Yeah it's kind of personal with Crooked for me. He's from my city. He was in a group with one of my homies way back when called the low lifes. We used to bump that lowlife tape nonstop in the hood in like '97. I knew he had the most talent way back then.
But I've been ambivalent about the nikka for a while now. I wish him success, but at the same time I know the nikka is a bum. There was a time when I would praise this nikka Crooked to anyone who would listen, now I wouldn't even lift a single mouse clicking finger to put anybody on to dude.
I shed tears for my nikka H.J Duck though, he still out there fighting the good fight.
you're right crooked I's whole style on deathrow was when he peaked imo. his flow was second to none. his content was just pure gangster which some people would say is boring but i thought it suited him perfectly. Now he's in a group with hoe buddenBum is a strong word,I only stopped hypin em bcuz its simply too late....I warned Crooked to stay away from these nikkas,I warned fans these corny nikkas would rub off....I wuz sumwhat wrong about that he carries these nikkas most of the time and that Psalm82 verse 6 mixtape wuz cool...I seriously don't get what Slaughter house does that COB doesn't do as to why Crooked would even need to be in this outside of bein the token west coast nikka.....I didn't like the album but I went in with expectations thinkin it would be bad after the singles so I can't say I wuz fair in listening....nice bars but I think they could've thought of better more original concepts among 4 nikkasvery repetetive,and before you say it yes I know most of the game is repetetive but difference is those repetetive nikkas let the beats carry they azz,wittiness,hooks,delivery carry em.....none of y'all are really great in any of those deptartments...all u have is bars,bars we've heard from all of y'all about a decade,we KNOW you can spit...really concepts wuz the only thing that coulda saved this album,really off the wall concepts...it woulda sounded repetetive I'm betting no matter what they did honestly...next album id aim for that just work on concepts...less about production...bring us topics that haven't been touched on,we listening for bars bcuz u have nuthing else,and after a decade bars without concepts even great bars still sound REPETETIVE....as a student of Cube, crooked I should know better and know exactly what to aim for...every Cube group album should be your blueprint as he doesn't have a bad one.
Far as Crooked he will never regain his Deathrow swag and I'm sure he's grown up since then.....but I never wanted this lane for him...gangsta Crooked rappin about fukin strippers in limos,hittin nikkas wit a pool ball in a sock like steven Segal that's my Crooked..nikkas think I liked crooked cuz he wuz a technical rapper I hate 8 outta 10 of these boring technical nikkas....but crooked wuz hard as shyt,sayin sum witty and just beastly shyt...he still shows flashes but that should be him always...none of that disgruntled with the game,depressed about losin homies and shyt....what he did to Snoop on "Snitches" over the Ignition beat....how he killed that Gangsta Party remix wit Pac...I'm still waitin on Say Hi to the Bad Guy nikkas
Bum is a strong word,I only stopped hypin em bcuz its simply too late....I warned Crooked to stay away from these nikkas,I warned fans these corny nikkas would rub off....I wuz sumwhat wrong about that he carries these nikkas most of the time and that Psalm82 verse 6 mixtape wuz cool...I seriously don't get what Slaughter house does that COB doesn't do as to why Crooked would even need to be in this outside of bein the token west coast nikka.....I didn't like the album but I went in with expectations thinkin it would be bad after the singles so I can't say I wuz fair in listening....nice bars but I think they could've thought of better more original concepts among 4 nikkasvery repetetive,and before you say it yes I know most of the game is repetetive but difference is those repetetive nikkas let the beats carry they azz,wittiness,hooks,delivery carry em.....none of y'all are really great in any of those deptartments...all u have is bars,bars we've heard from all of y'all about a decade,we KNOW you can spit...really concepts wuz the only thing that coulda saved this album,really off the wall concepts...it woulda sounded repetetive I'm betting no matter what they did honestly...next album id aim for that just work on concepts...less about production...bring us topics that haven't been touched on,we listening for bars bcuz u have nuthing else,and after a decade bars without concepts even great bars still sound REPETETIVE....as a student of Cube, crooked I should know better and know exactly what to aim for...every Cube group album should be your blueprint as he doesn't have a bad one.
Far as Crooked he will never regain his Deathrow swag and I'm sure he's grown up since then.....but I never wanted this lane for him...gangsta Crooked rappin about fukin strippers in limos,hittin nikkas wit a pool ball in a sock like steven Segal that's my Crooked..nikkas think I liked crooked cuz he wuz a technical rapper I hate 8 outta 10 of these boring technical nikkas....but crooked wuz hard as shyt,sayin sum witty and just beastly shyt...he still shows flashes but that should be him always...none of that disgruntled with the game,depressed about losin homies and shyt....what he did to Snoop on "Snitches" over the Ignition beat....how he killed that Gangsta Party remix wit Pac...I'm still waitin on Say Hi to the Bad Guy nikkas
Walt really puttin in work tryin to convince people Slaughterhouse is the worst thing that has ever happened
I can't even hate, I gotta applaud the work ethic
Are u planning to go to Best Buy's tomorrow to hide their album so people won't buy it?
Walt said:Let me ask you though, will you continue to pretend people are unfairly calling this album wack and pretend that posting links is tantamount to hiding their cd at Best Buy as a coping mechanism, chump?
Them nikkas fukking suck, period.
Nah, I'll just continue to enjoy the music I like & let other people enjoy what they like, I know it sounds like a weird idea but I've been doing it for some years now & it's working for me
My homie just forwarded me a thread from joebuddentv called "welcome to our house quotables" or some shyt and it's just cats posting super trash joell ortiz lines from the album. It's cringe-worthy that a group of dudes who front the "lyrical" role come up with so many absolutely horrific punchlines. Good lord these nikkas suck.
Some examples from that thread:
'weak head, y'all suck bad'
"these women be feeling like skin, they be on me"
"Should've tattooed the earth on my arm feel like the world's against me"
"ya'll trees in the winter, nobody can't leave"
"Yous a partner, dont wanna hollow one touch ya
Screamin' "Woo ha", when I Bussa Buss ya"
"We Sasquatch beef, big foot up your butt"
courtesy of crooked i aka 2pac2.0 aka savior aka very talented lyricist:
The most beautifulest thing in this world
Are the funerals I bring to this world
(What up, what up, what up) Gimme the beat, I'mma body it
John Gotti it, Crooked probably bodied the audience
Try to score like Kentucky in the final four
Yeah, you nikkas still will see my gun
Is my other dikk, cause it kill pussies
I'm hood, you good? I'm just checking homie
Still hammer dancing, still 2 steppin' with my weapon on me
Go ahead and post your top 5 and let's dissect every single one of their lyrics.