Streetball.com presents the I Keep It Local streetball crew. I Keep it Local streetball team consists of Astro, mouse, 4D, pg-13, handlez, kit kat and Werm displaying some incredible hops and handles. ProHoeZak supplies the music with his new hit Hip-Hop single, Superman.
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Performed for the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, Marvin Gaye’s remix captured the passion of 80s soul, mixed it with some old fashioned patriotism and created a timeless classic. And like Marvin and the Dream Team before them, this year’s Team USA Basketball intends to put on a show that will forever go down as one the greatest performances in the history of the sport.
Marvin Gaye National Anthem
Nike Basketball brings Marvin, LeBron James, Kobe, Jason Kidd and the rest of the team together to pay homage to basketball, America’s game.
Streetball.com is doing something I never imagined. Just watch the streetball video. By the way, the video includes Scout.com, Rise Magazine, And 1, Yardbarker.com, MaxPreps.com, Rivals.com, Takkle.com, NBA, MySpace.com, SlamOnline.com and other basketball and sports websites. Check out the Streetball.com Remix of Ace Hood’s popular video, “Cash Flow.”
Ace Hood “Cash Flow Streetball Remix”
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Florida’s heat has been radiating over hip-hop for many years. From the legendary “Uncle” Luke Campbell, Trick Daddy and Trina to DJ Khaled, Flo Rida, T-Pain, Rick Ross and Plies, the sunshine state has always produced hot music. The next artist to emerge from this sizzling climate is Ace Hood, and with an ace on the top of the deck, he is guaranteed to continue Florida’s heat wave.
“I got the name Ace as a child. My family always thought that I would be the one who would succeed in whatever I did,” he explains. “I feel like I’m an army in myself. I carry my own weight and since I represent for the hood, why not attach that to my name?”
Born Antoine McColister in Broward County, Florida, Ace knew he was destined for greatness. After an injury derailed his burgeoning football career, Ace turned to his true passion, rapping. At the age of 17, Ace teamed up with the Broward-County-based entertainment label, Dollaz & Dealz, to record the hit “M.O.E.” (”Money Over Everything”) which sparked an immediate buzz in South Florida. Ace began to perform and network which helped him gain exposure like never before. After fine-tuning his craft on local crowds, he set his sights on performing for DJ Khaled at his annual birthday bash.
“We was outside the radio station not even trying to get a deal, just hoping to perform at his birthday bash,” he recalls. “We just figured we’d try and perform. He had a contest going on where you had to give a certain amount of reasons why you should perform at the birthday bash. So I was going to rap for him on camera and show him why I was worthy. Although he had to go to a meeting, he came out, looked at me and said I love his image. We handed him a CD and once we did that he listened to it and called my manager that night. He said I love his swag, I hear starvation in his music and I want to take a meeting with him.”
That meeting turned into Ace becoming the first artist signed to DJ Khaled’s label “We the Best” distributed by Def Jam Records. His hot new single “Cash Flow” featuring T-Pain and Rick Ross is currently blazing the radio waves everywhere. “Once I played the song for Rick Ross he loved it and he put his whole swag to it” explains Khaled. “The song was pretty much done but we felt to make it more of a hit record, get somebody like T-Pain who’s running the game right now, on the hook to make it go that much further.” The song is setting the stage for Ace’s debut album, Gutta, with guest appearances from some of rap’s elite including Trick Daddy, Flo Rida, Akon, Plies and production from Cool & Dre, The Runners, Danjahandz and J.U.S.T.C.E. League, Ace’s deck is definitely stacked.
“This album is definitely gonna be a classic,” Ace says confidently. “People are expecting a lot out of me not only because I’m on Khaled’s label, but because everyone knows that the ace is ranked as the highest.”
With an ace up your sleeve, how can you go wrong?
Streetball.com is both hoops and hip-hop. So when LeBron James compared himself to Jay-Z and DeShawn Stevenson to Soulja Boy, it got me thinking: What does that make the rest of the league’s biggest stars? Guys like CP3 and Kobe would have to be compared to some pretty big MC’s to make this whole “hip-hoop” analogy work, right?
Below is a baller-balla breakdown of the NBA’s biggest stars and their alter-egos in the rap universe.
Chris Paul - Lil Wayne
CP3’s turning the playoffs upside-down, much like Weezy’s nonsensically brilliant rhymes have made him a legend at a young age in hip-hop. Need more? Paul balls in the Big Easy, which is Birdman Jr.’s hometown. Paul’s up for the MVP this year, while many consider Young Weezy to be rap’s current GOAT, ahead of Hova, even. In fact, the only thing wrong with this comparison is that Paul’s alter ego pulls for the wrong guys in gold: “I guess I’m the number one Lakers fan. Yellow bottle, yellow bottle, purple bag, purple bag.”
Kobe Bryant - 50 Cent
Why Fiddy and not a West coast MC for the Lakers’ go-to guy? Well, none of the current left coast rappers (The Game comes to mind) is successful enough to do Kobe justice, and old guys like Snoop are past their primes. Kobe’s still on top of his game, however, as is G Unit. Plus both are sort of insane, they love beef, and they’re polarizing as sin.
Shaquille O’Neal - Dr. Dre
Shaq and Dre are both kind of old-school, kind of overweight, and completely legendary. And both are writing the final chapters to their legacies: Shaq getting the Suns to the finals would be the same thing as Dre finally dropping “Detox” … and having it actually live up to the hype.
Steve Nash - Kanye West
The humble Nash would probably hate being compared with the Louis Vuitton Don, but it makes sense. Both are facilitators: Mr. West started out producing for guys like Jay-Z, while Nash is best known for his passing. Both are into edgy music: ‘Ye sampled Daft Punk and Can on his last album, while Nash is a fan of Radiohead and Turin Brakes. Both are erudite: West’s mom was an English professor, while Nash is one of the NBA’s best interviews. And both are left-leaning thinkers: Kanye became a household name after his “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” rant, while Nash is outspoken about the war and the environment. Most importantly, however, both are still extremely relevant and successful.
Dirk Nowitzki - T.I.
Eminem’s the obvious one here, as he and Dirk are both fish-out-of-water blonde, white dudes. But while Em’s done, you can’t say that about the Dirkster, who was MVP last year before he got backhanded by the Warriors. T.I., meanwhile, was on top of the rap world last year before he got busted on gun charges and sentenced to house arrest. Both have the skills to get back on top, but if they will is another matter entirely.
Kevin Garnett - Nas
It isn’t just that both KG and Nas are intense and accomplished, it’s that they’re still very current even though they’ve both been around forever. And both are still waiting for that big break after earlier successes (the 2004 MVP for KG, “Illmatic” for Nas).
Gilbert Arenas - Ghostface
Both are niche, both are weird as f**k, both have yet to truly break through, and both are completely captivating when they’re on top of their games.
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