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He became an mc in his own right around 1977, and changed his name to kurtis blow as in a body blow at the suggestion of his manager, future rap mogul russell simmons. Cause its basketball, uh, mister kurtis blow theyre playing basketball we love that basketball theyre playing basketball we love that basketball i used to go to dinner, then take the girl to see tiny play against earl the pearl and wilt, big o, and jerry west play basketball at its very best basketball has always been my thing. He was the first rapper signed to a major label, and released nearly ten albums between 80 and 88. Sing basketball by kurtis blow with lyrics on karafun. Clap your hands, everybody, if you got what it takes, cause im kurtis blow and i want you to know that these are the breaks, brakes on a bus, brakes on a car, breaks to make you a superstar, breaks to win and breaks to lose, but these here breaks will rock your shoes, and these are the breaks, break it up, break it. Einer seiner erfolgreichsten songs war basketball, eine coproduktion mit full. Basketball kurtis blow mp3 high quality download at musiceel. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
The breaks, a single from his 1980 selftitled debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. Watch the video for basketball from kurtis blows the best of kurtis blow for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Were gonna go ahead and pretend that the lil bow wow version. Basketball is a song that was written by william waring, robert ford, kurtis blow, j. He was in on the earliest stages of hiphop culture in the 70s first as a breakdancer, then as a blockparty and club dj performing under the name kool dj kurt.
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Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Over the years, many basketball players have tried to rap shaquille oneal, allen iverson, kobe bryant, and some rappers have even tried basketball master p, snoop dogg. Blow began his career in new york city in the mid1970s, when he was a break read more. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. All genres balearicdowntempo bass breakbeat disconudisco dj tools drum and bass dubstep deep dubstep dirty dubsteptrapgrime edm electro euro dancepop dance footworkjuke. Listen to your favorite songs from basketball single by kurtis blow now. Moore, jimmy bralower, and full force and recorded by kurtis blow released in 1984 from his album ego trip.
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