Mr. Crooked does his thing on the recently released leak of Dre and Jay’s track “Under Pressure”. Shouldn’t be long before we hear a freesteez from everyone and their mama. Crooked I – “Under Pressure Freestyle” (MP3)

It’s the return of the return of The Mack. Now including Beenie Man & Crooked I, making it the strangest collaboration record ever. LISTEN: Mark Morrison – “Father Forgive Them” (feat. Beenie Man & Crooked I)

“For the ‘Wake Up Show Anthem,’ it’s just usually people or artists that we respect, who are known spitters that innovated their own styles,” Sway explained of the posse cuts. “Someone like the RZA a.k.a. Bobby Digital, there’s something really distinct about when he came out early in his career as Prince Raheem and then [cont.]

Crook drops in with two new freestyles – “I’m Ready” tearing apart the Death Row “Hoodstar” LP that he is not supporting, over Alicia Keys’ track. Crooked I – “I’m Ready” – Crooked I + Royce Da 5’9 – “Horseshoe G.A.N.G.” Crooked I – “I’m Ready” / “Horseshoe G.A.N.G.” (fea. Royce Da 5’9) (.Zip)

Death Row Slaughterhouse super-emcee gets murderous on 50 Cent’s “You Should Be Dead” instrumental. Less on battling here, more on picture painting. LISTEN: Crooked I – “You Should Be Dead” (MP3) Crooked I – “You Should Be Dead” (MP3)

West coast vet Kokane, drops the remix to “Twilight Zone” featuring Crooked I and produced by Tha Chill of Compton’s Most Wanted. Be on the lookout for Kokane’s new LP Gimme Mine, when it drops on June 1st. Kokane f/Crooked I -”Twilight Zone”(MP3)

Slaughterhouse emcee jumps on Weezy’s slow purple burner, “I’m Single”…. Crooked beats this track up, but we’re still confused about the Kat Stacks appearance. Crooked I – “Single (Freestyle)” (MP3)

Longtime heads will remember when Crooked I signed with Death Row Records in the early 2000′s. At the time, Death Row was perhaps the most hated label in the industry, as they were constantly trying to cock-block their former artists by releasing albums like Death Row Presents The Chronic 2000 or Snoop Dogg’s Dead Man [cont.]

This how they billed it, as the “Slaughterhouse Shady Megamix”…..And what does that mean, exactly? Slaughterhouse – “Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley (Slaughterhouse Shady Megamix)” (MP3)

Crooked I talks about the new west and the old west and what it will take to bring the west back in general. Also talks about how he thinks he created the new west in a track called “N.W.A.” Good video, check it out.

Viral marketing at its best. Crooked I unleashes a new track via Twitter, but only if people tweet with a certain hash tag included. Check out the track below. Crooked I – “They” (MP3)

New track from Damani and Crooked I as he prepares for his new album On Vacation From Vacation. The album features Snoop Dogg, Crooked I and more. Damani + Crooked I – “Walk On” (MP3)

Crooked I sits down to speak about putting together rhymes, lyrics and reconstructing them afterwards. This is part of the series How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC on sale now. Other artists included in this series are The Clipse, Cypress Hill, Nelly, Public Enemy, Remy Ma, Schoolly D and A [cont.]

Two new freestyles leak at this same time, featuring a NY and a West side cat. Both going in over the Red Cafe “I’m Ill.” Check out both and compare for yourself who sounds better. Crooked I – “I’m I’ll Freestyle” (MP3) Papoose – “I’m I’ll Freestyle” (MP3)

Here is another leak from Royce and Crooked I off that Bar Exam 3. No word from Shady since the last Royce leak, but look for Bar Exam 3 soon. It was originally intended to leak during the last boxing fight, so it could leak during this weekends fights…And shout out for that Rihanna line. [cont.]

One more new track from the Slaughterhouse boys, this one featuring 1/2 of Slaughterhouse and Bun B. This is a 6 minute snippet, and the full version will be on Bar Exam 3. Also pay attention to the end of the track where Royce talks about linking back up with a former Detroit connect of [cont.]

Now we have a new freestyle from Mr. New West himself Crooked I. This just leaves Royce to drop something new and it will officially be a Slaughterhouse kind of day. Anyone else notice that each one of them so far has referenced “Henny and Coke” in the raps. Maybe a title of something coming [cont.]

La Coka Nostra meets Slaughterhouse, as Ill Bill and Crooked I go in over heavy, murky beat by Blue Sky, Black Death. Ill Bill + Crooked I + Blue Sky Black Death – “Murdered” (MP3)

After producing the lead-single, “We Made You,” for Eminem’s Grammy award winning (Best Rap Album) LP Relapse, Doc Ish will release his debut LP, Doc Ish Presents: The First Treatment, on May 11th, 2010. Doc Ish’ debut will include collaborations with a who’s who list of Hip-Hop’s best emcees and it will include some must [cont.]