"Dear Lord, why do I feel how I feel? I could move a thousand bundles of krills I could hit the lottery for a mil Money no longer make me smile, it's wild Stress hurt like burying your first child..."
Joell Ortiz is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent. Joell Ortiz was born to a Afro-American father and Puerto Rican mother. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. He was featured in the Unsigned Hype column of the March 2004 issue of The Source Magazine and was also selected as Chairman's Choice in XXL Magazine. During the same time Joell also went on to win the 2004 EA Sports Battle which earned his song Mean Business a spot on the NBA Live 2005 soundtrack. The same year he was offered a contract to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label. The deal quickly went sour which caused Joell to start beef with Jermaine. Joell has since collaborated with KRS-One and Kool G. Rap. Joell released his street album called "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles" April 24, 2007 on Koch Records. The album was recorded while Joell was trying to get signed and going through some tough times personally. Even though he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, Dr. Dre allowed him to release the street album on Koch Records. The Brick features productions from Showbiz, The Alchemist, Domingo, Ho Chi from Killahertz Productions, Lil’ Fame of M.O.P., Novel, and Moss, among others. Guest spots include Big Daddy Kane, Styles P, Big Noyd, M.O.P, Akon, Immortal Technique, Grafh, Ras Kass, Stimuli, and Novel. Joell Ortiz is 1/4 of Super Group Slaughterhouse who drop their highly anticipated EP entitled, Slaughterhouse EP on February 08, 2011.
"One's for the cash, two's for every blunt's ash Three's for all the 40 brews goin to cruise the bowel Four's for the drugs, sex, and power I be the top dolla scala, rockin gold collars While you tryin to sip the juice, I'm takin swallows Step into my zone and get blown, my ways are internationally known..."
Joseph Cartagena (August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad. Under stage name Fat Joe da Gangsta and part of the Diggin' in the Crates (D.I.T.C.) crew, Cartagena was signed to Relativity Records in the early 1990s, recording material and working with many artists who he would later sign to his own label. In 1993, his debut album Represent was released, featuring production from The Beatnuts, Diamond D, Lord Finess, and others. Its lead single, "Flow Joe" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart; other minor singles from the album included "Watch the Sound" and "This Shit is Real". In 1995, Fat Joe released his second studio album, Jealous One's Envy, which peaked at #71 on The Billboard 200 and at #7 on Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. The album featured a guest appearance from KRS-One and production from Diamond D. The lead single was Success, which did not chart, but his second single, "Envy" peaked at #8 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The success of this album led Fat Joe to be featured on the remix of LL Cool J's single I Shot Ya along with Foxy Brown, Keith Murray and Prodigy of Mobb Deep.
"Breakin down bass, treble more, FUCK 'EM ALL dancer That's one who dances with the black magic music Not classic, Arabic or basic, strictly dickly Dirty and it's strictly mothafuckas, if not evict me and forget me, I mean my mothafuckin word, my word means action But feel the best style mothafucka, that's my jurisdiction..."
Afro Jazz is a french hip hop group founded in the early 1990s, composed of Daddy Jockno, Jaeyez and Robo. They appeared on some mixtapes, in particular on DJ Kut Killer mixtape series. They made the first part of NTM's concert at Bataclan (Paris). They recorded a maxi-single titled "Perle Noire" in 1996 and then produced their first album "Afrocalypse" in 1997, which was recorded in NYC and features productions by Buckwild, Diamond D, Beatminerz and many others.
"Let me just hit you off (HIT 'EM!) with the real My steel sing like opera, and open your fuckin head like a doctor (DO WHATCHA GOT-TA) Holdin it down for (NEW YORK CITY) We'll blow back your whole rap comittee My Squad knock, make you wannabe hardrocks smoother and move ya, with itchy trigger finger maneuvers..."
M.O.P., short for Mash Out Posse, is an American hip hop duo. The duo, composed of Billy Danze and Lil' Fame, is known for the aggressive delivery typically employed by both emcees. The group has frequently collaborated with DJ Premier. Fame sometimes produces under the moniker Fizzy Womack, and has produced a significant amount of tracks on all M.O.P. releases since 1996's Firing Squad, as well as work for other artists including Big Noyd, Teflon and Wu-Tang Clan.
