J-Zone rips down the backboard on NBA Rappers and Hip-Hop Ballers
Written: Sep 29 '04 (Updated Oct 08 '04)
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Pros: Production, Lyrics, Humor, J-Zone's on fiya!
Cons: None
The Bottom Line: Recommened for anyone sick of rappers tryna play ball.
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| MajaFiggaz's Full Review: A Friendly Game of Basketball / $poiled Rotten - J... |
A Friendly Game of Basketball
It's pretty much a known fact that the favorite sport of a lot of hip-hop artists is basketball. It is also known that many of the top NBA stars love hip-hop and some even try to rap. You know, Shaq, Iverson, Webber, Kobe, Moochie Norris, even "The Wizard" Walt Williams dropped an album a couple years back. Most of these hip-hop albums or songs from NBA players are laughable at best and really show how they should stick to thier sports.
The same thing is the case with rappers trying to ball. Don't get me wrong some rappers actually do have game, or had game, such as Master P, Camron, Ma$e, and even Fish Scales from Nappy Roots played on his college ball squad at Western Kentucky. However Master P just can't cut it in the league and most rappers just make fools out of themselves when they are on the court which was evident in almost all of the MTV Rock-N-Jock basketball events.
Enter J-Zone. The man who released the flaming hot Sick of Bein' Rich last year and various hot albums before that. Obviously fed up with rappers who wanna ball and ballers who wanna rap, J-Zone drops the pimp hand on both sides and smacks a few cats up a bit with A Friendly Game of Basketball. The song starts off with an intro with J-Zone just letting it be known he is fed up with cats on MTV cribs frontin' like they can ball. As far as the production the Zone drops a tight beat with pounding bass, female vocals in the background, and a tight drum loop. Also included are sounds of the ball bouncing off the hardwood and swishing through the net.
[Intro]
"Aiiyo, straight up
I'm sick of watchin all y'all rappers and actors
On MTV Cribs playin basketball at ya house
I'm sick of watchin y'all mess up Celebrity All-Star Weekend
Ya non lay-up makin motherf!ckers, y'all suck!
I'll bust all y'all @sses one on one
We'll play to eleven, I'll spot ya five points
And I'll still serve that @ss
This J-Zone talkin to you boy, come on"
J-Zone starts it off letting it be known he has had it up to here, with the rapping ballers and ballin' rappers. Here he sends a challenge to all for a game of one-on-one. He gives props to Bow Wow for having a little game but he lets it be known he'd bust Bow Wow, JD, and Kriss Kross's @ss in a game of 4-on-1. He then sends a shot to Ice Cube and even tells him to bring back the jheri curl. After playing Justin Timberlake saying not even Magic could get an assist to his weak @ss, he clowns on Nelly. After knocking Queen Latifah's shot into the third row he then bust Master P and clowns the hell outta Snoop Dogg's weak show. In the chorus he tells us this sh!t just makes him laugh as he clowns himself sayin' it's a publicity stunt.
[Verse 1]
"Now that every ball player wanna rap and every rapper wanna ball/
I'm talkin sh!t one on one, I drop a dime on 'em all/
Look I make records but when I get time ballin is my hobby/
Ball playin rap dudes, none of y'all can stop me/
Bow Wow's got game, but he's five foot three/
Nice crossover dog, try that jive on me/
Might need a little backup to hang with me/
F!ck that, two on one - call Jermaine Dupri/
Call Kriss Kross too, all four of y'all in/
You're gonna have to do more than 'Jump Jump' to win/
Ice Cube, I love his work but on a court ain't nothin poppin/
When my jump shot droppin I be like (*STEADY MOBBIN*)/
Four, five n!ggaz in a mothership/
Cube, take it to the rappin bring the jheri curl back/
Timberlake is the man, for flashin Janet's tits/
But his hoop game is so weak, even Magic can't assist/
I saw Nelly playin ball but his game was sturrrr/
One on one you wanna ball, we can ball RIGHT THURRR/
Heard Latifah played in high school and she wanted state/
Huh, I still swat a girl shot - I don't discriminate/
Master P is a No Limit Soooooooldier (uhnnnnnh)/
But I got the Old Maid crossover ('bout it, 'bout it)/
Don't get it wrong I love P but I'ma take him to the lane/
We can even have Pen & Pixel sponsor the game/
Snoop Dogg wanna ball, we can do that fo shizzle/
Hit a jump on at his grill on Doggy Fizzle Televizzle/
All you stars wanna be T-Mac, y'all got one thing in common/
None of y'all wanna face the Zone../"
[Chorus]
"Ball players wanna rap, rappers wanna ball/
Make my day, I'm laughin at 'em all/
I'm just out to get fame so if I'm dissin ya game/
I'm just lookin for attention by callin ya name/"
[J-Zone Interlude]
"Hehe, aiiyo Kobe don't think I forgot about you dog
Up there rappin with Brian McKnight and sh!t
It's all good, 'cause I'm tryin out for the motherf!ckin league
And I'm gettin me a spot"
Verse 2 is where J-Zone really shines as he rips on some NBA ballers. He says that since ballers wanna jump in the rap game then why can't he jump in the NBA. Starting it off by smashing on Rick Fox, who is nothing more than a mediocre role player at best(Did he retire yet?). He also tells Fox that he isn't gonna let him sock the sh!t out of him like he did Doug Christie. Continues to pound on the Kings he disses Chris Webber, who has been known to dabble in the rap game, and his bum knee. Of course the Portland Trailblazers aren't safe from the J-Zone assault, and the Blazers pretty much set themselves up for it as the Zone rips on them and thier bad marijuana habit. From players like Damon Stoudamire, Zack Randolph, Sheed when he played for them, and various others, that team really does get Blazed in Portland. He claims that he'd win a game against the whole team because all he gotta do is light the spliff and that will keep the Blazers in the lock room for a forfeit. At the end of the verse he tells that he'd use this opportunity as a shameless plug for his album. In the songs outro J-Zone actually admits he isn't too good of a basketball player himself. However he makes sure he looks good throwing up bricks and airballs in golf shoes.
[Verse 2]
"Now and for all these NBA dudes, can make CD's/
I can get up in the NBA and make some cheese/
Even versus the Lakers my game don't stop/
You don't believe? Get me one on one with Rick Fox/
And when my jump shot's on Rick, come and get with me/
Don't try to play tough, I ain't Dumb Christie/
Even Chris Webber don't stand a chance/
I cross him up, f!ck up his bad knee/
and put him in the ambulance (see ya!)/
Just give me a meeting with David Stern/
Get my @ss to this camp and these players gon' learn/
I can beat the Portland Blazers, believe that/
'Cause when we playin I'll just ask 'em 'Yo, where the weed at?'/
And they be like 'F!ck the game, pass the joint'/
And I'll win by forfeit, while they keep puffin/
Everybody gon' trip out, and say that I'm buggin/
Nawh I'm just kiddin but I'm up for this challenge/
Celebrity All-Star 2005, hook me up and let the Zone get live/
Do I really got game, I don't know - come and test me/
But make sure it's televised so I can sell some records/"
[Chorus]
[Outro]
"Yo, some of y'all probably wanna know
if I really can play or if I'm just talkin sh!t
Heh, I won't lie - I drop more bricks than Co-Op City
But you know what, I still look pretty while I do it
And I'll still serve half of these rappin movie dudes
And I'll do it in GOLF shoes.
We'll play to eleven, I'll spot ya five points
And I'll still win, Celebrity All-Star 2005, J-Zone baby
Game over, b!tch!"
Man after hearing this I am ready to run out and grab J-Zone's latest album right now. It's great to see the Zone still putting out that hot sh!t with humor like only he can do. I am surprised he didn't smash on Shaq however, who over the summer made headlines by dissin' Skillz. I would have like to see what J-Zone had to say about that. Still when I heard him diss the Portland Trailblazers I had to laugh. J-Zone's production is still top notch and looks to continues the venom of Sick of Bein' Rich. Well if you wanna hear some comic relief smashing on the NBA Rappers and Hip-Hop Ballers this joint is for you. The B-Side Spoiled Rotten is also a tight track that features Celph Titled. I'd really just recommend you to go out and get J-Zones album however instead of one song for about 1/3 of the albums price.
Note: The B-Side of this is $poiled Rotten which i'll probably wait to review on my review of J-Zone's A Job ain't nuthin' but Work album.
5 Stars
More J-Zone ish:
$ick of Bein' Rich
Recommended:
Yes
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