Crime Unit - B.L.O.O.D Clot Professional - 1996

12" - 1996 - Union Records 

Here is the 12-Inch released in 1996 on Union Records by Crime Unit, a group consisting of Shorty Rocks, Mr. Crooks, Willie-Bo, Class-B and Tate. A lot of of people think that this crew was from Chester, PA due to the fact that Union Records was based there, but all the members came from various areas...

Class- B : "Crooks and Bo are cousins... Bo is from East NY, Crooks and Shorty are from Delaware, myself and Tate are from Chester, PA."

Willie-Bo : "I grew up in Brooklyn with the Droopy Eye Crew. Those are my little brothers, and I moved to Delaware which is outside of Philly."

Crooks : "Bo and myself are originally from Brooklyn. Class-B is from Chester PA and ran heavy in Philly. I moved to Delaware in Jr High and Bo moved to Delaware around 19-20 yrs old."

Around 1995, Class-B was locked up. They formed the group Crime Unit when he came back home. They did 2 singles that got pressed on Union Records, a record label owned and managed by Malcolm "Melly Paid" Lockley. Melly Paid was known at the time for being the producer of Jackal The Bear, a Ragga Hip-Hop artist that Class-B linked Crooks with when he was locked up, and who blew up with his single entitled "For Real" in 1995. Willie-Bo and Crooks ended up on the hook for this lead single. At the time, Melly Paid heard music they were recording and said "We Pressin That Up ASAP". 

The First single is "B.L.O.O.D  Clot Professional" which is the lead single on the A-side of the wax. It is produced by Smoke House Productions and features Mr Crooks, Willie-Bo, Tempamental and Gillatine. Tempamental and his brother Gillatine were also members of the New Jersey-based group Droopy Eye Crew (D.E.C). The second single is "Yes He Was" on the B-side. It is produced by Mr Crooks and features Mr Crooks, Shorty Rocks, Class-B and Willie-Bo. The singles also came out on Cassette and CD versions.

Willie-Bo : "Crooks and me were a 2 man group. Droopy Eye Crew was another group but that some made us a temporary group. The other member of Crime Unit Class-B was locked up when we recorded B.L.O.O.D  Clot Professional."

Class-B : "Tempamental is Bo and Crooks's cousin. We did a lot of music together that never came out...Crime Unit signed with Union Records but D.E.C didn't so the train kinda derailed as far as that went but we all are family still."

Class-B : "Smoke House Productions was Tempamental and his 2 Brothers situation. That was their thing...Since Melly Paid came off with the hit "For Real", thought that he could sign Temp to Union Records with his brother(s) as we keep it moving but Smokehouse had other plans."

Crooks : "Smokehouse is the studio Temp's older cousin(s) built as home base for D.E.C. and fam. Starting in Orange New Jersey, it grew into a multi media facility and production house and relocated to Manhattan. Droopy Eye Crew moved from Brooklyn to New Jersey when Smokehouse was built."

Crime Unit - Jackal the Bear & Prodigy (RIP) - Photo courtesy of Mr Crooks

After the release of the 12", they formed a group named Da Unit and founded their own label named Wylekat Entertainment, managed by Class-B, Bo and Crooks for the most part, and they've been putting out music independently ever since. They released a full album on CD titled "The Album" in 2000. They also dropped two 12-inches entitled "Who Dem ?" and "Believe In Ya Self" in the late 90s / early 2000s.

Crooks : "We signed as Crime Unit, the name came from a member who noticed we basically linked due to criminal activity. After we parted ways with Union Records, we were still making music and didn't want to totally reintroduce ourselves to our fanbase, at the time. We were called Da Unit once we went totally independent. We all were/are individual emcees or groups. Crime Unit and Da Unit was to identify us as a collective... groups within a group ...We were Da Unit waaay before G..... lol... but we never broke up ! Just no longer under those monikers... But Crime Unit never released an album on Union Records because our masters were lost in a flood or a fire unfortunately..."

Photo courtesy of Mr Crooks

Mad Props to Class-B, Mr Crooks & Willie-Bo. Thanks for your time.