You Been Blinded provided us with this priceless moment in Utes history, which you can now see for yourself:
While this video is about a 6 (at best) on the Hilarity scale, it DOES give us a chance to look back at other masterpieces... and disasters. One of the best raps ever featuring athletes was undoubtedly the Super Bowl Shuffle.
The fact that the Bears really DID win the Super Bowl is what gives them the edge of the 1986-87 Atlanta Hawks, who repeatedly claimed that no one could stop them, when in fact the Detroit Pistons found it to be quite easy, beating them in the 2nd round of the playoffs in only 5 games.
Tony Parker must have watched that video, because for some strange reason, he felt the need to come out with an entire album. Fortunately it's in French, so we'll most likely never be subjected to it in American pop culture. But he actually had a collaboration with Jamie Foxx, which lent some legitimacy to TP's album. Here's a sample:
It doesn't make up for the fact that he's still French, and he still plays on the Spurs, but it's a lot better than what Ozzie Guillen and Sweet Lou Piniella came up with:
Are there any other sports figures that never should have stepped up to the mic?
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