NBA Stars Dominate Studio for 'Full Court Press' Rap Album
If there is one thing NBA players love more than playing basketball, it's thinking they can release a viable rap album.
There is a Vimeo video floating around with a great deal of both good and bad news. As always, we delve into the bad first.
It's as simple as NBA stars heading into a recording studio armed with years of basketball training—hardly the correct weaponry to spit rhymes.
Yes, some are quite good at the rap game. I will include Stephen Jackson on this short list. But there have also been far too many misses along the way. BuzzFeed has an epic list of basketball stars who thought they could dominate the mic like they do the hardwood.
Not that any of that matters, because in the end, you will be rooting for this album—entitled Full Court Press: Volume 1—to succeed.
Slam Online has a little more information on an upcoming album featuring 14 NBA stars and hip-hop veterans like "Rick Ross, Trina, Snoop Dogg, Birdman, The Game, Twista, T-Pain and others."
"All proceeds from the album, which has a tentative release date of All-Star Weekend in February 2013, will benefit children in the community looking to receive education in the music business.
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If there is going to be one NBA rap album to leap out of the niche and into the mainstream with wild success, let's hope it's this one that aims to help a great cause.
If not, it should be a ton of fun hearing Glen "Big Baby" Davis rap.
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