Shaquille O'Neal is one of the greatest center's of all time. Undisputedly, he will always be held in high regard and the NBA will have its biggest void since Micheal Jordan retired when O'Neal retires, for real. But, Shaq is also a rapper, when he wants to be, this latest "situation" is just another episode of O'Nealology, if you will. Alot of people are getting bent outta shape about this humorous performance by the big man, and that would be for one of two reasons: they just don't understand hip-hop and rap music, and they feel Kobe was unfairly disrespected, or they were always a SHAQ HATER, and they hate on anything Shaq does to try to belittle his accomplishments because they're intimidated by this man's swagger, let alone his basketball skill. I, or we at DynastyLakers think this situation is hilarious, and as a Lakers fan, i STILL am laughing out loud at this video, and i'm thanking Shaq for remotivating Kobe and the Lakers, and renewing the rivalry between the Suns and the Lakers, even before Shaq they had bad blood, now, ESPECIALLY after this rap, this whole thing is gonna be worse than before. First, let me explain hip-hop to some people who may have found this whole thing "offensive":
Hip-Hop is about swagger, confidence, style, and realness in the present moment, whether we're talking about current events, sports, politics or somebody's bad shoes, hair, or their ugly mama. In a freestyle or battle, a rapper plays his advantages to his ultimate advantage by rhyming about them, bragging about them, declaring your own greatness with undeniable FACTS over whomever your opponent at the expense of their emotions, and if the victim of these rhymes catches emotions, gets angry or anything, that just makes the rhyme-sayer look better, especially if the victim is not a rapper and is not going to respond. But ultimately, its about wordplay, anologies, and a cunning mind to put statements together that people can understand and relate to.
"can't nobody in the world do it bigger than me" FACT
"that's like a white person tryin to be more nigga than me" lol
"that's like a homeless person having more figures than me" lol
"that's like Patrick Ewing having more rings than me" lol
"that's like you saying to yourself you're better than me" lol
"that's like Kareem saying to himself he better than me" STOP
that's the only problem i really have with this freestyle. Come on, now we know there has never been another center at 7 feet 310 pounds, the physical presence of Shaq is surely BIG, but there are two centers Shaq will probably never pass, that is Kareem Adbul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. It is unwise to even compare the those guys, because they lived in their primes in different eras of basketball, and they all made history in different ways, statistically. Wilt's 100, 50 PPG, Kareem's 6 rings, 38 yr old Finals MVP, and Shaq's dominance 35-15-5 Finals performances. Maybe if Shaq wins a championship with PHX and wins Finals MVP at 37 or 38, we may have an argument.
ANYWAYS, that whole thing is really a testament of Shaq's perspective of the things that have occured in his public relationship with his ex-teammate. EVERYBODY knows Kobe literally told the FEDS, "i should have just paid her off like Shaq does," whoa... i thought this was an unwritten rule that is programmed into men's brain's at birth and intensifies by the richer he gets: NEVER speak on another man's business, ESPECIALLY with women to another person, ESPECIALLY not the f*cking COPS! But, hey, Kobe did that and even as a Lakers fan, i can forgive but i cannot forget about that, that's the worst type of dishonor to the locker room code AND the man code of honor.
HOWEVER, that particular part in Shaq's rap was mostly making fun of himself, which just shows he's not all about arrogance and disrespecting Kobe.
"I'm a horse, Kobe ratted me out, that's why i'm gettin a divorce" Of course that's not the ONLY reason, Shaq, don't let Kobe make a freestyle about that, LOL
"He said Shaq gave a b*tch a mill, i don't do that, cuz my name Shaquille" just for the sake of rhyming
"i love em, i dont leave em, i got a vasectomy, now i can't breed em" WhOA that's a lil' too much information, but it's FUNNY, Shaq did what he did to be funny, not just to make fun of Kobe, but look who we're talking about, Shaq, the lakers losing the way they did in the Finals, did u think Shaquille O'Neal wouldn't take an opportunity to say something about that?
Oh, speaking of COPS, COPS ARE NOT YOUR ALLY SHAQUILLE
This may be a blessing in disguise, Shaq gets his sheriff badge revoked for that same freestyle.
Something about "racist language" used in the song. RACIST? COPS ARE TALKING ABOUT A RACIST? Cops DEFINE racism, especially this woodpecker Joe Arpaio, Arizona Cop. This mutha f*cker is known for being a racism prick, and what he likes to call himself, "the toughest sheriff in America" is that supposed to be something respected or what? Shaq is not caring about that slug, he is bigger than that entire police department anyway.
Another Police department followed the fools, and asking for their badge back. i hope Shaq goes full-time NWA now, he needs to being a coon to those cops and make a after-NBA career doing something else, but don't make an album either, we just don't need that.
In conslusion, this situation is actually really good. Good for Shaq, good for Kobe, good for the Suns, good for the Lakers, good for the NBA, they are gonna eat this up from here, all the way until May 2009 when Kobe Bryant wins his second MVP, and the Lakers and Suns meet in the Western Conference Finals.
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