When Cam’ron rapped from the perspective of the everyday workingwoman and from a felon applying for a job in delivery, we were all caught off guard, napping. But when Joell Ortiz approach a recession rap song from the angle of a UPS worker (or a petty crook or a block boy,) he doesn’t sound like a displaced rapper. In fact it sounds amusing and even a bit more real, if I can say that.
[audio:http://nyc.duttyartz.com/mp3s/JoellOrtiz-BoutMyMoney.mp3]Recession Rap Jams, on a grind mission..
Fader givin props.. http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/3/5/freeload-joell-ortiz-bout-my-money