Nobody Understands Me…
GENERAL By Beware on May 19, 2007 at 6:32 am
If Crooked I had an album out, he’d be in your Top 5.
He’s that nice.
While most of you disregarded that statement as soon as you read it, it’s probably closer to the truth than you think. Ask any Crook fan, or anyone that’s seen him spit on the Wake-Up Show, and more than likely they’ll tell you he’s the best MC without an album on the shelves.
He’s been on longer than most of the industry, but somehow keeps keeping fucked over by some label. He’s got what seems like a hundred songs under that Gucci belt of his, but only a few of them are on commercial albums. He’s apparently recorded over three albums worth of material (wit two albums on Tha Row), but not one of them will ever be released.
So I ask this…how the hell does this happen? How does a man with so much talent get pushed back more than people’s clocks on the first Sunday of November?
I don’t either. And I don’t think anyone ever will.
Especially those displeased fans over at the Dynasty Forums, who patiently wait for their favorite rapper to do something that seems so…common. For an established rapper with a deal, that is.
I know Crook feels what I’m sayin,’ too. He wants it worse than us.
Ever since he signed his deal with the devil…I mean Suge…to get off Tha Row, he’s seen nothing go his way. Every year he’s been claimin’….”05 is mine!” “06 is mine!” and so on. And every time he says something like that, we fans believe him, and then something goes wrong.
His material becomes outdated, another artist gets the chance that should’ve been his, the hard-drive crashes with his whole new album on it, or some other type of bullshit happens to make him start from scratch.
Remember when Jeezy broke into the scene, with “And Then What,” right around the same time Crook was about to drop his first big single, “Boom Boom Clap”? I wonder if Jeezy would be the Trapstar he is today if “Boom Boom Clap” would’ve dropped a month sooner.
This guy just can’t seem to catch a break, literally.
As a loyal fan of Crooked I’s music, I hope this downward chain of events doesn’t keep up for him. It would be damn shame to hear Crooked shout, “I know yall been waitin, but ’08 is ours!”, on his next mixtape.
According to a recent interview, his album B.O.S.S. is slated to come out this summer. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
In the meanwhile, check out his Hip-Hop Weekly Drops over @ dubcnn.com, and this fresh lil’ compilation DJ AGE put together of some of Crooked’s newer stuff.
Tragedy Khadafi AKA Intelligent Hoodlum – Tragedy Saga Of A Hoodlum (2CD) (Reissue)(2007)
Melinda Doolittle – Live (2007)
Melinda Doolittle – Studio Recordings (2007)
Roy Ayers – Searchin’/Hot
Celine Dion – D’elles (2007)
Stretch Armstrong presents Lesson 1 (1998)
Stretch Armstrong presents Lesson 2 (1999)
Superrappin’ The Album (1999)
Rawkus Presents The Cleaner (Clean Promo)(1999)
King Tech & Sway Feat. DJ Revolution-This Or That (1999)
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16 Comments
holy shit he just ripped that mic
“Boom boom clap” had been out months before that Manny Fresh produced track… Crook sat on that single for too long before deciding to shoot a video…
anyways heres some of my favorite Crooked I tracks
http://www.zshare.net/audio/straight-boss-mp3.html
http://www.zshare.net/audio/08-crooked_i-leave_us_alone-mp3-sxk.html
maybe Crook and Budden will release a duet album in 2028
peace
always good to see crooked i gettin some love. if only dre would put him on in exchange for ghostwriting
new kanye joint off graduation – “cant tell me nothing” (co-produced by dj toomp)
http://link-protector.com/195227/
ib2quik2c…..
i love the tracks you put up. also some of my favorites. eventually, around when his album dropping, i’m gonna do a drop with all of his shit for everyone.
Beware…thanks for putting out a post on Crooked. I’ll be honest, I never was checking for dude when he was screaming for Tha Row. I just couldn’t support a negro he willingly went and hung out with Judas himself. But I’ll be damned if that Wake Up clip didn’t get me charged. As for that “Boom, Boom, Clap” song…I remember hearing it a while back, but it didn’t receive a lot of burn in the Chi. Not sure why, cause he sounds pretty nice on that track.
Long story short, I’ll be checking out all the shit you put up about dude. Way to convince a negro.
I wanna put my nose on his eyelash {ones onna right side}.
i remember reading a crooked interview where he was talking about how he got no love anywhere in lbc because he signed to death row… i think he justified the move by saying the money suge offered him paid for all the shit he wanted.
live n learn.
peace
@ib2quik2c
I think I remember that interview. That was actually around 2000 maybe… they had a picture of him in an expensive whip?
I knew then that the world was never gonna know how dope he was (i.e. because of Simon).
GOOD looks on that melinda doolitte
Crooked’s been tight since way back, “Murderin’ Mc’s” is a track that should not be taken lightly by anyone
i was bump’n dude way before he signed to the Row, oen of my old friends was dating Crooked’s brother, she i always heard about Dynasty Records n’ such
I heard the buzz way back, then i seen he was with Suge. I wasn’t (still not) really checking Left Coast artists..but I never heard bad impressions of son
Beware,
when that album does drop and u do a follow-up post… make sure u use this pic
http://i7.tinypic.com/61ti97s.jpg
classic.
peace
It’s funny man. Crooked I & Eastwood bove ex members of Deathrow. They got their own label & a lot of money. but still they can’t push their albums. they make like 20 videos with their mixtape lol.
soundz like most of ya implyin crooked i fell off but that aint the case.boi been on tha grind of late since formin Dynasty Recordz wit banger trackz,mixtapes, collaboz and freestyles. Far as i kno he gettin lovin from tha hood and djz likewise,,,herez wat am talkin bout
1. Double cd mixtape – Evolution Of A Boss>>get it from http://www.westcoastdynasty.com
2.Freestyle ova ‘Str8 to the Bank’>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/6gm0e8
Hehe,cuz is sick,,,,,nuf love 4 crooked i:)
Holla,chuuch
download the new crooked i mixtape now!
Dynasty Online Community Presents…Crooked I – Hip-Hop Weekly Sessions:Boss Blends Vol. 1
http://www.zshare.net/download/crooked-i-hip-hop-weekly-sessions-boss-blends-vol-1-mixtape-rar.html
cheers