Category: Music

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NBA Hip Hop Lyric of the Week: Jay Z Encore

Image courtesy of Rich Thane/Flickr . The first three tracks of The Black Album , Jay Z's once-and-for-all declaration that he is hip hop's greatest living artist, are firmly oriented to the album's overarching themes:...

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NBA Hip Hop Lyric of the Week: Ice Cube “It was a good day”

Image courtesy of DVious Buckets . Which M.J. caused Ice Cube to say “It was a good day?” “Get me on the court and I am trouble Last week messed around and got a triple...

Culture of Hoops

NBA Hip Hop Lyric of the Week: Jay Z

Image courtesy of Matthew Harrison/Flickr . Hip hop music and the NBA have been intertwined since the early days of rap. Everyone knows that rappers want to be ballplayers and ballplayers want to be rappers....