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Crook had tracks like "Who Wants To Fuck Tonite" and "We Ballin" planned for his first Say Hi To Tha Bad Guy release
and Ray J was gonna be on it too
He branched out and worked with Ashanti before.
Suge had him collabing with the right people before like Juvenile, Jadakiss, Too Short, Ja Rule, etc.
Quote from: love33 on September 30, 2009, 11:12:19 AMCrook had tracks like "Who Wants To Fuck Tonite" and "We Ballin" planned for his first Say Hi To Tha Bad Guy releaseReally?Quote from: love33 on September 30, 2009, 11:12:19 AMand Ray J was gonna be on it tooYour joking!Quote from: love33 on September 30, 2009, 11:12:19 AMHe branched out and worked with Ashanti before.I never heard that.Quote from: love33 on September 30, 2009, 11:12:19 AMSuge had him collabing with the right people before like Juvenile, Jadakiss, Too Short, Ja Rule, etc.You don't say!
effex was being sarcastic
Quote from: gio™ on September 29, 2009, 12:09:42 PMi hope snoop is still on the mixtapecause next crooked say he wanna keep the song for an album and the we have to wait again......yearsWell, it's an EP, not a mixtape, so you can expect this to be a item that you have to purchase. Whether it's a hard copy or digital purchase is yet to be announced."Guess Who's Back" is definitely on the project though.
i hope snoop is still on the mixtapecause next crooked say he wanna keep the song for an album and the we have to wait again......years
Quote from: Jaydc on September 30, 2009, 07:21:45 PMeffex was being sarcasticTrue.That whole post was uncalled for too, my bad about that love33.
He doesn't get that not everyone wants CLUB MUSIC! Like you said, Florida shit works for Florida artists. The game has been so boring because everyone is making these weak-ass attempts to sell records instead of putting out music that highlights their unique traits as an artist. I like Busta Rhymes because he's energy personified. When I buy one of his records, I want to hear that style, not how many T-Pain and Akon features he can get on there. Crooked doesn't need to make an album full of ass-shaking and stripper anthems. We've got that everywhere around. The market is oversaturated with it. If you're a fan of an artist, you want to hear that person and what they bring that's different. Not their half-assed attempt to make their version of a Lil Wayne album.
Quote from: Jimmy H. on September 30, 2009, 11:34:05 AMHe doesn't get that not everyone wants CLUB MUSIC! Like you said, Florida shit works for Florida artists. The game has been so boring because everyone is making these weak-ass attempts to sell records instead of putting out music that highlights their unique traits as an artist. I like Busta Rhymes because he's energy personified. When I buy one of his records, I want to hear that style, not how many T-Pain and Akon features he can get on there. Crooked doesn't need to make an album full of ass-shaking and stripper anthems. We've got that everywhere around. The market is oversaturated with it. If you're a fan of an artist, you want to hear that person and what they bring that's different. Not their half-assed attempt to make their version of a Lil Wayne album. True, but what is Crook really bringing to the table that's "different"? He sounds like every other battle/dictionary rapper that we've heard before. I have a whole pile of music, cds from the 90's that all got the same sound..why do we need to hear the 90's sound over and over again from crook? I loved the 90's rap too, but what is so "different" about what he's doing? His main problem is he outflows the beat and most of it is all opinions of how society has held him back. I can summarize his newer music for you: political opinions, he hates autotune, dissing mainstream music, he grew up in the struggle, and he talks about how he's not on death row. I've already got Ice Cube cds from the 90's if I want to hear that like "Predator," "Death Certificate," and "Amerikkkaz Most Wanted." Crook needs to branch out because, as you mentioned, what is he doing that we haven't heard before?
True, but what is Crook really bringing to the table that's "different"? He sounds like every other battle/dictionary rapper that we've heard before. I have a whole pile of music, cds from the 90's that all got the same sound..why do we need to hear the 90's sound over and over again from crook? I loved the 90's rap too, but what is so "different" about what he's doing? His main problem is he outflows the beat and most of it is all opinions of how society has held him back. I can summarize his newer music for you: political opinions, he hates autotune, dissing mainstream music, he grew up in the struggle, and he talks about how he's not on death row. I've already got Ice Cube cds from the 90's if I want to hear that like "Predator," "Death Certificate," and "Amerikkkaz Most Wanted." Crook needs to branch out because, as you mentioned, what is he doing that we haven't heard before?
Quote from: love33 on October 01, 2009, 11:31:39 AMTrue, but what is Crook really bringing to the table that's "different"? He sounds like every other battle/dictionary rapper that we've heard before. I have a whole pile of music, cds from the 90's that all got the same sound..why do we need to hear the 90's sound over and over again from crook? I loved the 90's rap too, but what is so "different" about what he's doing? His main problem is he outflows the beat and most of it is all opinions of how society has held him back. I can summarize his newer music for you: political opinions, he hates autotune, dissing mainstream music, he grew up in the struggle, and he talks about how he's not on death row. I've already got Ice Cube cds from the 90's if I want to hear that like "Predator," "Death Certificate," and "Amerikkkaz Most Wanted." Crook needs to branch out because, as you mentioned, what is he doing that we haven't heard before? Then maybe Crook isn't the emcee for you. Not everyone is gonna be a fan of everybody. Your ideas mostly seem to center around the sound and commercialization of his music which really won't change the end result that much. If you put Crook on a club track, it's not gonna automatically make him into a different rapper. Thing is you seem to think because you live in Florida and you know what's hot out there that that is going to translate into a winning formula for artists outside of that region. Rick Ross can make music that appeals to that market because that's his bread and butter. Fat Joe's from New York but he's pretty heavily-involved in the Miami scene so he can do that too. For a rapper that is not immersed in that marketplace, it doesn't make a lot of sense to cater to it. Crook's from Los Angeles. Outside of his California following, I'd say he's more popular in the Mid-West and East Coast. Him creating a whole album around the Miami club enviorment might help him sell a few records down there but it would also be likely to turn away his target audience. Florida is only small part of the national market and even smaller part in terms of worldwide appeal so to suggest that a rapper who is from Los Angeles try to adapt his style to what works out there is like asking the New York Yankees to cater their merchandising to what's hot in Detriot.
crooked i is the only 1 in slaughterhouse without a website. Ok it says www.circleofbosses.com in the cd sleeve but the site doesnt exist.his myspace never updates to, and www.westcoastdynasty.com hasnt worked for weeksI guess we have to check dubcnn 4 news on the ep
Quote from: Jimmy H. on October 01, 2009, 12:13:15 PMQuote from: love33 on October 01, 2009, 11:31:39 AMTrue, but what is Crook really bringing to the table that's "different"? He sounds like every other battle/dictionary rapper that we've heard before. I have a whole pile of music, cds from the 90's that all got the same sound..why do we need to hear the 90's sound over and over again from crook? I loved the 90's rap too, but what is so "different" about what he's doing? His main problem is he outflows the beat and most of it is all opinions of how society has held him back. I can summarize his newer music for you: political opinions, he hates autotune, dissing mainstream music, he grew up in the struggle, and he talks about how he's not on death row. I've already got Ice Cube cds from the 90's if I want to hear that like "Predator," "Death Certificate," and "Amerikkkaz Most Wanted." Crook needs to branch out because, as you mentioned, what is he doing that we haven't heard before? Then maybe Crook isn't the emcee for you. Not everyone is gonna be a fan of everybody. Your ideas mostly seem to center around the sound and commercialization of his music which really won't change the end result that much. If you put Crook on a club track, it's not gonna automatically make him into a different rapper. Thing is you seem to think because you live in Florida and you know what's hot out there that that is going to translate into a winning formula for artists outside of that region. Rick Ross can make music that appeals to that market because that's his bread and butter. Fat Joe's from New York but he's pretty heavily-involved in the Miami scene so he can do that too. For a rapper that is not immersed in that marketplace, it doesn't make a lot of sense to cater to it. Crook's from Los Angeles. Outside of his California following, I'd say he's more popular in the Mid-West and East Coast. Him creating a whole album around the Miami club enviorment might help him sell a few records down there but it would also be likely to turn away his target audience. Florida is only small part of the national market and even smaller part in terms of worldwide appeal so to suggest that a rapper who is from Los Angeles try to adapt his style to what works out there is like asking the New York Yankees to cater their merchandising to what's hot in Detriot. Good point but when Crook was making that club music back in the Suge days, he was buying into it and so was the buzz "So Damn Hood" ft. Juvenile, "Baby Remix" ft. Ashanti, and some of the other tracks planned for the album "We Ballin" ft. Eastwood, "Death Row House Party," "Suge's West Coast," and "Who Wants To Fuck Tonite" ft. Ja Rule and Ray J...he was heading down that path, and now he decides to go a different route and he's "so so real" and "not dumbing down" and all this other BS was a complete 180 from the direction he was taking. Just because he don't want to take that route anymore doesn't mean he needs to try to make a living off dissing people who do (i.e. his autotune diss track, "Still An Emcee,", etc.). To the cats who are gettin their money -- that's their game! Why hate on another man's hustle because you ain't got it? You make some good regional points but California is the #1 state in population, and Florida is 4th, so he should be doing big numbers. Also, Lil Wayne and Fat Joe broke into that scene -- why doesn't Crook do the same? Lil wayne lives in Miami and Fat Joe does too part of the year. Rap has become more regional and yeah West Coast rap gets more play in the midwest, east, and west than in the South, but that doesn't mean you can't branch out and crack the market. He seems to be going backwards into a 1997 sound.