A-one, A-two, A-three mixtapes for your earhole today . . .
First, B.o.B., ’cause it’s the best of the lot. Some of this is stuff Bobby Ray has released before (a full version of his certified mixtape hit, “The Biz) but some is new. The imaginative title (May 25) refers to the date of his thrice-delayed full debut album release, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. B.o.B. is playful as always, like a very good version of Asher Roth (or I should say Roth is like a very lame version of B.o.B.), skilled as Big Boi, and with gust spots from J. Cole, mixing by DJs Drama and Sense, and plenty of great rhymes.
Taste The Biz
or just score the whole thing: Link.
Next, Joell Ortiz, whose track record is pretty uneven.
I was pretty disappointed in Slaughterhouse, a 2009 release that featured two great underground rappers who have been dicked over by the majors, but I still say that Joe Buddens’ Mood Music Mixtapes 1 and 2 and Joell Ortiz’s Bodega are some of the best street rap ever made. Period.
The beats on this mixtape are fly, and Ortiz does a much better job here. A little too must guest spots and R&B, not enough Joell, but still a solid release.
01 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Defying The Predictable
02 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Ghetto Pt. 1
03 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Motherland (Feat. Spree Wilson)
04 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Hip Hop (Remix) (Feat. Jadakiss & Saigon)
05 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Stressful (Feat. Cri$tyle Aka The Ink)
06 Joell Ortiz & Novel – All The Right Moves (Feat. One Republic)
07 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Hit Em With The Shottie
08 Joell Ortiz & Novel – I Can Be President
09 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Here The Next
10 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Ghetto Pt. 2
11 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Fighters (Freestyle)
12 Joell Ortiz & Novel – So Much More (Feat. Papoose)
13 Joell Ortiz & Novel – We Aint Trippin
14 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Stand Up
15 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Like I Know
16 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Duffle Bag Boy (Freestyle) (Feat. Short Dawg)
17 Joell Ortiz & Novel – Raindrops (Feat. Slaughterhouse)
BONUS! NEW BUN-B AND TAPEMASTERS INC.!
A lot of the songs here were on his “No Mixtape” release, but there’s a few new ones, too. And any Bun is good Bun, right?
Link.
February 12, 2010
ekko1
4 responses to “JOELL ORTIZ, B.O.B. AND BUN-B”
B
March 1st, 2010 at 00:29
are you trying to say joell didnt kill it on the slaughter house album are you kidding me he dropped some of the best verses of the year on that shit. and there is 4 people in slaughterhouse not 2 have you even heard the album?
ekko
March 1st, 2010 at 05:21
There were four. But only two were great. The other two are just good. And, no, he did not “kill it.” He’s capable of doing much more. Just because a guy makes a great album like Bodega doesn’t mean everything else he does is good, too.
john john
March 30th, 2010 at 00:29
nah man joell murked the slaughterhouse album and one good album? his 2 follow up mixtapes are both classic tapes if not very close to it go listen to covering the classics and tell me different
ekko
April 2nd, 2010 at 13:15
Covering the classics is f-ing awesome. But it’s a mixtape, not an album.