Death Row better not Fuck over CROOKED I

[eNgIeS]

Hi. I download some unreleased shit from Crooked I at westcoast2k & i must confirm that he is the best rapper i have ever heard bar none. He has everything, he has great lyrics, great flow, great voice, great speed. He is like a combo of what east coast rappers are good at (lyrics) & what west coast rappers are good at (flow & gangsta shit).

But the thing that is bugging me is that I have a feeling Death Row will fuck up his career. I mean the songs off TOO GANGSTA sdtk by him were good, but i heard the row dot come song he did & the beat SUCKS

I just have a feeling that Death Row will manage to screw up on this one. SO I'm begging Death Row to not screw this chance up. He is extremely talented & could be what Death Row needs to at least be put on the map again instead of selling 11,000 cds in 2 weeks.

Now, dont hate becoz his on the row. Judge by his talent. I aint heard even diss Snoop or anyone.

Thou i dont want to give the row money, I will buy Crooked I's cd to show him support & he will get some money at least (even if Suge just gives him the crums)

So whats your take on Crooked I, how Tha Row is managing him or will manage him & will you support him?

[Mr_Loc]

I'm with you on this. Since like '98 when i heard Crook on the ride soundtrack and the c-style compilation i knew he was somethin special.
then when i heard he had signed with death row i was pissed, since nobodys done good shit on that label for years.

now i hear him 'riding for the row' in his songs and shit its kinda wack to me. but no doubt hes still one of my favorite rappers and Ill be checkin for his album.

"i spit impossible rhymes, full of philosophical lines/
my phenomenal shine will leave every one of your opticals blind/
runnin you over when its apocalypse time/
im half-man half-diesel like optimus prime"

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Crooked I is the greatest!!! (One of the Greatest)....and he'll be leavin Death Row after his first album...Pleezbaleev

[Don Seer]

for real - my fave crooked i track is 'uh oh'

'for those who dont know what i said/
the game i'm spilling / is like the ceiling/ up over ya head'

i think crooked i may hit platinum if he's lucky and is promoted right.

[Don Jacob]

I love Crooked I,but alot of cats don't wanna give him respect either a) becuase he's on the row or b)east coast cats look at his gangsta image and think he's some kind of useless MC....i personally think he has mad potential, he's not the best i still think Xzibit is (my opinion) but he has potential to have his kind of success, and if Deathrow does manage to fuck up his carreer i will personally fuck up deathrow...if i have to break in one of their offices windows by golly i will (lol joke) naw but for reals i'm with engies i have a feeling that Deathrow will fuck him over

[So Much Style]

"this is the art of manslaughter/when im rockin/im more shockin/than droppin/a boom box in / bath water

i think this is one of the tightest lines i have ever seen in my life..by crooked i..

now engies point aobut the beats being fucked up..death rows beats will always do alright, cause we love westcoast beats and thats exactly what they bring.

and im sorry to dissapoint you, but tharow.com the song,  the beat is by crooked i's own production team, death row didnt produce it, and i think that beat is maad tight

[Trauma-san]

Don't Forget His Unbelievable Verse On "I Ain't Shit Without My Homeboys"

"So What'd Make The Crook Stay Down For His Troops?
Could It Be The Gunshot's We Ducked As A Youth?
Whatabout The Cops We Hid From On The Roof,
Or The Shootouts We Survived Without Wearin' A Bulletproof?
We Grew The Tree That Was Rotten To The Root...
We Wasn't 'Sposed To Make It, Our Survival Don't Compute...
We Had To Chase The Paper, Cuz The Loot Would Run From Me;
We Had Navigator Dreams But Only Bus Money...
We Ride And We Crawl Togetha,
All Togetha,
We Rise And We Fall Togetha,
Doggs Forever,
Like 'UHHHH!' And Ya Don't STOP!
Ya Fuck Around With One A 'Da Homies, Watch The Glock Pop!"

That Sends Chills Up My Spine It's So On Point... He Really Is Unbelievable.

And Like Narrator Said, That Line's Tight... And That Shit He Says About "With Rhymes Written On Project Kitchen Tables" Is Great... "You Entered The Wrong Scuffle; I Uppercut Niggaz Hard Enough To Break My Own Knuckles!"... He Really Is Super-Talented, I Mean Probably On The Level Of A Jay Z, Tupac, Snoop, Rakim, Etc.... He Could Be HUGE If Tha Row Does Him Right...

OH, Some Sad Shit Is He's Indirectly Dissed Snoop... He Said In An Interview "I'm Gonna Make It Official Now. Anybody Talkin' Shit About The Row Is Talkin' Shit About Me"... That Was In Response To Snoop's "You've Sold 7,000 Albums... How's That Feel?" Line....

1 Thing Though.  Crooked Needs To Drop That Album, And Proove Himself.  He Needs A Dope Album, To Let Everybody Know What Real Rap Is About... He's Got The Potential To Be Unfadeable....

[Don Seer]

crooked i is down with death row and their 'theres been a 10 year monopoly  thing going on in the west coast' thing that had cj mac crying in an interview...

[cremedelaclem]

i dont think theyre gonna fuck crooked about...

infact, although i hate to say it, i think that even tho we all recognise the talent crooked is gonna fast become one of the most hated people on this board.

i think suge is gonna realise the positive feedback on shit crooked has done and use him (alongside unreleased pac and maybe some new cats) to spearhead an unprecedented death row assault (with disses galore).

if suge has any business brains he will do this.........and so will crooked I because if he comes out with all guns blazin (i.e dissin everyone that has beef with the row) like hes indicated...he will DEFINATLEY go multi-plat....

[Hittbob]

word up, I've always said that Crooke I is the shit...'Uh Oh' and 'Death Rizzo' are the shit, he's ripped it on the Wake Up Show(2 times..especially the one w/ Chino XL), but his best piece to me is his freestyle/song with DJ Revolution, he totally rips it over a dope ass mixed beat...he's spittin lines like 'Crooked I be jackin 'n mic snatching/ the greatest thing to happen to rappin since scratching' and 'I had the notion to show mad devotion/ I'm killing rappers careers like bad promotion/ Its '98 and I'm still gettin my sack on/ I'm the artist the Westcoast has been waitin to brag on', and he can flow so fuckin fast....another dope piece by him is the Wake Up Show Exclusive 'Murderin MC's'...dope ass battle rhymes, kinda like his spit on 'Step Up'...like 'Honestly though...you're gettin clowned worse than an ugly bitch at the front row of a comedy show' and 'Crooked I never fears you/ I only wish you'd rap faster than the speed of sound so I wouldnt have to hear you'...this cat is jus ill, finally another westcoast artist with ill punchlines, kickin battle ish...but he can also spit about serious ish in life and all, like on 'Did You Ever Think'

[Swookillah]

Word up.  Crooked I is the best rapper on the west coast, and u know his album is gonna be tight becuase it his debut.  The only album that i can think of who debut was his worst album is Kurupt.  Im forward looking for his album the most.

[Swookillah]

Also check out his song Niggaz Got Game at WestCoast2k that shit is mad tight. His flow and lyrics run dat song.  

[Trauma-san]

A Battle Rap Between Kurupt And Crooked Would Be TIGGHHHTTTTT ....

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

How bout Crooked I and Xzibit....

[Mr_Loc]

I had to post this, Crook's verse from Step Up. I just transcribed it myself but
I think it's all correct. Shit is off the scale.

This is the art of manslaughter/
when I'm rockin, I'm more shockin than droppin a boom box in bath water/
you entered the wrong scuffle/
you catchin a chrome buckle/
I uppercut niggas hard enough to break my own knuckles/
deliver the sick verbals/
my shotty spit a round, before you hit the the ground, your body spin around/
in six circles/
diminishing infamous menaces/
I'm waiting to get dissed, if not, ima start finishing innocent lyricists/
I'm breezin your region, freezin G's in your legion/
freakin ancient techniques when im speaking Venician/
its all about Crooked, these bitches shout Crooked/
I'll make you say the West Coast aint shit without Crooked/
I own a vicious label, niggas'll get disabled/
when I'm spittin rhymes written on project kitchen tables/
unload this fo-five and let slugs dive at ya/
now thats from Crooked I the strap packin mic snatcher/

MUTHAFUCKAS CAN YOU DIG THAT?