Notable Quotable - Crooked I On “Tears Of Fire”
AUDIO By TSSCrew on May 22, 2009 at 1:21 pmWords By K1NG
“I’m the product of a cheap condom, accidents happen
My dad never knew he had a bastard kid rappin’
Sad when I met the man, imagine him laughing
Saying I wish I could’ve wiped you off the mattress with napkins
To him, my whole life is only worth a lame joke
To me, him and Marvin Gaye’s father are in the same boat
All I had was mama, all we had was drama
So I’m a armed robber who needs body armor for all my karma
It’s hard for me to breathe, I’m that gone
No woman can be my backbone that’s what part of me believes
Cuz soon as they get close it’s like pardon me, I leave
Cupid shot at my chest, but my heart was on my sleeve
In the dark I’m on my knees, praying to understand stuff
Suicide rumbling in my head as I stand up
Gun in my waist, tumbling down my leg through my pant cuff
I’m reaching for it, I’m thinking please ignore it
I’m sick of me…”
Crooked I on Charles Hamilton’s “Tears Of Fire”
Over a backdrop of synths, guitar riffs and the vocal cries of a forgotten rockstar the Long Beach resident of Slaughterhouse pours his soul out about the demons of his past that push him to the brink of suicide. The song, “Tears Of Fire,” is one of the tracks off of Charles Hamilton’s debut album The Perfect Life, but sounds more like a Crooked I song that Chuck remixed by tacking on a lackluster verse about “annoying” friends on the tail end of the beat. Crooked owned this song and, unfortunately, it made the artist whose song it was intended to showcase look undeveloped comparatively.
If Crooked could carry the intensity that he carries on this verse throughout an entire album with beats similar to this one, we could very well be looking at a classic album from the West Coast MC in the near future.
Download — Charles Hamilton Feat. Crooked I - “Tears Of Fire”
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If Crooked could carry the intensity that he carries on this verse throughout an entire album with beats similar to this one, we could very well be looking at a classic album from the West Coast MC in the near future.
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If “If” was a fifth we’d all be drunk.
Occasional flashes of brilliance aren’t enough.
Penning a 16 bar sonnet is harder than it sounds, you got to be in the zone and those brain cells got to connect like live wires so that you can create magic like electricity.
Still that verse is brilliant, inspirational stuff, makes you wanna grab a pen and a pad.
I hope Crooked I can reproduce the same across a full length set.
Not to side track, however, this is what I have in mind with regards to what the Crooked I is capable of, his lines on this song are scorchio!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZPzd0V-Bg
CROOKED I’S “IF YOU EVER HEAR ME”, “IM STILL AN MC”, AND THIS VERSE ARE FROM WHAT I KNOW HIS NEWEST MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF SLAUGHTER RIGHT?
ANYWAYS REGARDLESS HIS BARS ARE ONLY GETTING MORE RIDICULOUS, 09′S BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR CROOKED FANS AFTER 08 BEING SO INTENSE.
now if the fans can get into this shit. maybe we wont have these commercial emcees spitting mediocre shit and come with some heart felt, personal, real life(not the made up coke/trap) shit
Amp, to counter, I’d say “opinion are…” quite common, yunno lol.
Seriously though, I don’t see Crook as one of these new jacks @ all. He’s familiar w/the industry so “if” he would just drop an album, he should be ok. But sooner than later & I’m not talking Slaughterhouse collabo shit but a solid solo album. Each passing day, his name slips further out of the collective conscious.
Occasional flashes of brilliance? This dude is easily the best out of all these up & comers not named Drake. EASILY.
Slaughterhouse signed to the graveyard label aka KOCH!
The label where the has beens and the also rans go to perish!
Amp, to counter, I’d say “opinion are…” quite common, yunno lol.
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Exactly, and that’s all I offer, my (not-so) humble opinion lol.
Crooked I is a dope MC but I still haven’t seen anything that leads me to believe that he’ll ever shake his “Mixtape Rapper” title.
Hey, Crooked…prove me wrong.
Tears of Fire. . . Shit that’s what Charles was crying after jawn stole’em I’m Still LMFAO
very introspective verse but Crooked didnt seem comfortable with this beat…flow was below his ability IMO
I think Crooked is the most underrated on the West. I dont look at him at all as a newbie. Most of his shit is well thought and sticks to the subject at hand. I wont speak on CH at the moment. He has to pick his jaw, pride, and dignity off the floor!