Comments on: YouTube Finds: “B-Ball’s Best Kept Secret”

By: Jessia Kurnik

Jessia Kurnik — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:32:47 +0000

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By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:57:27 +0000

I found two ridiculous C-Webb songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8z8tE7jAw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH-anNXMexo

Kurupt could only do so much to carry that last one... Webber was so terrible that he destroyed the whole track.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:35:18 +0000

I haven't checked the clips but I actually own the Dana Barros 12" and it was definitely dope. It had a couple nice remixes too. I recall the Ceballos "Flow On" getting some video play and that it was horrible. I seem to remember Chris "C-Webb" Webber putting out some horrible song. Maybe that was on a later compilation of some kind. He didn't actually release his own album, did he?

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:17:50 +0000

I just listened to the Chris Mills track again, and ... wow. "C-Mills" needed to stick to things he was good at, like bringing down the Kentucky basketball program.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:04:06 +0000

Oh, I wasn't quibbling with you, Neil...but I know that there are no shortage of people who believe in the virtuosity of popular musicians. I was making fun of the existence of people who believe in that stuff.

And yeah, life in general was a little goofy during that time period. I think the turning point, at least in the NBA, came when the Houston Rockets decided to coat almost their entire floor with blue paint. After that, everyone in basketball just kind of snapped back to reality and decided to get rid of all the excessive, gaudy colors, the silly logos, the short 3-point line. People stopped with the hair dye and the shaven messages on their scalps.

But it's all coming back around. There are a lot of guys in the league who've got a couple of acres of tattoos on their persons, and about half the league is using FIVE (!!!) colors in their color schemes. (Three different blues, Memphis? Really?) The good old days are returning...

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:14:22 +0000

You'll get no argument from me there, I just was looking for cultural touchstones to establish the context of the year 1994... The important part of the post is that players like Chris Mills and Cedric Ceballos released a rap album once upon a time. When else but the early-to-mid 90s could that happen?

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:10:22 +0000

"Music historians" LOL.

There is an inverse relationship between fame and musical ability. Anyone who learned to play guitar last week can play all of the garbage by Nirvana and Green Day.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:18:08 +0000

If we ever do a podcast, I nominate Dana Barros' "Check It" as the theme.