Thursday, December 9, 2010

Crooked I puts his own slant on "Black and Yellow"


When I first heard "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa, I really liked the beat and I have to admit, the song is catchy. I just can't get into the whole repetitive thing about it. It doesn't do it for me.

Crooked I, member of the super-group Slaughterhouse that also consists of Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Royce 5'9, has the solution.

In this edition from last week of a short series of freestyles of his called 'Hip Hop Weekly Reloaded,' Crooked I flows over the "Black and Yellow" beat, representing his home of Long Beach, California in place of Khalifa's Pittsburgh:

"This is how we do it in the LBC: packing metal, packing metal, packing metal, acting ghetto."

His lines are also much more personal and possess a greater storytelling quality than the original.

Check it out.



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