Upon the release of In None We Trust, Crooked I also took time out to talk about his competitive nature, how competition is different when competing with Slaughterhouse members and why he remains loyal to C.O.B. affiliates. In a DubCNN interview, Crooked also talked about his new single “Game Time” and more.
There are two ways of competing that I’ve learned,” Crooked shared when speaking on competition within Slaughterhouse. “I compete with Slaugherhouse in a form that’s very friendly. I just don’t want to get my head handed to me on a platter on a song (laughs). So I make sure that I bring my A game. But when I’m leaving the studio, I don’t feel like I was really competing with them, I just feel like we were making great music. But we absolutely compete with people outside of the circle and that level of competition is, ‘We wanna be the best.’ If we gotta step on you and squash you into the ground like a bug – lyrically – we wanna do that and show the world what dope emcees with bars are supposed to sound like. So yeah, that’s what it is. But yeah, it’s very competitive, those dudes are monsters! That’s why they call us the four-headed monster.”
Aside from his loyalty to Slaughterhouse, Crook also has loyalty for his C.O.B. partners. In the interview, Crooked also talked about his work with them and why he remains true to his crew.
“I’m going to ride with them, period,” he said of his C.O.B. crew. “I’m gonna put them in the forefront right with me. I love it, we do all kinds of things together. The other day we all went to the bowling alley together just to have C.O.B. bowling, you know what I’m saying? That’s what we do and watching the C.O.B. cypher, I just hope that the people who saw it will truly understand that we are about to bring a movement from the West Coast that’s probably only going to be in comparison to the Dogg Pound in the 90s.”
The C.O.B. brand has grown a bit since the release of his latest project, one that also features his new single, “Game Time.” Crook discussed the new single, explaining his thought process while making the track.
“When I made ‘Game Time,’ I just felt like, ‘You know what? It’s time.’ [Eminem] is giving us a humongous opportunity with Slaughterhouse. People are getting C.O.B. tattoos across the country, fans, all Twitpicing me the C.O.B. tattoos and all that. It’s game time! Press reset on everything that you’ve ever done. Whatever you’ve done in your life, anything that you’ve done, ups, downs – it’s in the past. Just look forward, put your game face on, it’s time to go!”
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wait a minute. I like crooked I and think he’s a dope MC and all but I would never just go get a C.O.B. tatoo. what are dudes on these days?
Buddy I’ve seen fans of WWE’s undertaker getting undertaker tat’s. Just die hard fans I guess
LAUGHTERHOUSE!
Four fucking stone losers band together and even white White Boy’s Proof Guilt Money (see also collab with Royce Da’ 59 IQ), are certain to lose even harder.
Hey Joell REMOVE FAKE NICKNAME HERE, you still a “free agent,” son? I wonder why? White Castle on Metropolitan is hiring, get in where you fit in.
Damn nigga u a straight fag or a Soulja Boi groupie Slaughterhouse the truth and I bet Joell making money then your hating ass
I reckon a lot of dudes hate eminem coz he’s white and is killing the scene and hate on slaughterhouse coz they are signed to his record label. Admit it slaughterhouse are sick. Bye haters
the 4HRSMN make them look like the backstreet boys no compitition just one member alone can take they whole group out so the press reset on sluaghterhouse lol
Crooked I is short fucj
Goes to prove you don’t even know crooked asshole. If you’ve seen him he aint short at all. Fckn hater
Soulja Boi kills Slaughterhouse easy
Soulja Boi is the king of hip hop
The 4 horsemen, are you fukking serious? Slaughterhouse= the 4horsemen of this era whether you believe it or not. The industry ain’t tryna push lyricism, they’re pushin weirdos with trends. Y’all should be happy artists like this are still representing real MC’s. Who can you count on nowadays.. Rick Rosd with his fairy take life, Lil Wayne and his punchline jibberish or Nicki Minaj with her Bi-Polar disorder?
you right about them not pushin lyrics but the 4hrsmn are still killing them lets just be real. dont have a problem wit crooked but the rest are corn ball twitter battle rappers i cant take serious enough to compete. so throw your 4’s up or get your vocal chords cut
Royce aint a twitter battler as far as I’ve seen in fact there’s a line in his track E.R “these niggaz e- beefing that aint what wars about” don’t know wjy the fuck any1 would hate these dudes. U can hate em but just admit it, they are ill. Best is Royce (for lyricism and sick punchlines) followed by crooked (multi syllabic rhymes and good word play) then joey who goes deep and joell… Uh.. He’s good too
Crooked “spits like a hundred Kanyes and 3000 Andres” you biath ass niggaz!!!! Go on and listen to your pop shit ; stay off our block! C.O.B. for life fuckas
Word. Nobody rhymes like Crooked. Unmatched skill.