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Joell Oritz Becomes an Assassin in “Lil Piggies” Video
Joell Ortiz plays a ruthless assassin with a penchant for machetes in the new video to "Lil Piggies," which is off his collaborative album with !llmind titled Humans. The visual looks like a scene out of Tarantino's 2007 film Grindhouse and Robert Rodriguez's 2010 film Machete. It's dark and find...
Slaughterhouse Keeps Things Street in “R.N.S.” Video
Rap supergroup Slaughterhouse—Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, and Royce Da 5’9″—link up for “R.N.S.” video. The Just Blaze and araabMUZIK-produced songs has a sick guitar sample, which meshes well with the booming bass. Match that with the crew's aggressive r...
Listen to Joell Ortiz and Illmind, “Hallelujah”
With their upcoming collab project human. on the way, Joell Ortiz and !llmind drop "Hallelujah" to build a buzz for this Friday's release date. Unsurprisingly, Joell is at his lyrical best and talking his shit like only he can. The chemistry between Ortiz and !llmind is
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Listen to Joell Ortiz, “Lil’ Piggies”
If anyone has been through the industry wringer, it's Joell Ortiz. In the middle of the last decade, during hip-hop's ringtone dynasty era, the Brooklyn MC made a name for himself as a gritty, animated realist. He signed to Aftermath when the reverberations of Get Rich or Die Trying were still ringing throughout the industry, then released the independent album The Brick: Bodega Chronicles, which
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Joell Ortiz and !llmind Announce Collaborative Album
Hip-hop veterans Joell Ortiz and !llmind announce their upcoming collaborative project, Human, due out July 17. With the project, Ortiz gives a more introspective performance and transforms into more of a storytelling mode than the straight bars we have heard from him on the Slaughterhouse projects
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Listen to Erick Sermon Feat. Sheek Louch and Joell Ortiz, “Make Room”
Erick Sermon is spending his third decade in hip-hop as he spent his first two: with his head down, his ears open, his nose to the MPC. After a period where it seemed he may have vanished for good--not to mention that 2011 heart attack--the EPMD legend is back, and has brought more gritty Eastern seaboard realism with him...
Listen to Bodega Bamz’ Debut Album, ‘Sidewalk Exec.’
The debut album from Spanish Harlem native Bodega Bamz has finally hit the proverbial shelves. Sidewalk Exec. sports contributions from Bamz' peers in the new wave of New York MCs; the Flatbush Zombies stop by for the previously released "Bring Em Out," and fellow Latino Joell Ortiz lends his growl to "Gods Honest." The rec...
Watch Bodega Bamz’ Short Film ‘The Streets Owe Me’
Bodega Bamz adds "actor" to his growing resume with the release of his short film The Streets Owe Me. Starring Bamz, his brother/manager Ohla, Joell Ortiz and Cipha Sounds, The Streets Owe Me is a complementary piece to the rapper's upcoming album Sidewalk Exec and features music from the project
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Watch Bodega Bamz’s ‘The Streets Owe Me’ Trailer Featuring Joell Ortiz and Cipha Sounds
Bodega Bamz trys his hand in acting in his upcoming film, The Streets Owe Me. A trailer for the movie was recently released, and from the looks of it, this is going to be a gritty movie. Joell Ortiz, Ohla and Cipha Sounds will also be making appearances in the film. Money, v...