This Ortiz cat sure is a workhorse isn’t he? He’s pretty good @ what he does too. Nonbeliever? Check what he does to EPMD’s “I Shot The Sheriff” and “I Ain’t No Joke,” then get back to me. It just ain’t right.

Real talk, a.) I’m glad Joell isn’t resting, continously putting out pieces of material. And b.) hearing him over late 80′s/early 90′s rhythms, he sounds right @ home as if these are songs he crafted years ago and now he’s just switching up a few words to make them current. Kudos Holmes.

Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics coming soon.

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Joell Ortiz – Covering The Classics Sampler