Hot Songs – (4/16/10) J.Cole – Ignorant Shit & Joell Ortiz – Lemonade Freestyle

LET ME KNOW WHICH FREESTYLE IS BETTER

J.Cole – Ignorant Shit (Freestyle)

Earlier this week, J.Cole visited Tampa’s Wild 94.1FM, and released this sick freestyle over Hov’s “Ignorant Shit.”  The North Carolina emcee’s laid back flow always makes the verbal onslaught seem effortless.

Here’s a quick excerpt:

“Something like a pimp cause I’m still with the cane,
A little drug dealing reference, what I can’t try?
These niggas out here lying, why can’t I..
Don’t let the cover fool you man, I ain’t no freshman,
In my own class man, I write my own passes,
I hear the shots fired, yea I see the stones casted,
Look, my shit is already fire, don’t gas it,
Niggas hear my album, say it sound like a classic,
Niggas say your album might not even see the plastic.”

Those first few lines about other rappers fabricating their lyrics had me hitting repeat!

Joell Ortiz – Lemonade Freestyle

While nowhere near as annoying as the seemingly never ending “Exhibit C” freestyles, Bangladesh’s instrumental for “Lemonade” is getting close to being exhausted.  Having said that, Joell Ortiz’s verses always warrant a listen, regardless of what instrumental he decides bury.

Here’s a quick excerpt from the Brooklyn emcee’s remake of the citrus single:

“I’m from a housing tenement down in Brooklyn like Big and them,
I’ll be here forever, That’s why I stood next to Eminem,
Haters want to be like me, But that’ll just make ‘em synonyms...
Like when doctors shockin your chest, I’m just making it clear,
‘10 is mine so give it up, or I’m taking it there,
Everybody hands in the air, it’s a stick up,
Don’t flinch, don’t move, don’t hiccup,
I don’t wanna hear you breath, you weeze Ortiz’ll be lighting this bitch up,
This been my dream since I was thirteen in the seventh grade,
When I hear my record played it feels sweeter than lemonade.”

Joell’s Free Agent album is gonna be crazy.