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It's so bizarre that we can't easily find this out with a guy who's signed to AFTERMATH!
He isn't signed to Aftermath.
QuoteHe isn't signed to Aftermath.Who is he signed to? Also, the only tour date I could find coming up is in AUSTIN, Texas with a bunch of artists -- It's amazing that nobody seems to have much info on his tour dates?https://www.stubhub.com/siesta-festival-tickets-siesta-fest-2017-wednesday-only-san-antonio-alamo-city-music-hall-4-26-2017/event/9836600/?mbox=1&sort=price+ascWas the Ft Worth show the only SOLO show he has done in the last few months?
This is a serious question though -- assuming he's not just going to fall back on Slaughterhouse shit for most of it, what "hits" would Crooked I perform at said concert? I can name off a bunch of his songs but I just don't see him as being a concert worthy act.
He starts off spittin heat verses and freestyles, and he performs a bunch of stuff off "Good vs. Evil", he tells stories about his career, being young and broke from Long Beach, gettin hated on by the man, and Virgin Records to workin with Snoop Dogg, Death Row, the studio gettin shot up, bein in the studio til the sun comes up with Suge Knight, how he was on the label and gave every damn thing in his soul for that label, play a couple tracks, and Aftermath and everything that went down, and talk about Dr. Dre how great he is, -- he performs tracks by fan request so if you ask him to perform "I Love The Ghetto To Death", "Gangstas Holiday," or "Gd up and Banged Out" or "Death Row House Party" (some have requested these in LA shows in particular), they will spin it if they have it and he'll do a little bit of it and tell the story behind it.
There were a bunch of unknown rappers with him in Ft Worth (I think they were Texas local talent, I'm not up on who all the Texas local acts are, but Tha Realest & Young Doobie who live right in that area in Grand Prarie & Oak Cliff, were not at the show, it would've been cool if he brought out his old friends and did a surprise reunion)
Tha Realest & Young Doobie who live right in that area in Grand Prarie & Oak Cliff, were not at the show, it would've been cool if he brought out his old friends and did a surprise reunion.
I don't get why he's not out on the road pushing himself HARD allover the USA -- he's in his 30s, that's when you really push yourself as an artist and make that house show money...he should be headlining shows or being the #2 or #3 act on shows 4 nights a week --doing this one show here or there on a Tuesday night and a little mini-mention on Twitter doesn't really cut it (he could be right in your backyard and you could miss it!)
His promotion sucks (actually, there is no promotion, so it just sucks) -- he could do so much more -- artists like DJ Quik, Too Short, Ice Cube, etc. -- they put their shit out hard on the net and they grind on the road hard for 3-4 months and just go city to city across the map and they make money.
Crook has connections, he could have been doing some performance at Spring Break at Panama City Beach, South Padre Island, Daytona, Ft Lauderdale -- Lil Jon, for example, he hits Spring Break hard and does PCB, Padre, etc. -- cats like Juicy J, T-Pain, & Ying Yang Twinz headline shows at Spring Break, and he is no where to be found, like right now he could be at Miami Music Week -- really makes no sense how he markets himself!
When I was in Texas that week, I checked the classic throwback hip-hop station (they have an awesome throwback hip-hop station that plays E-40, Too Short, Dogg Pound, Scarface, Montel Jordan, Master P, 2Pac, etc. on it -- http://boom945.com/listen-live/ ), and I checked their new stations and there was ZERO promo about Crooked I playing right in town!
He's a great act live but he seriously needs to promote himself -- it's ridiculous that even us hardcore fans can't find hardly anything on what's coming up or where he's at (he could be in your city tomorrow and you might not even know the promotion is so bad)
Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PMHe starts off spittin heat verses and freestyles, and he performs a bunch of stuff off "Good vs. Evil", he tells stories about his career, being young and broke from Long Beach, gettin hated on by the man, and Virgin Records to workin with Snoop Dogg, Death Row, the studio gettin shot up, bein in the studio til the sun comes up with Suge Knight, how he was on the label and gave every damn thing in his soul for that label, play a couple tracks, and Aftermath and everything that went down, and talk about Dr. Dre how great he is, -- he performs tracks by fan request so if you ask him to perform "I Love The Ghetto To Death", "Gangstas Holiday," or "Gd up and Banged Out" or "Death Row House Party" (some have requested these in LA shows in particular), they will spin it if they have it and he'll do a little bit of it and tell the story behind it. Dude, you can’t expect shows to be booked like a playlist for a superfan’s personal concert. You generally don’t keep stopping your set to do “VH1 Storytellers” when you’re in that position. People go to concerts to hear music, not to hear the artist explain how the music was recorded. Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PMThere were a bunch of unknown rappers with him in Ft Worth (I think they were Texas local talent, I'm not up on who all the Texas local acts are, but Tha Realest & Young Doobie who live right in that area in Grand Prarie & Oak Cliff, were not at the show, it would've been cool if he brought out his old friends and did a surprise reunion)Yes, that is generally how it works. They grab a bunch of young guys from the area. In exchange for putting them on, the local acts sell tickets to all their friends who live in the area. Established names cost money. Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PMTha Realest & Young Doobie who live right in that area in Grand Prarie & Oak Cliff, were not at the show, it would've been cool if he brought out his old friends and did a surprise reunion. Few points here. Just because they “live” in the area does not mean they are sitting home, bored, waiting for something to do. Just because they recorded music on the same label, seventeen years ago, doesn’t mean, they are “old friends”. And a “surprise reunion” of what? Unreleased music from a defunct label that people on message boards use to trade MP3’s of? Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PM I don't get why he's not out on the road pushing himself HARD allover the USA -- he's in his 30s, that's when you really push yourself as an artist and make that house show money...he should be headlining shows or being the #2 or #3 act on shows 4 nights a week --doing this one show here or there on a Tuesday night and a little mini-mention on Twitter doesn't really cut it (he could be right in your backyard and you could miss it!) This is actually how the majority of rappers grind. Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PMHis promotion sucks (actually, there is no promotion, so it just sucks) -- he could do so much more -- artists like DJ Quik, Too Short, Ice Cube, etc. -- they put their shit out hard on the net and they grind on the road hard for 3-4 months and just go city to city across the map and they make money. You’re talking about artists with much bigger names, much deeper catalogs, significantly longer careers, and bigger fanbases. It should also be noted that even they don’t go “city to city across the map”. Quik and Short generally don’t do many shows in the East Coast. Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PM Crook has connections, he could have been doing some performance at Spring Break at Panama City Beach, South Padre Island, Daytona, Ft Lauderdale -- Lil Jon, for example, he hits Spring Break hard and does PCB, Padre, etc. -- cats like Juicy J, T-Pain, & Ying Yang Twinz headline shows at Spring Break, and he is no where to be found, like right now he could be at Miami Music Week -- really makes no sense how he markets himself! Lil Jon is a household name. He has a multi-platinum fanbase. If Crooked could be playing Miami Music Week, he would. It has nothing to do with how he markets himself. Has he ever even played in Miami before? Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PM When I was in Texas that week, I checked the classic throwback hip-hop station (they have an awesome throwback hip-hop station that plays E-40, Too Short, Dogg Pound, Scarface, Montel Jordan, Master P, 2Pac, etc. on it -- http://boom945.com/listen-live/ ), and I checked their new stations and there was ZERO promo about Crooked I playing right in town! Unless the radio stations are promoting the event, why would there be any promo for it at all? We live in the social media age. Most people don’t sit around listening to the radio to hear about concerts in their cities, they hear about it on Facebook event pages that the venues create or that the artists share themselves on their Facebook/Twitter pages. Quote from: love33 on March 23, 2017, 10:54:35 PM He's a great act live but he seriously needs to promote himself -- it's ridiculous that even us hardcore fans can't find hardly anything on what's coming up or where he's at (he could be in your city tomorrow and you might not even know the promotion is so bad) Most regular concert goers are dialed into the venues they regularly buy tickets to on social media platforms. From the sounds of things, he’s not part of an official tour.
First off, I'm wondering if anyone saw him in Austin on March 31st (it was a FRIDAY Night) -- He had 2 cats I never heard of touring with him - J Soulja and Deezy Brown
Your diss to Doobie & Tha Realest
They were on the Death Row Records together, arguably the greatest most well known Gangsta Rap label of all time.
They were on the MTV commercial for Chronic 2000
They weren't in their basements trading MP3s when that was going on
Doobie has himself on Dr. Dre tracks and Tha Realest on 2Pac material (how many people in their basement can say that?)
Artists do reunions sometimes in low keys spots like this
Why wouldn't Doobie & Realest come out and join Crooked?
I've seen west coast acts where Tha Relativez are called on stage, or Ya Boy shows up -- just some random surprise acts -- I saw a Too Short concert one time in San Diego and CPO Boss Hog from Death Row Records showed up and did a couple opening tracks
As far as that local radio station (follow that link and listen to it), they actually advertise local concerts on there ---> they did a lot of advertising for Mystikal, Juicy J, OT Genasys, 112, And K-Ci & JoJo -- I was surprised Crooked didn't get an advertisement in on that station considering they play a lot of Death Row and West Coast tracks!
This looks like this was a show booked by the club or an entertainment group representing it. This isn’t the same as an artist actually doing his own show. He’s essentially being paid by a promoter to do the gig.
They weren’t on it at its peak period, which has a great effect on how familiar they are to an audience. Being a featured player during a time when the company was still at top is one thing. Being one after most of the audience has moved on is not the same.
None of these songs have been publicly released
I nominate love33 for the worst poster of the year. You sound like a broken record, goin' on and on about the same shit.
Quote from: Okka on April 10, 2017, 02:42:28 AMI nominate love33 for the worst poster of the year. You sound like a broken record, goin' on and on about the same shit.Like Crook & Bone in San Antonio