Talib Kweli And Crooked I Talk Tupac, Slaughterhouse, And Wu-Tang Biopic Writing | People's Party
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2019
- On this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with a true veteran of the culture, Crooked I. They discuss his interview show "Crook's Corner," his work on the Hulu biopic "Wu-Tang: An American Saga," his first time meeting Tupac, Long Beach gang affiliations, and how hip-hop can help foster black-brown unity.
Later, Crook speaks on working with Death Row and Suge Knight, then moving to Shady/Aftermath, touring with Slaughterhouse, his struggles with alcoholism, and his journey to sobriety. The trio also discusses how mainstream rap can promote negative stereotypes and the need to take back the culture from anyone pushing those agendas.
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Interview timing:
2:05 -- Crook talks about his podcast "Crook's Corner" over on HipHopDX's TH-cam channel and his approach to interviewing guests.
5:23 -- Talib asks Crook about his work writing for Hulu's "Wu-Tang: An American Saga." Crook opens up about his East Coast influences.
9:27 -- Crook details the first time he met Tupac, on set for a St. Ides commercial during his Death Row days.
11:47 -- Crook speaks on Long Beach's unique identity on the West Coast, the city's place in music history, gang rivalries, and how the beautiful side of Long Beach doesn't get fully represented in the world of hip-hop.
14:10 -- Talib asks Crook about his take on the need for black and brown unity on the West Coast. Crook talks about how hip-hop can be and is one of the strongest unifiers.
18:55 -- Crook recounts an altercation at age 15 when his brother was shot and a Mexican friend most likely saved his life. Talib shares his own experiences in black and brown relations on the East Coast vs. the West Coast.
21:50 -- Talib asks Crook about how getting shot while being a known artist and the murder of Nipsey Hussle changed his approach to making moves in the community grew up in.
25:45 -- Crook tells about a friend of his urging him to keep coming to the Uhuru Sasa bookstore in his neighborhood, where he later lived while he was homeless and gained his love for reading and Afro-centric knowledge.
30:16 -- Talib asks Crook if he thinks reparations are possible in his lifetime, and why he thinks we need a stronger, healthier middle-class. The trio discusses the multiple ways that reparations could potentially be distributed.
38:26 -- Talib asks Crook about his career arc and affiliations, and how he navigated going from Death Row to being signed to Shady Aftermath and concentrating on his bars the entire way.
47:16 -- Crook talks about his Young Boss mixtapes, featuring beats from Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, and others. Also about his group Horseshoe Gang and upcoming releases.
50:20 -- Crook speaks on Slaughterhouse, the rap supergroup with Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Royce da 5'9", and how they came together, as well as the possibility of a future reunion.
59:06 -- Talib asks Crook about crazy stories from tour with the Slaughterhouse crew. Crook gets into his struggles with alcoholism during that time and mentions he is working on an upcoming documentary that outlines the relationship between sobriety and hip-hop.
1:03:11 -- Jasmin asks Crooked I if he would ever considering being a cast member of the show "Love & Hip-Hop," and Crook asks Talib if he feels the mainstream has an agenda against his music.
1:08:10 -- Jasmin mentions how the mainstream overwhelmingly pushes negative images via mainstream channels. The trio discusses police brutality and Crook's song "Good Meets Evil."
1:12:10 -- The trio chats about how important it is that those from the culture take back control of the narrative from mainstream music and media -- an effective way being through shows like "People's Party" and "Crook's Corner."
1:16:31 -- Talib asks Crook what his favorite moments, so far have been as the host of "Crook's Corner."
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Keep it a buck or keep it p.c. ?
Take that bitch off. Us mexicans will boycott this show. With her racist ass
i dont know if anyone cares at all but I just hacked my gfs Instagram password using Instaplekt. Just google for it :D
if voting changed anything it would be illegal :)
Kxng crooked is one of the realest in the game to many sleeping on him and the horseshoe gang. All 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Horseshoe Gang sucks man they're a ridiculous regurgitation
Crooked is raw.
@@everydaydre1185 HSG is sick as fuck
Jayvin they dope but their voices throw it off for me aside from Dice
I think you can put the shoegang against anybody and they why crush it every time. They got the best to teach them in the game
man..i loved this...salute to the mc's like crook & talib that have been forgotten but have still found a way to survive and thrive in this industry..
Crook has not been forgotten, us in California bang his music faithfully.
Crook is not forgotten. Im from Finland and i listen his music everyday.
I truly enjoy the conversations you're having with these artist, Kweli. It opens my eyes that these guys are not just dope rappers but they have thoughts outside of putting down a hot 16. Keep doing what you do and I'll keep coming back to watch. Cheers!
thanks so much -- you've definitely nailed the deeper point of the show!
As a Mexican, I appreciate Crook and Kweli talking about Black and Brown issues. (+)
@Walter Francois tell that stupid bitch to speak on the blacks that robbed the elote lady in LA
Unify!!!
Talib needs to have Killer Mike on bc I feel like they would have an amazing conversation.
THIS interview has shined a light on EVERY!THING! Bout why i love Crooked So damn much !!
Big UP Crooked ! AND Big UP Talib For having him on..love this show
Hol’ tight Uhuru Sasa for turning Crook into one of the greatest lyricists of all time 🙏🏾
Awesome podcast here, I like hearing stories from rappers and their experiences with 2Pac. Crook is not one to ever be slept on, he's held down the West forever, and the living legend will continue to do so. Look forward to hearing Kweli on Crook's Corner!
Crook is a real one
Crooked I one of the best MCs and very intelligent and a OG
I love it when REAL emcees have a conversation.
These guys don"t just rap but they are hip hop so I'm excited every time i see guys like this chop it up while dropping life jewels
Me too
Heck yeh, I never clicked on something so fast. Much love to an Unsung Legend. I will add to it later after I hear it.
I met King Crooked at the Statik King album release party in 2016 for his Statik Kxng album he did with Statik Selektah. I got to meet him, statik, Termanology & Ras Kass after the show, and not only did they completely put it down that night with bars, but they were all mad humble including Crooked. That showed me that he’s not afraid to still reach out and touch the people even after that incident where he shook a fan’s hand and he almost got shot at. I got to take pictures with them after the show and I still got them up on my wall salute to king crook. He’s a real one fore sure!
Such a good dude. Big big King Crooked fan
This is what the ppl need... Balance talk, jewels, knowledge.... Please keep these going...
Get please Joell Ortiz next, he just dropped an album before month ago, and he is also Slaughterhouse member
I'm still rocking Mona Lisa! 🔥 🔥 🔥
That album is 🔥 4 sho!
Ain’t gonna lie...Apollo Brown X Joell Ortiz is a proobbbbblllemmmm!!! They get together and ain’t one bad beat or verses.
Plus, it'd be dope to hear his perspective on everything Slaughterhouse!!.... And I'm still rockin Mona Lisa too!!
By the way, he just put out "Monday". It's dope AF too doh
I'm hooked on these. Ya'll talk about everything Hip Hop and I can't get enough. Only thing I wish you did more of was play music and break down bars.
I'm Talib Kweli's age. I'm less than a month older than him. I put out my first demo in 1987 when I was 11. I have been rapping and writing since I was 6. When I was young I knew I could never be accepted as a rapper in the climate of the time, but I loved it too much to stop. I even had a trainable voice and was a good singer. Yet I still rapped and wrote raps. Started playing guitar and piano at 8. Never went anywhere with that professionally either. However I love Hip Hop. And above all I love the Hip Hop community.
When I was 8 it accepted me without judgment regardless of my blue eyes and white skin. The Rock Steady Crew came with a DJ to my elementary school sponsored by Bam and Zulu Nation. They put on a Hip Hop seminar.
Crazylegs taught me how to pop and lock, groundwork, backspin, windmill and even got me into a headspin before my time was up. The DJ let me scratch records and they let me rap. That one experience changed my artistic output 100%. And I wish more people got what I did.
It wasn't until I saw Prime Minister Pete Nice that I thought much different about the industry as a career and not much at that. 3rd Bass was a novelty act in the public eye, although underground they were well regarded. RA Da Rugged Man came out a few years later and never went mainstream like, say, Eminem, but again was a local underground sensation (I'm originally from LI,NY). I can thank MC Serch for finding Nas i'd suppose but someone like Nas was going to be discovered irregardless. None of these things could change my mind about a career, but I still kept writing.
So, now at 44, while I slowly am eaten alive by adenocarcinoma, I decided I would start making music again. So far I have 4 records i'm proud of and 1 that needed more work than I know how to do in Pro Tools. And listening to Crooked I say my favorite words: I do this for the art, not the money, if the money comes, it comes, reinforced that.
If 10 people in the entire world listen to what I put out that's great. if 10 million do, even better. In the end the only person I am trying to be better than is myself yesterday. And I love listening to my own work.
Thank you for this Talib Kweli. I've been a fan since I could come to the park and get laughed at. When I looked up "Hot new hip hop 1998" on Yahoo @ 56k bps Definition was what came up. I listened to it and realized it had an 8 bit video game sound and a tough beat. It was dope. Then I heard the bars. I then realized the dudes from the park cyphers made it.
ABOUT TIME KWELI! I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! SOOT SOOT.
Good Vs Evil 2 made my top 10 for 2017. 🙌🏿
ksummerlin1 track number 6 is outmuthafuckinstanding.
I have been waiting for this for few hours already fam, thanks for finally posting the full episode
we'd love to hear your thoughts! Hope it resonated
💪🏾🖤✊🏾 RESPECT ⚔️ HONOR !!! Loved the conversation. I love learning more about the life struggle and views of Hip Hops most skilled lyricist ❣️ Much love & Many Blessings ✨
Crookedi a real one! His old school sway freestyles are legendary! We knew he down with Raza! Mexicans been showing him mad love. Talib you a dope dude man! Your interviews are genuine. You will be bigger than Rogan! 💯💯🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Great conversation. So so so many gems dropped. Like every episode, entraining, educating, and uplifting.
Love and respect to Crooked, what he's doing to unite and teach people, and of course for what he does on the mic.
I think Royce is coming to town soonnnnn..
Real healthy hip hop convo here man, well done y'all💯
2 of our Guardians of Culture and Hiphop. Love y'all. We need men like y'all
Crooked Intriago is TOP 3 of ALL TIME
Thnx for the good energy
We definitely need another slaughterhouse album...
loved this!
Damn the bad part about this is that it ends!!! I love honesty!!! Mad love Kweli, from South Africa 🇿🇦👏🏾🙌🏾🎯
This girl shows her age in the way she talks.
Haha. I have been trying not to say anything, but yes at times I'm left saying , "uhummmm okaayyy" with some of things she says.
but she is also open to learn when someone gives her a different point of view
She's intelligent tho...just a lil younger. She's also a comedian so she keeps it light.
conebit3 I agree!!
Conebit3 I think that might be your sexism showing
legendary podcast, legendary pod host, legendary guest
2pac talk at 9:16 thank me later 🤷🏾♂️😁
big moments are in the timecode breakdown above too, just FYI for next week!
UPROXX Video okay didn't know glad yall do that
Thsts why I'm here thank youu
You read my damn mind!
yea me to that's why He put Tupac in the title
GREAT INTERVIEW !!!!
This interview did not seem like a interview. This interview was very informative. Salute
It's good to see some of my favorite artists in a different light, great work kweli
That was a very great interview .
Crooked I is just a titan in hiphop
Wow! this conversation is beautiful 👌
Crooked i is my favoret rapper
As a mexican i love how ya touched on black and brown relation . New York latinos say nikka normaly
In LA that is fround a pond. But the young mexican kids say it also.. But its mostly a new york thing. My opinion
Those old wake up show freestyles are some of the craziest I have ever seen. Legend
This is Great
Good to see Crook on here. Lot of gems sprinkled throughout from both. Boosh!
Love that UPROXX Video included the time stamps.
I wouldn't miss this interview scratch that sitdown in this lifetime.
Dope interview
great interview
we certainly need and would love another housegang album ur so right crook the world needs it yall defintely one of the best groups of hip hop ever
Crooked eye one of the greatest mcs
This one of my favorite books. The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size. Teach you to understand how consciousness works.
karljjr I need to check that book out!
@@jamaalhorton2343 Great book tuff read do to material but breaks things down. I found out about this book reading a biography former Vikings running back Robert Smith.
Always a pleasure and honor to hear TALIB KWELI speak from the head office in the BROOKLYN EMBASSY!
First, He wrote for 1990 New York and he from Long Beach California! Secondly, He wrote four different verses for four different emcees in four different cadences! Alien!!!!!!!!!
Crazy, right???
Facts💯being from the East coast I always loved the west coast no bias shit on this side😎
@@michaelballos9458 it's not about being bias. the east coast and west coast have mutual disgust for each other
Real Hip Hop like this needs to surface..You on my Mt. Rushmore Crook 🎤
Incredible MC, KXNG Crooked is one of the most underrated MC's. When being talked about greatest lyricists. He should be in the conversation more along with with Black Thought, Lupe, Em, Kendrick, etc.
Two top tier emcees choppin' it up!! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
crooked is one of the best.
Peace from New Zealand, they call us niggaz here too. #Since1800
This is the dopest hip hop podcast hands down 💯💯
Good vs Evil 1 and 2 are two of the best albums ever made. Knowledge IS king!
Talib kwali, I love him and his music. He is intelligent and generally does great music. Crooked I is my guy. He cool, calm, sensible, intelligent and a tupac fan. Now these are two awesome folks.
Soo glad to hear swahili in this.. "UHURU SASA" B'se am a swahili speaker..
Crooked sound like he can easily learn and speak KISWAHILI
Excellent interview! KXNG Crooked been underrated since The DeathRow Era.
I'm a fan of real lyricism and I fuck with Crook! It's funny to hear him say sensitive Mc's. I'd love to hear them dudes together again!
Need a Wise Intelligent and Kxng Crook Collab...
True! They need to have wise intelligent on the show
As a Mexican I appreciate Crooked and Talib this but girl showing her age
I'm SPEECHLESS (for now) alls I can say is...........THANK YOU....
Man seeing two of my favorites rappers together talk as men wow
Us Slaughterhouse fans need another album. We do need closure Crook 💯
Justin Freeman was on one shot hes amazing thanks to Crook i know about him ... Kxng doesnt hide talent he lets it shine i like that about him
Crooked's pen is second to none
Still the best Interview 👌
This dope
This was real dope - much respect Crooked - hope we get that last Slaughter House - come out of retirement Joe! lol
DJ just stylee salute cool interview with crooked I salute
Balance and Options was a Classic!!!!
Kweli my new favorite interviewer!
Dam ..much love 💥🌟👈💪👌
Top Kxng wawow. Your the best man ✌😍
Excellent to hear Crooked’s thoughts & views. Royce da 5’9, Glasshouse , Slaughterhouse , BAD MEETS Evil & New Eminem/Shady XX Album coming soon !!
Salute. At 23:05 is the school I came from. "watch your back, front and your sides too."
Finally I was waiting all weekend 😎
and... what's your review? Did you like the ep?
UPROXX Dope interview! I always learn something new from watching these. Always good to see 2 educated people sit down and have a insightful conversation.
🔥🔥🔥
Great convo!! Ah Crook, wasn't E-40 in 3 strikes homie?
Great interview.. Man, I dont know if I could sit in a small studio with someone smoking a big ass cigar for an hour. Those things STANK!
Two of the most influential artists in RAP MUSIC ...I appreciate the content and the utilization of the platform....My top five in no particular order...Joe Budden,Young Chris,royce,fred da Godson, crooked I...most slept on ! Ab Liva,Joell ortiz,Shiek Looch, Talib Kweli...The deadliest emcees for any rapper to come at Crooked I , Royce, Kendrick, Em ,jay ,nas,Tech 9 ,and loaded Lux anyway have a phenomenal next show!!! Jersey. FINIQUELITSO.... AKA THE HUSKY ASSASSIN...AKA SHAKESPEARE
Whoaaaa! Good Life! Project Blowed! 😊
That freestyle he did over "Hip-Hop Quotable" produced by J.Dilla on the Wake up Show is the best freestyle i've ever heard.He was spitting the lyrics of "The Kite".This man is a true M.C
11:17 *Talib- Oh you meant 2pac, no big deal! I also meant 2pac.*
He wasn't interested in what crooked I was saying, he was just waiting for his turn to speak. I wanted to hear more of Crooked I story, especially when they use tupac in the title to sale the video.
met* Tupac
@@lifestraight Thank you Mr. Speak easy! I'm actually suprised I missed that.
@@asteelopaparazzi1300 sell* the video
🤣🤣🤣
Big kxng legend in his own right 💯✌️
Crooked remained attentive to his surroundings and applied cautious steps, I respect that as I like to do the same. He went further, he's wise. Another amazing interview 🙌.
I'm down for Bun B, he's a legitimate Professor/Lecturer at a University in Houston. He's a dope MC/writer/lyricist too.
Love the collabo on Chino XL's track Xross My Heart.
Dope!!
Yes, Joe Budden is a lyrical beast to say least. I could care less about a mainstream hit, those Murda Muzik Mix Tapes are all hits!!! Escape Route, pfff. Wow. Even the albums he dropped after are insane, his entire catalog is something to be proud about, amazing body of work. The opening verse on By Law, I get it . Remember, he's Anti!!
I'm out,
Hip hop fan, down for the culture
Ottawa Canada.
Paying Attention.
I wish this podcast was twice a week.
Been aware of dude for years but kept my distance cause of the Marshall affiliation . But fam just made a new fan. Real is real... My feelings don't make me blind to the facts!!...Bless up Crook
real hip-hop love it
Yes, closure is needed! At least some lost tapes/vault type shit.🙏🏾
More than EVER...we need a Slaughterhouse get down. 🙏🔥🙏🔥🙏❤️
1:00:30 yo if you'd bring up stic.man and m-1 from dead prez: that'd be straight fire 🔥🔥🔥
Love the show you have so many people on here and i'm excited to see even more of it
52:15 Red Sypda, maan thats a name I don't hear enough anymore
Word. My brain did a double take when he said it lol
for sure im the biggerst fanboy fan of crooked I and just finding out about crooks corner-- gonna subscribe and tell everyone (crooked (EYE) know to sub!
I live around 1:06:44 when Crook spits part of his FIRE verse on Kurupt’s dope 1999 sophomore solo album! Step Up with Crook & Xzibit! Pretty sure that’s first time I heard him also and he MURDERED it!
Life of a bandana is one of the illest tracks of all time sheesh
pooknuttso pure heat!!
Him and Nas need to combine it