President reinforce the fact that Obama’s victory was a historic moment. Novel’s debut album, The Autobiography, is set for release next March, but you can get a taste of his skills later this month (11/25) by picking up a copy of his brand new EP.
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 61 |
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Cheaaa first post. This shit here is nice. Novel spits that HOT FIRE! I like the obama on the intro. Big ups to Obama. I feel the change already. BANGER!
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11677 |
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Novel is one of my favorite new artists. The talent this man possess as both a singer and an emcee is pretty impressive. If you ask him, though, he is just an artist. Versatility, I love.
PS. Ortiz never dissappoints... ever. Notice that? 
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 1622 |
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Meh, I like the song, but I'm getting to the point where I'm wondering when all of this political/Obama rap will finally dissolve. Don't get me wrong, I love all of the songs, but I'm tired of listening to a new one every other day and having to find new reasons to like it. They're all good, but they're all similar. 3/5 for me.
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 278 |
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Nice! Great Idea!
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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Haven't been feeling many of these election related songs despite my support of Obama. I find a lot of them sound like they were rushed just to get something out in time, but this one is chill. Novel did his thing and this one had a good beat.
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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Tastemaker |
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This is a way smooth relax president song. Im feelin this. Banger!!
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3212 |
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Good track! Smooth and soft production and excellent job by Novel and Joell Ortiz. Even though I'm not interested in president songs this is the best I've heard of this theme so far!
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member |
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Nice track n great production!! in rotation
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| Posted on Nov 11, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2130 |
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This joint is mad hot! I love the soulful vibe and feel of it. Novel's vocals is pretty hot. Joell Ortiz snapped so hard. I'm a new fan of him. I hope no one hates on this for being another Obama track. This is one of the best ones I've heard. The sample sounds like the same one used for Lupe Fiasco's "Hurt Me Soul" from "Food and Liquor" (which essentially contains a sample of "Stay With Me" by Cecil Holmes). I'm pretty sure that's definitely the sample on here. You can't go wrong with the original J.Dilla though. Classic song...period. Joell needs to drop an album soon!
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| Posted on Nov 12, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member |
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Yup...
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| Posted on Nov 13, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 237 |
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he resembles Ludacris, anyone else agree? This was a great production to. I'm getting tired of the topic though.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 133 |
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"They wouldn't give us 40 acres so We conquered 50 states."
Great usage of Obama samples. Great Hook. Great Verses from both Novel and Joell. This song supports the inspiration of the time and still resonates well over a year again. The production was never too much and the verses and the samples were evened out nicely. Joell and Novel are quite the dynamic two man team. |
| Posted on May 04, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 8863 |
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Underrated.
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| Posted on Sep 24, 2012 |
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