When The NBA Was Real (Sports)

by Sports

I know a lot of our younger readers won’t believe it but the NBA use to be pretty grimy back in the day. Before they had different levels of flagrant fouls, banned hand checking, etc guys in the NBA were getting it in. These are just a few videos  to let you know how raw the NBA was.

This one is a real simple video, but it gets the point across. Now a days you do any kind of trash talking in the NBA they are quick to give you a technical. In this video Tim Hardaway tells Barkley very loud and clear “In yo face!”. Something you would of instantly got a tech for.
http://youtu.be/NN1gfT2IUuo
Nowadays in the NBA after a heated playoffs has ended players shake hands, give hugs and daps as if they didn’t go to war with each other. Back then animosity would carry on for years. Like in the video above I guess Danny Ainge was so mad he had to let Mario Elie know how he feels. By the way Danny Aingle was drafted in the MLB as well.

In the same series Barkley had to let Olajuwon know how he feels by knocking him down to the floor.  This would easily get you a 2+ game suspension in the NBA today.
http://youtu.be/TxAC9_KFXkE
Even the stars had to fight back then including the best player in the league in Michael Jordan. One thing a lot of people want to see from Lebron is him getting in people’s faces, hard fouls, etc., but with the game being so watered down you can’t really get away with it.  In this video you can see Reggie Miller & Michael Jordan go at it.


One thing a lot of people don’t know is that early  in Hakeem Olajuwon career he was known for tearing it down. If you cross the Dream he could easily turn it into a nightmare. Including catching the opposing player with a quick hook.



For one I don’t feel like the NBA has any true rivalries anymore.  Back then anytime teams like the Bulls & Knicks hooked up they would fight. In the first video a brawl breaks out in the middle of a playoff game. In the second video you could see Michael Jordan getting in the face of Xavier McDaniel a player not too many people ran up on. The third video I’m pretty sure a lot of you have already seen, but I doubt we’ll ever get another moment like that in basketball that had that much hate and passion in one play. So disrespectful!

Songs That Should Of Took Off: Baton Rouge Edition (Rap)

by Rap

Baton Rouge has had a lot of records where it would get constant play in the clubs for years, but never make it to a nationwide level. These are some records that we felt should of really took off and went nationwide.
http://youtu.be/aBE60Nx8rmo
1. Level – In Dat Thang – This is probably my sleeper track. This was a song that I thought should of really took off and was actually better than Iz U Wet Yet. I think this is one of those records if he was ever to hit the nationwide scene he ought to re-do it and bring it back out.

2. Down Bad – Keep Rollin – One of the original pill popping songs.  You would literally have to come to Baton Rouge and surrounding areas to see how crazy the crowd gets when this record comes on. It’s eaisly  the track that put Down Bad on the map in Louisiana.
http://youtu.be/LPxCQRCLvHs
3. Sam I Am – Jiggalate – THE ORIGINAL JIG SONG.  This is the record that started the Baton Rouge Jig movement.  This record had so many spin offs and similar tracks made after this. It’s amazing to know that this record is now over 10 years old. Seems like yesterday when we was jiggin to this track.

4. Max Minelli – Do Ya Thug Thang – A lot of younger kids might not know, but at one point in Baton Rouge when it came to popularity Max Minelli and Lil Boosie were neck and neck. You could aruge that Max’s catalog might even be stronger than Lil Boosie’s. This song was so hot at the time he even did a remix with Mystikal around the time when Mystikal was one of the top artists in the industry.

5. Nussie – They Hate My – Nussie had one of the strongest movements you will see on a local scene. He manage to make his own movement and do it his way. One thing about Nussie was that he was original, funny, but respected at the same time.  The whole “Good Bad Guy” album has records on there that will live forever in Baton Rouge.  Between Dumb Way, Yeah, & They Hate My Nussie legacy will live on.