Stagga Lee

Based on Dan's recommendation, I downloaded the song "Roll With MVP" by Stagga Lee. It's a pretty good song actually, good beat and rap. Plus, the distinguishing feature of the song is the girl in the background going "lalalalala... lalalalala". It reminds me of this Visa NFL commercial from a couple years ago, where the guy in charge of music at the football stadium cant buy a "Jock Jams" CD or whatever with a check, and the fans and Jerome Bettis end up having to listen to this flamish song "looooo--ving you is easy cause you're beautiful... lalalalala.... lalalalala.... aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh". Chras does it better in person.

Anyways, since I was curious to see who this Stagga Lee character is, so I looked him up on Google. It asked me "Did you mean: stagger lee?", but still linked me to the official site run by his record company. Boy, was I surprised to see what he looked like. I thought he was on the St. Lunatics, but I think I was thinking of Murphy Lee. But yeah, if anyone has a few minutes, I highly recommend you read through his bio on the official site:

http://stagga-lee.com/whosstaggalee.html

I found it to be very, VERY entertaining. It reminds me of the articles P writes about Stork, kind of the same style. Except the people writing this article are serious, so it ends up being what Sports Guy would call "Unintentional Comedy". Either way, it made me laugh pretty hard to read it. My favorite part was when he was talking about changing "forget the bullsh*t" in his lyrics to "forget the bull, kid".

Traitors

So Jason Kidd loses in the NBA Finals to the Spurs, and now everyone expects him to leave New Jersey and sign with the Spurs so he can win a championship next season. Nothing personal against Jason Kidd, and I know he hasn't left yet, but it bothers me that this kind of thing happens so much in the sports world today, and seems like it's widely accepted.

Karl Malone might do the same thing this year. Charles Barkley did it twice in his career, first from Philly to Phoenix (where he failed haha), then from Phoenix to Houston. Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Roger Clemens, and many others have bolted for the Yankees in recent years. Ray Bourque got traded to the Avalanche a few years back from Boston, just so he could win a Stanley Cup. A good story, but big deal. Every season, Deion Sanders wants to sign with any team that looks like it will win the Superbowl. Phil Jackson refused to coach once the Bulls were broken up, until he got a team with Shaq and Kobe, almost a guaranteed championship.

What's so special about ditching your teammates so you can win a championship with a team that's already good? I don't respect that, and it cheapens the value of a "championship" too. Jordan and the Bulls sucked for many years in the 80s, but they got progressively better as a team. Eventually, they won 6 NBA titles as one of the greatest sports dynasties ever. That's the way it should be done.