Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls … - Joell Ortiz

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He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

Joell Ortiz

Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm about. . . the total package emcees.

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You owe dough? You ain't give up that cheese? Hey. . . Sooner or later, you'll Pay, Pal (no eBay).

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Hip-hop definitely saved my life. Being able to write about the things I was doing, the things I was seein' and all that stuff, putting that on paper and coming into my own as Joell Ortiz. That's why I don't have a stage name, because I chose to talk about everything under the sun that happened to me or next to me in my music.

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I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

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I've always been able to write rhymes and that would be like when you consult with your girl. When I'm mad and s - t like that I would throw headphones on and close my room door, when I'm mad I just close the door with my girl and f - k her. In so many different ways hip-hop has been like my girl and it's always been there to hold me down.

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