Project Pat (The latest)HcP

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[quote="Oaktown_G"]Its his own label I think him and Joe Gotti called the Hard Hittaz[/quote]

cool cool..atleast the homeboy crunch aint slacking

[Qdawg]

the 13/14 tracks i heard so far i had no problem with none of them cd ...paul/juice outdid theyself this time

[Oaktown_G]

I still havent heard it yet but word on the street they say paul and juicy comin hard with the production

[Qdawg]

[quote="Oaktown_G"]I still havent heard it yet but word on the street they say paul and juicy comin hard with the production[/quote]

most def

[MOST HATED]

na crunchy black shit was released on hypnotize minds it was a hypnotize mind sproduction, i didnt get the cd yet but i heard it it tight as fuck.

and project pats crook by the book aint that great

[Qdawg]

On My Own [Explicit Content]
Crunchy Black
Label: Hypnotize Minds
Format: CD
Release Date:9/19/2006




1.Aint Nothing Going On - 2:35

2.Get off My Dick - 2:55

3.Rob the Dopeman - 4:06

4.Lock and Load - 2:55

5.Your Hood - 3:35

6.Let Another Nigga - 3:35

7.Stick and Move - 3:21

8.We Gutta - 3:23

9.World Goes Around - 3:12

10.If She"s a Hoe - 3:23

11.Ohh Wee - 3:21

12.Punkin" Me - 3:39

[Qdawg]

Crunchy Black: Crunch Time


F or Darnell Carlton, March 5, 2006 was supposed to be the payoff for over 15 years of loyalty and dedication. But, as Three-6-Mafia took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song, their performance marked one of the final times the man more commonly known as Crunchy Black would perform with the group. When remaining members Juicy J and DJ Paul resurfaced weeks later on HOT 97’s Summer Jam stage stating that their Oscar statue had replaced Crunchy Black, it merely confirmed the rumors that Memphis’ favorite rap collective was now a two-man operation.

Breakups are usually ugly, and the rap game hardly an exception. Despite claims from both sides that there is no bad blood, accusations of underhanded business practices have left a cloud of controversy surrounding Crunchy’s rationale for leaving the group at the zenith of their popularity.

While lines such as, “N***a I don’t rap anyway, N***a I rob,” have never caused anyone to label Crunchy Black a lyrical assassin, very few people would question his brutal honesty. After years of quietly playing the background and hitting fans with the occasional verse and his trademark “Gangsta' Walk,” Crunchy Black sounds off on his newfound solo status.

AllHipHop.com: Most of us know how you got the nickname Crunchy Black, but who gave it to you?

Crunchy Black: Where I'm from, Scudderfield, which is in North Memphis, me and another dude used to run together. Both of us were dark as hell, and back then, in the projects, you didn’t really call people on the phone. We’d just stand outside each other’s houses and holler for the person we wanted. Me and the other dude’s nicknames were both “Black,” so when someone was standing outside yelling, “Black,” we never knew which one of us it was for and we’d both be standing at our door. One day he said, “God damn it, we gonna' stop all this right here. We’re both black as hell, but your ass is crunchy, so I’mma call you Crunchy Black.” After that, people in the hood would holler out, “Crunchy Black,” and it just kind of stuck.

AllHipHop.com: What were you listening to back then?

Crunchy Black: We mostly jammed off of DJ Paul and Juicy J. Back then, they were just DJs and weren’t really rappers. They were actually the two crunkest DJs in Memphis. Whenever they used to get a job to do a party or something, we would just listen to whatever Paul and J had, then there this other DJ named Squeaky. He was jammin’ too.

AllHipHop.com: When we think of the Memphis rap scene today songs like “Triggerman,” “Armed Robbery” and, of course, “Tear the' Club Up” come to mind. What was it like to be around when those classics were being made?

Crunchy Black: Ahh yeah, “Triggerman.” [8Ball] and [MJG], them some good boys. All that was a fun time.

AllHipHop.com: You’ve become famous for “Gangsta Walking,” can you explain how that happened?

Crunchy Black: Basically, back in them days that we were talking about, we used to all go to this club called Studio G, the G stood for gangster, so that pretty much tells you what kind of spot it was. Later it changed to The Plush Club, I heard that it might be getting shut down. But anyway, everybody would come up there at midnight to hear Paul, J and Squeaky, and the club wouldn’t shut down until after three in the morning. Paul and J would let their beats run for a whole hour, I’m talkin’ about s**t that’s loud with a whole bunch of bass and noise in it. Even when the song started to go off, they’d either bring it back or mix it in with another cut.

So during that time, everybody is getting buck, getting crunk. We used to have this thing called, “Last Man Standing.” That’s where you’d try to invent a new dance, even if the s**t was bad. This one dude was doing it, but he was f**kin’ it up. We all knew that he was doing it wrong, but he just kept on dancing. So, I really didn’t invent the “Gangsta’ Walk,” but I was so tough that I became the champ at that s**t.

AllHipHop.com: Would you say that winning the Oscar last year was your highest point?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but there was a lot that led up to that point. People were always buying our s**t, but when you get that award it exposes you to a whole different set of people so you can sell more records. Paul and Juicy are smart like a motherf**ker, so throughout this whole time dealing with Sony they were doing the right deals.

I think they outsmarted Sony, because it got to a point where they didn’t really need the label and they threatened to leave. That was the whole thing behind Most Known Unknown, ‘cause they was going Gold or still getting good paper no matter how many records we sold based off how the deal was. Now with this record, you see three videos and n***as on 106 & Park, ‘cause [Sony] wanna' put them out there and see how much they can get.

AllHipHop.com: That’s some pretty high praise for your former group members, so it doesn’t seem like a beef thing. What led to you leaving the group?

Crunchy Black: Part of it was that, besides Project Pat, I felt like I was the only real n***a. If you look at Most Known Unknown, that really was most of my s**t. I had made an album called From Me To You: 1 The Hard Way, and they used some of that material for this new album. It’s my ideas, but I’m one whose verses are getting cut on “Stay Fly” and “Poppin’ My Collar.” For me to be down with them n***as for 15, 16 years and be a real n***a, I felt that I deserved better than that. And when I say that, I don’t want people to think that it’s beef or no s**t like that.

A lot of other people had left the group because they didn’t feel like they were getting taken care of as far as the money was concerned. I was tired of my [solo] album getting ignored, so really I was gonna leave before this album even came out, but I stayed for one more year. When it came time to get the record ready, Paul and J come telling me that I need to pay $50,000 for an entertainment lawyer, so I gave them the $50,000. When we get there to have the meeting with the lawyer, everybody’s telling me I have to wait outside.

AllHipHop.com: So all that time your money wasn’t being handled correctly?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but I’m a real n***a so I just have to charge that one to the game. You can take my songs and each get $150,000 off of it, but I can’t see no royalties? When I got home, I hired my own lawyer and he told me that for $50,000 he’d represent me for life! To look over a contract is only about $75 and for an entertainment lawyer, [$2,000] is really too much to be paying, let alone [$50,000] -you feel what I’m saying?

AllHipHop.com: Was that when you decided to leave?

Crunchy Black: Nah, the last straw was that whole time that we touring, I’m having to come out of my pocket and get my own hotel rooms and rent cars and s**t. We had got pulled over ‘cause the n***a that was driving was doing some crazy s**t. Since we were by the border of Mexico the police searched the car, they had the dogs and everything. Now I was sleep this whole time before they searched the car, and I had some weed on me but they never found anything. All of a sudden, when we get to the venue Paul is talking about I almost got us locked up. How? The cop ain’t pull us over because he smelled weed, he pulled us over because the n***a who y’all had driving was f**kin’ up. So after that they come sending one of my boys to tell me that I have to find my own way to the next show; they didn’t even come tell me themselves and we’re supposed to have been tight for 15 years. They’re the ones with the tour bus, and I’m coming out of pocket to get myself to the venue and getting there before them! Sony’s sending them money, but I’m checking myself into the hotel every time and paying for my own room.

People had left the group ‘cause of their money not being done right and other stuff too, but if it’s only three n***as in the group there’s no excuse not to pay a n***a. So while we were in New York, I called Sony and told them that I was leaving the group. That next day I got on a plane and left. And it ain’t no beef, I’m not about to make a record talking about I want to kill Paul and J or no s**t like that. I don’t appreciate that s**t they did as far as my money and taking my songs, but I learned a lot about the business from them. If you’re a fan of them, stay a fan, don’t jump over on my bandwagon ‘cause of what happened between me and them.

AllHipHop.com: There were originally quite a few members of Three-6-Mafia. Now that you’re a soloist, do you talk with them?

Crunchy Black: I’ve got my crew called The Real Hard Hitters. LaChat tried to do some f**k s**t and come out with a crew called The Hard Hitters, but that’s just some copycat s**t. If you look on my website which is www.myspace.com/crunchyblackandtherealhardhitters then you can tell the difference. On our CDs, it looks just like the Tennessee [license plate] and the logo is in the corner.

I had Gangsta Boo down in the studio at my house one time, but she was rapping some old Three-6 stuff. It ain’t nothing personal, but this is something new so we got to leave all of that old stuff behind. If we’re going to do something you’ve got to come with some new raps and s**t, don’t nobody want to hear that old s**t. And Lord Infamous was just lost, lost in the sauce on them drugs, so I can’t do anything with him.

All this time I had my real n***as from back home telling me, “Come on Crunchy, open up a studio or something so we don’t have to be out here selling this s**t!” I’m down to help anyone who’s down to help themselves. I told them that once they got their act together we could do something. These are my same three boys who’ve been down with me this whole time, Pharaoh “The Prince of The City,” Explosive and Buck 4 Luck.

AllHipHop.com: Are you still affiliated with Sony or are you independent?

Crunchy Black: I’ve been talking with Ruthless Records and Ruff Ryders. I’m leaning toward Ruff Ryders because when I sat down and talked with them, they just kept it real with me. Plus, it makes more sense to go with someone who can get me out to that area where they might not be that familiar with me.

AllHipHop.com: Any last words?

Crunchy Black: We’re coming to every city. If you need studio time and you’re trying to do something positive and get some money in your pocket we’re going to see you. When I came home I didn’t know what to do. I just prayed that if God would help me then I’d put this good word out. We’ll help you get that paper, but if you’re on that bulls**t, we can’t do anything for you.

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[quote="Qdawg"]Crunchy Black: Crunch Time


F or Darnell Carlton, March 5, 2006 was supposed to be the payoff for over 15 years of loyalty and dedication. But, as Three-6-Mafia took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song, their performance marked one of the final times the man more commonly known as Crunchy Black would perform with the group. When remaining members Juicy J and DJ Paul resurfaced weeks later on HOT 97’s Summer Jam stage stating that their Oscar statue had replaced Crunchy Black, it merely confirmed the rumors that Memphis’ favorite rap collective was now a two-man operation.

Breakups are usually ugly, and the rap game hardly an exception. Despite claims from both sides that there is no bad blood, accusations of underhanded business practices have left a cloud of controversy surrounding Crunchy’s rationale for leaving the group at the zenith of their popularity.

While lines such as, “N***a I don’t rap anyway, N***a I rob,” have never caused anyone to label Crunchy Black a lyrical assassin, very few people would question his brutal honesty. After years of quietly playing the background and hitting fans with the occasional verse and his trademark “Gangsta' Walk,” Crunchy Black sounds off on his newfound solo status.

AllHipHop.com: Most of us know how you got the nickname Crunchy Black, but who gave it to you?

Crunchy Black: Where I'm from, Scudderfield, which is in North Memphis, me and another dude used to run together. Both of us were dark as hell, and back then, in the projects, you didn’t really call people on the phone. We’d just stand outside each other’s houses and holler for the person we wanted. Me and the other dude’s nicknames were both “Black,” so when someone was standing outside yelling, “Black,” we never knew which one of us it was for and we’d both be standing at our door. One day he said, “God damn it, we gonna' stop all this right here. We’re both black as hell, but your ass is crunchy, so I’mma call you Crunchy Black.” After that, people in the hood would holler out, “Crunchy Black,” and it just kind of stuck.

AllHipHop.com: What were you listening to back then?

Crunchy Black: We mostly jammed off of DJ Paul and Juicy J. Back then, they were just DJs and weren’t really rappers. They were actually the two crunkest DJs in Memphis. Whenever they used to get a job to do a party or something, we would just listen to whatever Paul and J had, then there this other DJ named Squeaky. He was jammin’ too.

AllHipHop.com: When we think of the Memphis rap scene today songs like “Triggerman,” “Armed Robbery” and, of course, “Tear the' Club Up” come to mind. What was it like to be around when those classics were being made?

Crunchy Black: Ahh yeah, “Triggerman.” [8Ball] and [MJG], them some good boys. All that was a fun time.

AllHipHop.com: You’ve become famous for “Gangsta Walking,” can you explain how that happened?

Crunchy Black: Basically, back in them days that we were talking about, we used to all go to this club called Studio G, the G stood for gangster, so that pretty much tells you what kind of spot it was. Later it changed to The Plush Club, I heard that it might be getting shut down. But anyway, everybody would come up there at midnight to hear Paul, J and Squeaky, and the club wouldn’t shut down until after three in the morning. Paul and J would let their beats run for a whole hour, I’m talkin’ about s**t that’s loud with a whole bunch of bass and noise in it. Even when the song started to go off, they’d either bring it back or mix it in with another cut.

So during that time, everybody is getting buck, getting crunk. We used to have this thing called, “Last Man Standing.” That’s where you’d try to invent a new dance, even if the s**t was bad. This one dude was doing it, but he was f**kin’ it up. We all knew that he was doing it wrong, but he just kept on dancing. So, I really didn’t invent the “Gangsta’ Walk,” but I was so tough that I became the champ at that s**t.

AllHipHop.com: Would you say that winning the Oscar last year was your highest point?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but there was a lot that led up to that point. People were always buying our s**t, but when you get that award it exposes you to a whole different set of people so you can sell more records. Paul and Juicy are smart like a motherf**ker, so throughout this whole time dealing with Sony they were doing the right deals.

I think they outsmarted Sony, because it got to a point where they didn’t really need the label and they threatened to leave. That was the whole thing behind Most Known Unknown, ‘cause they was going Gold or still getting good paper no matter how many records we sold based off how the deal was. Now with this record, you see three videos and n***as on 106 & Park, ‘cause [Sony] wanna' put them out there and see how much they can get.

AllHipHop.com: That’s some pretty high praise for your former group members, so it doesn’t seem like a beef thing. What led to you leaving the group?

Crunchy Black: Part of it was that, besides Project Pat, I felt like I was the only real n***a. If you look at Most Known Unknown, that really was most of my s**t. I had made an album called From Me To You: 1 The Hard Way, and they used some of that material for this new album. It’s my ideas, but I’m one whose verses are getting cut on “Stay Fly” and “Poppin’ My Collar.” For me to be down with them n***as for 15, 16 years and be a real n***a, I felt that I deserved better than that. And when I say that, I don’t want people to think that it’s beef or no s**t like that.

A lot of other people had left the group because they didn’t feel like they were getting taken care of as far as the money was concerned. I was tired of my [solo] album getting ignored, so really I was gonna leave before this album even came out, but I stayed for one more year. When it came time to get the record ready, Paul and J come telling me that I need to pay $50,000 for an entertainment lawyer, so I gave them the $50,000. When we get there to have the meeting with the lawyer, everybody’s telling me I have to wait outside.

AllHipHop.com: So all that time your money wasn’t being handled correctly?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but I’m a real n***a so I just have to charge that one to the game. You can take my songs and each get $150,000 off of it, but I can’t see no royalties? When I got home, I hired my own lawyer and he told me that for $50,000 he’d represent me for life! To look over a contract is only about $75 and for an entertainment lawyer, [$2,000] is really too much to be paying, let alone [$50,000] -you feel what I’m saying?

AllHipHop.com: Was that when you decided to leave?

Crunchy Black: Nah, the last straw was that whole time that we touring, I’m having to come out of my pocket and get my own hotel rooms and rent cars and s**t. We had got pulled over ‘cause the n***a that was driving was doing some crazy s**t. Since we were by the border of Mexico the police searched the car, they had the dogs and everything. Now I was sleep this whole time before they searched the car, and I had some weed on me but they never found anything. All of a sudden, when we get to the venue Paul is talking about I almost got us locked up. How? The cop ain’t pull us over because he smelled weed, he pulled us over because the n***a who y’all had driving was f**kin’ up. So after that they come sending one of my boys to tell me that I have to find my own way to the next show; they didn’t even come tell me themselves and we’re supposed to have been tight for 15 years. They’re the ones with the tour bus, and I’m coming out of pocket to get myself to the venue and getting there before them! Sony’s sending them money, but I’m checking myself into the hotel every time and paying for my own room.

People had left the group ‘cause of their money not being done right and other stuff too, but if it’s only three n***as in the group there’s no excuse not to pay a n***a. So while we were in New York, I called Sony and told them that I was leaving the group. That next day I got on a plane and left. And it ain’t no beef, I’m not about to make a record talking about I want to kill Paul and J or no s**t like that. I don’t appreciate that s**t they did as far as my money and taking my songs, but I learned a lot about the business from them. If you’re a fan of them, stay a fan, don’t jump over on my bandwagon ‘cause of what happened between me and them.

AllHipHop.com: There were originally quite a few members of Three-6-Mafia. Now that you’re a soloist, do you talk with them?

Crunchy Black: I’ve got my crew called The Real Hard Hitters. LaChat tried to do some f**k s**t and come out with a crew called The Hard Hitters, but that’s just some copycat s**t. If you look on my website which is www.myspace.com/crunchyblackandtherealhardhitters then you can tell the difference. On our CDs, it looks just like the Tennessee [license plate] and the logo is in the corner.

I had Gangsta Boo down in the studio at my house one time, but she was rapping some old Three-6 stuff. It ain’t nothing personal, but this is something new so we got to leave all of that old stuff behind. If we’re going to do something you’ve got to come with some new raps and s**t, don’t nobody want to hear that old s**t. And Lord Infamous was just lost, lost in the sauce on them drugs, so I can’t do anything with him.

All this time I had my real n***as from back home telling me, “Come on Crunchy, open up a studio or something so we don’t have to be out here selling this s**t!” I’m down to help anyone who’s down to help themselves. I told them that once they got their act together we could do something. These are my same three boys who’ve been down with me this whole time, Pharaoh “The Prince of The City,” Explosive and Buck 4 Luck.

AllHipHop.com: Are you still affiliated with Sony or are you independent?

Crunchy Black: I’ve been talking with Ruthless Records and Ruff Ryders. I’m leaning toward Ruff Ryders because when I sat down and talked with them, they just kept it real with me. Plus, it makes more sense to go with someone who can get me out to that area where they might not be that familiar with me.

AllHipHop.com: Any last words?

Crunchy Black: We’re coming to every city. If you need studio time and you’re trying to do something positive and get some money in your pocket we’re going to see you. When I came home I didn’t know what to do. I just prayed that if God would help me then I’d put this good word out. We’ll help you get that paper, but if you’re on that bulls**t, we can’t do anything for you.[/quote]

hahaha@"LaChat tried to do some f**k s**t and come out with a crew called The Hard Hitters, but that’s just some copycat s**t"

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[quote="Qdawg"][quote="Qdawg"]Crunchy Black: Crunch Time


F or Darnell Carlton, March 5, 2006 was supposed to be the payoff for over 15 years of loyalty and dedication. But, as Three-6-Mafia took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song, their performance marked one of the final times the man more commonly known as Crunchy Black would perform with the group. When remaining members Juicy J and DJ Paul resurfaced weeks later on HOT 97’s Summer Jam stage stating that their Oscar statue had replaced Crunchy Black, it merely confirmed the rumors that Memphis’ favorite rap collective was now a two-man operation.

Breakups are usually ugly, and the rap game hardly an exception. Despite claims from both sides that there is no bad blood, accusations of underhanded business practices have left a cloud of controversy surrounding Crunchy’s rationale for leaving the group at the zenith of their popularity.

While lines such as, “N***a I don’t rap anyway, N***a I rob,” have never caused anyone to label Crunchy Black a lyrical assassin, very few people would question his brutal honesty. After years of quietly playing the background and hitting fans with the occasional verse and his trademark “Gangsta' Walk,” Crunchy Black sounds off on his newfound solo status.

AllHipHop.com: Most of us know how you got the nickname Crunchy Black, but who gave it to you?

Crunchy Black: Where I'm from, Scudderfield, which is in North Memphis, me and another dude used to run together. Both of us were dark as hell, and back then, in the projects, you didn’t really call people on the phone. We’d just stand outside each other’s houses and holler for the person we wanted. Me and the other dude’s nicknames were both “Black,” so when someone was standing outside yelling, “Black,” we never knew which one of us it was for and we’d both be standing at our door. One day he said, “God damn it, we gonna' stop all this right here. We’re both black as hell, but your ass is crunchy, so I’mma call you Crunchy Black.” After that, people in the hood would holler out, “Crunchy Black,” and it just kind of stuck.

AllHipHop.com: What were you listening to back then?

Crunchy Black: We mostly jammed off of DJ Paul and Juicy J. Back then, they were just DJs and weren’t really rappers. They were actually the two crunkest DJs in Memphis. Whenever they used to get a job to do a party or something, we would just listen to whatever Paul and J had, then there this other DJ named Squeaky. He was jammin’ too.

AllHipHop.com: When we think of the Memphis rap scene today songs like “Triggerman,” “Armed Robbery” and, of course, “Tear the' Club Up” come to mind. What was it like to be around when those classics were being made?

Crunchy Black: Ahh yeah, “Triggerman.” [8Ball] and [MJG], them some good boys. All that was a fun time.

AllHipHop.com: You’ve become famous for “Gangsta Walking,” can you explain how that happened?

Crunchy Black: Basically, back in them days that we were talking about, we used to all go to this club called Studio G, the G stood for gangster, so that pretty much tells you what kind of spot it was. Later it changed to The Plush Club, I heard that it might be getting shut down. But anyway, everybody would come up there at midnight to hear Paul, J and Squeaky, and the club wouldn’t shut down until after three in the morning. Paul and J would let their beats run for a whole hour, I’m talkin’ about s**t that’s loud with a whole bunch of bass and noise in it. Even when the song started to go off, they’d either bring it back or mix it in with another cut.

So during that time, everybody is getting buck, getting crunk. We used to have this thing called, “Last Man Standing.” That’s where you’d try to invent a new dance, even if the s**t was bad. This one dude was doing it, but he was f**kin’ it up. We all knew that he was doing it wrong, but he just kept on dancing. So, I really didn’t invent the “Gangsta’ Walk,” but I was so tough that I became the champ at that s**t.

AllHipHop.com: Would you say that winning the Oscar last year was your highest point?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but there was a lot that led up to that point. People were always buying our s**t, but when you get that award it exposes you to a whole different set of people so you can sell more records. Paul and Juicy are smart like a motherf**ker, so throughout this whole time dealing with Sony they were doing the right deals.

I think they outsmarted Sony, because it got to a point where they didn’t really need the label and they threatened to leave. That was the whole thing behind Most Known Unknown, ‘cause they was going Gold or still getting good paper no matter how many records we sold based off how the deal was. Now with this record, you see three videos and n***as on 106 & Park, ‘cause [Sony] wanna' put them out there and see how much they can get.

AllHipHop.com: That’s some pretty high praise for your former group members, so it doesn’t seem like a beef thing. What led to you leaving the group?

Crunchy Black: Part of it was that, besides Project Pat, I felt like I was the only real n***a. If you look at Most Known Unknown, that really was most of my s**t. I had made an album called From Me To You: 1 The Hard Way, and they used some of that material for this new album. It’s my ideas, but I’m one whose verses are getting cut on “Stay Fly” and “Poppin’ My Collar.” For me to be down with them n***as for 15, 16 years and be a real n***a, I felt that I deserved better than that. And when I say that, I don’t want people to think that it’s beef or no s**t like that.

A lot of other people had left the group because they didn’t feel like they were getting taken care of as far as the money was concerned. I was tired of my [solo] album getting ignored, so really I was gonna leave before this album even came out, but I stayed for one more year. When it came time to get the record ready, Paul and J come telling me that I need to pay $50,000 for an entertainment lawyer, so I gave them the $50,000. When we get there to have the meeting with the lawyer, everybody’s telling me I have to wait outside.

AllHipHop.com: So all that time your money wasn’t being handled correctly?

Crunchy Black: Yeah, but I’m a real n***a so I just have to charge that one to the game. You can take my songs and each get $150,000 off of it, but I can’t see no royalties? When I got home, I hired my own lawyer and he told me that for $50,000 he’d represent me for life! To look over a contract is only about $75 and for an entertainment lawyer, [$2,000] is really too much to be paying, let alone [$50,000] -you feel what I’m saying?

AllHipHop.com: Was that when you decided to leave?

Crunchy Black: Nah, the last straw was that whole time that we touring, I’m having to come out of my pocket and get my own hotel rooms and rent cars and s**t. We had got pulled over ‘cause the n***a that was driving was doing some crazy s**t. Since we were by the border of Mexico the police searched the car, they had the dogs and everything. Now I was sleep this whole time before they searched the car, and I had some weed on me but they never found anything. All of a sudden, when we get to the venue Paul is talking about I almost got us locked up. How? The cop ain’t pull us over because he smelled weed, he pulled us over because the n***a who y’all had driving was f**kin’ up. So after that they come sending one of my boys to tell me that I have to find my own way to the next show; they didn’t even come tell me themselves and we’re supposed to have been tight for 15 years. They’re the ones with the tour bus, and I’m coming out of pocket to get myself to the venue and getting there before them! Sony’s sending them money, but I’m checking myself into the hotel every time and paying for my own room.

People had left the group ‘cause of their money not being done right and other stuff too, but if it’s only three n***as in the group there’s no excuse not to pay a n***a. So while we were in New York, I called Sony and told them that I was leaving the group. That next day I got on a plane and left. And it ain’t no beef, I’m not about to make a record talking about I want to kill Paul and J or no s**t like that. I don’t appreciate that s**t they did as far as my money and taking my songs, but I learned a lot about the business from them. If you’re a fan of them, stay a fan, don’t jump over on my bandwagon ‘cause of what happened between me and them.

AllHipHop.com: There were originally quite a few members of Three-6-Mafia. Now that you’re a soloist, do you talk with them?

Crunchy Black: I’ve got my crew called The Real Hard Hitters. LaChat tried to do some f**k s**t and come out with a crew called The Hard Hitters, but that’s just some copycat s**t. If you look on my website which is www.myspace.com/crunchyblackandtherealhardhitters then you can tell the difference. On our CDs, it looks just like the Tennessee [license plate] and the logo is in the corner.

I had Gangsta Boo down in the studio at my house one time, but she was rapping some old Three-6 stuff. It ain’t nothing personal, but this is something new so we got to leave all of that old stuff behind. If we’re going to do something you’ve got to come with some new raps and s**t, don’t nobody want to hear that old s**t. And Lord Infamous was just lost, lost in the sauce on them drugs, so I can’t do anything with him.

All this time I had my real n***as from back home telling me, “Come on Crunchy, open up a studio or something so we don’t have to be out here selling this s**t!” I’m down to help anyone who’s down to help themselves. I told them that once they got their act together we could do something. These are my same three boys who’ve been down with me this whole time, Pharaoh “The Prince of The City,” Explosive and Buck 4 Luck.

AllHipHop.com: Are you still affiliated with Sony or are you independent?

Crunchy Black: I’ve been talking with Ruthless Records and Ruff Ryders. I’m leaning toward Ruff Ryders because when I sat down and talked with them, they just kept it real with me. Plus, it makes more sense to go with someone who can get me out to that area where they might not be that familiar with me.

AllHipHop.com: Any last words?

Crunchy Black: We’re coming to every city. If you need studio time and you’re trying to do something positive and get some money in your pocket we’re going to see you. When I came home I didn’t know what to do. I just prayed that if God would help me then I’d put this good word out. We’ll help you get that paper, but if you’re on that bulls**t, we can’t do anything for you.[/quote]

hahaha@"LaChat tried to do some f**k s**t and come out with a crew called The Hard Hitters, but that’s just some copycat s**t"[/quote]

haha@"And Lord Infamous was just lost, lost in the sauce on them drugs, so I can’t do anything with him. ".....this interview funny as hell but its real the homeboy crunchy kept it street

[Qdawg]

[quote="Qdawg"]On My Own [Explicit Content]
Crunchy Black
Label: Hypnotize Minds
Format: CD
Release Date:9/19/2006




1.Aint Nothing Going On - 2:35

2.Get off My Dick - 2:55

3.Rob the Dopeman - 4:06

4.Lock and Load - 2:55

5.Your Hood - 3:35

6.Let Another Nigga - 3:35

7.Stick and Move - 3:21

8.We Gutta - 3:23

9.World Goes Around - 3:12

10.If She"s a Hoe - 3:23

11.Ohh Wee - 3:21

12.Punkin" Me - 3:39[/quote]

your hood feat juice is the hardest song on here to me

[MOST HATED]

nigga you crazy out yo yead, aint nothin goin on,get off my dick,lock and laod,ohh wee and punkin me are the best songs hands down but i love that cd,that get off my dick is sick! lol

THIS OES OUT TO YOU NEW SCHOOL FOO,KEEP TALKIN THAT SHIT THEN IM GONE BREAK RULE!!!!

[Qdawg]

most hated...i said to me..obvisouly everybody got they own opinion...yourhood is my shit though

[Qdawg]

lock n load & your hood *

[Qdawg]

i seen on 1 of these post that 3-6 produced a song for paris hilton a couple months ago...i feel 3-6(to the real hcp listeners they will know when i say 3-6 its just paul & juice)..i felt these 2 niggahs is going to mainstream....they been in the game over 14 years i feel they place in the rap game is underground tearing shit up dont go mainstream like g unit...its good to get ya paper but stay outta the limelight & keep doing it for the street...these niggahs recently got dipset members hitting them up for beats now..i would hope to see the beef squash between crunchy & paul/juice & he can get back with the group but its obvious he was never in the limelight when they be on tv/ they continue to jerk him outta paper

[Qdawg]

[quote="Oaktown_G"]They just released one it aint really nothin good on it he got a few songs but that was I guess the Hypnotized Minds CD his official cd comes out in like a month or 2[/quote]

the 2nd crunchy cd you talking about should be his officially 1st cd under the hardhittaz

[MOST HATED]

i seen on 1 of these post that 3-6 produced a song for paris hilton a couple months ago...i feel 3-6(to the real hcp listeners they will know when i say 3-6 its just paul & juice)..i felt these 2 niggahs is going to mainstream....they been in the game over 14 years i feel they place in the rap game is underground tearing shit up dont go mainstream like g unit...its good to get ya paper but stay outta the limelight & keep doing it for the street...these niggahs recently got dipset members hitting them up for beats now..i would hope to see the beef squash between crunchy & paul/juice & he can get back with the group but its obvious he was never in the limelight when they be on tv/ they continue to jerk him outta paper

na they didint do nothin fo rparis hilton and to be honest man hcp should of been this famous since word domination,sh-t if anything alot of they albums should of sold millions like 10 million and 7 millions they sh-t is that good and these hcp artist should be just as famous as any other rapper right now

[Oaktown_G]

Yeah that crunchy beatwise will be nice but having to hear that nigga on a cd by himslef again lol I dont know how much my ears can take lol naw but its probally gonen be tight

[Qdawg]

[quote="Oaktown_G"]Yeah that crunchy beatwise will be nice but having to hear that nigga on a cd by himslef again lol I dont know how much my ears can take lol naw but its probally gonen be tight[/quote]

haha...i dont know what lord did to crunchy to put his dirty laundry out there(even though it wasnt no secret) but it was messed up

[Qdawg]

speaking of lord infamous hes back ...him & 3-6 got a new song out featuring b.g i think its called hood drug wars

[Oaktown_G]

Matter of fact here go crunchy debut video lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_SIhOA_8Q

[Qdawg]

[quote="MOST HATED"][quote="Qdawg"]i seen on 1 of these post that 3-6 produced a song for paris hilton a couple months ago...i feel 3-6(to the real hcp listeners they will know when i say 3-6 its just paul & juice)..i felt these 2 niggahs is going to mainstream....they been in the game over 14 years i feel they place in the rap game is underground tearing shit up dont go mainstream like g unit...its good to get ya paper but stay outta the limelight & keep doing it for the street...these niggahs recently got dipset members hitting them up for beats now..i would hope to see the beef squash between crunchy & paul/juice & he can get back with the group but its obvious he was never in the limelight when they be on tv/ they continue to jerk him outta paper[/quote]

na they didint do nothin fo rparis hilton and to be honest man hcp should of been this famous since word domination,sh-t if anything alot of they albums should of sold millions like 10 million and 7 millions they sh-t is that good and these hcp artist should be just as famous as any other rapper right now[/quote]

appreciate you clearing that paris hilton situation out...& you got a point about the hcp artist...i guess you can start from the base & thats paul/j..they dont promote hcp members like that other then pat...pushing dudes albums back & stuff doesnt help the situation

[Qdawg]

good looking out with that video link oak

[Qdawg]

oak you wont feel like you wasted ya money...pat stepped up his lyrically game on this album(believe it or not),to many bangers to name

[MOST HATED]

dj paul and juicy j are just low key assholes

[Oaktown_G]

oak you wont feel like you wasted ya money...pat stepped up his lyrically game on this album(believe it or not),to many bangers to name

I woke up to late to go to the store and get it lol its sold out here i'm not gonna get the bootleg though i'm coppin that pat.

[Shox112]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo2duS55KpE this video is alwayz comedy

[perongregory]

them niggas is so country its funny.

[Qdawg]

[quote="Oaktown_G"][quote="Qdawg"]oak you wont feel like you wasted ya money...pat stepped up his lyrically game on this album(believe it or not),to many bangers to name[/quote]


I woke up to late to go to the store and get it lol its sold out here i'm not gonna get the bootleg though i'm coppin that pat.[/quote]

who you telling..i called myself being slick & going a hour after circuit city open i went there it was only 2 left in the entire store

[Oaktown_G]

Its been pissin me off niggas been comin through bumpin that pat all day in there cars lol shox112 good look on the video I aint seen that shit in so long lol

[Qdawg]

Project Pat: Some More Mr. Nice Guy

In the eyes of the law, Project Pat may be some sort of menace to civilization, but those that come into contact with him know there's more sides to him than a dice from a Dungeons and Dragon's game. He's a genuine sort of person with penchant for base, gutter lyrics - lyrics that were almost used against him in a court of law. The Memphis, Tennessee rapper was escorted to prison in June of 2002, after being convicted on two counts of firearm possession as a felon. He opted to go to jail after his whole musical catalog was to be ammo for his persecutors.

These days, Pat is a changed man, and AllHipHop took him to task by asking him some of the most ridiculous and thought-provoking questions possible. Pat accepted the challenge, from responding to questions about his favorite super-heroes to battles with Dennis the Menace to weighty topics like abortion, homosexuality and global warming. Oh yeah, Pat also gives the deal on his new album, Crook By the Book: The Fed Story.

AllHipHop.com: So I am going to throw some questions at you. Do you have a favorite book?

Project Pat: The Bible.

AllHipHop.com: What's so special about the Bible? I know that seems like a dumb question.

Project Pat: We know God can't tell no stories. That's what's going to guide us through this life. I was telling somebody that guys get caught up with the Feds and all that. You got these guys out here snitching, telling this, telling that. There is a verse in the Bible that says, [paraphrasing] “You wouldn't want to put an affliction on your brother that you wouldn't want on yourself. That's not right.” I'm going to make me some shirts or something. When I got caught up in my jam, I just went to God. I ain't gonna sit here telling on this person, telling on that person.

AllHipHop.com: What was your first job?

Project Pat: I did have a job, but I never worked long. First job I had was at Crystal's [or as] New Yorkers call it, White Castle. I was 15 years old. I say this, not to be glorifying it, but I worked there for a minute and realized I was just there to buy a couple ounces of cocaine. Wrong is wrong, right is right.

AllHipHop.com: Who is your favorite Pat besides yourself? Here are some suggestions: Pat Morita aka Mr. Miyagi. There is Pat Riley, the basketball coach. Saint Patrick. Patrick Swayze. Pat Robinson, the preacher.

Project Pat: I don't know. Besides myself? Oh, I know- Pat, Jr., my son. That's my favorite Pat.

AllHipHop.com: Who is the cruelest person in your life?

Project Pat: [Thinks] Some dude tried to jump me one time, but I ran. Just some dudes from another neighborhood.

AllHipHop.com: So, everybody is basically nice to you?

Project Pat: No, not that so much. You know, you got your haters out there. You know, if it's like that we gonna gear it up. Whatever happens, happens.

AllHipHop.com: What was your first rap name?

Project Pat: Well, Project Pat was really a street name that just became a rap name. The guy that I used to be over his momma's house, he said I'm going to start calling you "Project.”

AllHipHop.com: Did the government create AIDS?

Project Pat: Nah, I don't think so, because if they did, that would be dumb. Me personally, I don't think so.

AllHipHop.com: Since you have kids, what's your opinion on giving kids the drug Ritalin to calm them down.

Project Pat: You don't do that. Let me tell you something about that: what they need to be done is prayed for. Lets just keep that - ain't no Ritalin. I got another son and they tried to say that he needed to be on something. I said, "No, he needs a whoopin’." He needs this belt to his behind. He don't need no Ritlin. That's a cop out. [Laughs]

AllHipHop.com: How long do you where a pair of sneakers before you throw them away?

Project Pat: You know what, man, I'm not saying nothing... [pauses] Me and Juicy [from Three-6-Mafia], we really didn't have nothing, and I hate to see somebody else waste their money. I have been in situations where I have so much stuff and I just leave the Air Force Ones on the bed [of the hotel]. It’s like two or three pair. I can't take them, it’s weighing my bag down. I ain't wore 'em a week. It'll be a cleaning lady and I'll be like, "Y'all want some shoes, because I can't take 'em?" It’s just a blessing. God said your cup runneth over and that's for real.

AllHipHop.com: Are people making a big fuss over global warming for nothing or is it a real problem?

Project Pat: Global warming? I mean like, what is global warming? It’s hot outside?

AllHipHop.com: Yeah, like the ozone layer is depleted and it’s getting hotter.

Project Pat: Check this out. In Memphis, they been talkin' about smog. Since I was a kid, I ain't never heard that, and I'm from there. It was hotter than a fool down there. It felt like Arizona. I don't know maybe it’s the end of the world or something. Feels like it.

AllHipHop.com: Maybe. What's the most important thing to you?

Project Pat: I don't know, man. I guess, life in general. God. My kids. I always look at situations and things I been through. I'm getting older now. Everybody wants to just find their way. I take life serious. It's not like when I was 19. Its not "whatever." That's what they say in Memphis, "whatever, whatever."

AllHipHop.com: Were the Beastie Boys overrated?

Project Pat: Nah, they did they thing. They was bumpin’!

AllHipHop.com: Are Eazy-E and Big Pun under-appreciated by the mainstream, because they didn't die in a violent manner?

Project Pat: Nah, nah. Eazy-E got props 'til the end. Big Pun was cold. One thing about Big Pun was, he wasn't out there long enough.

AllHipHop.com: Did you like him in Memphis?

Project Pat: What? [Yes,] he was something serious, because of the way he flipped his words around. He was spitting. He was straight gutter. I like Big Pun.

AllHipHop.com: In a fight between Dennis the Menace and Beaver from Leave It Beaver, who wins?

Project Pat: Dennis the Menace wins, because Leave It to Beaver was slow.

AllHipHop.com: What's the biggest regret in your life?

Project Pat: Not taking advantage of different opportunities in life. I look at some guys [that might] get caught up and goes to jail when he's 20 years old and gets out when he's 30... If he have just worked a job for seven years, he would have had way more... I wish I had did something regular like get a CD [a money investment].

AllHipHop.com: What was the last thing that made you cry?

Project Pat: Well, I'ma tell you something. There was a situation that came up. Well, my grandmomma died. She died the year I got out. She died the top of the year and I got out that summer. I wasn't boo-boo hooing, but I cried.

AllHipHop.com: Abortion: right or wrong?

Project Pat: Oh, abortion, that's wrong. "We pregnant, baby, we 'bout to have that." I use to think it was okay. No. That's taking a life. I ain't with that.

AllHipHop.com: I don't know if you want to answer this one.

Project Pat: I'm gonna answer it all.

AllHipHop.com: Homosexuality: right or wrong?

Project Pat: Aw, man! You know that's wrong! [Laughs] I'm not judging nobody, because lying is wrong. I had a pistol in my hand and robbed a few people. That was wrong. It’s wrong, flat out.

AllHipHop.com: Did man come from apes or God?

Project Pat: You know man ain't come from no apes.

AllHipHop.com: Does Satan exist?

Project Pat: Yeah, without Satan there wouldn't be any bad in the world.

AllHipHop.com: Now, earlier this year, there was the day 6/6/06. Did Three-6-Mafia do anything special that day?

Project Pat: They were on the road, I was in Memphis. We got like four stations in Memphis that play rap. Man, they was all playing Three-6-Mafia all day. All day. I'ma say this right here, you don't get no Oscars worshipping the Devil. That's a blessing.

AllHipHop.com: Is the Black man an endangered species?

Project Pat: Nah, we'll never be endangered. There's too many of us. That's why they targeting us.

AllHipHop.com: Is "The Man" holding Black people down?

Project Pat: Yes and no. Like, for example, when I was younger, I had caught a charge when I had robbed a store. I robbed the store. "The Man" didn't make me rob the store. I didn't have to rob the store. In my mind, I thought I had to. Where "The Man" comes in is: I'm confused, so don't sentence me to 50 years. I'm confused, real talk. "The Man" looks at like, "You know what you were doing." There's a lot of people out here confused and they given them so much time [in jail]. They just babies.

AllHipHop.com: Who is your hero?

Project Pat: My daddy is my hero.

AllHipHop.com: Who is your favorite super-hero?

Project Pat: Daredevil.

AllHipHop.com: Why?

Project Pat: Because he had it bad. I know his whole history. I used to get that comic book sometime. I used to be like, "Man, he got it bad." He's blind, they used to pick on him. But, he's hardcore. I like him.

AllHipHop.com: You have one rifle, one bullet and 30 seconds before the cops come. What do you do?

Project Pat: Me?

AllHipHop.com: It’s a fictitious scenario…

Project Pat: Where they coming from? The front door? Around the corner? The car?

AllHipHop.com: I don't know. [Laughs]

Project Pat: All I can say is you better drop it and pray. Run and start praying.

AllHipHop.com: Now that we got through that, tell me about the album. What are we getting?

Project Pat: We getting something hot for the streets. Some in the raw. I probably should have called it Kush - straight gutter. Mainly talkin' about them streets. It’s called Crook By the Book: The Fed Story.

AllHipHop.com: Why that title for those that don't know?

Project Pat: When I got caught up with the Feds situation. They tried to say that I'm out here, I'm a criminal and I know about the drug trafficking and gun trafficking in the city. [I tell them], "I'm on TV, making albums, making movies." Everybody knows that illegal money can be some good money, but it’s tax free. You just can't do what you need to do. I ain't got time for all that. A real crook is in the shadows. I'm on TV rappin' about I'm doing this and and I'm doing that - for real? That what they were trying to say. They were gonna used the CD [against me].

AllHipHop.com: You seem offended.

Project Pat: I'm not mad, it’s all behind me. It was just that I'm Project Pat, I got caught with a gun and they were trying to get some recognition. They did what they did. I did have a strap. I ain't got no hard feelings.

AllHipHop.com: You leaving the guns alone?

Project Pat: I got security with me everywhere I go, because I got kids, I got a wife. I ain't got no time for that garbage.

[Qdawg]

recently paul & juice said they added some new members to the hcp fam...to the handful of hcp listeners on here i wanted to know if yah heard of some rapper from atl named blakjak(made a song called bobbin my head) is 1 of the new members?

[Qdawg]

[quote="Qdawg"]recently paul & juice said they added some new members to the hcp fam...to the handful of hcp listeners on here i wanted to know if yah heard of some rapper from atl named blakjak(made a song called bobbin my head) is 1 of the new members?[/quote]

also the same dude who was on a track with pat called "riding swerving" on that gangsta grillz welcome home mixtape