Basketball (song)
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| Single by Lil' Bow Wow featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Like Mike Soundtrack | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | June 24, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, 12-inch single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2001/2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop rap | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Stephen Wiley, Shad Moss, John Jackson, Jermaine Dupri | ||||||||||||||||||
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Basketball is a single that was written by Stephen Wiley and recorded by Kurtis Blow released in 1984 from his album Ego Trip. It was later covered by Lil' Bow Wow in 2002, featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha for the Like Mike soundtrack. Music video for the original Kurtis Blow version was produced and directed by Michael Oblowitz in New York City in 1984. The song was used in the opening video, and as part of the soundtrack, in the video game NBA 2K12.
In 1985, the song was in the Vintage Sports coverage of the PBA during the Open Conference by used by the commentators for the pre-game, post-game and before and after of time-outs give way used of this song.
Lil' Bow Wow version
In the song, Lil' Bow Wow talks about basketball, on the second verse, Fabolous raps with him. Fundisha sings the chorus and Jermaine close the song with his verse. In the music video they cut some parts of the film in the video.
Charts
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 125 |
