The Weeknd “I, I’m the head, rockin’ bet it’s re-up in the sock Since Johnson left the Jazz he had been tearing it up in the BIG 3 basketball tournament a league started by none other than Ice Cube who was on our Sportsbeat Afterhours podcast here.
Budden also has a great podcast and even gave the Jazz some love: “Iso Joe” Johnson played for the Utah Jazz from 2016-2018, three years after Joe Budden released this record. “NBA” – Joe Budden, Wiz Khalifa and French Montana “Hold up, your chick traded postgame Malone would finish the season with his fourth all-NBA first-team award. That same year, the Mailman scored 16 points, 11 rebounds in the ’91 All-Star game, his fourth consecutive all-star appearance. Public Enemy was the first socially-conscious hip-hop group, they dropped Move! in 1991. On the mic, like Karl Malone in the paint…” “Move!” – Public Enemy “Wit’ no complaints, givin’ uppin’ I ain’t Everyone knows the Bulls, the Knicks and Lakers but to use the Jazz makes the storytelling that much more vivid and real. It’s a small detail, but using the Utah Jazz as a reference makes for a very colorful picture, even if you aren’t a Jazz fan. According to producer Buckwild from Genius’ Deconstructed “The one thing I know is being the rap Alfred Hitchcock because he’s able to paint them pictures and them stories.” “While he playing ‘gainst the Utah Jazz…”īiggie Smalls released this in 1997, off the Life After Death album. “I Got A Story to Tell” – The Notorious B.I.G. Whether you think it’s whack or not, I think it’s a good song and I’m just happy that today rappers are still dropping the names of the duo whose statues sit south of the Viv.ġ0. Utah, Stockton and Malone cause we do ball…”įuturistic dropped this Stockton to Malone reference in 2015. “Sub Me In” – Futuristic x Devvon Terrell “Yeah, you call it, I walk to the top like woohah “Pistol” Pete Maravich played his last basketball game in 1980, Denzel Curry dropped this record in 2016. This is probably the reference with the largest amount of time between the song’s release, and the referenced player’s last game. Monday to Sunday … we slangin’ like Pistol Pete…” 12.”Knotty Head” – Denzel Curry “Opposition we made obsolete when aimin’ and targetin’ Even in music references, these two are intertwined forever. He is referenced five times in this list, the same as the Mailman. John Stockton by far is one of the most, if not the most referenced white NBA players of all time.
“Platinum Plus” – Big L, Big Daddy Kane “ I’ma put it in your chest like a Stockton pass…” Why you talk, I’m in Utah like Hornacek (Hornacek)ĭoin’ real estate, tryna get another corner shack (whoa)…”Ĭhamillionaire’s hey-day was in the mid-2000’s and this record dropped 2006, six years after Jeff Hornecek retired with the Utah Jazz.
“She Gonna Already Know” – Chamillionaire “I was born a mack, keep it blacker than Bernie Mac (Mac)Ĭontrol schedules, take a clock and I turn it back (back) Moses Malone didn’t play for the Utah Jazz, but did play for the ABA championship-winning Utah Stars from 1973 to 1974. Ok, this song is whack… but Kurtis Blow is iconic and references Moses Malone, which is enough to barely make it on the list.
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