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Crooked I is my favorite Slaughterhouse member along with Royce, he's a lyrical monster on the mic, he's able to be deep or raw and tell a story with sick flows and amazing multies. In my opinion, he's really underrated in the Hip Hop community, this guy just doesn't get the props he deserves. Sure he's a well known underground artist and when you're a part of Hip Hop you know who he is, but still I don't often see his name being brought up on Hip Hop forums or websites. Here's a couple of verses/songs that I actually love from him :
This morning I woke up in some different shoes a different dude who was raised with different views a Caucasian I think my dad is missing screws he told me that whites win and n****** lose he read a book by Hitler and it lit his fuse Mein Kampf, it said get rid of Jews n****** are gorillas that belong in a zoo I'm looking in the mirror, damn Crooked this is you my mom is Natalie she calls me Bradley and sadly we are part of a racist family I'm doing acid at a party with some skinheads if I tell them how I really feel I would have been dead cause I don't see it as Africans and Europeans I think we are all equal man we human beings a good son never bickers with his folks so last night I shot a black n***** in his throat....
I’m the product of a cheap condom, accidents happen My dad never knew he had a bastard kid rappin’ Sad when I met the man, imagine him laughing Saying I wish I could’ve wiped you off the mattress with napkins To him, my whole life is only worth a lame joke To me, him and Marvin Gaye’s father are in the same boat All I had was mama, all we had was drama So I’m a armed robber who needs body armor for all my karma It’s hard for me to breathe, I’m that gone No woman can be my backbone that’s what part of me believes Cuz soon as they get close it’s like pardon me, I leave Cupid shot at my chest, but my heart was on my sleeve In the dark I’m on my knees, praying to understand stuff Suicide rumbling in my head as I stand up Gun in my waist, tumbling down my leg through my pant cuff I’m reaching for it, I’m thinking please ignore it I’m sick of me…
On the microphone I’m chemical explosives mixed in high doses Sick as psychosis and cystic fibrosis Touch me and die, my energy’s high voltage When I wrote this Hennessy had my mind focused Every rhyme I write becomes my new magnum opus Pointing a chrome Magnum at whoever raps the dopest You cats are hopeless, matter of fact f**s are bogus Snap your neck back maggot I’m that ferocious Put this is in your hand, hit you with lead Pistol flash, a light cameras I can picture you dead Might grab a knife, stick you instead Since he ain’t a stand up n***a feds found him missing his legs I’m on a balcony practicing ancient alchemy The vest on the chest in case they try to mark me and Malcolm me I know you think I love myself because the straight jacket is making me hug myself f**k it
I'm glad that I'm not the only person that has heard Displacement. That track is pretty brilliant I think, I know that P.W.T. is an artist under COB I would love to hear more from him too
Solace wrote:Finna catch Tony brushing his teeth in the middle of chugging Jack Daniels
InsaneTRex94 wrote:My only problem with Crooked is that he can't make a real song, his solo songs for the most part sound like a bunch of freestyles or bars he just put together, and the end product sounds messy to me. His individual verses are great, but put together as a song not so much. As far as lyricism and rapping, in SH only Royce can compare IMO...Crooked actually for me took most of the songs. But Royce, for me, can make actual songs that can make sense and sound coherent; he's a better artist in my eyes, but not as good a MC, if that makes any sense.
This. I think lyrically Crooked I is the best SH member and he's a fucking monster but I agree he's not good at making real songs lol. He also takes it for me on most SH songs as well. As an artist he can improve, but as an MC he's a beast.
And regarding your next post, Villians is a great song...that is one exception. His Monsters In My Head verse is also great and I'm sure he could make a whole song like that if he wanted to.
"I guess this shit took an unexpected twist like the neck of the fricken Exorcist!"
Menzo wrote:Honestly...Crooked I has such an incredible fuckin story behind his upcoming, the guy can make amazing albums if he sits and puts a more original presentation on them. If he truly dispenses his emotions on a track like how Pac, Em and Budden have.
Crooked I has all the ingredients to become a fuckin dominant, world renown rapper - 1) Lyrical 2) Life story 3) Flow(s) - all he needs is a bit more of an original presentation.
I love him, looking forward to his verses the most tbh.
Yeah Crooked I is a fucking dope rapper and I completely agree that if he would sit down and use his emotions like Pac, Em, and Budden in his music he'd be a way better artist. But just looking at his lyrics and rhymes alone...he's a beast. Undeniable. Dude can rhyme any word and make it sound good.
"I guess this shit took an unexpected twist like the neck of the fricken Exorcist!"
Menzo wrote:Honestly...Crooked I has such an incredible fuckin story behind his upcoming, the guy can make amazing albums if he sits and puts a more original presentation on them. If he truly dispenses his emotions on a track like how Pac, Em and Budden have.
Crooked I has all the ingredients to become a fuckin dominant, world renown rapper - 1) Lyrical 2) Life story 3) Flow(s) - all he needs is a bit more of an original presentation.
I love him, looking forward to his verses the most tbh.
You dont need to be lyrical, or have a good flow to be a famous rapper tbh
You kiddin' me? Wayne went hard one that verse. "I tell my bus driver where to go - I'm done" GENIUS, Eminem is so whack and so is Crooked I. They would never be able to freestyle like Wayne did. YM&MMGFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!....!!>1!.1..1..1!!!>.11.1!!
