Ultramagnetic All-Star Weekend Freestyle
Ultramagnetic MCs – “NBA All Stars“
from Smack My Bitch Up (Tuff City, 1998; recorded, 1989)
So my emo heads were crying when I didn’t do a Valentine themed post. Not to worry, today cocaine blunts is celebrating this weeks other major holiday – NBA All Star Weekend.
Here’s a nice long Ultramagnetic all star session from ‘89 where they dedicate a few bars to every player over a medley of classic Ultra beats. ex – karl malone / the mailman / so understand he’s in command / the way he runs and slams with authority / he is the utah jazz top priority / you know why? / ’cause he’s an all star!
I’m pretty sure this was officially sanctioned by the NBA and aired during the game. Which is crazy to think that Ultra was getting that kind of attention.
I do know that it was one of the worthwhile cuts on a series of otherwise bootleg late 90s Ultramagnetic cash ins from Tuff City, who Ced Gee sold a bunch of masters for crack money
Don’t forget we got Cocaine Blunts radio tonight 8-10 EST. Listen live online at gwradio.com.
February 18th, 2005 at 6:01 pm
That’s a nice track by Ultramags here’s a a few other Basketball type songs…
Basketball – Kurtis Blow
Now You’re Mine – Gangstarr
Soul In The Hole – Wu-tang All Stars
February 18th, 2005 at 6:09 pm
that’s awesome. they should get ghostface and mf doom to do it this year.
February 18th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
man that Kurtis Blow joint was the soundtrack to my youth. used to practise my moves to it on the regular
whatever happened to him though?
February 18th, 2005 at 8:01 pm
is mf doom the new kool keith?
debate…
February 18th, 2005 at 8:29 pm
seriously, doesn’t this make keith’s “a message to the NBA” off of spankmaster all the more ironic?
he’s taking hoopers to task for being bad parents, having entourages, etc…
so now he was once on the nba payroll, technically?
February 18th, 2005 at 8:49 pm
in order for that arguement to hold weight it would require someone somewhere to have actually heard ’spankmaster’
February 18th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
I own Spankmaster and it aint bad especially Jealous!
February 18th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
there’s no way that records good.
February 18th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
i cannot believe that there is ten minutes of this. there’s a fucking shoutout to the trainer for christ’s sake. it also sounds like someone else wrote their rhymes.
February 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Noz–
Why you gotta hate on “Spankmaster” like that?
I dunno man, it gets to a point where every comment about modern hip hop boils down to you or paychecks dictating what’s hot in “the streets” and dissing whoever likes kool keith, or doesn’t like beanie sigel or whatever. like i said, i usually agree with you guys from the quality perspective, but if dudes want to talk about shitty underground hip hop just let it happen.
February 18th, 2005 at 11:21 pm
well faux, it’s just that i would say the audience with whom ’spankmaster’ primarily connects is one which barely listens to rap at all.
February 18th, 2005 at 11:23 pm
Didn’t Ced Gee sell Tuff City those songs? Moe’s no crackhead. Ced on the other hand….
February 18th, 2005 at 11:57 pm
i think the lyrics were written by Partners In Rhyme.
I think “Lenny Wilkens” is a better opening than Guru’s “Stupid” so that means this song wins an award.
What audience does Spankmaster have? Keith had lost me about 10 albums before that so i don’t have any concept of what it sounds like, I jsut remember the cover.
YEAH cos he’s an allstar!
February 19th, 2005 at 12:00 am
true robbie, my error.
February 19th, 2005 at 3:55 am
The Ultra MCs sure had a thing for sports… I recall there being a baseball tune by them too?
February 19th, 2005 at 4:22 am
yes
February 20th, 2005 at 6:02 am
Could you please take down your “Happy Holiday’s” splash page?
February 20th, 2005 at 4:20 pm
could you please update your link to cocaineblunts.com?
February 20th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
lol, I had a similar issue, only noticed that it was different when I logged in from work….over a month ago
February 20th, 2005 at 9:35 pm
Kurtis Blow is doing radio these days…His son is getting in the busines now…
February 21st, 2005 at 5:55 pm
I think Kurtis Blow has found God and is preaching in raps now. Supposed to be the first rapping Rev. I saw an article in the Daily News about it a few months ago. They had a pic with some snowfake porn star on his lap. But it said how he was now reformed and preaching in rhymes. Im just waiting on his Hammer-esc infomerical.
February 21st, 2005 at 7:56 pm
anyone know the rap song about football that opens the movie wildcats? i thought that was pretty nice. i think there’s a live performance of it in the movie too. it’s not on the soundtrack though.
February 21st, 2005 at 8:16 pm
it’s called ‘football’ by ll. i don’t know where it ended up if it’s not on the soundtrack. maybe it was exclusive to the movie?
February 22nd, 2005 at 3:54 pm
none of the ‘lyrics’ sites are confirming my fading memory of Blow rapping these words…
Where is this basketball line from?
‘to capitalize on their mistakes / to run and gun on the fast breaks’
February 23rd, 2005 at 11:08 am
Ced is coming back and he’s off the crack. He has a new LP out soon and has started a new label. I can’t find the link though. Did you know
Ultra are reformed and are planning to do a gig in the UK? I’m not holding my breath though.
February 24th, 2005 at 4:32 am
my error= the new my bad. go noz yes!
February 25th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
i like the following artist very much.. kool keith; yukmouth, andre (dre dog) nickatina; keak the sneak; pre-gospel agerman, shit all 3x; outkast; souls; and recently doom.
gangster hippies rule.. Discuss
February 25th, 2005 at 10:18 pm
wasn’t El doradoes on that spankmaster too? Tight!
LEATHER JACKET LIKE RALO. and you call jigga the best rapper alive.. why is kool keith commenting on the vh1 race o rama series…. him and jim jones are HILARIOUS no lie.. peep that
February 25th, 2005 at 11:11 pm
jigga calls himself the best rapper alive. i’m just echoing that statement.
February 28th, 2005 at 2:38 pm
Quote: “Where is this basketball line from?
‘to capitalize on their mistakes / to run and gun on the fast breaks’?”
That’s from the “‘NBA’ Rap” by Hurt ‘Em Bad – certified wickedness.
HEB did a few* sports related tracks e.g. “Monday Night Football”, “The Boxing Game” (w/ The SC Band) etc.
*exclusively
I like it when he goes “Hurt ‘Em Bad will be a famous word”. Nice counting, fella.
Peace
A J
April 6th, 2005 at 11:37 am
kool keith should never ever have picked up a mic. he is clost to the worst emcee i’ve ever heard. the only reason i even own any of his vocals in the same apartment i sleep in, is because of the Dan the Automator shit. Umags was dope because of circumstance primarily, and only secondarily because of talent.