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Crooked I's freestyle series proved he can spit. But it didn't prove that he's a great rapper. That's what the albums are for.
Quote from: HACK WILSON on July 06, 2009, 04:56:46 PMcrooked i songs NOT OVER OTHER PEOPLES BEATS:-boom boom clap-this is how we do this-my life-trafficking green-w's down-game 4 sale-g'd up and banged out-my life 2.0-we ballin (feat eastwood)-str8 bosses-bitch (feat too short and eastwood)-gangsta rap (ft Scarface and Treach)-respect your OGs-american me-all you haters (feat outlawz)there, off the toppa my head i just made you a mix of Crooked I songs, that if put out as an album, shit on your favorite living rappersthat's a tough list to fuck with, but also you could just look at Method Man.dude basically has a legendary career from Wu-Tang & their albums.he had some dope solo albums, an arguable classic; but his main shit was the shit with Wu.so why can't Crooked's shit with Slaughterhouse work for him? not sayin' we can use it yet, but it's a very safe bet that whatever he spits on this upcoming album will be HELLA close to classic if it's not.
crooked i songs NOT OVER OTHER PEOPLES BEATS:-boom boom clap-this is how we do this-my life-trafficking green-w's down-game 4 sale-g'd up and banged out-my life 2.0-we ballin (feat eastwood)-str8 bosses-bitch (feat too short and eastwood)-gangsta rap (ft Scarface and Treach)-respect your OGs-american me-all you haters (feat outlawz)there, off the toppa my head i just made you a mix of Crooked I songs, that if put out as an album, shit on your favorite living rappers
Quote from: HACK WILSON on July 06, 2009, 04:56:46 PMcrooked i songs NOT OVER OTHER PEOPLES BEATS:-boom boom clap-this is how we do this-my life-trafficking green-w's down-game 4 sale-g'd up and banged out-my life 2.0-we ballin (feat eastwood)-str8 bosses-bitch (feat too short and eastwood)-gangsta rap (ft Scarface and Treach)-respect your OGs-american me-all you haters (feat outlawz)there, off the toppa my head i just made you a mix of Crooked I songs, that if put out as an album, shit on your favorite living rappers boom boom clap was dope but the rest are just scraps
I stated this earlier in a thread about Xzibit, that in order to become one of the greats you need at least the following: have Album(s) that have topped the charts, been critical acclaimed, have caused a major controversy, and broken records, high selling, and have been able to affect not only the rap world for ever, but have managed to change the World Forever, and will be able to last the test of time(IE its nots just some retarded Temp Pop shit). Crooked has made good tracks, but the moment he drops a album, is when we might be able to make a better judgment, considering A lot of people I know, don't know him, other then he was signed with Death Row and never dropped anything lol
Quote from: HACK WILSON on July 06, 2009, 04:56:46 PMcrooked i songs NOT OVER OTHER PEOPLES BEATS:-boom boom clap-this is how we do this-my life-trafficking green-w's down-game 4 sale-g'd up and banged out-my life 2.0-we ballin (feat eastwood)-str8 bosses-bitch (feat too short and eastwood)-gangsta rap (ft Scarface and Treach)-respect your OGs-american me-all you haters (feat outlawz)there, off the toppa my head i just made you a mix of Crooked I songs, that if put out as an album, shit on your favorite living rappersAs I said before, this wouldn't show consistency or that he can make a good album on his own. But what the hell, I'll review it anyway out of 5.Boom Boom Clap - 2this is how we do this - 3my life - 4.5trafficking green - 3 w's down - 3game 4 sale - 4g'd up and banged out - 3my life 2.0 - 4.5we ballin - 2str8 bosses - 3.5bitch - 2.5gangsta rap - 2.5 respect your OGs - 4American Me - 4All You Haters - isn't this by the outlawz? 4
Trust me I'm being generous as I can considering he's one of my fav 20 rappers.
Quote from: rapsodie on July 06, 2009, 10:56:35 PMTrust me I'm being generous as I can considering he's one of my fav 20 rappers. why is he one of your favorite rappers if he makes apparently such "weak" music? We Ballin' a 2? really?
but those are some of his better songs & you gave some fairly low grades & even described two of them as being "weak", so how is that out of line to quote you?so anyway, basically all your major complaints about Crooked are in the productions department; where i would make a solid bet that the label or executive producer gives Crooked I about 40-50 beats & he choses what to spit over.could be that Crooked just has a poor ear for beats or he just makes the best out of what he has.either way, production shouldn't be the thing holding him back from being one of the greatest, rapping is rapping.