Crooked I Talks Albums, Death Row, Shady Records

Published on August 23rd, 2010
Written by Rameez S Quadri (Ramz)

The light shines on Slaughterhouse member Crooked I, as he talks with Conspiracy Worldwide Radio on a number of subjects from his next album, his time at Death Row Records and his status currently with Shady Records regards to super group Slaughterhouse.

Regards to anything going on with what to expect of a new album, Crooked I mentioned there is one along the way, but at the same time he’s able to release a few more within a month, saying with a laugh: “I have a lot of albums, I probably could put out an album a day for thirty days…This Million Dollar Story is very close to me. What I’m doing is I’m working on it right now…a lot of people hear the title, and they’re like, ‘Million Dollar Story? Is this another dude talking about bling?’ It’s not really about that. It’s more about the story of my life, and some of the priceless experiences that I’ve gone through, and some of the priceless inspiration that people can get when they can hear about all the struggles and adversity that I’ve been through, and that I’m continuing to push. Sometimes that’s all you need to hear – that somebody’s going through some of the similar things that you’re going through. To me, those are the million dollar stories.”

True and simple. From that, Crooked I also mentions about his time when he was signed to his former label “Death Row”, saying that it all wasn’t that bad as people make it out, quoted to saying: “One thing that people don’t know though…that there was a good side [to Death Row]. There’s Yin and Yang. We regularly [performed] acts of being positive in the community. Suge [Knight] had Mother’s Day dinners where he would get all these mothers out of the ghetto, in low-income neighborhoods, bring them to Beverly Hills…and just feed them [and the kids] all day, give out prizes and have guest artists perform. Even on Father’s Day, he would bring around this bus, get a lot of the kids who had fathers in prison and don’t get a chance to see their fathers, go get the kids and get them clothed, get them to the penitentiary to see their fathers.” Good old Mafia work really.

Finally, when the subject of Slaughterhouse and Shady records came up, Crooked I was more than determined to say that the powerhouse group will indeed be on the label no matter the minor difficulties going on withing negotiations.

“I’mma tell you like this,” said Crooked when asked whether the deal had been officially completed. “I don’t know about the rest of the group, but I’m on Shady!” he said, before breaking out laughing. “I’m just playin’. This is a note to any up-and-coming artist who’s out there…any aspiring rapper or producer: when you sign a contract with a label, make sure that you have certain freedoms. Try to negotiate.”

“We got four dudes, we got separate contracts with different labels, and some labels kinda blocking. They kinda blocking. But we’re getting over those obstacles now, and we’re negotiating…It’s worse than LeBron going to The Heat. It’s crazy how long it’s taking, but it’s going to happen. Absolutely it’s gonna happen, and absolutely we will be in the studio with Eminem, recording probably the greatest music of our lifetime.”

Sounds like a down to earth man. If you wanna check out his single “Independent” you can do so clicking here, available for download also.

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