Joell Ortiz Quotes

• I'm really, really, really, really conservative with money. I got to give myself a lot of excuses to spend money, because I come from nothin'.

  Joell Ortiz

  Giving, Conservative, Excuse

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• Hip-hop definitely saved my life. Being able to write about the things I was doing, the things I was seein' and all that stuff, putting that on paper and coming into my own as Joell Ortiz. That's why I don't have a stage name, because I chose to talk about everything under the sun that happened to me or next to me in my music.

  Joell Ortiz

  Writing, Names, Hip Hop

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• I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

  Joell Ortiz

  Hate, Thinking, Needs

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• You owe dough? You ain't give up that cheese? Hey...
  Sooner or later, you'll Pay, Pal (no eBay).

  Joell Ortiz

  Giving Up, Rap, Ebay

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• What inspired me as a child is the same thing that inspires me now: being nice. I always try to one up everybody with verses and be lyrical and just stand for the art.

  Joell Ortiz

  Art, Children, Nice

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• I wake up hip-hop,
  Go to sleep hip-hop,
  Dream 'bout hip-hop,
  'Cause I AM HIP-HOP.

  Joell Ortiz

  Dream, Sleep, Hip Hop

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• If you can perfect the booth, the stage and just your persona, like maybe in interviews and when people talk to you, then you're a full well-rounded emcee in my opinion.

  Joell Ortiz

  People, Perfect, Interviews

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• I've always been able to write rhymes and that would be like when you consult with your girl. When I'm mad and s - t like that I would throw headphones on and close my room door, when I'm mad I just close the door with my girl and f - k her. In so many different ways hip-hop has been like my girl and it's always been there to hold me down.

  Joell Ortiz

  Girl, Writing, Doors

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• You can have a phenomenal booth artist and he can get in there and be a technician in the booth and it won't translate on the stage. I think that's what makes emcees emcees. Some rapper dudes are great rappers but it don't translate on stage.

  Joell Ortiz

  Artist, Thinking, Rapper

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm about...the total package emcees.

  Joell Ortiz

  Girl, Battle, Emcee

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