According to label mate Bishop Lamont, he very well may have been. In a recent interview with HoodHype, Lamont said Ortiz might have been dropped after expressing his [Ortiz] grief with some of the label execs over the web and in interviews.
"From what I heard, I think he got dropped--don't quote me-- but I think dude got dropped because of the whole Interscope thing."
Last November, in an interview with XXL Mag, Joel said he didn't feel as if he was wanted at Interscope citing word of a possible release.
“First, Aftermath called and said that Jimmy Iovine doesn’t want me there…I don’t even know Jimmy Iovine. I never even met him. [They said] ‘I don’t know what’s going on with Aftermath. The word is that they thinkin’ ’bout letting you go.’ I’m like, ‘Let me go? I got all this buzz, putting out good records, I’ve got XXL covers on my own!’ This information was comin’ from within Aftermath,” Ortiz told XXL late last year.
"What he said wasn't wrong," said Bishop. "But what Joel didn't have a chance to experience coming in-- was the politics that go on in any label. He felt that it was something personal--that's business." Bishop continued.
In other news…
Ortiz was officially signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint in the Summer of 2006.
In 2003 Ortiz won the EA Sports Livestyle MC battle landing him a spot on the NBA Live 2005 soundtrack as well as a record deal with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def. However, the So So Def deal never materialized.
In 2007, Joell released The Brick through Kotch Records. N
No official word has emerged regarding Ortiz's situation with Aftermath.
You can listen to the entire Bishop Lamont interview with HoodHype Below.
COMMENTS
joel is nice and alll.. but doesnt have that aftermath look away 2 me..
he'll be better off alone and when he's winnin they'll regret... TO MY NIGGA JOEL ::KEEP DOIN WHA U DO PLAYA::
damn this messed up the dude got hella flo...sumbody will pic him up...
deeeeeee-troit
shit they better if they want the closest replica of big punisher
daaaaaaaammmmn
nice avi? was listening to that las week...
Yea Joell is nice
WHAT AN HONOR TO VOTE ON THE DAY THAT MLK WAS BORN!A MAN WHO FOUGHT 4 OUR VOTING RIGHTS.....GO VOTE PPL.....
OK IM DONE NOW back to hip hop....
deee-troit
lol ya we votin in michigan but not everywhere else is
bfam whos your vote goin towards?
Interscope/Aftermath would'nt know what to do with this nice motherfucker anyway.
interscope always fuck people ova!....if its tru,then i hope joell finds somewer were he is respected as a rapper!
Ortiz is a beast but that's wats wrong with the world, everyone wants to feel needed basically ni99as got way to many emotions. "I never talked to Jimmy Iovine" wah wah cry me a river. Like I said homeboy is nice but you have to know your role.
What is Dre thinking? This duke Ortiz is the nicest shit since Blue-Ray hd disks, and that’s real talk. C’mon B, I saw this go down miles away, Dre is so Lazy, I fux with that nigga but He fucking up his label. Bishop Lamont ain’t even on J.O’s level. He fucked up again when he let Rakim & Cube go,…Do you know how crack Ortiz sounds on dre beats? Dre stop making $500 head phones we want some Crack records fuck the rest
Co-sign 100%.
Ortiz got too much talent for him to be released that way. He'll get signed to a major, trust me.
yea that's wassup, i mean he drops joell ortiz who's nothing short of fire on every 16 i've heard him spit, and has a big buzz, AND he IS hiphop...but instead he's determined to release this bishop lamont fool who hasn't dropped one even slightly memorable verse as far as i'm concerned-who can give me a bishop lamont 16?! whereas if i said "hiphop remix" wit joell jada and saigon, it's a wrap. If they let him go they gona regret it, he's talent all over.
What the fuck they gonna drop this nigga for. He has to be like one of the top upcomin mc's and I was anticipatin his shit to drop too. I hope somebody picks him up cause he's too nice to not have a deal, and I was lookin forward to him workin with Dre.
Check my profile info I got a joell Ortiz video in my Myspace videos. I need not say anymore
You motherfuckers is bugging if you don't know Joell Ortiz. If you want to listen to real hard lyrics like shit that you used to hear spit before this garbage that they put out now then go download his shit. Homeboy has an whole album to vibe to. Trust me INTERSCOPE IS GOING TO BE SORRY !
Joell Ortiz B.K. all day my nigga!!!!
Keep you head up....
Fuck it...go back on Koch now that ya rep is waaay stronger than before!
~Be Eazy
that's fucked up but he a good rapper somebody would sign him i was looking forward to here him over a dre beat but we will never know now if it's true
Damn they dropped Joell. If they pick up joe Buddens will they drop him too?
makes you think dont it....
We're listening, we're not buying. Buzz is a dangerous thing. All these niggas care about is record sales.
Interscope is fucking up...how yah gon sign all them wack ass rappers on shady and then drop joel...which is why none of their artist beside g unit is relavant. These execs dont know shit about music
its better to get dropped know that to let him sit on the shelf for a year while his hype dies out. shady should pick him up intstead of joe buddens. joel is the future
The politics in the music industry is bullshit. but you know 50 Cent ain't gonna let a talented lyricist from NY blow up. Joell's too talented to fail. If he is dropped, then Interscope really messed up
lol at this clown nigga thinkin 50 cent has anything to do with Joel Ortize
gossiping ass nail salon ass nigga
If the dumbass that commented me knows anything about industry politics, they'd know that Interscope gave 50 Cent too much power.
must have been some tension between the dudes at aftermath
I think he should sign to def jam
i hope he gets another deal and drops another album, and he ripped that Four In The Clip shit wit Styles, Nino Bless, and Kool G Rap
nigga doesnt know about aftermath
Can cats stop saying they dont know someone and act like that is a viable answer and/or comment. I see more often than not on these message boards people saying that they dont know someone and thats it. If you are on a hip hop message board and you dont know someone or something, go research it. U took the time to become a member and claim to know/like hiphop, then educate yaself. For all the real hip hop cats on here, if u see this being done again please call these people out. And for the topic at hand - Joell is one of the illest right now so please support that brotha in all he does. Bk All Day.
dude didnt even get given 1 album!!
i woz lookin out 4 dat!!!
wdf? their makin a mistake...
Co-sign Mr.Iknowhiphop
RGs Finest Joell's album is called The Brick: Bodega Chronicles. You should check it out. The shit is hott.
Joell is mad talented...
he'll be fine-
his tracks are incredible
his flow is impeccable
he's lived the hustle and knows the grind-
he's the TRUTH!
One of the best in the game right now- without a question...
Now Bishop....
don't know why HE AIN'T BEEN DROPPED YET?!
hasn't even released a full length-
not on mag covers
flow is aight-(some dope tracks, some not)
not very consistent....
DROP HIM!
ha.
true this...
"From what I heard, I think he got dropped--don't quote me-- but I think dude got dropped because of the whole Interscope thing." LOL that was funny he sound like a 6 year old when you ask him if he did something bad or not LMAO
co-sign
illest nikka out, fat joe step ya game up haaahaaa
I BEEN LISTENING 2 JOELL 4 A MINUTE NOW, HE IS MAD NICE!!
HE WILL B A SUCCESS WHERE EVER HE GOEZ!! KEEP MAKING THAT FYRE NY DUDE!!
yo real talk... Joell is aight, i don't think he's great and i dont think that he'll be anyone special in the game. He was on that track wit Buddens and he got owned, he had a few nice lines but nothing crazy. If Joe Budden can't get a solid deal (still no confirmation on the Shady deal), the Ortiz DEFINITELY CANT GET ANYTHING POPPIN'
Sorry JO. Its a bad time for the industry right now... were gonna have to let you go. Look at it on the bright side... you got to hit all those little hood rats you always had your eyes on. SUPAMAN THAT HOOOOOOE! WEEZY F BABY! PLEASE SAY DA BABY! RED MONKEY THESE COST 500 DOLLAZ! MEET ME AT THE TRAP, ITS GOIN DOWN!
Give it another 5 years and I wont even be listening to hip hop any more. Its gettin pretty sad.
Dre is turning into Puffy lol
I dont fink dre had enifin to do wit dis, sounds like a jimmy iovine scam to me, no wonder 50 got a problem wit im. joell is mad nice
Interscope wants HIP-HOP DEAD!!!!!!!!
Jimmy Iovine must be a real cock sucker. 50 was ready to slap the shit out of him for a while too wasn't he? So Jimmy pisses off the man who is making more money than anyone in hip hop right now and then he drops one of the few good new mc's to come out lately. Hey Jimmy FUCK OFF
this dont suprise me...i mean Joell is a nice MC, but he aint gon sell rekords!...lets be real...so i dont blame Dre
Aint This Dat Nigga From Murder INC!!! Nah Dre Don't Fuck Wit These East Coast Ass Niggaz!!! Only 5 0 Cause He Sucks A Mean One
DAMN this ni99a joel is sick...I like that song keep on calling with akon
OH and yall niggaz already know i voted for my baby hillary
THEY FUCKIN UP
He's been talkin about his problems there for about a year now. He's just waitin to leave those bastards. I hope they paid him at least a hundred grand tho.
dam aftermath really dropped the ball on this one, joell the nicest one out the whole camp
CO-SIGN
In this day and age Joell will not sell like he should...
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-URBAN CHILD
its sad that he's leaving but he has talent so he'll do fine