Crooked I on Choosing Death Row Over Aftermath

[Tadaw]

I've been saying for years Crooked I is not an album artist. He will kill verses, kill freestyles, but don't expect anything beyond that.

for me crooked I = freestyles and he is the only responsible, an artist isn't onle rap, you must find good deal's to and sale your self!

[bouli77]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TTDw4fCm2-Y" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/TTDw4fCm2-Y</a>

if Crooked I had released an album full of songs like this back in the late 90's - early 00's, it would have been nice

[UCC]

I think it's something where it's just hard to sell well if you're both gangsta and really lyrical...

Gangsta stuff often suits a simpler style, like Snoop when he was doing gangsta stuff or Mack 10, etc. it's more about the attitude and sounding
laidback and dope, not really about going crazy with the rhymes.
Even Ice Cube, he gets into complex content on his classics, but he's not doing like lyrical acrobatics with the flow.

Fans who are like, "I like songs about people shooting other people and fucking bitches and starting beefs"
are usually quite different to the fans who are like, "I like complex references and rhyme schemes and intricate rhythms"...

If you mix the two together, I think it can turn off both audiences sometimes... the gangsta fans don't get the
complexity and the complex fans don't like the violence, etc.

[Okka]

I hope Dre still wants to fuck with Crooked I. He could make Crooked drop that album.

interesting interview. there's a picture of Dre and Crooked I from that time period, right?

Yeah, it was a good interview. The picture you're talkin about is from the video shoot of "Hello" if i remember right.

[HighEyeCue]

I think it's something where it's just hard to sell well if you're both gangsta and really lyrical...

Gangsta stuff often suits a simpler style, like Snoop when he was doing gangsta stuff or Mack 10, etc. it's more about the attitude and sounding
laidback and dope, not really about going crazy with the rhymes.
Even Ice Cube, he gets into complex content on his classics, but he's not doing like lyrical acrobatics with the flow.

Fans who are like, "I like songs about people shooting other people and fucking bitches and starting beefs"
are usually quite different to the fans who are like, "I like complex references and rhyme schemes and intricate rhythms"...

If you mix the two together, I think it can turn off both audiences sometimes... the gangsta fans don't get the
complexity and the complex fans don't like the violence, etc.

yeah there is no marktet out there for Crooked I,  there might have been once but not anymore...

[Hack Wilson - real]

i wish Eminem did an EP with Crooked instead of Royce

[papa-smurf]

good thing he didnt sign to dre.his career would of ended up where bishop lamount career is at.dre had alot of dudes signed to him that ust never came out.he used them to write alot o fmusic from him & than droped them

[Okka]

From what I understand he didn't choose - he signed with Daz, and when Daz left Death Row, Daz sold the rights to Crooked I, Mac Shawn, and Lil C-Style to Death Row.

If i remember right, Lil Style was never signed to Death Row. I wonder if anybody still has that old interview he did with WCRydaz.

[Dre-Day]

I hope Dre still wants to fuck with Crooked I. He could make Crooked drop that album.

interesting interview. there's a picture of Dre and Crooked I from that time period, right?

Yeah, it was a good interview. The picture you're talkin about is from the video shoot of "Hello" if i remember right.

i see. i think i've seen it posted here once, maybe in the big picture topic

[Okka]

Dre's wearin' the same jacket and clothing he did on the "Hello" video. There's also a third dude in the picture, don't know who he is though.

[FUCK-YOU-BItch]

Dre's wearin' the same jacket and clothing he did on the "Hello" video. There's also a third dude in the picture, don't know who he is though.

that third guy you speakin on is jaycee it´s crook´s manager.

[Sccit]

Interesting that he was featured on King T's Aftermath LP - that means there are still some unleaked tracks left off those sessions

of course.....dre does at least 50-100 tracks per album, if not more, and picks the best ones. theres probably TONS of King-T material sitting in Dre's vault (along with Rakim, Hittman, Slim the Mobster, and every1 else he's ever worked with)

[Hack Wilson - real]

Interesting that he was featured on King T's Aftermath LP - that means there are still some unleaked tracks left off those sessions

of course.....dre does at least 50-100 tracks per album, if not more, and picks the best ones. theres probably TONS of King-T material sitting in Dre's vault (along with Rakim, Hittman, Slim the Mobster, and every1 else he's ever worked with)

i asked tray dee how Nothin has changed came about and he said he visited the studio when King T and G Rap were doing the song and they randomly asked him to write a quick verse and hop on the 3rd verse


that song is the shit

[Okka]

Interesting that he was featured on King T's Aftermath LP - that means there are still some unleaked tracks left off those sessions

of course.....dre does at least 50-100 tracks per album, if not more, and picks the best ones. theres probably TONS of King-T material sitting in Dre's vault (along with Rakim, Hittman, Slim the Mobster, and every1 else he's ever worked with)

There isn't a lot of Rakim material in the vaults. He wasn't even really workin' with Dre that much.

[Sccit]

Interesting that he was featured on King T's Aftermath LP - that means there are still some unleaked tracks left off those sessions

of course.....dre does at least 50-100 tracks per album, if not more, and picks the best ones. theres probably TONS of King-T material sitting in Dre's vault (along with Rakim, Hittman, Slim the Mobster, and every1 else he's ever worked with)

There isn't a lot of Rakim material in the vaults. He wasn't even really workin' with Dre that much.

not true