NBA players who are also musicians

[FireMcFailPlease]

troy hudson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6BUbdtFldQ

jim roms take on troy hudsons career
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XShv9...eature=related

[Doo Doo_Brown]

Oh, please. Most rappers steal beats, they don't compose shhhit. Only guys like Wyclef and Andre 3000 compose their own music/beats.

I'll say that most rappers are writers and lyricists. But not musicians.

Actually most rappers are just rappers. Some write their own lyrics and are songwriters. The rappers that sample beats are producers, and producers are most definitely musicians.

[Hawker]

Jerry Steakhouse

[HylianNightmare]

Ryan Anderson

[fos]

Courtside, in the paint, fadeaway, in your face!

My soul fades awayyyyyyyyyy!

[LJJ]

Brian Shaw is that dude :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0t7xV8gXTA

1: Hip Hop Basketball Genie (Intro)

2: Dana Baros - Check It

3: Malik Sealy - Lost In The Sauce

4: Shaquille O'Neal - Mic Check 1-2 (Feat. Ill Al Skratch)

5: Earl The Goat - Bobbito (Skit)

6: Cedric Ceballos - Flow On (Feat. Warren G)

7: Brian Shaw - Anything Can Happen

8: Chris Mills - Sumptin' To Groove To

9: From The Bay To L.A. - Sway & Tech

10: Jason Kidd - What The Kidd Did (Feat. Money B)

11: Isaiah (J.R.) Rider - Funk In The Trunk

12: Phat Swoosh - Bobbito (Skit)

13: Dennis Scott - All Night Party

14: Gary Payton - Livin' Legal and Large

15: D.J.S&S Presents (Skit)

16: Dana Barros & Cedric Ceballos - Ya Dont Stop (Feat. Diamond D, Grand Puba, A.G., and Sadat X)

[Se]

I know that Shaq, Kobe, and Artest have put out rap albums. Anybody else?

Rapping doesn't make someone a musician.

[LJJ]

I love GP, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQZUtvYz9tw

[PowerGlove]

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[Se]

I'm not understanding this standpoint at all. Why arent they musicians?

They often don;t play an instrument, can;t read music and steal their songs. If you can make your whole song on a computer by sampling beats, you're not a musician.

In a band? You're a musician.

Can read music and sing like Celine? I consider you a musician.

In an orchestra? You're a musician

[PowerGlove]

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[Se]

Okay, I'll give you 24 hours to make a beat and we'll see how good/bad it is since that anyone can do it.

Already have done it at university. It was easy.
That was about 8 years ago. Give it a shot, it's easy. You just need to be able to create a hook.

Rap is the music most often listened to murderers, rapists and thieves. It should be eradicated.

[quasimoto]

There's obviously a difference between sampling a beat (making it yourself) and stealing an instrumental from somebody else. In the first case, if you do it well and don't just rip the original song you are a musician imo.

BTW Cedric, not all rappers are misogynic retards who rap about their cars and hoes.

[Brunch@Five]

I'm not understanding this standpoint at all. Why arent they musicians?

You're a musician

a) because it's your profession

or b) because you perform or write music

if it's b), then yes, they are musicians, but then so is everyone who has uses his voice to sing.

[LAClipsFan33]

The beats on that album are sick.

Classic Westcoast G-Funk