![]() ![]() How better to respond to Canibus's boxing metaphor "2nd Round Knockout" with a very definitive basketball one.ġ1. ![]() LL Cool J "The Ripper Strikes Back" (1998) "Sold ya nigga, thought I told ya nigga/ Crossover, slam dunk, game over nigga" Though "I Wish" was Skee-lo's only hit, it was not picked last on this particular list.ġ2. "'Cause when it comes to playing basketball/ I'm always last to be picked And in some cases never picked at all" Cam was indeed an All-American high school baller who was offer scholarships to North Carolina, Syracuse, Duke, Florida and Southern California but grades kept him attending a Division I program.ġ3. We're surprised that Cam doesn't boast more about his ball playing legends on wax. Cam'ron "Sports Drugs & Entertainment" (2000) "Pretty final/ '92 played the city finals Pretty swift, real mvp/ and 55th I can hoop, yo/ All-American in my age group, yo" He just could not be caught wearing a red jersey.ġ4. ![]() "I used to shoot hoops/ But now I, make, hits, every single day"Īt a nimble 6'3, Snoop could have had an advantage at the two. "Coach sat me down from the ball team/ 'Cause I was breakin niggaz on the inseams" -Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest "8 Million Stories" (1993)Ĭould Phife really ball or was this just the 8th million story?ġ5. If this ATLien could the shoot the rock all this time, how come he didn't share his knowledge with the Hawks?ġ6. "Y'all think I'm stupid cuz I shoots 'em up like cupid/ And if you gave me a basketball, I'll show you how to shoot it" This rhyme may be a bit too tongue and cheek to be on a greatest rhyme list, but it's hard not a believe with four NBA titles under his belt.ġ7. Shaquille O'Neal "Shoot Pass Slam" (1993) " Do you want me to shoot it (NO)/ Do you want me to pass it (NO)/ Do you want me to dunk it (YES)" Two years before their multi-platinum class The Score, the Fugees scored with this hoop simile.ġ8. Fugees "Living Like There Ain't No Tomorrow" (1994) She said, "Say sorry for Taquisha"/ Chairs come flying my way like balls at basketball practice" Ironically, no one has witnessed him shoot up blocks, though.ġ9. "We drive bulletproof Coupes nigga, go on take your shot/ We used to shoot hoops nigga, now we shoot up blocks"Īpparently, Young Buck is 6'0 and can reverse yoke. So, without further a do, these are Bounce Magazine's 20 Greatest Basketball Rhymes of All Time. From Run DMC to Jay-Z, basketball has been Hip-Hop's sweetheart. ![]() In any give court, arena, or garden, Hip-Hop provides the soundtrack to our fizzing enamoration with roundball culture. When it comes to basketball, it has always shown its more delicate side. 20 Greatest Basketball Rhymes of All Timeįorget what flings Hip-Hop has had with big booty girls, bling, or gang violence. ![]()
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