Though I am not really into rap music, yet I have to admit that rappers compose great lyrics. Sometimes, I am truly amazed by the rhymes they come up with...so stylish yet so appropriate.
Here is a selection of Hip-hop artists talking about sports issues and players in their songs...the collection is the best sports-related lyrics in recent years; believe me, they are good:
5. New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury has become known for his malignant attitude and lack of team leadership. Lil Wayne spoke about Marbury’s posture:
“You see me with my Marbury posture/I don’t play ball, I point-guard every dollar.”
4. Nas didn’t waste time questioning Kobe Bryant:
“From O.J. to Kobe, uh let’s call him Tobe/First he played his life cool just like Michael/Now he rock ice too just like I do/Yo, you can’t do better than that?/The hotel clerk who adjusts the bathroom mat?”
3. Kanye West used a popular upscale entree to address the Shobe situation:
“She ordered Kobe beef like Shaquille O’Neal/Second I stepped in, the whole room gets still/I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.”
2. Josh Howard may have cost the Dallas Mavericks Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Leave it to New Jersey rapper Joe Budden to point the finger:
“We don’t think the same/I’m like Josh Howard/I need time out, but it’ll cost the game.”
1. Harlem rapper Cam’ron used dazzling wordplay to address a few sports personalities, including the late great Dale Earnhardt:
“I hang with Steinbrenner just to get my cash turn/I call my car Jamal, it get “Mashburn”/Crash, burn, rest in peace Dale Earnhardt/My cousin died the same way, he hit that turn hard.”
