The Brick(album review) JOELL ORTIZ

The Brick was Joell Ortiz freshman album when he signed to Dr.Dre and he was looking for this as his "let everyone now who i am master piece". The brick consist of 125 grams series in which joell tells a story of his life in four songs. He describes his life and tells the listener who he his with his 125 gram part 1. He goes non stop for 5 minutes with no hook and no chorus. As someone who has been through the struggle let me tell you everything he spit i been through. This album drops a lyrical bomb on you and joell goes in on every beat. On the album he has the famous "hip hop" song that every one should know buy now when he goes in on how much he loves and misses hip hop. This album also has many legends in the game like immortal teqhnuiqce, big daddy kane, and ras kass. And thats the problem with this album to be honest. Their was to many cameos on this album and it took away from joell's shine because on about 6 songs joell would spit a 32 and then styles p would rap. It took alot away from joell and I was a little disappointed. The production was good but i would have loved to hear more bass driven beats and more of a monster type concept. But when its all said and done this is a instant classic because it tells the life of an up in comming rappers who is struggling for shine. Dispite the legend filled album joell showcases his talent of a raw gudda flow that is monsterous. Out of 10 stars ima give it and 8.5. Check out free agent this summer....