Crooked Stilo

as seen on myspace

tue 7/15/2008

 

In two years, Victor "Lunatiko" and Johnny "El Duke" Lopez went from rags to riches. Almost. "We came from El Salvador and the situation was so bad there, we got to the projects, and to us it was Beverly Hills," says Victor, half-joking.

The Lopez brothers had already lived in East Los Angeles, but problems with gangs led to a two-year stint at a military academy in their native El Salvador. Scared straight, Victor and Johnny vowed to move out of gangs and into hip hop. In the '90s, the duo dubbed itself Crooked Stilo (a play on "Crooked Style") and released two albums of Cypress Hill-influenced bilingual rap, Crooked For Life and So What You Want.

In 2004, a year after acts like Akwid and Kinto Sol made their debut, Crooked Stilo released Puro Escándalo on the mostly Mexican Fonovisa Records. Featuring Spanish lyrics and cumbia samples, the album helped usher in a movement some dubbed "regional urbano." Crooked Stilo counter that many of their most popular tracks, Ya Lo Saben, Mis Colegialas and Chicas de Reventón, are "just hip hop." The Lopez brothers have since dropped another two albums, 2005's Retrasalo (Back It Up) and last summer's Malhablados (Vulgar). The Lopez brothers set their partying ways aside, for at least a few songs, including "No Te Vayas," a touching song about a young soldier sent out to war.

Crooked Stilo's newest record, Cumbia Urbana: The Album, is scheduled for release at the end of the month.

See: myspace.com/crookedstilo

 
 
 

46 responses to “as seen on MySpace: Crooked Stilo”

salvi hip hop is in pure effect\

13 con paz

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elw

(lost angeles)

7/15/2008

SOOO.....WAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO U GUYS SING?

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sugar123

(Chicago,IL)

7/15/2008

i love your music u represent el salvador so gud! im from there! hope 2 meet yall soon! loveya nd love da song Don Miguel.

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daqu33n69_75

7/15/2008

I can't wait for the new album!

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sourvictory

7/16/2008

orale eses ur songs r ight they preety kool son chigones pa me so yeal8rz hay te wacho........representando sadgurls mz.lazi3

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ESSA firme OG Mz. LAZ13

(SGV califas)

7/16/2008

la neta is that their music is sick.... i like their hip hop, cumbia, and tropical mix it sounds dope. keep on representin EL SALVADOR cuz its all about it.

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benjamin

7/17/2008

Crooked Stilo My Fobority Artis

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fernandoSsXV3St

(bellflower)

7/21/2008

Cumbia Urbana new album crooked stilo

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marvin.ms13

(Los angeles)

7/21/2008

CR00kEd STil0 iS REPRESENTiN SAlVi All dA WAY && i l0VE dERE MUSiC
NVR hEARd N.E ThiNG likE iT

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Yancy♥

7/22/2008

crooked stilo is big on mun2 cumbia Urbana coming

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omar13

(Santa ana)

7/23/2008

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