April 19, 2014 - RASTASNOB REGGAE MAGAZINE - Too Experienced Mixtape is featured on the number one italian reggae magazine.
April 12, 2014 - REGGAE RADIO STATION ITALY - Too Experienced Mixtape is the "Best Mixtape of The Week" on Vito War's Reggae Radio Station Italy.
October 01, 2010 - COUNSCIOUSNESS MAGAZINE - "Crystal La Juene – Down for the Heavy - Categorization is not an option for versatility heavily weighs the wide array of talents Crystal La Juene offers in what deserves to be recognized as an album and not a mixtape Down For The Heavy. Princelion and Jah Will co-sign La Juene as the next reign of female emcees to give hip-hop a flamboyant yet polished style lacking in the genre evident in the reggae influenced “Dem Nah Ready.” Since many are not ready to embrace the Afrocentric beauty, question, are we able to accept La Juene as being “Number One,” a smooth summer perfected joint produced by DJ Herc? Those that welcome her to the movement Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Lauryn Hill divided and conquered; La Juene remains loyal to continue to deliver the real hip-hop of her predecessors in the single “Down For The Heavy.”
April 12, 2014 - REGGAE RADIO STATION ITALY - Too Experienced Mixtape is the "Best Mixtape of The Week" on Vito War's Reggae Radio Station Italy.
October 01, 2010 - COUNSCIOUSNESS MAGAZINE - "Crystal La Juene – Down for the Heavy - Categorization is not an option for versatility heavily weighs the wide array of talents Crystal La Juene offers in what deserves to be recognized as an album and not a mixtape Down For The Heavy. Princelion and Jah Will co-sign La Juene as the next reign of female emcees to give hip-hop a flamboyant yet polished style lacking in the genre evident in the reggae influenced “Dem Nah Ready.” Since many are not ready to embrace the Afrocentric beauty, question, are we able to accept La Juene as being “Number One,” a smooth summer perfected joint produced by DJ Herc? Those that welcome her to the movement Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and Lauryn Hill divided and conquered; La Juene remains loyal to continue to deliver the real hip-hop of her predecessors in the single “Down For The Heavy.”
“Hey You!” La Juene eyes her male prey and goes deeper in conversation about the birds and bees as they “Doin’ Tha Damn Thing,” a track by DJ Jeff Da Illest providing love making nostalgia making Mariah Carey’s “Candy Bling” a wonderland of bliss. She comes off as R&B/hip-hop/ and neo-soul with majority of tracks including “I Fly” and the merciless “Karma,” warning those what goes around comes around. “OOH Yes!” La Juene gets inventive adding a brand of house music flavor to Chicago hip-hop. She is given critical acclaim praise. Every female fan of La Juene will appreciate her artistry as she takes them to a place where they all had their first “School Girl Crush,” a groovy banger that makes the chocolate ice cream melt on cold winter nights.
Crystal La Juene does cement her rise to the hip-hop scene as the one to turn the mic into a weapon of skilled lyrically mastery to shiny silver as she fitfully embrace it in the palm of her hand and shakes the eardrums to burst. Down For The Heavy is profound and sincerely overpowering."
March 5, 2010 - MULATTO PATRIOT - "Crystal is a Cool Chick that has a high energy stage show."
THE GUTTAHOUSE - "Overall, you are doing your earz a major injustice if thiz mixtape iz not in armz reach of your closest CD player."
FAKESHOREDRIVE - "The latest and greatest mixtape from Crystal Featuring appearances from Jah Will and Sadat X, as well as production from Grant Parks, ILL Brown, Tommy Skillfinger, Anton Genius and more..."
FBRECORDS - "The latest and greatest mixtape from Crystal LaJuene"
March 22, 2010 - SHERWOOD RADIO/Ear 2 da Streets - Interview with Crystal LaJuene
