NOW THIS BROOKLYN REPRESENTER NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION YET HIS WORK STILL SEEMS TO BE LARGELY OVERLOOKED. EVER SINCE HIS INTRODUCTION IN THE LATE 90'S EARLY 2000'S HE HAS REPRESENTED HIS BOROUGH AND HIP-HOP TO THE FULLEST MAKING THE TYPE OF MUSIC US TRUE HEADS FEEN FOR WHILST BEING SURROUNDED BY AN EVER CHANGING CLIMATE!!! 2011 WAS NO DIFFERENT WITH MR ORTIZ JUMPING ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST COMERCIAL HITS OF THE YEAR AND GIVING THEM THEY'RE OWN TWIST INCLUDING CHRIS BROWNS "LOOK AT ME NOW" TECH N9ne's "AM I A PSYCHO" EVE'S "COOLIN" AND MEEK MILL'S "TUPAC BACK - BIG PUN'S BACK"!!! 2011 ALSO SAW THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST PROPER FULL LENGTH "FREE AGENT"
WHILST "FREE AGENT" DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A HUGE IMPACT UPON IT'S RELEASE, REPORTEDLY SHIFTING UNDER 5000 COPIES IN IT'S FIRST WEEK, IT WAS A QUALITY ALBUM WITH PLENTY OF STAND OUT MOMENTS FEATURING PRODUCTION FROM SOME TRUE HIP-HOP HEAVYWEIGHTS INCLUDING DJ PREMIER "SING LIKE BILAL", KENNY DOPE "FINISH WHAT YOU START", LARGE PROFESSOR "OH" AND JUST BLAZE ON "BATTLE CRY" FEATURES WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM BUT WERE OF A HIGH STANDARD WITH THE LIKES OF THE LOX, FAT JOE, LONG TIME COLLABORATOR NOVEL AND FELLOW SLAUGHTERHOUSE MEMBER ROYCE DA 5'9"!!! WHICH BRINGS US TO HIS WORK WITH SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND THEY'RE LONG TIME ANTICIPATED SIGNING TO EMINEM'S SHADY RECORDS IMPRINT WHICH PRODUCED THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE E.P.!!!
WHILST CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED BY PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR END LIST JOELL ORTIZ HAD A GOOD YEAR IN 2011 AND CONTINUED TO PUT OUT HIP-HOP OF A QUALITY STANDARD WITH THE CONSISTANCY WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM HIM AND THAT DOESN'T LOOK TO BE CHANGING IN 2012 WHAT WITH THE 2ND SLAUGHTERHOUSE ALBUM DUE, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SEBASTIAN RIOS "MIXTAPE" AND A FOLLOW UP SOLO TO "FREE AGENT"!!! WHO GIVES A FUCK IF HE'S BEING CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THE TRUE HEADS KNOW AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!!!
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