Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn [1994] AllTime CLASSIC

They appeared in three separate incarnations since 1994. The first two incarnations recorded for the soundtracks for Spike Lee films, Crooklyn and Clockers, respectively. The theme connecting The Crooklyn Dodgers songs, aside from the Spike Lee films which they were made for, is the topic matter, which tends to comment on the state of affairs in and around urban New York, as well as other issues affecting everyday life; as Jeru spouses "Chips that power nuclear bombs power my Sega".

Version 1-Crooklyn
The first group was composed of Buckshot, Masta Ace, and Special Ed. Their one and only record was "Crooklyn," produced by A Tribe Called Quest, and featured in the 1994 film Crooklyn. This song is a good example of mid-1990s hip hop. It contains scratch samples from "Who Got Da Props?" by Black Moon and "The Place Where We Dwell" by Gang Starr. It also features samples of a radio broadcast of a Brooklyn Dodgers game. The music video featured appearances by Brooklyn-born athletes Michael Jordan and Mike Tyson.

Version 2-Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers
The second group was composed of Chubb Rock, Jeru the Damaja, and O.C. Their one and only record was "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers," produced by DJ Premier, and featured in the 1995 film Clockers. This incarnation was credited as Crooklyn Dodgers '95.

Version 3-Brooklyn In My Mind
The third group consisted of Jean Grae, Mos Def and Memphis Bleek. North Carolina producer 9th Wonder resurrected the group concept in 2007 for a track on his album The Dream Merchant Vol. 2, titled "Brooklyn in My Mind".

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Music

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• crooklyn
• hip-hop
• masta ace
• buckshot
• special ed
• brooklyn
• dodgers

[future8rap8artist]

Dope.

I miss real hip-hop...

Check this "half-link" below...y'all gon' love this

watch?v=KrRgtdpHv2g

[berzerker17487]

hails to the era! NOSTAAAAL-GIA!!!!

[StreetOfFresno]

We did it like that, and now we do it like this

[elpaszteto]

@trembledust: masta ace

[jezpaa]

@future8rap8artist my ears are crying blood when i always hear that mainstream new school bullsiht :(

[OneMic3]

i thought mj came from harlem?

[funkdoctacoles]

Long live the computer so i can watch and listen too classic realness in the music of real HIP HOP/REAL RAPS............

[Wordisbonds]

I had this saved as Black moon on my computer, I have a whole new band to listen to now.

[MrBrowncurtis]

niggas sleep on these kids they are too dope. hip hop still lives. mothafuckas still tryna find themselves.

[trembledust]

@iwillknifeya

Thats Master Ace my dude

[iwillknifeya]

1:06 to 1:20 this guy reminds me of a young André Lauren Benjamin from OutKast. Great song by the way.

[freddylong1]

STICKLY HIPHOP!!!!