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K-Beta-89 to 09
Joell Ortiz-Covers the Classics
LINKS
http://www.myspace.com/alienbrain
http://www.innerlooprecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/joellortiz
http://www.myspace.com/alienbrain
http://www.innerlooprecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/joellortiz
Where else would you see Joell Ortiz as the favorite and not the underdog? Joell's mixtape covering the classics made huge waves earlier in the year as he absolutely shredded instrumentals from our favorite classic hip hop tracks. He was truly in his comfort zone spitting over these tracks as he's got the old school lyrical mentality. This tape just sounded like he was chillin' with his crew outside in a cypher and just spitting for the love of hip hop.
His competitor in this round of 1on1 is K-Beta of Innerloop Records. Beta Max took this concept even further by picking an instrumental from each year starting from 89' up until now. This is my first exposure to K-Beta (aside from possibly hearing him on Innterloop's Illmatic Remix project), but this dude can straight spit. I listened to these 2 tapes back to back and K-Beta has a similar lyrical tenacity of Ortiz. The songs are a bit more structured compared to Ortiz's quick verses/no hooks but Beta similarly demolished every track. I actually enjoyed hearing some of the more current instrumentals (like Kanye's "Flashing Lights") and what Beta did with them.
If you haven't listened to one or both of these tapes and love you some straight hip hop spitters while listening to some classic beats, here's your chance. Vote in the top right of the page or leave a comment on which emcee did a better job "covering the classics."
His competitor in this round of 1on1 is K-Beta of Innerloop Records. Beta Max took this concept even further by picking an instrumental from each year starting from 89' up until now. This is my first exposure to K-Beta (aside from possibly hearing him on Innterloop's Illmatic Remix project), but this dude can straight spit. I listened to these 2 tapes back to back and K-Beta has a similar lyrical tenacity of Ortiz. The songs are a bit more structured compared to Ortiz's quick verses/no hooks but Beta similarly demolished every track. I actually enjoyed hearing some of the more current instrumentals (like Kanye's "Flashing Lights") and what Beta did with them.
If you haven't listened to one or both of these tapes and love you some straight hip hop spitters while listening to some classic beats, here's your chance. Vote in the top right of the page or leave a comment on which emcee did a better job "covering the classics."
9 comments:
both of em killed it but i'd give it to beta. he actually adapted his style to each track. props to both
K-Beta by a mile. Much more thought and structure in every song.
Ortiz killed it...neva heard of KBeta but this is actually a tough one
Just good to hear some real emcees respect the pioneers
I think thats the brilliance of Ortiz's tape though. He didn't structure, organize, or craft songs. He just spit raw lyrics and had fun with it.
beta incorperated what he was goin through during each year,n still kept it real witty,his lyrical content is ridiculous....that dude is a problem.
K-BETA ALL DAY.JOELLS TOUGH TOO.BETA EATS, BREATHES ,SLEEPS HIP HOP!
hahahahahahahahahaha obviously k-betas peoples.. k-beta aint bad.. but isnt even comparable to ortiz.. its a insult to hip hop . i mean i guess support your people.. but his lines arent as raw.. and hes not as clever on the mic... props to his flow though.
but this isnt a competition hes not in ortiz league.
ortiz and beta are 2 totally diff type mcs tho..beta spits facts. str8 raw gutter shit that hes been thru and does it in a poetic style. ortiz is ny punchline rap. both r dope mcs. but betas tape is better. its themed better and sticks to the whole script
-scrilla
straight raw gutter shit? im not even sure how to respond to this.. you just discribed MOP or sometheN.im speechless on that one.
i can mos def respect the structure argument..he did aproach his rhyme with more of a set set outline. thats just two different ways two different emcees chose to aproach these specific tracks. but that doesnt make his track better, because skill wise- these emcees can not even be compared. if it was closer skill wise , the whole structure thing would be more relevent.
not a diss to k-beta but hes just not built to be compared with ortiz. line for line- he has no chance.
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