His verse from "The Anthem 7" with Dirty Birdy, Sly Boogy, Planet Asia, Ahmad and Ras Kass

Crooked I is a cannibal, a mechanical animal/That'll dismantle ya mandible wit' a manual "How To Make Raps Flammable"/The King, so hand him a crown/I'll push you off a building and write a whole song before you land on the ground/By the time ya body splatter, ya lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, rectum, and urinary blatter scatter/I'm outta ya reach, Hollow Man never seen on the streets/The Holla Man from Eastside Long Beach/Was made to smash and bang/You know what happened to the last rapper we captured who was after cash and fame/Tech electricuted half his brain, drove his ass insane/While Sway choked him out wit' his own Platinum chain/Revolution hit him wit' turntables and cracked his frame/Carmalita laughed as he grabbed his abs in pain/See, nothin' about these hoggs is cute/We got more stripes than Daryl McDaniels' joggin' suits/Stompin' like I got steel toes/Keep glocks wit' shots that dive at you at top speed like jocks tryna block field goals/Take a speech from a lyricist/And throw his voice in another room like a Vantrilaquist/Listen to this, when I'm checkin' my intellect and baffle Alex Trabek/And I can answer the million dollar question in less than a second/I step in wit' weapons, that's destined to spit lead through ya flesh and exit intestines/Meet death just for flexin', wait a second/Who do you love?/This show was so raw, the FCC is keep the studio bugged/Just in case I say shit, damn, fuck, bitch, hoe in a freestyle flow, I LOVE THE WAKE UP SHOW!

There's not one thing wrong with this verse. Metaphors, word play, story telling, multi's, amazing flow. Not to mention, it outshined greats like Ahmad, Ras Kass and Planet Asia, as well as young guns like Sly Boogy and Dirty Birdy.


His verse from "Underground Tactics" with Rock & Ruck(Heltah Skeltah) & Planet Asia

You probably heard me on 'The Anthem'/Throwin a tantrum, now the phantom's/Kidnappin platinum rappers for ransom, murder em at random/Hand em they cranium on a platter/Then scatter, splatter your bladder/Niggas got to add up the data, they scatter/When I brings the whoo-ra, I'm in this game to stay/You couldn't put me out if your name was neutron/My receital's prime to climb, homicidal rhymes unwind/My rival's minds and time, they vital signs decline/Your title's mine, resign, leave you blind/Cuz every line's designed to shine/And I'm, all about the lyrical skills advancing/Tech drops the beat, I starts the verbally break-dancin/Cuz first I do my foot-work then I break it down to my knees/And now I'm spinnin around on my back, /Better stop and freeze, please/You MC's ain't never wanna bout/You need to make like a cecerious-section and cut it out/I'm pure devotion, dosin/The psychological field have chosen, to analyze my notions/But most men, catch emotion, sickness cuz my intelligence quotient/Goes deep as the Mediterranean o-cean/and Sway in the concrete jungle bringin comotion/Our blood might be boilin but our attitude is frozen/See me pass up a chance to rip shop, naw/That'll be worse than Kool Herc sayin 'Fuck hip-hop ya'll'/That'll never happen/I'll be bustin even after half the major labels start/Financially backin this rappin/Rhymin's my first love, she's been wit me from the start/I exchange vowels wit my styles, now it's till death do us part

Everything was on point here. From flow to rhyme structure to wordplay. Crooked I wrecked shop on that track. He made Heltah Skeltah and Planet Asia seem like nothing.

If Only We Could Get An album Full Of Shit Like That

If he gets down with Bolo, believe we will. I'm crossing my fingers. Sway & Tech bring out the best in Crooked I. Nothing has ever brought the beast out him like a Tech or Rev beat.

i got to admit, that shit is fucking sicc

I dunno, I still like crook best over the smooth g-funk beats, especially LT Hutton beats.  Of course he still is dope with sway and tech, my favorite crooked I songs are:
Uh Oh
ride wit a g
murderous MC's
and all his appearances on 19th street playaz.

Sorry for gettin off topic, but where the fuck can I find some Ahmad tracks. I keep getting some Middle East shit on Kazaa.

Sorry for gettin off topic, but where the fuck can I find some Ahmad tracks. I keep getting some Middle East shit on Kazaa.

It's hard to find any Ahmad tracks online, unless you have his album. I'm sure it's out of print. But, you can easily find some 4th Avenue Jones shit. That's Ahmads Hip Hop Band.

Quote from: Overseer on January 30, 2004, 03:09:42 PM

but.. lyricists dont sell :/  .. so while he'll get his props, he wont get the quintuple plat everyone expects

What about Nas? Eminem?

Either way, I don't care if Icon sells 9 Mil or 9, he's still one of the best emcees out. Records sales don't make the rapper.

canibus.. ras kass.. etc etc  you prob wanna put sly boogy in there

mc's of a certain calibre are too advanced for the pop charts
if they dumb down too much, they're selling out