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3.6 ( 24 total votes )
There are only a few rappers out there who can pull off using the word “eviscerated” in a single; Chino XL just so happens to be one of them. Cross Your Heart finds the Jersey rapper in his typical battle rap craze, throwing around over-the-top punchlines and politically incorrect remarks like nobody’s mama is listening. Guest emcee Bun B shows up for one of his more memorable guest appearances, bringing just as much heat as Chino in his verse and on the hook, and Aftermath producer Focus, an alleged protégé of Dr. Dre himself, lays down an eerie, piano-driven beat. Overall, the track is as menacing an affair as its title suggests. Cross Your Heart will appear on Chino XL’s forthcoming album, The Secret (Fall ’08).
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on August 18, 2008
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FIRST!!
love the beat and chino kills it like always focus nice on the beat |
| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 434 |
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BEAT IS NICE AND EERY I LIKE IT BUN B STARTING THIS OFF WAS GOOD HOLDING IT DOWN ON HERE AINT HERD MUCH OF CHINO IN AWHILE LYRICS ARE TIGHT I CAN BUMP THIS AGAIN..
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2281 |
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We back! West Coast is making alotta noise these days, haven't we? lmao My boy Chino has been talking shit 4 years now. A veteran in this game its good to see him up to his style of rap again. This is a nice one 4 him. Haunting West Coast beat, Bun B blessing the hook. I enjoyed that.
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 385 |
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Beat is hot and I could believe dat focus is dres protege. Bun B way crazier than usual, those were some crazy ass angry lyrics, used to him rappin bout rims and being real. Overall a hot unique song. Prefer Bun B's part to Chino.
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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Man, that beat is sick. You could sorta hear the Dre influence definitely.
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11639 |
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Maybe its because I am in Chicago, but Chino XL falls off my radar every year or so... then out of nowhere, he hops back on. Effective now, he is on. Bun is sick, but he doesn't steal the show (as Charlie so nicely pointed out).
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 201 |
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Not bad, the beat is alright. Bun did great on this one and Chino wasn't bad either.
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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hot
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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great song!!
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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Hot song 3.5
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 14 |
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OK
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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this beat is sick...where is detox?
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| Posted on Aug 15, 2008 |
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yeah i like this...i like the atmosphere it creates...this the shit that gives you goosebumps
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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some good ol hip hop.... the game needs more of this
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 3210 |
Not my type of track, I avoid rating coz maybe I don't understand it ;)
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2130 |
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Man. It's been a lot of really great soulful productions on this batch of Booth joints. Focus puts his foot in this eerie sounding soul piano piff. Bun B served it real smooth and Chino XL's flow is super energetic. "Keep that off the record like songs with no sample clearances". His delivery reminds me of Immortal Technique and Eminem for some reason. I guess that's just the feeling it gave me. This is a real atmospheric thriller type joint. Great engineering too on the mix.
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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Not bad
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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Feeling bun on the hook and the flow.
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| Posted on Aug 16, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member |
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Outstanding comeback by Chino XL. Something Hip Hop needed!
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| Posted on Aug 17, 2008 |
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bun b killed this shit
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| Posted on Aug 17, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 356 |
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Classic WC beat. Bun B was ill as hell on here. But he had nothing on Chino. Great song.
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| Posted on Aug 19, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 131 |
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The beat is hot. Lyrics were on point and good collab.
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| Posted on Aug 19, 2008 |
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not feelin the beat
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| Posted on Aug 26, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 8863 |
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I see you man!
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| Posted on Aug 31, 2012 |
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