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Hearing R.A. break off 16 bars
Artest Raps With Bloggers
Ron Artest called in to our Sports Bloggers Live podcast last night and spent 14 minutes with us on topics ranging from retirement to boxing to T.O. to rapping to being commish to used cars to anger management to punching fans. He sounds like he's walking around outdoors during the entire interview; which I don't really mind, because it just adds to the disconcerting effect of having an actual conversation with Ron Artest ... a wide-ranging, somewhat uncomfortable conversation at that.
-- Hear the full Artest interview.
-- Hear Artest rap! (Right click on the link and 'Save Target As' to download.)
-- Hear Artest on T.O.
-- Hear the full show.
My favorite part of the whole thing is when we ask about T.O. and he replies, "Why? What happened?" Only Artest could say that and actually mean it. Most of the guys on the show find Ron's rap to be the key moment. We ask him to break off a verse and he's kind enough to "give y'all a quick 16"; which my brother so diligently transcribes here:
"I’m feastin’ again, you think I won’t make it, I’m gonna grab the whole rap game and bend it and break it;
Because its hip-hop, yeah, raw and uncut, pores smell like residue from sticky icky stuff, slip some Mickey in my cup;
Get pound out quick, roundhouse kicks, blood on your nice kicks, its hard for me to shoot bricks, easy to shoot pricks, flow got a high kick;
Just like Bruce, kid, maybe Chuck Norris, record sales taken off like flights departin', and you just survivin' cause your songs is garbage..."
Once he finishes, I reply, "Thank you, that was considerate." And yes, I'm taking crap for that and it may be my new catch phrase. F'real though, Artest's work here is far superiorto K-Fed's new joint.
Other highlights from the interview, as transcribed by my brother:
· On punching fans: "Jermaine got a really, really professional hit in there ... Mine was more amateur."
· On retirement: If Indiana wins the title, "There’s a good chance" he’ll retire.
· On Wallace: "I’m not pissed at Ben Wallace ... I wanna fight him in the boxing ring."
· On T.O.: "Sometimes he goes overboard ... That’s my man though, I love him ... I don’t know if he should down his teammates as much as he does."
· On playing elsewhere: "Brooklyn is the gutter; I wouldn’t mind playing in Brooklyn."
· On his cars: "I got a bunch of old toys ... Gas is so expensive these days."
· His '05-'06 predictions: "Jermaine will come away with the MVP ... He's the best player on our team, and we’ll be the best team by July."
Many thanks to the hundreds of SBL listeners who submitted questions and comments for Artest. We did what we could in terms of working them into the interview, and special thanks to The Mighty MJD, Roundball Bloggers, Deadspin, Yay! Sports and High Above Courtside for sending their inquiries my way. I hope you all enjoyit as much as we did.
Update: Yay! Sports -- "They didn't ask Ron what he thinks of Kobe's tights, as we requested. That was probably for the best anyway - we tend to think it would have confused the hell out of him."
Update: Deadspin -- "We can't figure out whom he's trashing in his rap. We like to think it was one of the other sports blogger radio people. We imagine them sitting there, nodding along, and then being like, "Uh, Ron, sir, we just type for a living. Our 'songs' ... hey, 'garbage,' that's not nice."
Update: Newsday -- "Coming from me, I know it sounds funny," Artest said in an AOL.com interview, "but I think [Owens] went overboard."
Update: The Mighty MJD -- "I was listening and thinking, "Man... [Artest] sounds hard to talk to."
Update: 33jones -- "Anybody want to drop a beat under this acapella? I'm thinking maybe a beat from Queensbridge neighbors Mobb Deep."
Update: Toronto Star's Jabs -- "Best thing this morning? You can't find it in any newspaper, either treeware or online. It's this Ron Artest interview with Sports Bloggers Live."
Update: Sports by Brooks -- "Ron Artest recently reverse-backpacked his crediblity in the media (again) during an appearance on the internet-based radio show "Sports Bloggers Live."
Update: Screenhead -- "[Artest] could well be the nextCher."
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