Joell Ortiz (born July 6, 1978) is an American independent rapper from Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the group Slaughterhouse.

Biography[link]

Joell Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican parents. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York, formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label. He was featured in the Unsigned Hype column of the March 2004 issue of The Source Magazine and was also selected as Chairman's Choice in XXL Magazine. During the same time Joell also went on to win the 2004 EA Sports Battle which earned his song Mean Business a spot on the NBA Live 2005 soundtrack. The same year he was offered a contract to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label. The deal quickly went sour which caused Joell to start beef with Jermaine. Joell has since collaborated with KRS-One and Kool G. Rap. Joell released his street album called "The Brick: Bodega Chronicles" April 24, 2007, on Koch Records. The album was recorded while Joell was trying to get signed and going through some tough times personally. Even though he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, Dr. Dre allowed him to release the street album on Koch Records. The Brick features productions from Showbiz, The Alchemist, Domingo, Ho Chi from Killahertz Productions, Lil' Fame of M.O.P., Novel, and Moss, among others. Guest spots include Big Daddy Kane, Styles P, Big Noyd, M.O.P, Akon, Immortal Technique, Grafh, Ras Kass, Stimuli, and Novel. Joell Ortiz is 1/4 of supergroup Slaughterhouse who released their highly anticipated Slaughterhouse EP on February 8, 2011. The group are also releasing their highly anticipated second studio album "Welcome To: Our House" in late June.

Music career[link]

The Brick (Bodega Chronicles)[link]

Though signed to Aftermath, Ortiz released an album titled The Brick (Bodega Chronicles) April 24, 2007 on Koch Records.^[1] The Brick features production by Showbiz, Street Radio, and The Alchemist, among others. Guest artists include rappers Big Daddy Kane, Styles P, Big Noyd, Akon, Immortal Technique, Grafh, and Ras Kass.^[2][3]

Ortiz performing in Amager Bio, Denmark in 2007.

Departure from Aftermath and joining Slaughterhouse[link]

Ortiz parted ways with Aftermath Entertainment on April 15, 2008.^[4]

Joe Budden reached out to Crooked I, Royce Da 5'9", Joell Ortiz, and Nino Bless for a track titled "Slaughterhouse" on his digital release, Halfway House.^[5] Based on the reception of the track, they decided to form a super-group, minus Nino Bless, and named it after the first song they made together.^[5] They released numerous songs throughout early 2009, building a buzz for their self-titled album which was released through E1 on August 11, 2009.^[6] The album features production from Alchemist, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter, Streetrunner, plus guest appearances from Pharoahe Monch, K-Young, and The New Royales.^[7] In 2010 the group signed to Shady Records and left E1 Entertainment.^[8]

A remix of Joell Ortiz' "Hip Hop" featuring Jadakiss and Saigon appeared on a fictitious urban radio station in the popular video game GTA IV.

[edit] Free Agent and new labelr

Ortiz started to have problems with E1 Entertainment and after almost a year, Ortiz left the label on November 5, 2010.^[9][10] In August 2010 Ortiz was in talks, about signing a deal with Steve Rifkind's label SRC Records. However the deal was never finished.

In an October 31, 2010, interview on Conspiracy Worldwide Radio, Ortiz discussed his relationship with Eminem and the flood of record labels that have flocked to sign him after his Free Agent album is released. He also spoke of Eminem's excitement at working with him.^[11]

In 2011, Ortiz became an unsigned independent artist, after failing to sign with SRC Records.

During Slaughterhouse 2012 tour, the group stopped in Las Vegas, Nevada at Bootleg Kev's radio show, where they talked about their upcoming album Welcome to: Our House, their work with Eminem, and was revealed that Ortiz is now signed to Shady Records as a solo act.^[12]

Controversy[link]

Following the release of his 2011 song "Big Pun Back", Ortiz received criticism from Liza Rios (Pun's widow) along with Tony Sunshine and Cuban Link of Terror Squad, claiming the song was "disrespectful" to the late rapper's memory. Ortiz claims the song was meant to be a tribute, and later Fat Joe spoke up in his defense.^[13]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link] Year Title Peak chart positions US US R&B US Rap US Heat US Ind 2007 The Brick: Bodega Chronicles Released: April 24, 2007 Label: E1 Music — 49 23 16 40 2011 Free Agent Released: February 22, 2011 Label: E1 Music 173 33 15 2 22 2012 Yaowa[14] Released: TBA, 2012 Label: E1 Music TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA EP's[link] 2010: Farewell Summer EP Collaboration albums[link] 2009: Slaughterhouse (with Slaughterhouse) 2011: Slaughterhouse EP (with Slaughterhouse) 2012: Welcome to: Our House (with Slaughterhouse) Mixtapes[link] 2007: Who The F*@k Is Joell Ortiz? (Hosted Big Mike) 2009: Joell Ortiz Covers the Classics 2009: Road Kill 2010: Defying The Predictable (with Novel) 2010: Me, Myself, & I 2010: Pre-Agent 2010: Project Boy 2010: Me, Myself & I (Part 2) 2011: Me, Myself & I (Part 3) TBA: The Life and Times of Sebastian Rios Singles[link] Year Song Chart positions Album U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap 2007 "Hip Hop" — — — The Brick: Bodega Chronicles 2010 "Call Me (She Said)" (featuring Novel) — — — Free Agent 2011 "So Hard" (featuring Ana Yvette) — — — Featured Singles[link] Year Song Chart positions Album U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap 2011 "We Keep It Rockin" (Maino featuring Swizz Beatz, Jim Jones, Jadakiss & Joell Ortiz) — — — The Day After Tomorrow 2011 "Currency" (Emcee Composition featuring Joell Ortiz) — — — Garden Statements 2012 "Venomous Ink Emcees" (J1Three featuring Joell Ortiz & Canibus) — — — TBD References[link] ^ XXL Magazine. Joell Ortiz: A Hip-Hop Happy Ending by Brandon Edwards. November 2007 ^ "News - "Joell Ortiz Set to Release The Brick"". Hiphopgame.com. http://www.hiphopgame.com/news.php3?id=1469. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ AftermathMusic.com News - "JOELL TO RELEASE "THE BRICK" // Jan 16, 2007[dead link] ^ "[News] Joell Ortiz Speaks On Leaving Aftermath". Defsounds.com. 2008-01-31. http://www.defsounds.com/news/Joell_ortiz_speaks_on_leaving_aftermath. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ a b "FEATURE: Crooked I, The Freestyler[Definitive Dozen". Xxlmag.Com. 2009-08-14. http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=53509. Retrieved 2012-03-30.  ^ Jeffries, David (2009-08-11). "Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1596722. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ Kuperstein, Slava (2009-08-10). "Slaughterhouse - self-titled | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews". HipHopDX. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1237/title.slaughterhouse-self-titled. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ G5 (2010-04-28). "Slaughterhouse Signs To Shady Records | HipHop-N-More". Hiphop-n-more.com. http://hiphop-n-more.com/2010/04/slaughterhouse-signs-to-shady-records/. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ Joell Ortiz Leaves E1 « Thomas' Official Blog (2010-11-05). "Joell Ortiz Leaves E1 | HipHop-N-More". Hiphop-n-more.com. http://hiphop-n-more.com/2010/11/joell-ortiz-leaves-e1/. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ Langhorne, Cyrus (2010-03-23). "Joell Ortiz Disses Slaughterhouse's Record Label, "E1 Is F*cking C*ckblocking Us From Doing Something Monumental"". Sohh.Com. http://www.sohh.com/2010/03/joell_ortiz_disses_slaughterhouses_recor.html. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ October 30, 2010 07:34 AM PDT (2010-10-30). "Joell Ortiz discusses Eminem Oct 31st Uncensored Radio Interview". Conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com. http://conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com/entry/index/2010-10-30T08_58_34-07_00/. Retrieved 2010-11-11.  ^ http://rapradar.com/2012/04/18/bootleg-kev-interviews-slaughterhouse/ ^ Horowitz, Stephen. "Joell Ortiz Addresses "Big Pun's Back" Controversy". Blog Article. Hip Hop Dx. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15550/title.joell-ortiz-addresses-big-puns-back-controversy. Retrieved 2011-10-19.  ^ Joell Ortiz Shares His Tips For Success, Talks "Yaowa" Album HipHopDX. External links[link] Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Joell Ortiz Official website Champmag.com v t e Joell Ortiz Studio albums The Brick: Bodega Chronicles Free Agent Collaborations Slaughterhouse Slaughterhouse EP Extended plays Farewell Summer EP Mixtapes Who The F*@k Is Joell Ortiz? 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Terrence Thornton (born May 14, 1977)^[1] better known by his stage name Pusha T is an American recording artist, occasional actor and one half of the critically acclaimed hip hop duo Clipse. Along with No Malice, his brother and fellow member of Clipse, he released the album Hell Hath No Fury, which was praised by critics, many of whom consider it to be a cornerstone in Hip-Hop and one of the best rap albums ever made. He is also the co-founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Re-Up Records along with his aforementioned brother. In September 2010 he announced his signing to Kanye West's GOOD Music label and on March 21, 2011, released his first solo project, a mixtape titled Fear of God.^[2][3]

Biography[link]

1977-2009: Early life and career beginnings[link]

Pusha T was born Terrence Thornton on May 13, 1977, in The Bronx borough of New York City. Thornton and his family soon relocated to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he and his brother, Gene 'No Malice' Thornton, grew up. In 1992 Terrence and his brother Gene formed the duo now internationally known as Clipse. With help from Pharell Williams the group eventually signed to Elektra Records in 1997 and released Exclusive Audio Footage, their only album under that label. Of the two brothers, Terrence was more open to features, appearing on Kelis' 1999 single "Good Stuff" and Nivea's 2001 single "Run Away (I Wanna Be with U)", respectively. In 2004, he and his brother launched their record label, Re-Up Records and formed hip hop group Re-Up Gang along with rappers Ab-Liva and Sandman. After four albums as the Clipse, under various record labels both Malice and Pusha T announced that they were taking time off from the duo to focus on their own respective solo projects.^[4]

[edit] 2010-2011: Solo career, GOOD Music and Fear of God

Following his signing to GOOD Music in September 2010, Thornton was featured on a number of fellow label mates' projects such as Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy appearing on his hit "Runaway" and premiering the song with him at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. He was also featured on many G.O.O.D. Friday tracks along with appearing on Swizz Beatz's "Bang Bang" for his Monster Mondays series, Lloyd Banks' H.F.M. 2 (Hunger for More 2) and tabi Bonney's Fresh respectively. On the week of December 16, 2010, Thornton signed exclusively with NUE Agency.^[5]

On February 11th, 2011 Funkmaster Flex debuted Thornton's first solo offering on New York City's Hot 97.^[6] The track, titled "My God", was produced by Hit-Boy and was generally well received by the public. Soon after, the song leaked onto the internet but was not officially released through iTunes and Amazon until August 24th, 2011.^[7] On March 21, 2011 Thornton released his first solo project, a mixtape titled Fear of God to critical acclaim. Soon after he began working on his EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray, which initially included four songs from the mixtape and five original ones. The EP was originally set to released on June 21st, 2011,^[8] it was than pushed back to August 23rd, and for a while September 27th, 2011 was believed to be the date, however on October 6th, 2011 Thornton announced the EP is set to drop November 8th. In addition it was revealed he added four more songs to the EP making it twelve tracks rather than just the nine tracks that were previously announced.^[9] On July 8th, 2011, the first single off Fear of God II: Let Us Pray leaked onto the internet. The song, titled "Trouble on My Mind" features Odd Future frontman, Tyler, The Creator. The second single, "Amen" was released September 13th, 2011. The song, originally meant for Young Jeezy, was produced by Shawty Redd and features verses from Kanye West and Young Jeezy respectively. After the EP's release on November 8th, the project debuted at number sixty-six on the Billboard 200 with 8,900 copies sold in its first week released.^[10][11] It also entered at number ten on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, at number eight on Billboard's Top Rap Albums, and at number twenty-five on its Digital Albums chart. ^[12][13] In 2011 Thornton appeared on the second season of the HBO series How to Make It in America.^[14] He played the role of a henchman for Urban Caribbean League.

He is currently working on his solo debut album, yet to be titled, which is being executive produced by Kanye West and includes production from The Neptunes, Bangladesh, Ryan Leslie and Alex da Kid.^[15][16][17] Thornton has stated that after his solo album and the Re-Up Gang mixtape, Long Live the Cane, he and his brother Malice will release another album as the Clipse.^[18][19] On August 31st, 2011 it was announced Thornton signed a solo record deal with Def Jam.^[20] English pop singer Pixie Lott released "What Do You Take Me For?", the second single off her second studio album Young Foolish Happy which featured Pusha T.^[21] The song was a hit single in the U.K., peaking at number ten on the charts.

2012-present: GOOD Music Compilation and Solo Album[link]

On October 19, 2011, Kanye West announced on his Twitter plans for a Spring 2012 GOOD Music album release.^[22] On April 6, 2012, "Mercy", the lead single from the GOOD Music compilation album, Cruel Summer, was released.^[23] The song, produced by newly-signed in-house producer Lifted, features Pusha T along with Kanye West, Big Sean and southern rapper 2 Chainz.^[24] On May 24, Pusha released a diss track, "Exodus 23:1". It is speculated that the track was aimed at Drake, or Young Money in general. Lil Wayne responded with a diss track "Ghoulish", which debuted on Funkmaster Flex's show.

Controversy[link]

Consequence[link]

After releasing "My God", the first offering off his solo mixtape, former GOOD Music label mate Consequence took to Twitter and claimed Pusha T stole his flow and lyrics from a song of his that Pusha T was supposed to appear on titled "The Last Supper".^[25][26] On July 22, 2011 Consequence released a song titled "The Plagurist Society" where he takes shots and questions Pusha T’s coke-dealing raps. Towards the end of the record the Queens native promises to take aim at Kanye West next saying "You're nothing but a body shield, for that coward from the mid-west/ so yes you can bet, that your boss is next". Pusha T responded to the diss when he appeared on Chicago’s 107.5 WGCI’s The Morning Riot and said nobody is looking for Consequence, as for if he will respond on a record he went on to say "At the end of the day I am an artist and this whole rap thing is fun to me, so I can't say you won't hear nothing, but to go back and forth with him, it's not right, I won't get anything out of it."^[27] Later that day, Consequence called in to Chicago’s WGCI’s The Morning Riot in retaliation to the remarks Pusha T made about him. He also premiered a song titled "Everybody Told Me 2 (Straighten It Out)" where he disses West, Pusha T and GOOD Music in general.^[28][29] Since then Pusha T has responded to Consequence on a record. The song was the remix to Ace Hood's "Go 'N' Get It" which also featured Beanie Sigel, Busta Rhymes and Styles P. In the song Pusha raps "Consequence, nigga, talk is cheap You don't want a problem? Off the beef Before I off his ass with his awful teeth". On August 19, Consequence released Movies on Demand 3 and continued to diss his former label and Pusha T on songs such as "Career Killer" and "Mr.RapFix (Hot Water)". On September 15, 2011 Consequence appeared on MTV's Rap Fix and announced his feud with Kanye West and GOOD Music are over.^[30] While out in Chicago in October 2011, Pusha T appeared on WGCI radio for a second time, and confirmed that the "beef" was indeed over, that it had died out and they have moved on.^[31]

Drake & Lil Wayne[link]

Pusha T released a track titled "Exodus 23:1" as part of GOOD Music's GOOD Fridays dissing Drake and Lil' Wayne. Lil' Wayne responded on Twitter and later recorded a diss "Goulish".

Discography[link]

Albums

• TBA (2012)

Extended plays

• Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (2011)

References[link]

Jacob Dutton, better known as Jake One, is an American hip hop record producer from Seattle, Washington.^[1][2]

Biography[link]

Dutton grew up in Capitol Hill and moved to the North End of Seattle when he was 15.^[2] He started making music on a Casio keyboard in 1992.^[3] He attended the University of Washington and gave a tape of his music to a friend who worked in a local record store. One of the store's other employees, the DJ Mr. Supreme heard the tape, and when he set up his Conception Records label, he used Dutton to create backing tracks.^[2] The first record he produced was Eclipse's "World Premier".^[3] His early influences included Pete Rock, Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, and Marley Marl.^[4]

He was a part of the G-Unit production team, The Money Management Group. His first album credited to Jake One, White Van Music, was released on October 7, 2008 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, which features contributions from Brother Ali, Young Buck, De La Soul, M.O.P., Freeway, DOOM, Slug, and Keak da Sneak.^[5][6][7]

He has had tracks included on the soundtracks to films such as Get Rich or Die Tryin' (50 Cent's "I Don't Know Officer"), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ("Jake Alert"), and Gone Baby Gone. ^[8][9][10]

In 2010, Jake One released two collaborative albums, The Stimulus Package with Freeway and Patience with Truthlive.^[11][12]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Production[link]

1998

• "World Premier", "No Introduction", "No Introdeezy", "Neva Scared", "Essay on Pseudo-ism", "Thoughts I Generate" (from the Conception Records compilation Walkman Rotation)

1999

• "Eyez on the Prize", "Game Trump Tight" (from the Trump Tight Records compilation Eyez on the Prize)

2001

• "Ice Age" (from the Mix Master Mike compilation album Spin Psycle)
• "Writers Guild", "Odds on Favorite", "All Stars", "The Trade", "Net Worth", "All I Have Left" (from the Boom Bap Project album Circumstance Dictates)
• "Hard Core" (by Kutfather)

2002

• "The Reckoning" (from the Musab album Respect the Life)

2003

• "Ends to Means" (from the DJ Babu album Duck Season Vol. 2)
• "The Sweet Science", "Put Your Hands Up", "We Get Live" (from the Rasco album Escape from Alcatraz)
• "Betta Ask Somebody" (from the G-Unit album Beg for Mercy)
• "Fatal Mistake", "Walk With My Dogs", "Sashay" (from the Sly Boogy album Judgement Day)
• "Super Education Part 2" (from the compilation Lyricist Lounge: West Coast)
• "Feels Good" (from the Krondon Feels Good/The Way A Nigga Think VLS)

2004

• "The Ride of Your Life", "Rat Race", "Flashback", "Up", "To Know You", "Hold On", "In a Minute Doe", "Evolution", "Moonshine" (from the Gift of Gab album 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up)
• "Days of Our Lives", "Rock Co.Kane Flow" (from the De La Soul album The Grind Date)
• "Fallback" (from the Kardinal Offishall mixtape Kill Bloodclott Bill)
• "As Long As I'm Alive" (from the Planet Asia album The Grand Opening)
• "Layover", "Step It Up Or Wrap It Up", "Zigga Zigga", "The Schizm", "Chocolate Pop Corn" feat. Choklate", "My Way Home" feat. DJ Topspin (from the Encore album Layover)
• "Viewtiful Flow" (from the Vast Aire album Look Mom...No Hands)
• "Hoe Cakes (Jake One Remix)" (from the MF Doom bonus disc MM..LeftOvers)
• "Let The Drums Speak", "Lookin' For Kessell", "Smack Ya' Back", "The Hard Wizzle", "Gangster Mauriat", "Scream", "Hommula" & "The Return Of Hommie" (from the Jake One Vinyl LP Records Tale Of The Tape (Instrumentals))

2005

• "Kaysarasara" feat. Estelle (from the Kardinal Offishall album Fire and Glory)
• "This Is It", "Ice Cold", "Everyday Shit" (from the I Self Devine album Self Destruction)
• "The Time is Now", "Just Another Day", "We Didn't Want You To Know" & "Know The Rep feat. Freddie Foxxx" (from the John Cena album You Can't See Me)
• "Sick Wid' It Is The Crew" feat. E-40 (from the Turf Talk album West Coast Vaccine: The Cure)

2006

• "Wasn't for You" (from the De La Soul album The Impossible: Mission TV Series – Pt. 1)
• "Moonlight Melodic Pt. 2" (from the Planet Asia mixtape The Sickness Part One)
• "Memories" (from the Deep Routed album The Second Coming)
• "Let Go" (from the Joy Denalane album Born & Raised)
• "You Ain't Ready" (from the Yummy Bingham album The First Seed)

2007

• "Down In New York City" (from the Evidence album The Weatherman LP)
• "Clean Up Man", "Buck The World" feat. Lyfe Jennings (from the Young Buck album Buck the World)
• "Movin on Up", "All of Me" (from the 50 Cent album Curtis)
• "Initiated (Nu-Mixx)" feat. Boot Camp Click (from the posthumous 2Pac album Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2)
• "Don't Kill Me", "Fukk Kramer Radio (Interlude)" (from the Bishop Lamont & DJ Skee mixtape N*gger Noize)
• "It's Over" (from the Freeway album Free at Last)
• "Beast" (from the Guilty Simpson mixtape Stray Bullets)
• "Resist the Temptation feat. Amel Larrieux" (from the posthumous 2Pac album Best of 2Pac)
• "FK 10 (from the Freundeskreis compilation album FK 10-Best Of)
• "North By Northwest" (Jake One Remix) (from the Blue Scholars album Joe Metro EP)
• "Superburn" & "The Squeeze" feat. Smif-n-Wessun (from the Lifesavas album Gutterfly: The Soundtrack)

2008

• "Digital Motown" (from the Kardinal Offishall album Not 4 Sale)
• "4 All My Niggaz" feat. Planet Asia, Mistah F.A.B. & Ya Boy (from the Black Milk & Bishop Lamont album Caltroit)
• "Ready or Not" (from the G-Unit album T.O.S: Terminate on Sight)
• "Shed Thy Blood", "Damn Daddy" (from the Prodigy album Product of the 80's)
• "High Note" (from the Scarface album Emeritus)
• "Differences", "I Can't Decide (Everywhere at Once)" (from the Lyrics Born album Everywhere at Once)
• "Where I Been" (from the Skillz album The Million Dollar Backpack)
• "Count On Free", "Blauh" (from the Freeway mixtape Month Of Madness)
• "City To City (from the Ca$his mixtape Loose Cannon)
• "Catapults (from the Now On album Tomorrow Already)
• "Shake That Shit", "A Lil Sum" (from the Faculty album Phar From Home)

2009

• "Ballskin", "Rap Ambush", "Microwave Mayo", "More Rhymin'" (from the DOOM album Born Like This)
• "Won't Be Long" (from the Rakim album The Seventh Seal)
• "Dream" (from Elzhi mixtape The Leftovers Unmixedtape)
• "The Return", "Wake Up", "Yah Have Mercy" (from the D.Black album Ali'Yah)
• "Get Right" feat. Mistah F.A.B. & Baba Zumbi, "Seasoned" feat. Nightclubber Lang & "Cali" feat. Spank Pops & J Billion (from the Jern Eye album Vision)
• "No Substitute", "Life Line" feat. One Be Lo (from the Supastition album Splitting Image)
• "Back On The Map" feat. Maino (by Skyzoo on The Power Of Words Mixtape hosted by DJ Drama & Statik Selektah)
• "They Don't Know" feat. Mohalyn (by Kaze (rapper) on the First In Flight aka 4Letters Mixtape hosted by DJ Whoo Kid)
• "Poppa's Got A New Gat (Jake One Mix)", "SmArt Peddler (Jake One Mix)", "B-Boy Blues (Jake One Mix)", "Shades of the Dark Continent (Jake One Mix)", "Sahnun's skit (Jake One Mix)", "Why? ft. AQ (Jake One Mix)","Click Click Boom (Jake One Mix)", "Click Click Boom RMX ft Damola, Poet, Ras (Jake One Mix)" (from the Maliq digital album Sleepless In Seattle​/​My Mind On Cap City)

2010

• "Rock Star" (performed by Freeway on the UeRadioLive.com Mixtape)
• "Salute" (from the T.I. album No Mercy)
• "Armed & Dangerous" (from the Cypress Hill album Rise Up)
• "Escalators", "Beautiful Music" (from the upcoming Freeway album Diamonds in the Ruff)
• "Troublemakers" (from the Ghostface Killah album Apollo Kids)
• "C Scrolls" (from the Canibus album C of Tranquility)
• "One Of These Kids", "High School Sweet Heart" (from the JFK of Grayskul album Building Wings On The Way Down)
• "All That Fire" (from the J.Pinder Code Red EP)
• "Cry For Help" (by Fatal Lucciauno)
• "This Is That Fire", "L's Up!" (from the Spaceman mixtape Earthlings Greatings - The Mixtape)
• "Yes Indeed" (from the Kida mixtape The Endemic)
• "I Wanna B W/U", "I've Lost Myself" feat. Joyo Velarde & "Pushed Aside/Pulled Apart" feat. Lateef the Truthspeaker (from the Lyrics Born album As U Were)
• "All The Way Live" (by Esinchill of Digital Underground)

2011

• "Toyz N Da Hood" feat. Bootsy Collins, "Gangbang Rookie" feat. Pilot (from the Snoop Dogg album Doggumentary)
• "I Ain't Gonna Say Nothing" (by Slim da Mobster)
• "Against the Wall" (by Ca$his)
• "Armor Of God", "Armorgeddon (Shit On You)" & "Proof" (from the upcoming Vakill album Armor Of God)
• "Undergods Roll" (from the Undergods (Canibus & Keith Murray) album In Gods We Trust - Crush Microphones To Dust)
• "Lockjaw" (from the Elemental Zazen album Nothing to loose but change)
• "Lookin' Back feat. Devin the Dude" (from the E-40 album Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift)
• "Snappa Pow feat. Peedi Peedi", "Listen" (from the upcoming Freeway album Diamonds in the Ruff)
• "Seven Deuces" (by Joell Ortiz)
• "Warm Ups" (by Fatal Lucciauno)
• "Mister Rogers" (by Grynch)
• "Henny & Gingerale" (by Mayer Hawthorne)
• "Holy One" feat. Zion. T (from the Loquence The Black Band album)
• "Ghetto Life" (by Jigg)
• "666" feat. State Property & Meek Mill & "She Makes Me Feel Alright Remix" feat. Wale & Mayer Hawthorne (from the Freeway mixtape The Intermission)
• "Back Against The Wall" feat. Dr. Dre & Sly (from the Slim da Mobster's street album War Music hosted by DJ Whoo Kid)
• "Find One" (by MontageOne feat. Jake One)
• "Real Thing", "Just Flow" (by Longshot & Jake One)
• "Fight Night" (from The LF Daze mixtape The Bronze Age)
• "French Inhale" feat. Mike Posner & "Let's Go Study" (from the Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa collaborative soundtrack Mac & Devin Go to High School)
• "Daddy Was A Sailorman" (by Esinchill of Digital Underground)
• "Over Broil" (from The Roc C album Stoned Genius)
• "Body On It" (from 50 Cent mixtape The Big 10)
• "Reality Check" feat. Dice (by AD)
• "North Pole" (from the Avatar Young Blaze mixtape Danny Brako)

2012

• "Writer's Block" (by Brother Ali)
• "Amazing" feat. J.Pinder (by Fatal Lucciauno)
• "Rap Life" (from the Sol album Yours Truly)
• "The Message (E​.​P​.​)" (entire album) (by Fatal Lucciauno)
• "Trill 4.0" (by Chase N. Cashe)
• "So Far" feat. Brother Ali & Shaprece, "Perspective" (from the Grynch album Perspectives)
• "Shine On", "Electric Energy", "I'll Be Around" feat. Phonte & Stokley Williams, "Haunted Housebroken" feat. Aby Wolf & "Bite Marked Heart" (from the Brother Ali EP The Bite Marked Heart)
• "The Grinder" (from the Wiz Khalifa mixtape Taylor Allderdice)
• "Should Have Never (Jake One remix)" feat. Bilal (by Joy Denalane)
• "Patience" feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Che Blaq (by AD)
• "The World As It Is" & "As It Can Be" (from the I Self Devine album The Sound Of Low Class Amerika)
• "Not A Day Goes By" (by Brother Ali)
• "Lay Down (Smoked)" feat. Ned The Wino (from the 50 Cent mixtape The Lost Tape hosted by DJ Drama)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jake One at MySpace
• Jake One's blog
• Jake One at Discogs
• Jacob Dutton - Swiss charts
• Jake One discography at UndergroundHipHop.com

Derek Pike is a 24 year old American filmmaker from New York, currently living in Los Angeles and widely known as a music video director. He is of half British and half Japanese-American descent. A natural storyteller, most of his music videos are narrative based. In high school he attended Carrabassett Valley Academy and was a nationally ranked snowboarder, some of his sponsors included Arbor Snowboards, Smith Optics, Adidas, Giro, and Swix. He got his start shooting snowboard and skateboard videos. In May of 2010 Derek graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in Film and Television. During his freshman year of college he walked on to the NYU soccer team, but later resigned due to his academic schedule.

Is attached to direct a feature film in the summer of 2012, and is currently developing a television show.

He has also appeared as an actor, most recently for the Wu Tang Clan "Massacre" trailers.

Has been credited for creating "HBD" the popular social networking abbreviation for Happy Birthday.

Selected filmography[link]

• "Chains, Whips, and Bars" - XV (2012) (music video)
• "Swervin" - XV (2012) (music video)
• "Stay Awhile" - International Quincy feat. Kendre (2012) (music video) (on 5/3/12 the video premiered on BET's 106 and Park and #StayAwhile was trending worldwide on Twitter)
• "Traffic Light" - Jared Evan (2012) (music video)
• "Had too Much to Dream Last Night" - The Kickdrums feat. The Kid Daytona (2011) (music video)
• "Road Runner" - Imelda May (2011) (music video)
• "Monumental" - Smif-n-Wessun & Pete Rock feat. Tyler Woods (2011) (music video)
• "Anything to Survive" - Freddie Gibbs feat. Freeway (2011) (music video)
• "For the Record" - T.Shirt (2011) (music video) *Twitter Contest Winner*
• "Keep it Warm for Ya" - Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah (2011) *Recorded, shot, and edited over a 24 hr period*
• "Oh My" - DJ Drama feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash (2011) (music video) *MTV Jam of the week, and #1 video on MTV's Sucker Free Countdown (5/27/11)*
• "Magazine Girl" - New Boyz (2011) (music video)
• "Too Cool to Care" - New Boyz (2011) (commercial)
• "Momma Miss America" - Laws (2011) (music video)
• "Butter Knives" - Raekwon (2011) (music video)
• "Ferryboat Killaz" - Raekwon (2011) (music video)
• "Embers" - Jared Evan (2011) (music video)
• "I Need a Dollar" (version 2) - Aloe Blacc (2011) (music video)
• "Ex-Girl" - Emilio Rojas feat. Mickey Factz (2011) (music video)
• "Greatest Story Never Told" – Saigon feat. Just Blaze (2011) (music video)
• "Fly Lullaby" - The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
• "So Buttery" - The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
• "Take Aim" - The Kid Daytona feat. Freddie Gibbs & The Kickdrums (2010) (music video)
• "Cocaine Trafficking" – Sheek Louch feat. Jadakiss & Styles P (2010) (music video)
• "Jungle Music" – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
• "Remember Me" – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
• "I Want it All" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "You Make Me Sick" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "For My Dawgs" – Waka Flocka Flame (2010) (music video)
• "Speakers on Blast" – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "A Different League" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "One for the Money" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Donnis (2010) (music video)
• "Off the Radar" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Euro (2010) (music video)
• "Hold You Down" (remix) - Laws feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Emilio Rojas (2010) (music video)
• "Frisbees" – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "Story of No One" – 6th Sense (2010) (music video)
• "Better Late Than Never" – Outasight (2010) (music video)
• "Don't Stand So Close" – Consequence feat. Styles P (2010) (music video)
• "Down this Road" – Consequence feat. Maino (2010) (music video)
• "Sin City" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
• "Blowin Dat Endo" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
• "Life is Short" – Consequence feat. Statik Selektah (2010) (music video)
• "Night Train" – Joell Ortiz feat. Novel (2010) (music video)
• "It's Cold" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "Vacancy Album Trailers" – Brutha (2010) (trailers)
• "Def Jam / Serato 25th Anniversary Vinyl Pack" – feat. Nick Cannon, DJ Enuff, Cipha Sounds (2010) (commercial)
• "2009 Rap Up" – Skillz (2010) (music video)
• "Air Born" – The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B (2009) (music video)
• "Fatherhood" – Saigon feat. Lokz (2009) (music video)
• "Aye Aye Aye" – Saigon (2009) (music video)
• "Grown Thangz" – Young Chris (2009) (music video)
• "24k Rap" – J Dilla feat. Havoc and Raekwon (2009) (music video)
• "Anxiety Attacks" – Tame One (2009) (music video)
• "Dirty Genes" – Mojoe (2008) (music video)

References[link]

• Diddy's son Quincy launches music career with "Stay Awhile" - drjays.com - 4/3/2012
• VIBE Exclusive: Quincy music video debut directed by Derek Pike - vibe.com - 4/2/2012
• Imelda May Roadrunner by Derek Pike - promonews.com - 8/17/11
• DJ Drama Calls Oh My a Limitless Drug - mtv.com - 5/30/11
• Y'all Respect the One that Got Shot - decaturdan.com - 4/14/11
• Video Static: "Greatest Story Never Told" - videostatic.com - 1/17/11
• Shooting Classics - qthequestion.com - 11/12/10
• Interview: Derek Pike - juiceonline.com - 08/23/10
• Derek Pike Interview - blog.nicholaspatten.com - 06/17/10
• MC Saigon and Video Director Derek Pike - timeoutny.com - 04/28/10
• Derek Pike: The Right Direction - amalgamdigital.com - 09/25/09
• The Volume: On set with The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B directed by Derek Pike - timeoutny.com - 09/11/09
• NYU senior Derek Pike directs new The Kid Daytona Video - nyulocal.com - 09/11/09

External links[link]

• Derek Pike
• Twitter
• Blog

Joe Budden
Joe Budden performing live at Rialto Theater in Tucson, AZ (April 11, 2012).
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Anthony Budden II
Born	(1980-08-31) August 31, 1980 (age 31)
Origin	Jersey City, New Jersey
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	2002 – present
Labels	Def Jam, Desert Storm, Amalgam Digital, E1, Shady Records
Associated acts	Slaughterhouse, Emanny
Website	www.joebuddentv.com

Joe Budden (born August 31, 1980) is an American rapper from Jersey City, New Jersey.

Career[link]

In the year 2003, Budden released his debut solo studio album, Joe Budden. It included Budden's 2003 Grammy-nominated summer hit "Pump It Up", and was also featured in the soundtrack for the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious and the video games Def Jam Vendetta, Def Jam Fight for NY, and Madden NFL 2004. The song "Focus" was also featured in the game and Joe Budden was also a character. Its second single was "Fire" featuring Busta Rhymes, which was in the movie Mean Girls. The song "Drop Drop" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Cradle 2 the Grave. Joe has hinted in many songs that he was a recovering drug addict and has reaffirmed his position several times through multiple outlets.

After his debut album, Budden's sophomore release titled ‘The Growth’ was hampered due to the label's problems with Joe and his Def Jam seniors not happy with the direction of his music. The production of the album appeared to end up in a development hell and was ultimately not released. Continued disagreements between Budden and Def Jam forced the two sides to part ways.^[1] However, Budden managed to release the first and second installments of his Mood Muzik mixtape series while on Def Jam, and the series has been met with critical acclaim.^[2]

In December 2007 Budden signed a multi-album deal with Amalgam Digital and released his independent debut Padded Room as well as Mood Muzik 3: The Album, Halfway House, and Escape Route.

Joe Budden reached out to Crooked I, Royce da 5'9", Joell Ortiz and Nino Bless for a track titled "Slaughterhouse" on one of his Amalgam Digital releases, Halfway House.^[3] Based on the reception of the track, they decided to form a group, minus Nino Bless, and named it after the first song they made together.^[3] They released numerous songs throughout early 2009, leading up to their self-titled album, which was released through E1 on August 11, 2009.^[4] The album features production from Alchemist, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter, Streetrunner, plus guest appearances from Pharoahe Monch, K. Young, and The New Royales.^[5] The group signed with Shady Records on January 12, 2011.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Budden has a son from a previous relationship.^[7] In 2010, he was wanted by New Jersey police in relation to unpaid child support payments.^[8]

Budden has also been in the spotlight for his numerous controversies with other rappers including Grafh, Jay-Z, Game, Prodigy, Canibus, Maino, G-Unit, Saigon, J-Hood, Busta Rhymes, Sky Highh, Ransom, MoeRoc and an incident involving several members of the Wu-Tang Clan^[9]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 2003: Joe Budden
• 2008: Halfway House
• 2009: Padded Room
• 2009: Escape Route
• TBA: The Great Escape

Collaboration albums[link]

• 2009: Slaughterhouse (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2011: Slaughterhouse EP (with Slaughterhouse)
• 2012: Welcome to: Our House (with Slaughterhouse)

Mixtapes[link]

• 2004: Mood Muzik: The Worst of Joe Budden
• 2006: Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse?
• 2007: Mood Muzik 3: For Better or for Worse
• 2010: Mood Muzik 4: A Turn 4 The Worst
• 2011: Mood Muzik 4.5: The Worst Is Yet To Come

Awards and nominations[link]

• Grammy Awards
  • 2004, Best Male Rap Solo Performance: "Pump It Up" (nominated).

• Other awards
  • 2003 Vibe Next Award (winner).
  • United Kingdom, MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award for "Clubbin" with Marques Houston (nominated).
  • United Kingdom, MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award for Best Rap Performance (nominated).
  • 2004 Black Reel Award for Best Song from a Movie for "Pump It Up" in 2 Fast 2 Furious (nominated).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Joe Budden on Twitter
• Joe Budden on Myspace