DUBCNN: Crooked I Talks New Song "Im Still A MC"; Comments On Cell Phone Footage

[Lil Jay]

a quick little turnaround for the dubcc fam 

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Crooked I's name has been in the news non-stop since the shooting incident a few weeks ago, but the Long Beach MC is back to let the music do the talking and do what he does best: rap. We just got a hold of a brand new cut called "I'm Still A MC", which is produced by in-house producer Komplex. The song is the first leak from his upcoming "B.O.S.S." album, which will be available for free download.

"I'm leaking this song first just to give them a sneak preview of what "B.O.S.S." is gonna sound like" Crooked I exclusively told Dubcnn. "I'm gonna be performing this song at the Paid Dues festival, so I want them to hear some of the stuff first."

What made Crooked I decide to put out another free project? "I'm about to take a whole other lane, and I'm trying to think of a creative way to give people the album. I might set up a website where all the fans can sign up and download the album for free. I'm not a hard dude to negotiate with, but if you're a distribution company and you tell me you want 80% of my digital money, I'm not putting out my record with you! So I might as well give it to my fans for free opposed to put it out with a label, since they make all the money. I'm trying to make this a special delivery for the fans, and they get mad about that. But yo, I just want to cut out the middle man and give it straight to you, cause 9 times out of 10 the middle man tries to fuck me and the fans."

He also talked about the fans' expectations for the album: "My fans might fuck with me on this one, or they might not. We'll see. But I love them for supporting me all this time. I know they wanna be able to purchase stuff, because you can't say Crooked I is one of the best rappers ever if Crooked I don't have record sales that back it up. The flow is there, but the record sales have to be there too. And I think a lot of my fans, they can't win those classic arguments that we all have about who's the best MC."

Crooked I then revealed to Dubcnn that he just got back from working on new music with the Wake Up Show's King Tech. "We made some crazy records. We made 7 songs in one day." he said. "I think that's my new direction, the sound is totally different. It's the same quality music, but tomorrow's not promised, so I wanna express myself to the fullest now. If it's a whole song about the bullshit going on in the hood or a relative that passed away, whatever it is, I just wanna express all my feelings."

Last but not least, Crooked I commented on the cell phone footage of the shooting, which was posted online last week. "I saw the footage and I tried to get the sites to take it down. I called several people and told them to take it down the same day. Nobody wants to see some shit like that. But we're trying to find that guy who posted it in the first place, but what can I do man. It is what it is now."

Stay tuned to Dubcnn for more info on "B.O.S.S.". Until then, check out the song "I'm Still A MC" produced by Komplex.

Crooked I - I'm Still A MC (Prod. by Komplex)

[kuruptDPG]

cheers for the update, wouldve been good if u asked him about the say hi to the bad guy album we just recently heard and some company was gonna release or not.

cheers

[pootypooty]

King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.

Good read. Props for this Jay.

[OG Hack Wilson]

BEST RAPPER ALIVE

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

haha thats waz up
production was aite and he did his thang
and good lookin on crooked not sellin out to any label
fuck it, i want a album but dont want akon n lil wayne on his album
so i rather have no album

[kuruptDPG]

yh totally forgot news about king tech sounds gd too

[DPGC23]

IHERD VLAD WAS TOLD2 TAKE IT DOWN BUT SAID NAWWWW???

WISTLEEEEEE

WHO NOSE

DPGC23

[YoungCrookedI]

damn man the week ain´t over and we´re getting whack mc´s,im still a mc and this now....


so this means we´re getting boss as a whole or track by track?

[EFFeX]

Great post Jay, much props to DubCNN as usual!

[Lil Jay]

IHERD VLAD WAS TOLD2 TAKE IT DOWN BUT SAID NAWWWW???

WISTLEEEEEE

WHO NOSE

DPGC23

vlad amongst others

[EFFeX]

IHERD VLAD WAS TOLD2 TAKE IT DOWN BUT SAID NAWWWW???

WISTLEEEEEE

WHO NOSE

DPGC23

vlad amongst others

I don't blame him for not wanting it up, that's why I didn't run it at B.O.S.S. Board

[Jaydc555]

I liked what he said it spoke on a lot.I'm not going to listen to any of the songs I want to hear the album in its entirety.I did that with block obama and I enjoyed it a lot more then most people and that's probably why

[Bluemercury]

Time for radio play!!!

[EFFeX]

I liked what he said it spoke on a lot.I'm not going to listen to any of the songs I want to hear the album in its entirety.I did that with block obama and I enjoyed it a lot more then most people and that's probably why

I may do that myself, but I had to bump this one today since it's been so long since the last Crooked solo joint.

[JohnnyL]

 I like his idea of setting up a website where you can log in and get the album.  I think that that would be a better option than releasing it one track at at time.