KXNG Crooked: Funk Volume Wasn't Ready for Horseshoe Gang Battle

[@Katriel407]

People need to understand it was a battle not beef.

[@JosiahRoggio]

Crooked I sounding like a concerned dad talking about how soft children's baseball games are

[@P4PmmaFan]

lol those guys stayed in the back never said a word Crooked turned his brothers into his sons

[@tombeechey1396]

+ReaPeRSCytHE25 you clearly never watched the shoegang interview right before this one.... all you dudes takin jabs at c.o.b. dont understand how deep these guys are and how truly intelligent they are... crooked is the best mc alive, dont believe me check out crooked i and kurupt tracks

[@P4PmmaFan]

Tom Beechey Who the hell was talking about rap skill right here? We were talking about how in this interview he basically turned the "shoegang" into little kids sitting in the back while their daddy does the talking

[@tombeechey1396]

ReaPeRSCytHE25 and like i said, you clearly didnt watch the shoegang interview before this one... you think crook and his brothers looked at eachother and said, ya lets have shoe gang sit in the back while crooked talks. It obviously was vlads choice to do that so why does it even matter...?

[@P4PmmaFan]

+Tom Beechey Was crooked in the other interview? No so stfu about it. Ok Vlad just said "let's get crooked I to sit in front of horseshoe gang and do all the talking and leave horseshoe gang in the video just because"

[@IncognitoSprax]

Half A Meal was hella dope.

[@emmanuelreese3037]

+SpraxIAKS no it wasn't

[@IncognitoSprax]

Emmanuel Reese Opinion.

[@emmanuelreese3037]

+SpraxIAKS facts and you need to face it

[@IncognitoSprax]

Emmanuel Reese It isn't a fact as there are no grounds that you have that can ever make it irrefutable. It's an opinion just like my original post, and that there is a fact.

[@P4PmmaFan]

+Emmanuel Reese (DJ E) Tbh that actually is an opinion and one that I agree with. Same day was trash though

[@MrTeeWills]

Translation: We didn't have the money so we set it off anyways.

[@Luka2023-]

Translation : hip hop isn't about money, it's about skill

[@MrTeeWills]

+Hiphop4life2011 the offer was a battle for MONEY though. Not just a battle for Hip Hop

[@Blaktimus]

+MrTeeWills all the battles are for dough...watch any kotd or url event to find that shit out dude..therefore the Battle IS FOR HIP HOP smh money is the thing that makes the small cogs go

[@victorfalkon]

+Hiphop4life2011 Correction: It *should* be about skill

[@MrTeeWills]

+Paragon Wallace I didn't say the battle wasn't for HIP HOP I said the battle isn't JUST FOR HIP HOP. You can just disregard one part of the proposition just because you wanna see the battle. I wanna see it to brah but if I was Hopsin and them I would wanna make it worth my while too. I would wanna put something on the line. Something that is worth losing and worth gaining at the same time. The money makes it more intriguing for me because it's a bigger risk

[@boomshakalaka7203]

Hopsin was garbage in their diss... Benton and Dizzy held their own though.

[@travisscott2984]

Hopsin is garbage period

[@emmanuelreese3037]

+Travis Scott shut yo bitch ass up nigga you garbage

[@travisscott2984]

Emmanuel Reese better than hopsin

[@emmanuelreese3037]

Travis Scott not by a long shot

[@-torrid-8796]

+Emmanuel Reese (DJ E) You should be surprised i took a shit and millions of others agree that its better at rapping then hopsin.

[@commonsense9076]

Guy on the right blending in with the background

[@Betoven81]

+Spida Jackson haha damn cuh, you doing your thing! You are a new KZbin Sensation!

[@3r00klyn30i]

Is That You Paula Deen ?

[@pudgeylocsta]

+All fanboys Are retards lol

[@oblambo]

What I love is that both sides did it for the competition-the love of the culture. They don't REALLY hate each other-they kept it lyrical. This wasn't meant to turn into worldstar death threats. Both sides respect each other. You CANNOT ask for a much prouder moment.

[@WM-mu8ep]

In chicago they would of mumbled at each other then fired shots

[@bdr113080]

Well it stayed like that until a picture of Hopsin posted on Instagram and then Crook Threaten to come to his show lol

[@disasteraka]

I SALLUTE THAT ! THAT'S WHAT ITS ABOUT COMPETIVNESS AND KEEPING COMPETIVE. YOU WIN SOME YOU LOOSE SOME BUT YOU LIVE TO BATTLE ANOTHER DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

[@xolanisibanyoni5532]

Look at Crook actin like he ain't heard that Dizzy Wright verse hahaha!

[@adrianramirez8699]

That dizzy wright verse didn't do shit 🤣

[@BigRenzEnt]

@@adrianramirez8699 explain lol please Dizzy Wright had the best verse, Jarren had the most fun, Hopsin didnt even try and lucky he didnt.

[@nolanmendoza3643]

@@BigRenzEnt Yikes... Hopsin sucked balls lol. FV diss was weak AF.

[@BigRenzEnt]

@@nolanmendoza3643 how lol

[@BigRenzEnt]

@@nolanmendoza3643 his verse wasnt that good n short, but Jarren and Dizzy basically killed em

[@trm3223]

I like how Crooked never took anything personal, and he simply said its how hip hop is. Beefs. Feuds. Even saying he has respect and likes FV. Respect right there.

[@YoxxSHIxx]

yall lost crooked, they didn't need a second diss. you ain't drake babyyyyyy.

[@JacobCastle27031999]

4:00 their smirks in the back 😂

[@Kentainmb]

of COURSE Hopsin would be the one to immediately back out of the battle. "I fell in love with hip hop because of the battling and aggressive rap styles and @HORSESHOEGANG is definitely keeping it alive" "Shout out to @CrookedIntriago too for keeping this shit alive. Him, Eminem and big L are definitely the dopest MCs." "Ps. We still murdered horseshit gang" Fuck outta here...

[@jfriant]

How do you put up a 500,000 dollar battle and back out after their second response smfh.

[@jfriant]

SmokeOut Conversations​ LOL. Its a Hip Hop battle. FUCK the money. You're saying you cant battle this particular group without putting money up. Funk Volume is a joke for using money as an excuse to battle other groups.

[@jfriant]

SmokeOut Conversations OG rappers wouldn't use money as an excuse to battle other groups.

[@viclegend1]

+SmokeOut Conversations funk volume are not og rappers. u sound silly

[@P4PmmaFan]

+SmokeOut Conversations You can't talk to people like them. They talk about how FV fans are dickriders but they do the same thing lmfao

[@jaysundj]

Vlad,please do more Crooked interviews. The guy is a rap legend and very knowledgable.

[@J0RDAN23xXx]

My dude in the back is funny af just noddin his head the whole time

[@blazekid2407]

FV technically cant come close to crooked or hsg, but they still dope

[@luisr9501]

+Blaze Kid Thank you

[@clsorbital7403]

They couldn't come close to Crooked. I'm a HSG fan but they took a loss before these tracks game out when they said 225 + 225 = 500

[@tylerbenowitz7524]

I think hop is better than hsg but nowhere near crooked i.

[@KnKrause]

Didnt hear of Hopsin until he announced "retirement" then i got hooked on his "Ill Mind Tracks" & didnt hear of Horseshoe Gang til Funk Vol offered the challenge. Smart marketing move bc now I love both. Glad it happened bc now I listen to both.

[@disasteraka]

I've been heard of hospin! horseshoe gang was new for me and like you said now I listen to both. Definitely 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@oblambo]

People really took that "popularity" reference from Hopsin too far. FV don't care about the money/music views either. It was just ammo for the battle. Them dudes don't flaunt anything-they keep it lyrical.

[@P4PmmaFan]

Facts

[@DANZSEVEN4]

Emmett Lester more salt for this guys happy meal plz

[@wav.yliving]

LOL this looked like Arsenal from the thumbnail

[@لمعان-ض9ع]

+SickestRap You are sick as fuck. Keep up with ya shit ya bish

[@Yzaiahjordan]

+SickestRap I thought I was the only one that thought this haha.

[@wav.yliving]

ThatRandomDude lool thanks man

[@pupst.v.]

Faster tracks doesn’t mean better quality. FV was monumental. Especially Dizzy’s Wright verse.

[@ahliehsusjsjsjsj8124]

swizzz woulda definitely done better than hop

[@MrJizzinator23]

they talk about having intricate complex bars, yet these dudes' chorus on the FV diss was "fuck volume'... super complex bro.. I couldnt have thought of that one..

[@adrianramirez3239]

Bruh do you hear horseshoe gang wtf you listening too don't ever think horseshoe gang didn't have ammo stacked up they always and there connected too slaughterhouse. Hsg killed them hsg don't have as much fans as funk volume but it don't matter. I like both crews but fv got destroyed. Hsg wanted too go back and forth fv didn't want tpo

[@williamtupz6597]

5 brothers with undeniable lyrical skill!!!

[@CaseyStellar]

I don't think it was a "white flag" thing. I think it was a "it's escaped its point" thing.

[@IrvDollarzZgAow]

They got this nigga Crooked sitting like he an OG in the front.

[@KnKrause]

Didnt hear of Hopsin until he announced "retirement" then i got hooked on his "Ill Mind Tracks" & didnt hear of Horseshoe Gang til Funk Vol offered the challenge. Smart marketing move bc now I love both. Glad it happened bc now I listen to both. Wish disses kept going.

[@AuthoritarianGuy]

fv vs hsg more entertaining then drake vs meek mill

[@matts.5728]

I respect both KXNG Crooked and Hopsin as emcees, so this is a battle I'll choose to remain neutral on. I listened to both tracks rendered from both crews and I can't choose one over the other. But hats off to both for actually being lyrical and creative in their approach, it reminds us all of what really matters in hip hop and that's lyricism and delivery overall.

[@ikarus8982]

As a funk volume fan, i have no hate towards these guys. They were doing the same as FV so no disrespect.

[@Treet246]

no bias here but dizzy wright's verse alone wrote off HSG

[@lunchboxtoothpick3775]

Hopsin arguably a better rapper....but fv didn't realize that they were thugin.....i think fv was more about rapping and horseshoe was willing to rhug

[@G.light33]

It was close but FV got them. They were much more personal. HSG was more lyrical but basically no personals.

[@1st-degree498]

HSG won with better bars, but FV won with better music, id call it a tie. But if i had to give it to anyone it would be HSG for putting out more and FV ending the battle.

[@ICYSCYTHESLICE]

too bad all that lyrical technicality can't help a rapper make a song... and honestly more people know FV over horse shoe gang... all the bars don't mean shit if they aren't put in the right place

[@ICYSCYTHESLICE]

+Spida Jackson horse shoe gang getting donkey of the day now... you have spoken lol

[@marcomeme4875]

+TheiLL17 they have hella good songs, they are just like you said, not famous enough though

[@ICYSCYTHESLICE]

+Batman _ they're songs fit the same standards of "lyrical" and "conscious" hip hop... and I need variety

[@marcomeme4875]

TheiLL17 you want some dumb shit from them? I would suggest chilling with my knoccas, pimp shit, ride or die chick or something else. They got plenty of stuff of all flavours

[@ICYSCYTHESLICE]

+Batman _ you call it stupid... like I said variety, I can't give credit if you have like 3 out of 10 to 15 songs that are good, I don't wanna hear the same type of stuff with no changes over and over again.

[@marcusvasquez6125]

I respect both groups and they both have hella bars.

[@aaronconnor6547]

Hopsin verse was raw " how does feel to be never on a tour bus" he was clowning

[@adrianramirez3239]

It was raw but hsg already had ammo stacked for a lyrical war I like both rap groups but listen too hsg family over everything ft royce some of the same people in slaughterhouse in shady records are some of the same people In hsg

[@BraidzMC]

I'm a friend of Hopsins, and a collaborator. But holy shit there's some dickridery happening in these comments. Horseshoe gang smashed on my bruhs.

[@jeffm7487]

A live rap battle would be too dope

[@DahknessDondre]

I loved both HSG and FV before this whole "beef" shit but FV appeals to a larger audience in my opinion.

[@ghostwho999]

Aye RS to keep it 100 Hopsin has ALWAYS said Crooked I was one of his favorite MC's so thats not anything new.

[@terronbuggs6400]

its funny how they don't address the fact that dizzy and jarren smashed horseshoe

[@mirror8049]

lol i see people saying hsg had no personals.... lmao hold on read this. "I mean hopsin getting dropped by these RUTHLESS RECORDS we JERRY HELLER and EAZY" It was personal clever, and a double entendre.. prolly could be a triple but what i caught was *Hopsin getting dropped by these ruthless records:refferring to the two brutal diss songs that he and his crew took L's from *and Hop was signed to ruthless records which was made by Jerry Heller and Eazy E, which he had some issues with and ended up leaving.. thats was just one of the many crazy ass lines... like come on be fair... hsg had some dope lines... no pun intended.

[@ZYB3Rmusic]

+Mirror Mirror Im with you but FV fans surprisingly don't like bars or know what it is. They don't really know about the real lyrical side of Hiphop. Sure FV is lyricall guys but not at the same level as HSG. The most funny thing is that they hate on Crooked and talk ''Who is he/Never heard of him''. Note: Im not saying all FV fans dont know what lyrical means

[@x_x4709]

The tweet from Hopsin shows who really won basically raising the white flag people really sleeping on same day to alot of the bars on that track are nasty especially Kenny

[@liljuan206]

The Same Day was nice but FVs Free Meal had the somethin to pushov the top idk

[@DEBO5]

I don't know what you guys were listening to but the FV diss was corny as fuck

[@MiniMilitiaDude]

It really was and four about 3 years now I've loved FV and always tired for them but their diss was low key trash like when Hop was like "fuck horsehit gang they straight lame" in like really hop "lame"? And jarren was like "but in sorry she don't like pussy" was trash

[@0n3z]

I like both sides (groups)

[@mr.killluminati1220]

We are talking about the skillfulness of the art of Emceeing people... Bar for bar, the intricacy of the flows and schemes and the figurative wordplay, Horseshoe Gang was obviously more proficient, people are just going to be biased, and it also comes down to personal preference, but Amy established battle rapper will tell you Horseshoe gang definitely went harder in THOSE previously mentioned aspects mentioned above, people become emotionally attached to artist whether conciously or not and they just cant admit when the artist they love and respect take a loss, I love FV, hopsin was my favorite for a bit when I heard raw for the first time, I recently heard of Horseshoe gang last year and become a fan, speaking in a totally unbiased manner, HSG beat FV, if you wanna speak on who has put out better songs you could arguably say Fv has, and I would agree in that aspect.

[@alexreyes4331]

FV still won. They lyrically destroyed HSG. That first diss that HSG put out sounded like a diss track that they've had on the shelves for years. Then they put out a track called "same day" after crooked clearly said they get technical when they make music. You may be better bar for bar, but that don't mean shit when FV ate you up lyrically. Watch FV comeback unexpectedly, you won't see HSG come back that same day

[@EazyECpt63]

I'm still waiting on the bg knocc out interview

[@justicewillrise1471]

Shout out to Crook an tha gang keep it pushin!! Crooked we need that Slaughterhouse album an your mixtape ASAP

[@Anonuex]

why is vlad not making a video with fv ?

[@justinedolanski9266]

whens the battle gonna drop??

[@Bulletized]

They already have lol

[@joshuasteelo3376]

but same day was weak bro

[@juanlennonsfunhouse2633]

IDK Dizzy hopsin jarren benton vs HSG its a close call all are amazing

[@MrDendevil]

It was entertaining, they both won. Jarren MVP

[@MrDendevil]

No idea who that is

[@JayGLiteHarlem]

It's 4? I honestly thought it was like two of them. Their voices sounded similar on Half A Meal.

[@iambane2228]

+JayGLiteHarlem "Fuck your group of duplicates, im on my king kunta shit."- Dizzt Wright 2015- Free Meal

[@ljmanics5700]

Much respect to king crooked, would have been good for it to go further. But a FV and slaughter house, horsehoe gang collab or something would be awesome. going to the actual songs, both songs were good, both punchlines and metaphors. both did good. But you can't call out a winner on either side, I've been following Fv a while and I love slaughter house, i don't know much about horseshoe gang but idk both did dope songs :D

[@Funkyphresh]

Those tweet's clearly tell who the clear winners are.

[@---kr3zg]

HSG won and I agree with crooked, I wanted to see FV clap back and go back and forth because i know HSG had ammo stored for a war

[@victorzelada8887]

so who won the money ?

[@MyPenguinShow]

Why does this look like a mixture of a United Nations meeting and a temptations album cover

[@L1am21]

+Cameron Shaw -Mike Epps

[@shroomshady]

any 1 of hsg would kill all of funk volume at the same time

[@Mr6ixmusic]

The second diss they put out was killer lol "same day"

[@flipsum555]

COB is insane! So was funk V tho

[@graybenyo6735]

Crooked is on a track with dizzy wright yet he dont know him ? dammm

[@jotts3505]

Regardless y'all should respect Horseshoe Gang for the content they put out. Start with mixtape monthly 1 and try to get a personal feel. If you really listen to HSG, and set aside any opinions formed off of the fv beef. You'll see those cats are unlike anything out there in the industry. The definition of a rap flow

[@tellmesomething2412]

Looking at these comments, man were the fans in their emotions then. I was in the comment sections too. I just thought it was good for the culture.

[@jacobericlamberson3562]

Hopsin and Crooked I need to lyrically duke it out if anything. They're both the top guys of both groups soooo why not let the generals go to war?

[@ZYB3Rmusic]

+JakeThaKanibal Lamberson Because Crooked is way above Hopsin and Hop would earn more even if Crooked won. Hopsin he is a nobody compared to Crooked and thats why.

[@jacobericlamberson3562]

+Simon Grönberg true it just made more sense

[@ZYB3Rmusic]

Yeah it feels like its more FV vs Crooked...then HSG.

[@CTay1]

To me king crook and Hopsin are 2 of the best tk ever do it

[@XxShadowGTxX]

Did I catch a little word on the Mos - Lupe shit at 6:05 ? lol

[@VenomSpitta1022]

Funk Volume gave mercy. I also think that shit would've went a whole other direction with SwizZz. I love the diss but they went weak as fuck

[@azzurriblue65]

Big fan of Crooked but I think FV took it, his crew didn't come as hard as I expected the blood of Crooked I to bring. Still fun overall.

[@YungKuroKami]

I got love for all the Mc's involved, FV, HSG, and Crooked alike. But I gotta say that Horshoe Gang sounds waaayyyy too similar to Kxng Crooked, honestly. I understand that they're family but they totally bit his style.

[@ergoth154]

+PRXNCE LAPACUS It's that Long Beach spitter style style. It's the whole area but Crooked was one of the forefathers. Iceman, Big Pho, One-2 & Ad-Vice (Longbeach Rappers) all have the similar styles as well but no one is biting anyone's style.

[@YungKuroKami]

+Elliot Fedorka Well that explains it.

[@tenrotv10x88]

Hopsin made a point that horseshoe gang are amateurs because they are in their 30-40 and can't get their money up and they are the most intellectual rappers bar for bar I've ever heard like wow punch lines in all were awesome but yeah hopsin got the most views so he won which is crazy I think horseshoe gang won bar for bar

[@aremcee8709]

they get credited and then he shades it down smh

[@skatertwin100]

Do people actually think horeshoe gang won that shit? No dick-riding here, but it wasn't even close. I listened to HSG's track first, and really liked it. The energy was great, the multis were dope. It had me thinking, "damn, they might have just won this shit." and then a few days later or whatever, I listened to FV's and was blown away again. Horse shoe gang DID rap really well, but as far as content goes, FV destroyed them. And style? FV takes that point all day. You can tell HSG has a good style, and you're not wrong, but they're all trying to rhyme like Crooked, plain and simple. With Hop, Jarren and Dizzy, you get three different styles (albeit hopsin's verse was kinda short) all staying on topic the whole way through, when Hsg would often spit generic bars that could have been about any wack rappers, but not necessarily FV. Like I said great effort by The Gang, and it was even pretty close, but all in all, FV took that W.

[@munib23]

Living legends Right here. sutt x2

[@Lp4life4]

Honestly happy meal is better than their first track, the second one from horseshoe was shit...

[@edgardelgado5907]

hopsin won funk volume won

[@RAMENn00dleb0y]

+edgar delgado Well Funk Volume broke up so who is the real winner here?

[@exiledlord6030]

funk volume response track was better than horseshoe gang......crooked I and slaughterhouse would destroy funk volume! Dizzy Wright and Hopsin just need to remain consistent they go hard. theres no way crooked I would admit his guys taking an L....us as the fans just want the music keep going we love competition

[@ZenoSama_]

I'm sorry but horseshoe gang lost IMO. Especially the fact they don't even got half the money to even battle.. Fuck a diss song. THEY WANT A BATTLE!

[@Emery540]

Is funk volume still around I already knew crooked and his brothers had the victory in the bag Hopsin cool but I always ride to crooked

[@tripdizzy5562]

Nah funk volume literally broke up a week or so after that battle 😂

[@cynthiabarron9179]

Wasn't feeling horseshoe on either of their diss. in my opinion. Hopson was trash in the FV diss, Benton and Dizzy went in. Swizzz should've been on there and we could've have a real solid one.

[@videosofthedammed]

I'd like to see horseshoe gang vs tech nines strange music choppers

[@theonlytrewill3478]

Hopsin had good sportsmanship tho!

[@ShamanTheMartyr]

Crooked I said some real stuff bro! them boys on a come up, Hopsin ain't never been on that money tip.

[@adamkelly7709]

Funk volume was better overall, not even a question

[@jtwilliamson6600]

FV had more substance to their song. HSG had more complex bars. FV has to tour now, and HSG didn't put up the money... Regardless... The battle would have been dope if FV kept going... But real shit... "Same Day" fucking sucked lol

[@kenfreeman1027]

that was a great battle .. i thought dizzy went the hardest . i dont care who won. they both dropped bomb

[@DUB777]

I think Funk Volume has more skills and make better music than Horse Shoe Gang.

[@richardcarabajal99]

bruh funk volume straight murdered horseshoe gang honestly.

[@aundremarroquin1578]

why does were shirts that say chica

[@knottyed5259]

what if crooked eye wrote all there bars

[@joecociuba4722]

lol crooked is a wordsmith sure, but that goes hand in hand with the respect you get for writing your own shit. this isnt drake we are talking here

[@alottaguala9766]

Crooked I is dope but I think FV won

[@amsterdamG2G]

if crooked says they are cool than it must be so

[@DvGnaps707]

FV had more quotables, better production/quality,and was way more DISrespectful. Horseshoe gang diss was kinda lame. and i'm a HSG fan. Just facts

[@tenrotv10x88]

This is what I'm talking about funk volume definitely ate the views up and have more money, they made a point that horseshoe gang were better than them but have no money and are in their late 30's to early 40's, but horseshoe gang can definitely eat them up in bars they can literally "go off the top of the head or they can just start chopin your head" I'm mad cause hopsin is my favorite rapper and is now talkin money but I understand he was trying to make a point but it's just not cool horseshoe gang and crook murdered them

[@MrMacmua]

Crooked I a real nigga

[@respekmyname3715]

they aint reply to daylyt though lol

[@AdamWestTheDrunk]

I think it was even. Hopsin was trash but jarren was dope and dizzy was fire

[@L1am21]

+coriontatereed -Fad 5 Freddy

[@kysonsnow8327]

Quality over quantity

[@scaperune5704]

Disses aren't all about verbal structure and lyricism. They didn't make me feel the aggressive attack or passion. Funk Volume won by a landslide.