tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post113765248074810855..comments2023-09-08T07:56:19.943-07:00Comments on Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Culture: Hoops HitsDrew Halfmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672641455185221691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post-1161696261144098882006-10-24T06:24:00.000-07:002006-10-24T06:24:00.000-07:00Michael Franti had an even better basketball song ...Michael Franti had an even better basketball song from the album 'Home' which was 'Dream Team'. He starts singing about the 92 Dream Team and then moves into his all time Dream Team (about music and human rights activists).<BR/><BR/>Good blogging,<BR/><BR/>Eeeee<BR/><BR/>www.hoopsperspectives.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post-1137734007954397342006-01-19T21:13:00.000-08:002006-01-19T21:13:00.000-08:00that one was hype. I remember the video for that ...that one was hype. I remember the video for that song too. Shaq had an Elmer fudd hunter's cap on I believe.<BR/><BR/>There's a CD/cassette I think from '91 or so that had raps from the likes of NBA legends like Brian Shaw, Cedric Ceballos (who is said to be a good rapper), and Dennis Scott, who I think had a tattoo of himself on his right arm. Anyways, here's a URL if anyone wants to investigate.<BR/><BR/>http://soundsensationsmusic.com/1333.htmlCJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708844922587015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post-1137698476636027192006-01-19T11:21:00.000-08:002006-01-19T11:21:00.000-08:00Here's my favorite hoops lyric."Now who's the firs...Here's my favorite hoops lyric.<BR/><BR/>"Now who's the first pick? Me, word is born and<BR/>Not a Christian Laettner, not Alonzo Mourning<BR/>That's okay, not being bragadocious<BR/>Supercalifragelistic, Shaq is alidocious"Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342199027777229075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post-1137698147728959632006-01-19T11:15:00.000-08:002006-01-19T11:15:00.000-08:00And did anyone see Ralph Samson got brought up on ...And did anyone see Ralph Samson got brought up on charges of not paying child support to several different women? <BR/><BR/>I wonder what NBA player leads the league baby's mamas? that would be a good topic.<BR/><BR/>And Ed Hidalgo is one of my blog names by the way. I was trying to hack into the Minnesota Timberwolves' records yesterday to get them to make that Sczerbzizcziak for Artest deal.CJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708844922587015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17208658.post-1137696579455087462006-01-19T10:49:00.000-08:002006-01-19T10:49:00.000-08:00Well, I think we should start with the most obviou...Well, I think we should start with the most obvious one, entitled "Basketball" by Kurtis Blow.<BR/><BR/>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<BR/>Chorus:<BR/>They're playing Basketball<BR/>We love that Basketball<BR/>They're playing Basketball<BR/>We love that Basketball<BR/><BR/>(Now rapping Basketball Number 1 Kurtis Blow)<BR/><BR/>Basketball is my favorite sport<BR/>I like the way they dribble up and down the court<BR/>Just like I'm the King on the microphone so is Dr. J and Moses Malone<BR/>I like Slam dunks take me to the hoop<BR/>My favorite play is the alley oop<BR/>I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go,<BR/>Cause it's Basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow,<BR/><BR/>Chorus<BR/><BR/>I used to go to dinner, and then take the girl,<BR/>To see Tiny play against Earl The Pearl,<BR/>And Wilt, Big O, and Jerry West,<BR/>To play Basketball at it's very best,<BR/>Basketball has always been my thing,<BR/>I like Magic, Bird, and Bernard King,<BR/>And number 33, my man Kareem,<BR/>Is the center on my starting team,<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(To the hoop, ya'll, Watch out, Watch out<BR/>In yo' face, now here comes the rest)<BR/><BR/>Clyde, Rick Barry, and Pistol Pete,<BR/>Now these players, could never be beat,<BR/>Isiah, and Iceman too,<BR/>Just give 'em the ball, and then you talk up too,<BR/>Dantley and Wilkins are on the scene,<BR/>And Ralph Sampson is really mean,<BR/>Bill Russell didn't take no junk,<BR/>and Darryl Dawkins got a monster dunk,<BR/>Tell me, were you in the joint?,<BR/>The night Wilt scored 100 points,<BR/>Or when Celtics won titles back-to-back,<BR/>And didn't give nobody, no kind of slack,<BR/>Or when Dr. J shook the whole damn team,<BR/>With moves that came right out of a dream,<BR/>Or when, Willis Reed stood so tall,<BR/>Playing D with desire, it's Basketball,CJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607708844922587015noreply@blogger.com