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Orie‘s last feature, Dear Winter, hit the Booth just when it was starting to feel like spring in my city of residence. Sh*t, where did all that time go? Roughly six months later, with the first slushy snowfall of winter 2010 blanketing Minne-ap, the St. Louis native’s back on our front page with the exclusive world premiere of his official debut single, Battlefield. Orie and Steve Anderson man the boards on this understated cut, pairing jittery, stop-start percussion with sizzling synth tones. The headliner matches his beat’s quiet intensity with some equally driven rhymes, harking back to the childhood struggles that inspired his musical hustle before taking aim at the rap game’s obsession with materialistic excess. The moral of this story? Simple: “Success is what you make it, but money can’t define it.” Topped off with the atmospheric hook vocals of St. Louis crooner Derrick Christian this sage single should be just the thing to get listeners hyped for the emcee’s latest full-length, Twenty-20, scheduled to drop sometime next year via D.E.M.O.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on November 22, 2010
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Orie is a promising young artist. His skills as an emcee and producer are good enough to draw attention, but to this point have not turned enough heads (ears).
We here at the Booth, though, think that his forthcoming project has a change to change that perception... which starts with "Battlefield." I dig the production and the chorus, but the verses leave room for more. When you're a young artist, room for growth is nothing but a good thing. 
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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I have been following Orie since his last project "what a black man wants" and it seems like as a producer he took a more daring approach to the beat. as far as his flow, i appreciate the fact that Orie is versatile and can switch up the flow, versatility is one of the bases of hip hop artist.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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he definitely has great potential and is kind of a refreshing change from what i usually hear.
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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As Z said, I truly believe Orie has the talent and drive to make it, and it's dope to hear his music getting better and better (and to see others agree).
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Orie has a lot of potential of being really great. His talents as a artist and a producer will push him to be up there. The production of this was great from himself. The chorus was also nice, but the verse lacked a lil. In rotation for me....Good luck Orie!!
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| Posted on Nov 15, 2010 |
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Very good beat. Very refreshing to hear something different. Very talented. Keep up the good work. Love it!!
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Sounds like a hit!
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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I actually listened to the song with a group of friends, and all of them loved it! We all loved the beat, and the lyrics because they were so down to earth, and very different from the BS were so used to hearing up here. Keep it up ORIE!!!
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Like Orie's style. Definitely out there sticking with his own unique sound and it's good.
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| Posted on Nov 16, 2010 |
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production is pretty nuts. flow is ight, but lyrics can be improved. chorus is solid.
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| Posted on Nov 30, 2010 |
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I could never listen to this track again, and the weak production is at fault.
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