Block of Slaughterhouse (Pt. 1): Joell Ortiz “Project Boy” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 03/31/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Joell Ortiz, Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse are quickly becoming the Dream Team of underground hip-hop; and I mean the Jordan/Magic/Bird '92 Dream Team, not the Iverson/Marbury ' 02 Dream Team that lost to Yugoslavia. Actually, with every member of the Slaughterhouse crew individually releasing dope new music last night, maybe it'd be more accurate to compare them to Voltron; an array of lethal individual parts that can assemble into one giant killing machine. Whichever analogy you go with, the point is that Slaughterhouse is killing the game right now, so I thought it was only right that I drop a giant block o' Slaughterhouse this morning.

Leading off the festivities is Joell Ortiz, who just hours after releasing the video to this "Free Agent" lead single "Project Boy" followed with the tracks, and sweet baby Jesus is it dope. Produced by DJ Premier, hence the banger beat complete with turntable cuts, "Project Boy" is the kind of record that has more than a couple "oh shit" moments. You know those times in a track that are so dope your brain shuts down and all you can think it "oh shit!" Yeah, it's that good.

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To listen to a project boy make the big time right now, check out the track below.

Play Joell Ortiz - Project Boy

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d-mac

ok, so premier is one of the best producers of all time, but his beats have become increasingly formulaic over 2+ years. Heres the formula:

Quick taps on the 1/4 count
Hard snare on the 1 count
2 muffled instrumental samples, one following the other - usually the first one's sound clashes with the second
Scratching up a nas sample on the chorus

90% of his beats follow some variation of this. This one actually sounds a little different, but its def not breaking new ground.

Not feeling it.

Posted on Mar 31, 2010

Nathan S.	Damn, @d-mac just broke it the f down. I see what he's saying, but I guess I'm in the "I don't care if it sounds like his old stuff because I love his old stuff" camp. Kind of like how I never get tired of Snickers, even though they've tasted the same since I was a kid. Did that make any sense?
	Posted on Apr 01, 2010

Young Swish	I really think Joell is one of the best in the game right now, but he is better than this. He seemed a little off to me, he can go much harder.
	Posted on Apr 02, 2010