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Sacto News and Review - Nov '06 - Dj Crook Playlist
CRUCIAL FIX - Saturdays @ Golden Bear - Sacramento
Jermaine Dupri w/Janet Jackson.
Rockin' the Dissizit x La Coka Nostra x Dj Crook shirt.
Vapors Magazine Review (Oct/Nov 2007)
DISSIZIT Mixtape volume 1 & 2
By Frank the Butcher
If you are not familiar with DISSIZIT! and have been out of your drug induced coma for more than a year, you need to be slapped in your face with a pillow case full of used "C" batteries. The Slick and Danny Boy that have been delivering the sickest in street wear with the DISSIZIT! brand have now poked us in the vein with their newest project, DISSIZIT! Recordings. The first drops of the newly formed music arm of the clothing brand are "DISSIZIT Mixtapes volume 1 & 2" .
Volume one is executive produced by the La Coka Nostra general Danny Boy and is mixed by the "Decibel Devil" Dj Crook. Slick grabs the executive roll on Volume two while Phoreyz mans the tables. Just when I thought the art of "the mixtape" was forever lost, Crook and Phoreyz literally mix molotov cocktails that seamlessly blend so many genres and eras of music that every listener is guaranteed to catch a favorite and be introduced to something new all at the same time. Real talk.
So, you would think giving you 2 of the illest mixtapes mixed by 2 of sickest Djs this side of the equator would be enough for your greedy asses. Nope. What if I told you volume one is accompanied by a limited DISSIZIT! x LCN tee shirt? Ok, what if I said that volume two happen to come with a limited DISSIZIT! x Phoreyz x Dez Einswell collaboration tee? You would probably look at me cross eyed. Well, fix your face because its true!! DISSIZIT what!!
URB Mix CD Review (June 2005)
DJ Crook
Studio-50-Fever:
10 Out-of-Sight Grooves from 1977-1981
(K-Hel)
Crook, the Dj for this issue's cover stars Team
Sleep, is far from your run of the mill wicky-wicky
band jock. He's a true-blue DJ pimp in his home-
town of Sacramento, CA, rocking clubs all over town
including hot Thursday night weekly at the Monkey
Bar. For this disco fabulous outing, he digs deep into
the golden age and unearths a cheeky mix of classic
jams you may have forgotten, like his killer opening
selection of ELO's "Shine A Little More Love." From
there Crook charges into Giorgio Moroder's signature
"The Chase" which drops down into Quartz' timeless
"Beyond the Clouds". Filling out the mix with Donna
Summer standards, Rufus and a couple particularly
obscure nuggets, he nails the ending with Herbie
Mann's extra-funky "Superman". Pl
Current Projects
Malcom Mclaren - Madame Butterfly cover
This is for an undisclosed project, but it'll be cool. Basically for now, it's on some D/L shit.
Crookone/AWOL ONE
So AWOL (Shapeshifters) and I are currently working on a lil project, so far we are about 3 or so songs into it (via the wonderful world of file sharing), with a few more to come. It's sounding pretty cool so far, erra I mean..Yo the shit is Blazin'! This may even be done around summertime who knows. More details to follow as things develop and what not, yeah.
TBD:
An idea came about on our last Team Sleep show in Sac, it will feature Rob Crow (Pinback), Zach Hill (Hella), and myself. I'm not sure if Zach know's about this yet. I'm also not sure if this was just drunken talk between Rob and I. We have a name for it, but maybe I shouldn't reveal that just yet.
Discography
*2007*
DISSIZIT Mixtape Vol. 1
*2006*
Drum Programming/Samples:
Good Choice feat. Gel Roc & Mascaria - AWOL One - The War of Art
(bonus track)
*2005*
Drum Programming:
Teenager (Idiot Version) - Deftones B-Sides & Rarities
Black Moon (Feat. B-Real) - Deftones B-Sides & Rarities (+Sounds)
Be Quiet & Drive (Remix) - Deftones B-Sides & Rarities (+Sounds)
Ever (Foreign Flag) - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Soundscapes)
Princeton Review - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Turntables)
Our Ride To The Rectory - Team Sleep (s/t)
Tomb Of Liegia - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Turntables)
Elizabeth - Team Sleep (s/t)
Staring At The Queen - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Moog)
King Diamond - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Soundscapes)
Paris Arm - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Synth)
11/11 - Team Sleep (s/t) (+ Turntables)
Turntables/Keyboard:
Delorian - Team Sleep (s/t)
Soundscapes:
Blvd. Knights - Team Sleep (s/t)
*2003*
Drum Programming:
Lucky You - Deftones (s/t) & Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack
Turntables:
The Passportal - Team Sleep - Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack
*2001*
Drum Programming/Samples:
Drop (Team Sleep Remix) - Tinfed - Designated Rivals
Intro - Chuck Taylor Presents: The Capitols Best Collection
Baked - Chuck Taylor Presents: The Capitols Best Collection
Get Low - Chuck Taylor Presents: The Capitols Best Collection
*2000*
Drum Programming:
Teenager - Deftones - White Pony
*1998*
Drum Programming/Samples:
Be Quiet And Drive (Remix) - Deftones - Little Nicky Soundtrack
Spittin' (Co-Prod. w/ Chuck Taylor) - Socialistik - Ghettoguerillatactiks
Puttin' It Down feat. Tenashus - Socialistik - Ghettoguerillatactiks
Choke Sessions - Socialistik - Ghettoguerillatactiks
Wicked City - Socialistik - Ghettoguerillatactiks
Deadly Game - Socialistik - Ghettoguerillatactiks
*1996*
Drum Programming/Samples:
Rap Addicts - Socialistik - Float To It / Rap Addicts 12"
