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Crime Mob - Hated On

 
Interview By: Claudio E. Cabrera

Crime Mob InterviewThe art of making a crowd throw bows at each other, get crunk, and shake the club to its core has been lost. One group figured out how to accomplish all three of those before they were even signed. Crime Mob. The quartet had people in ATL buzzing years back when they shut down a club in the city. After that, Lil Scrappy came calling and they’ve scrapped their way to the top. Making history with one of the first ringtones “Knuck if you Buck” to go platinum isn’t enough. Female members Diamond and Princess are trying to upgrade to Queens, while Cyco and Jay are heading for the throne. The hottest group in ATL? I ain’t say it, everyone else is.


Crime Mob Quote Nobodysmiling.com : All of you are under 21. I know Atlanta’s a big party city. What do each of you expect to do for your birthday’s?

Lil Jay : My birthday actually on January 12th

Nobodysmiling.com : Right around the corner. I guess you doing it big?

Lil Jay : Man, I might just hit up Strokers or something.

Nobodysmiling.com : How about the rest of you guys?

Diamond : Well I’m 18 and Princess is 19, so we got a ways to go before then. You know it’s definitely going down in the "A" though.

Cyco Black : I second Lil Jay’s idea!

Princess : How you plan on celebrating yours?

Nobodysmiling.com : I already had mines. My 23rd birthday is actually coming up so I might do a little something out here in NY. Back to you guys... So update me. How have you been handling the success? What have the last two years looked like for Crime Mob?

Lil Jay : What it is! Just grinding man. Doing these charity events and shows.

Cyco Black : We were out in Europe homey!

Nobodysmiling.com : Taking it international I see.

Cyco Black : No bigger way to do it. We got so much love out there.

Nobodysmiling.com : So the new album is dropping February 13th huh?

Diamond : Yes and the album is going to change the game. We keeping it crunk, but showing that we don’t only do that.

Princess : We grew as a unit this album. Versatility is what we were looking to display.

Nobodysmiling.com : The album drops one day before Valentine’s Day. Hearing “Knuck If You Buck,” I figure it’s not something you’d get your mate on that day.

Cyco Black : We ain’t got no love songs on it but what better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a little Crime Mob.

Nobodysmiling.com : Your all originally from the new Hip Hop Mecca. What’s it like now considering your famous? Are people looking at you different?

Princess : Well, I cant lie, a lot of people we used to know have kind of turned on us. It ain’t the same once you in the limelight. People start acting different who you were once down with.

Lil Jay : We were ready for it all though.

Nobodysmiling.com : Speaking of that, tell me about the group Southside that dissed you a while back. What was your reaction to that song?

Cyco Black : I don’t even know who these people are. Just more haters adding fuel to the fire.

Princess : (Laughing) It’s funny how people just start dissing you for no reason. What did we do to them?

Nobodysmiling.com : Become famous I guess...

Lil Jay : Good answer (laughing)!

Nobodysmiling.com : I guess that’s why you called your album “Hated on Mostly.”

Princess : You got that right! We feel like we the underdogs. Crime Mob is young in the game and a lot of people don’t like seeing us shining. It’s expected.

Nobodysmiling.com :: Take me back to life in Ellenwood.

Lil Jay : Ellenwood was Ellenwood. It was home and even though it wasn’t in the best condition, we made do.

Princess : We all grew up out there and still show love to our part of town because it made us who we are.

Nobodysmiling.com : When did the love for Hip Hop begin?

Lil Jay : It goes back. I’ve been a fan since Eazy E, Dre, Snoop, Hov, Biggie. I’m just a fan.

Nobodysmiling.com : Considering that you’re a group, which groups did you look up to?

Cyco Black : Goodie Mob, Three Six, the list goes on.

Nobodysmiling.com : Any favorites?

Cyco Black : All of them.

Nobodysmiling.com : Do you feel your holding up your end of the bargain when it comes to keeping that great group tradition ATL has?

Diamond : We’re doing a great job so far. We write our own material. We’re multi gendered. A new breed.

Nobodysmiling.com : Why won’t Crime Mob break up like most groups?

Princess : We mesh. This is a group that consults with each other on damn near everything. We grew up together and even though we may argue, we always make up and that’s most important.

Nobodysmiling.com : Before you guys were signed, your performances were a thing of legend down in Atlanta. Why?

Diamond : We always Crunk. Whenever we do something it’s Crunk. Off the chain. Whatever you want to call it.

Princess : No special effects. We just are good at what we do and that’s getting the crowd hype.

Nobodysmiling.com : How did it feel once Lil Scrappy noticed you and then told you to open up for him on tour. Did it feel like your time had finally arrived?

Princess : It was a great outlet to get ourselves out there and we didn’t feel like we arrived yet, but we felt we were close.

Nobodysmiling.com : Lil Jon eventually signed you guys. What do you think he saw in you?

Diamond : Well, the whole Crunk thing was on the rise and we were huge reps of that and we were so young that he saw the potential.

Nobodysmiling.com : How involved is he in this new project?

Lil Jay : He isn’t as involved, but his presence is there.

Nobodysmiling.com : How did you come up with the whole concept for the “Rock Yo Hips” video?

Cyco Black : Dr. Teeth (Director) came up with the whole concept for the video. The whole Historically Black College thing is big down in the ATL with all the schools we got. The whole Crime Mob College thing is going on. We actually have a mobile fan club that if you join, you get a weekly voicemail updating you on what’s going on with us.

Nobodysmiling.com : I know there’s dozens of HBCU’s out in ATL. Did any of you ever attend one?

Lil Jay : Nah, we just been focusing on the music thing.

Nobodysmiling.com : So how is the new album? Spill it.

Cyco Black : We have a more mature Crime Mob album. Many more topics we speak on concerning the ourselves and the community. It’s diverse.

Nobodysmiling.com : “Knuck if you Buck” was the 2nd single to go platinum ringtone wise. How big was that?

Cyco Black : Most people don’t know so you have to inform them. It made us all feel good that so many people who have a necessity nowadays like a cell phone wanted their ringer to be that song.

Nobodysmiling.com : Princess and Diamond…What do you think of the state of female MC’s today?

Princess : It’s not as strong as it should be. We’re already at a disadvantage because it’s a male dominated game. I remember those who paved the way like Salt N Pepa, Lyte, Latifah.

Diamond : It seems some MC’s got kind of lax and focused on their looks other than skills.

Nobodysmiling.com : Atlanta is the new hot-bed of Hip Hop. Why is that?

Princess : It’s just the fact that we stick together. We help each other out. If one artist see another one struggling, he’ll help him out; throw him on a track or invite him to a video shoot. Don’t get me wrong it ain’t all peaches and cream but we mostly get along.

Related info: Crime Mob Rap City Freestyle


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Whack dirty south dirt bags.lol
Posted by ksbu
They F*ck*n suck, check the rap city freestyle joint. Worst trash ever
Posted by twouptwodown
Man i like this group they a hell of a lot better then what been comming out the a their a nice group
Posted by mr. im from the city of stones lords diciples and king
A bunch of black trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Andy
I'm from the south and i think crime mob is garbage. Big up to all the true lyrcists rom the south
Posted by cut dog
I'm from harlem i love crime mobb because they do what they do they're very similar to 3-6, and they're young. They seem pretty much self contained. However, like a lot of rappers nowadays, their lyrical delivery is not strong. But they make up for it by being good entertainers.
Posted by Mystory
Crime mobb is tha s**t!
Posted by BossHogg!!!
F*ck those wack Mu'fukkahs! i got the proof of their wackness right here= .youtube/watch?v=14bnyuptc rm
Posted by Jac
Meh, i didn`t get the link right, but now: .youtube/watch?v=14bnyuptc rm
Posted by Jac
Damn it, looks like i can post the full links. But go to youtube and search for "crime mob freestyle", play it, and be amazed by the wackness
Posted by Jac
Diamond look look good as F*ck
Posted by urbanlegnd
Well, no suprise another group of whack south artist. Cant freestyle and only make crunk ,muzic get outta here
Posted by Queenznigga
What a funckin joke. But diamond do look good as F*ck. The turth.
Posted by Jay Jay
You guys lost points by interviewing bullsh*t artists like this hurting the state of hip hop...thats why i'd rather listen to rock nowadays
Posted by 357
Better then whats coming out of new york!!! these days. Shit they making they money i cant knock em. Quit hating on the south, im from tha chi and everytime i get on this website i see people downing the south grow tha F*ck up. Lol how ya boy nas do on his last album, did he go gold yet lol hahahhahaha
Posted by yung e
^^^^im F*ck*ng ashamed that your from my city
Posted by chitown the Land of tha 5's and the 6's
Yall homos need to stop typing up newyork and stay on subject
Posted by tails
They aint the sh*t they r sh*t
Posted by platipus
Straight garbage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Posted by ONE
Anybody notice she claim to be nineteen and then slipped and said her 23 birthday just past...hmm...this is one south rap group i will admit sucks. They need to go to an hbcu and pick up an education cause rapping aint what they do. They need to stop callin bad lyricsm crunk the beat deserves the fame not the wack ass rapper.
Posted by ascott
My fault bout that 23 thing. Im just as bad at reading as they are at rapping.
Posted by ascott
Man they sick definitly they 2 females. Princess & diamond and i will fuk tha sh*t out of both but princess the khocklet one the thicker one kan get it 4real. Did u see her do dat wiggle sh*t n dat bohagen video (godamn) u talk about sexi. Y they didnt talk about tha pastor troy beef 4 i wonder.
Posted by Dub Tr3y
just like the article title - "hated on"
Posted by Will Smith
I dont support this trash!!! where the interviews with mf doom,cage,ghostface,nas at??!! i support real sh*t like that and yes i also support magazines like essence and women's weekly,me and my brother-in-arms bigwalt got a 2yr. Subscription for these excellent magazines
Posted by GAMEISAFAG
Andy, chill on that racist "black trash" sh*t homie (i know you're white because i've never heard of a black person named andy). I swear i love you F*ck*n' racist white folks because y'all don't really exist, i say that because y'all talk y'all sh*t online or amongst yourselves, but you will never have the nerve to walk up to a black dude and say somethin' like that whereas, i can walk up to a white person and call them a cracka-ass-cracka and they won't do sh*t. I just choose not to be racist. Anyway, F*ck a crime mob, that black trash, lol.
Posted by kingjames313
Yo the whitest name is....chad..think bout it jus say it...hey guys im chaad
Posted by p
I don't know whether the light skinned ones name is diamond or princess but she's off the chain....
Posted by jimmyjoe
I appreaciate crime mob as a group, cause they actually know how to rock a crowd like melle mel, and krs one used to do back in the day. Nowadays rappers (mostly ny rappers) just walk back and forth on stage thinking they put on a show. Melle mel said you're not a complete emcee if you can't rock a party. Now these guys might not be that great lyrically, but at least they give you your money's worth when you see them perform, instead of havin you throw up diamonds, all night or yell dipset, or ggggg-unit every 5 seconds. Southern emcees are really bringin the fun back to hip hop, just like kool herc intended for it to be, fun and to keep kids off the streets. Not so you have to read a dictionary so you can understand just what the hell the rapper is saying. Then when you pay like $150 for a ticket, all you see is his pants halfway down his ass, and his nikes going back and forth across the stage, and you just sittin there recitin his lyrics, and being fooled into thinking that you just got a good show cause he brought out 20 suprise guests. Yall can hate on the south all yall want, but them ny emcees better learn a thing or two from them on how to put on a show, you see how much emotion t.i put into his performances damn! or how lil jon be havin n*ggas, buckwildin in the club. Its all about fun, its cool to be serious with you lyrics, but sometimes people just wanna have fun and chill instead, of hear about how bad you will kill a guy lyrically or, how the war in iraq is bad, and people need to
Posted by Ahmad
Get off welfare. Like hova said the south is "paper chasin", while them ny n*ggas "paper hatin" peace and god bless
Posted by Ahmad
I think yall is doing a good job out there so keep it up yall.
Posted by latrina wiliams
What a shame ya got haters on ya like crazy i want to sa y ya is one of my favorite rap group and i hope ya make it real big,
Posted by Georgette
so many people of hate u work a 9 to 5 n u aint got no money n*ggas hate behind there keyboard n they screen names stop hating on the south because new york music suck dipsh*t dipsh*t dipsh*t
Posted by Yung Phat
I like crime mob cause i like song u can dance a get crunk to we need songs like there for parties u dont need to nod ur head at a party
Posted by atl
Princess : how you plan on celebrating yours? nobodysmiling : i already had mines. My 23rd birthday is actually coming up so i might do a little something out here in ny. Back to you guys... So update me. How have you been handling the success? what have the last two years looked like for crime mob? anybody notice she claim to be nineteen and then slipped and said her 23 birthday just past...hmm...this is one south rap group i will admit sucks. They need to go to an hbcu and pick up an education cause rapping aint what they do. They need to stop callin bad lyricsm crunk the beat deserves the fame not the wack ass rapper. Posted by ascott i think ascott needs to go to elementary school again and lern hyow to read
Posted by atl
Crime mob is my #1 group,ever since i saw their videos i knew they were it for me . I love diamond and princess an the boys to , y'all don't even worry about all these whack motherf**kers!! sayin y'all ain't good, that's why i wrote this to let you see that you've got somebody by ya back an i'll always be! so that's me brittany!!!!!!!!
Posted by Brittany
I heard knuck if u buck awahile ago i really like it i have it on my phone im from the east coast but i do like em i dont care what ya'll say, i kinda like their new song but i dont really like the rest, oh & diamond & princess u go girl diamond could be a model but princess u too hard looking but its all good, & this is for kingjames313 i would loveeeeeeeeee to meet u someday cuz im a white b$$$$ i aint scared of no one even black i dont care ya'll dont scare me, always talking crap like u bette then then the world ya'll aint nuthin thats why 85% bros in tha pen so what now bring it on b$$$$! i dare ya. 1/2 of ya always talk the talk anyway & not walk the walk. Peace
Posted by TIA
Finally somewhere where i can show me love for princess and diamond ladies your rap skills are only being beat by how sexxxy u 2 ladies are, diamond reminds me of 2 ladies i was in luv with....princes baby girl u nice and thick love you 2 sassy sexxxy future divas........futhermore i feel that you two have the best talent in your group fellas step it up the ladies in your group are hot.......fellin crime mob all the way in the chi....i keep my girl rockin them hips and in them stilito's
Posted by LiLpopaPimpin1
Wow buncha folkz talkin derez mess on some dumbass internet...(smh) yall needa grow up and get a life...nobody perfect so quit tryna make yaselves sound like u better and all...sh*t str8 up crime mob is talent as F*ck...dey make good hit and more money den u haters do..."talkin abt white and black sh*t" man datz old...aint u heard? we all have da right to do ne thing we want except talkin trash abt each otha color...it plain stupid and childish...(smh) ya oughta be ashame of yaselves...didnt ya mama teach u any better?
Posted by Princess_954
I like the group crime mob i think they come out wit good songs i dont want nobody to think that im hatin cuz i do like crime mob but i think that they are better at making songs then they are at freestyling and if you want to call your self a real artist at least a little you should know how to rap because i seen the freestyle on rapcity either they didnt do good or what they rapped was written down
Posted by kct
Diamond well brittany if u would let me call u that i really like ur style u sexy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by c-lo
Man i like that song stilloes but i like princess part the best
Posted by c-lo
I love yo group the gurls be rappin and they b hell hard and the boys are good to. I like me some lil jay and i always wnt to be like the gurls. But keep doing wat u do and tell them pplz that is hatin on yall to kiss yall azz and keep on 2 step on there way
Posted by Pookie Poo
Man yall sum muF*ck*n haters...jus cuz yall maggot ass hoes aint gettin no money dont mean yall gotta hate on dem!!! shid ian neva seen a bunch of low life ass people!! damn itleast dey tryna do sumthin, shid dey made it and yall do love dey muF*ck*n musik!!! when yall maggot asses in da club u noe yall b jumpin up and down 2 da crime mob sounds!!! so dont ean try 2 flex F*ck boys and F*ck gurls!!! shid i jus made a song 2 and whoeva gotta problem wit my sh*t, u betta kill ya muF*ck*n self.......ol dirty ass hoes!!!! yall need to worry bout washin yall ass den hatin on crime mob!!! getcha bank up ol' sorry ass faggats!!!
Posted by redhead
And 2 dem new york folks yall sh*t garbage!! n*gga da south takin ova and we'an gon stop!!!! yall artist tryna do songs wit us!!!! so getcha sh*t rite....... Adamsville zone 4 Bia'ch
Posted by redhead
F*ck all yall haters ya need to get ya mind rite crime mob the sh*t yall nigg*s dont know wat yall talking bout crime mob always gone be the sh*t crime mob is the most hated on diamond and princess do look good if they was ugly i would still like ther music this is coming from crime mob jr( im the type of pit bi*ch altonparklife@yahoo
Posted by crime mob jr
Ya is good
Posted by Nittiebee
I like crime mob they the s$$$ for real.this is for (tia)you got mouth Bia'ch bring yo muthaF*ck*n ass to starkville, mississippi and talk that sh*t we just gon jump dead on dat F*ck*n head you Bia'ch!!!!!!! while you talkin white dudes aint in prison cause they goin suicide.you ugl flat back Bia'ch
Posted by Queen Of Crunk
Yeah i do agree. Uh i have alot of people hate on me. I mean i'm only 16 and i got grown folks mean mugging. U know when u get big people will turn on u. But don't let them get u down. Keep going. Go out there and get it.
Posted by J'nea(peaches)
Crime mob album got beats that's it
Posted by 206
To all the people who are fans of crime mob.......lol you dumb asses really are some other sh*t to think that this P*ss* ass kid group is hot or any other of todays music from the south is hot!!! the only hottest talents to have ever emerged from the "dirty south" was al green and the late great james brown (r.i.p) apparently all of you Mu'fukkahs have been brainwashed by the bullsh*t that you watch on mtv, bet or on the radio that you forgot what real music was.....and before you stupid ass crime mob fans decide to say "dont hate they still makin' money" or w/e they may be makin' money but you are still broke ass Mu'fukkahs who waste your money buying crap like "crime mob"......and wtf they calling themselves crime mob for? that sounds like a gangster rap group and these Bia'ch ass kids dont look like no killas to me or make any real gangsta music
Posted by mainstream killer
Diamond what's up top notch glamour chick i don't think that i can handle it. It's ya boy krystophfer 2 hours away from da a-town in waynesboro, ga. Right south of augusta which is 20 mins. Away so hit ya boy up @ krystophfer@hotmail or ./hollywoodboy09. P.s. Will you be my friend?
Posted by Krystophfer Williams
Princess is so hot and diamond
Posted by jamari
I can c y u named ur album hated on mostly because ya'll are goin' 2 change tha game.
Posted by jamari
Crime mob is the best group out there
Posted by m v p
Dont hate because yall caint have princess or diamond finr self.
Posted by mac11
For mac11.....you probably couldnt have a chance with those skanky hoes yourself n*gga so F*ck you too
Posted by mac90
Better then whats coming out of new york!!! these days. Shit they making they money i cant knock em. Quit hating on the south, im from tha chi and everytime i get on this website i see people downing the south grow tha f*ck up. Lol how ya boy nas do on his last album, did he go gold yet lol hahahhahaha ***************************** yo, first off why do you care about how much money another man makes! that is a faggit tip riding mentality i here from every southerner on here! up north all we care about is dope rhymes and beats! the south has mentally challenged, hooked on phonics fake ass rappers, who use cell phone ring tones for their beats... You dumb hicks have not ruined hip hop but every single dj that gives that wack sh*t spins has killed hip hop!!!!!!!!!!! oh, by the way every single album nasty nas has ever made is on a different level than anything to ever come out of the south.................. You dumb hillbillys need to start doing records with garth brooks, because your just as country.... Yyeeee haw!!!!!!
Posted by hip hop
This ya boy gutta i just wanted to say that dimond is sexxxxxxxxxxxxxxy as sh*t, an all i need is an hour with her. Lol
Posted by t gutta
I like your alblum
Posted by rodnesha
Fo all yall hatas stop hatin...i from the south and we gets it crunk...we makin good music...ny just hatin cuz we hot....the south got dis thang on lock
Posted by Neka
Yo dis sh*t iz bangin i rock mi hipz like u aint seen before
Posted by xXxkristyXxX
Damn, talk bout hatin;-) syke! fer reel tho, fer sum youngins, dey got sum mad talent, nd fer all da hatas sayn dey aint sh*t, oviously yew da who aint sh*t, cuz they out there makn tha wurld rok they hips, not yew! nd it aint like im really into mainstream, i agree dey needa do tha reel artists lyk living legends, mf doom, eyedea and abilities, but damn, at least crime mob knos how ta rhyme!
Posted by xXxtastylilmamixXx
Idon't give a F*ck about yall hatin on crime mob. They the best, so get with it or get lost. Much love crime mob
Posted by Da Best
This is to all the people who are part of the stop hating club.......shut the fukk up and get fukk'd with a nasty wet dikk in yo' asses and another one in yalls mouths....yall tellin' n*ggas to stop hatin', what? we suppose to be lovin' that sh*t? if its wack its wack and if you dont like hearin' that its wack then oh well too bad mothafukka cuz its the truth, fukk all you dirty sh*t kickin' grit eatin' n*ggas, and F*ck slime mob
Posted by delron
Say der home6wai dis tay and lil city from da no ya heard me crime mob be doin they thing woo. We got da chevys blastin dat "circles" woo. Free style of rap city dont mean nuffin woo da album da spittin hard lil jay out da frame on dem tracks woo. Keep makin dem songs woo we gon buyda album. G's up
Posted by G'S UP
Again fo all yall hatin m*thaf*ckas stop hatin on mi crew crime mob....who ever got a problem wit it u know what it is....so stop hatin on da south cuz we gets it crunk.
Posted by Neka
Dude. I love you all... Alot! i wish i lived in atl... I'd totally do duh chronic wit chu. That's be F*ck*n tight... ...dude... My is ./___amphetaminexkiss... Id F*ck*n love it if you'd comment me.. It'd make my week.
Posted by AJAYYYYY.
This is exactly why hip hop is dying. We don't even know what we want from hip-hop anymore. Do we want hip hop to be insightful and clever? or pointless and fun? and then for a majority of you to sit here like hip hops greatest critics and say the whole state of new york can't rap? wtf? hey critics i have an idea. If your going to sit there and generalize against a whole state...or even just this group. Don't be surprised when some plays the hater card. What do you think people had in mind when they started using the word. And when the F*ck did race come up in this. How do you not like black people but listen to crime mob. Man go get a life, your pathetic. If you don't like them why blast them. Do you think its going to change anything if you say "crime mob sucks ass". Who sounds like the ass?
Posted by KayKaos
Yall sum b***h azz stupid azz n*ggaz if u haten on da mutha f**kn south n crime mob. Yall kno yall b gettin crank off they songs in da club cuz they play they songs all da time in da club so quit F*ck*n haten...oh yea F*ck ny..!!!!its bout gettin crank shanta3 4rm da c~town ga get sum krunk n yo system lyke scrappy said ga im out haterz
Posted by shanta34rmCtownGa

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