Diggin’ In The Crates: “Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers” by Crooklyn Dodgers ‘95
This is a lesser-known Hip Hop classic, mainly because the group it spawned from was one that was mostly employed to create a song for Spike Lees 1995 film: “Clockers”. There are actually three Crooklyn Dodgers groups, all having created one track each; this is the second group. This incarnation consisted of: “Chubb Rock”, “O.C.” and “Jeru The Damaja”, with the beat being produced by DJ Premier.
This was another classic I had heard in my younger days. Later on I saw the film “Clockers” and I remember how amazing this song worked with opening scene, the main character walked into the center of his housing project with a “Forty” in hand, and looked around. It worked to great effect, and kept me hooked to the idea of finding this song. Once I tracked this song, there is one distinct reason I listen to it other then the impressive beat — Jeru The Damajas verse. It’s one of the best verses I’ve ever heard from him, while the other two on this track do enough to hold their own, Jeru steps above them and definitely outshines them. Quotes such as: “Chips that power nuclear bombs, power my Sega” or “Excuse me while I light my spliff, but some choose to sip, so bullets hit brains when bottles hit lips” are still one of the reasons I listen to this incredible track.
Posted by LostMoniker on October 1st, 2008 :: Filed under Diggin' In The Crates: Classic Videos
Tags :: chubb rock, Clockers, crooklyn dodgers 95, diggin' in the crates, dj premier, Jeru the damaja, O.C., return of the crooklyn dodgers, Spike Lee
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October 2nd, 2008
Definetely a classic… Not only was it one of jeru’s best verses but I think it is probably one of the best verses of all time.”peace to the east new York, perverted monks and mike Tyson”