Crime Mob - Rock Yo Hips

Crime Mob
Rock Yo Hips
featuring Lil Scrappy
Coming January 2007

It's been almost two years since six rowdy teenagers from Ellenwood, Georgia first exploded on the national music scene with there thunderous tunes "Knuck if You Buck." Like an uncontrollable wildfire the song blazed its way through the underground and literally became one of the hottest songs in the country.

Just when you thought that it was safe to go to the clubs or turn on your radio and enjoy a nice quiet crime free evening, Cyco Black (20), Diamond (18), Lil Jay (20), Princess (19), MIG (19) and Killa C (20) return with their long-awaited sophomore album entitled Hated On Mostly, an album that features more of the chart-topping, head-busting music for you to rock yo hips and swing them bows to.

Produced by Lil Jay, Killa C, MIG, Dirty Doc Jam and the Omp Camp, Hated On Mostly represents a creative milestone in Crime Mob's artistic career and shakes the dreaded sophomore jinx like a junkie going cold turkey. The main thing that separates Hated On Mostly from the Crime Mob LP can be summed up in one word - maturity. Instead of saturating the album with the tried and true theme of I'll-beat-yo-ass, the sextet also explore a softer side. For example, one need listen no further than the group's lead single, "Rock Yo Hips," featuring label mate, Lil Scrappy. "Rock Yo Hips" is a club-friendly ode to the rotating movement of the female posterior. The hypnotic track is built around a snap-styled beat with a booming bass drum and catchy flute riff. "Rock Yo Hips" leans more toward crunk n' b than the head busting adrenaline filled beats that Crime Mob is known for.

"Don't Need Ya," is a joint that lyrically pits the ladies against the fellas in a mock lovers spat. "Princess came up with that one," explains Diamond. She just was like on some kinda angry 3-6 type of stuff. Let the females go against the males. We spoke for the ladies and the guys spoke from the male point of view. That record is crazy. We had a good time doing that one." "Don't Need Ya" chops up a classic sample of Bobby Womack's hit "If You Think You're Lonely Now," into a sweet melodic track that forms the perfect sonic juxtaposition to Crime Mob's aggressive flow and combative lyrics.

Another song that stands out on Hated On Mostly is "Circles," a haunting song about the painful agony of being in a dysfunctional relationship. Using a sample from the classic Luther Vandross song "Going in Circles," the smooth out R&B-tinged song is bound to be one of the biggest tracks on the album and no doubt will take Crime Mob to the next plateau of success. "We really wanted to put it on our album to try something different," says MIG. "Dirty Doc Jam brought us the track with the sample already in it and we really liked it. So we just sparked it up right there."

But don't let these smoothed out tracks fool you. In no way has the Mob gone soft. Rest assured that there are plenty of trunk-rattling, angst filled bow-throwing club anthems like the rowdy "Who You Be," the badass jam "2nd Look," and the menacing title-tune to keep die hard crunk fans more than satisfied.