《 Basketball 》
演唱:Kurtis Blow
专辑:《Ego Trip》,1984
Basketball
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that
我们热爱篮球
Now rapping basketball No.1 Kurtis Blow
现在有请首席篮球说唱家Kurtis Blow
Basketball is my favorite sport
篮球是我最爱的运动
I like the way they dribble up and down the court
我喜欢这样运球前进贯穿全场
Just like I'm the king on the microphone
就好像我是麦克风的国王
So is Dr J and Moses Malone
就跟J博士和摩西马龙一样
I like slam dunks,take me to the hoop
我喜欢大力灌篮,让我飞向篮筐
My favorite play is the alley oop
我最喜欢的招数就是空中接力
I like the pick and roll ,I like the give and go
我喜欢挡拆战术,我喜欢传切配合
Cause it's basketball uh Mr.Kurtis Blow
因为这就是篮球,Kurtis Blow先生
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
I used to go to dinner then take the girl
我总是去吃完晚饭再撩个妹
To see Tiny play against Earl The Pearl
带她去看小精灵队和黑珍珠队的比赛
And Wilt,Big O and Jerry West
还有威尔特张伯伦,奥斯卡罗伯特森和杰里韦斯特
Play basketball at it's very best
看他们打篮球,他们是最棒的
Basketball has always been my thing
篮球已经成为我一大爱好
I like Magic,Bird and Bernard King
我喜欢魔术师、拉里伯德还有伯纳德金
And Number 33 my man Kareem
还有33号,我的最爱 - 卡里姆贾巴尔
Is the center on my starting team
是我心中首发阵容的中锋
To the hoop y'all watch out watch out
飞向篮筐,你们小心点,小心点
In yo' face here comes the rest
这一切就发生在你你眼前
Clyde,Rick Barry and Pistol Pete
滑翔机德莱克斯勒、里克巴里还有手枪皮特马拉维奇
Now these players could never be beat
现在这些球员们战无不胜
Isiah and Iceman too
伊塞亚托马斯和冰人乔治格文也一样
Just give 'em the ball and then you chalk up two
只要给他们传球,你就有两分到账,
Dantley and Wilkins are on the scene
丹特利和威尔金斯正在现场
And Ralph Sampson is really mean
还有拉尔夫桑普森真是个硬汉
Bill Russell didn't take no junk
比尔拉塞尔从不放过每一个机会
And Darryl Dawkins got a monster dunk
然后达里尔道金斯来了一个野兽暴扣
Tell me were you in the joint
告诉我你当时看到了吗
The night Wilt scored 100 points
当那一夜,威尔特张伯伦狂砍100分
Or when Celtics won titles back to back
或者当凯尔特人赢得连冠
And didn't give nobody no kind of slack
不给别人留一点喘息的余地
Or when Dr.J shook the whole damn team
或者当J博士一个人打爆对面球队
With moves that came right out of a dream
用梦里幻想的招数动作
Or when Willis Reed stood so tall
或者当威利斯里德称霸篮下
Playing D with desire
带着欲望卖力防守
It's basketball
这就是篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
I get the ball and then I go and play
我拿着篮球去打打球
Like a superstar in the NBA
就好像NBA里的超级明星
The forwards the centers and all the guards
前锋,中锋还有后卫
The ones you see on the bubblegum cards
你在球星卡上都能看到
Me and homeboy would go one on one
我和我的小伙伴会一对一斗牛
Cause playing the game is a lot of fun
因为这比赛真是太有趣了
Sit by the TV and watch 'em all
坐在电视机前看着他们
Cause Kurtis Blow is rapping basketball
因为Kurtis Blow正在说唱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
They're playing basketball
他们在打篮球
We love that basketball
我们热爱篮球
NBA
《Basketball》MV
Rappin' Basketball
很多嘻哈歌手都喜欢打篮球,也都热衷于篮球说唱,如早期的Big Bank Hank、Joe Budden、Action Bronson,还有现在与NBA联系密切的Drake、Jay-Z等,都在说唱与篮球的领域乐此不疲。同样的,也很多篮球运动员爱好说唱,科比、詹姆斯等巨星都曾涉足说唱界,再到现在的利拉德、戈登、莫兰特等说唱爱好者频发唱片。似乎说唱和篮球这两件事总有着无法言喻的共鸣。
在美国篮球的发展史上,嘻哈与篮球早就结下了不解之缘,两者都拥有深厚的街头文化,都象征着抗争与自由,都让人执着追寻,也都同样让人热血沸腾。说唱篮球是一个由来已久的传统,然而,在所有关于篮球的韵律中,有一首歌曲30多年来在神坛屹立不倒,那就是本文中的由Kurtis Blow演唱的《Basketball》。
这首歌背景里糅合了诸多篮球元素,有蜂鸣器、进攻号、哨声、啦啦队的加油声,球迷的呐喊、现场解说等,歌词也是极其丰富,包含了当时NBA一众超级巨星,还包括张伯伦狂砍100分、凯尔特人连冠等历史性时刻,以及许多篮球术语,众多元素融合在轻快的节奏中,带给人浓浓的代入感,永远不会过时。如果不看歌词光听这旋律,谁能想象到这是30多年前的作品。
1984年,Kurtis Blow发行了他的第五张专辑《Ego Trip》。作为第一个签约大唱片公司的说唱歌手,第一个在美国和欧洲巡回演出的说唱歌手,第一个拥有黄金唱片的说唱歌手,这位哈莱姆土生土长的歌手已经是嘻哈音乐的皇族了。其他热门歌曲还包括他的首张专辑《Christmas Rappin’》、Run-DMC合作的《800万个故事》(800 Million Stories)和《If I the World》(If I the World),这首歌曾被Nas收录。Blow有着很长的职业生涯,并且仍然是为数不多的出道即巅峰的说唱精英之一。
《Basketball》在2011年出品的篮球游戏NBA2k12中作为开场动画的BGM重新回归大众视野,在动画中,NBA历史球星和现役球星穿越时空一起打球,该OP一经发布就广受好评,其BGM《Basketball》也随之再次掀起热潮。人们觉得《Basketball》似乎就是篮球与音乐最完美的产物,再也没有一首篮球音乐能与之相提并论,正式奠定了这首歌的王者地位。当然,这首歌与NBA2k系列游戏也相互成就,NBA2K12以后,2K系列也正式成为篮球游戏的霸主,其他竞争游戏再也无法望其项背。
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