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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Lil Jay on March 17, 2009, 05:08:33 PM
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a quick little turnaround for the dubcc fam 8)
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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)
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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
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
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BEST RAPPER ALIVE
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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
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yh totally forgot news about king tech sounds gd too
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IHERD VLAD WAS TOLD2 TAKE IT DOWN BUT SAID NAWWWW???
WISTLEEEEEE
WHO NOSE
DPGC23
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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?
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Great post Jay, much props to DubCNN as usual!
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IHERD VLAD WAS TOLD2 TAKE IT DOWN BUT SAID NAWWWW???
WISTLEEEEEE
WHO NOSE
DPGC23
vlad amongst others
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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
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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
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Time for radio play!!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
I agree. He should holler at his forum site to host it for him.
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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.
Agreed. That way it's not so disorganized and no one will lose interest. Focus on one site to feed the tracks to everyone. If he does this it will be a lot bigger than Block Obama was...
By the way I hope we get the album SOON and don't have to wait 6 months if he does plan on doing the site.
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So what's the deal with this guy, I don't want to sound patronizing to people who don't feel this but this guy is so talented a lot of the production is dope, heck even the hooks are catchy and so, it leads me to ask the question why has there not been any albums? is it simply because his fan base is extremely small? seriously i don't get it.
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So what's the deal with this guy, I don't want to sound patronizing to people who don't feel this but this guy is so talented a lot of the production is dope, heck even the hooks are catchy and so, it leads me to ask the question why has there not been any albums? is it simply because his fan base is extremely small? seriously i don't get it.
I think it's a combination of labels wanting him to make music that he doesn't believe in and him holding out for the ultimate deal, the kind that existed in the 90s that don't exist anymore.
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So what's the deal with this guy, I don't want to sound patronizing to people who don't feel this but this guy is so talented a lot of the production is dope, heck even the hooks are catchy and so, it leads me to ask the question why has there not been any albums? is it simply because his fan base is extremely small? seriously i don't get it.
young Boss vol 2 was original production...consider that his album lol
he should have a HUGE fanbase with a proper marketing team...but Suge fell asleep at the wheel for 4 fucking years
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So what's the deal with this guy, I don't want to sound patronizing to people who don't feel this but this guy is so talented a lot of the production is dope, heck even the hooks are catchy and so, it leads me to ask the question why has there not been any albums? is it simply because his fan base is extremely small? seriously i don't get it.
young Boss vol 2 was original production...consider that his album lol
he should have a HUGE fanbase with a proper marketing team...but Suge fell asleep at the wheel for 4 fucking years
Treacherous hasn't exactly handled marketing that well either...
It's kind of been a cooperative effort between Crook, the label and the fans.
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
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beats nice , he shudnt release 5 or six tracks by tracks, leak one or two n thats it that way wen he hear it its more exitin
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
hahahaha only 2 decadesi
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
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hot track. Kompo comes thru 8)
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Can we at least get some pressed-up product even if it's sold through the websites? Closest thing we've had to that since he left Tha Row was that bonus CD on his "Life After" DVD with all them DJ tags. To me, if it's being put out the same way as "Block Obama" then it's just another digital mixtape. I'm not knocking the project but it just isn't as exciting to me. I guess we'll have to wait until Slaughterhouse to get a Crooked project in stores. I'm still a fan but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed.
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
http://www.youtube.com/v/-XIoXLQUbvs&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/47FdYqq_i0U&hl=en&fs=1
and heres one that actually features crooked
http://www.youtube.com/v/wBcf080fM8k&hl=en&fs=1
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
Check out the Sway & Tech "Back 2 Basics" album...
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propz for the info dubcnn
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
http://www.youtube.com/v/-XIoXLQUbvs&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/47FdYqq_i0U&hl=en&fs=1
and heres one that actually features crooked
http://www.youtube.com/v/wBcf080fM8k&hl=en&fs=1
The last one is one of my favorite Crook verses of all time, dude kills it!
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crooked been getting alot bigger lately.
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Can we at least get some pressed-up product even if it's sold through the websites? Closest thing we've had to that since he left Tha Row was that bonus CD on his "Life After" DVD with all them DJ tags. To me, if it's being put out the same way as "Block Obama" then it's just another digital mixtape. I'm not knocking the project but it just isn't as exciting to me. I guess we'll have to wait until Slaughterhouse to get a Crooked project in stores. I'm still a fan but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed.
Just so you know in case you hadn't heard, you can get pressed up copies of Block Obama II through CD Baby, I copped one it's a good product.
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King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
http://www.youtube.com/v/-XIoXLQUbvs&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/v/47FdYqq_i0U&hl=en&fs=1
and heres one that actually features crooked
http://www.youtube.com/v/wBcf080fM8k&hl=en&fs=1
Wow, all this time I've heard those tracks over the years, and was oblivious that King Tech laced em? SMH @ myself.
I was thinking that DJ Revolution was responsible for those cuts.
Thanks for pointing those out Chuck. +1
King Tech is lacing joints now? I'm intrigued.
Good read. Props for this Jay.
he's been doin it for a long while....
Point me to some of his work. I'd like to hear some King Tech production.
I already knew DJ Revolution banged out tracks here and there, but I guess I've never heard a King Tech track?
Check out the Sway & Tech "Back 2 Basics" album...
I have that album too, yet never bothered to check the production credits. I just assumed DJ Revolution was the man behind the production. See my response to Chuck above. +1
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Time for radio play!!!
Give a fuck about the radio
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crooked been getting alot bigger lately.
hell yeah!!
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Can we at least get some pressed-up product even if it's sold through the websites? Closest thing we've had to that since he left Tha Row was that bonus CD on his "Life After" DVD with all them DJ tags. To me, if it's being put out the same way as "Block Obama" then it's just another digital mixtape. I'm not knocking the project but it just isn't as exciting to me. I guess we'll have to wait until Slaughterhouse to get a Crooked project in stores. I'm still a fan but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed.
Just so you know in case you hadn't heard, you can get pressed up copies of Block Obama II through CD Baby, I copped one it's a good product.
whats the Booklet look like????