Brooklyn emcee Joell Ortiz was expected to release Free Agent today. The sophomore solo album from the Slaughterhouse emcee will now see release in 2011. A spokesperson from E1 Entertainment confirmed this to HipHopDX yesterday. The album boasts production from respected hit-makers DJ Premier, Large Professor and Cool & Dre, as well as appearances from Fat Joe and The L.O.X.
Speaking with DJ Envy during MTV’s Sucker Free, Ortiz spoke a bit on the album, in relation to his 2007 debut, The Brick: Bodega Chronicles. “If you like The Brick, [Free Agent] is like The Brick with HGH.” He continued, “This is a rapper’s album. If you want to press the rewind button, and if you want to go, ‘Oh, what did he just say?’, if you want to zone out, and just chill out ride out in your whip and just think about life, then this is the record for you.”
Additionally, Joell Ortiz spoke about his relationship with Dr. Dre, who had briefly signed the emcee to his Aftermath Entertainment imprint in the middle of the decade. Looking back at the experience, Joell noted, “He made my ’07 Christmas the best I ever had.” The emcee did confirm that he may have a hand in Dre’s third solo album. “I wrote on the Detox [album]. I got some money from that; he’s a great business guy.” With Slaughterhouse band-mate Royce Da 5’9″ writing for Dre previously, Ortiz revealed the process. “He gave me 10 beats, I sent him 20 songs – so that was a blessing.”
Free Agent is expected to release in January of 2011.
I’m really getting tired of album delays. I’m seriously losing interest in “Free Agent”.
WTF, I was planning on buying this today, this is like 2 years of delays, E1 stays droppin the ball, Joell is a best and this is just a damn shame
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This is that BS! I was ready to go and pick this album up…Whats the hold up? E1 sucks! They can’t seem to get it right…
Hope it drop on the first week of the month, if not I might not buy it.
It’s actually on sale @ Amazon due to a mistake made by E1, he said so on his Twitter.
damn I was gonna pick this album up today, now I have to wait after Christmas SMH
I had Barnes & Noble preorder it for me. I can not wait for his cd drop!!!
Who gives a fuck…This dude is wack as fuck along with the whole slaugterhouse except…
Crooked
“Stick yo-self nigga!!!” – Richard Pryor
I hope your joking…. did you not hear MM4 or Street Hop? And Joell spits fire, if you dont like him than you have no point of even listening to hiphop. You probably a lil wayne or gucci dickrider, smh….
you’re fuckin stupid. crooked good. but joell a beast
@ anonymous….
ok….why did you post a comment if you dont even like Joel Ortiz? you went out of your way to click on an article about someone you dont even like, just to say you dont like them?
geezus…somebody doesnt get enough attention @ home huh?….
IT SUCKS that the Free Agent didn’t OFFICIALLY drop today!!!!…MAKE sure to PURCHASE and SUPPORT Joell in 2011.
Enjoy this sick collection of Mr. YAOWA’s best verses: http://www.7thboro.com/?p=742
damn joell is my top 10 doin it, cant wait for this album to drop.. ive only heard a handful of wack verses from him… ever.. almost all of his verses are strait heat rock.. i wanna see what dude can do with decent marketing and promotion..