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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: sluggers on March 07, 2012, 09:37:04 AM
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No question, no doubt.
Not Tony Hawk, not Mark Gonzales, not Natas. Certainly not Sal Barbier. But, Rodney Mullen...
Rodney Mullen Bio Pt 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12CfR5ktzI&feature=related#)
Rodney Mullen Bio Pt 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmLqWRsWypg&feature=related#)
Rodney Mullen Bio Pt 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_Fwbz5mH0&feature=related#)
And, if you want to know where skating will be in 20 years just watch his Questionable part from 20 years ago and think only bigger.
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No question, no doubt.
Maybe if Jordan re-invented basketball and developed the techniques that all modern basketball players utilize (despite being a little less "stylish" than others), then you might have a valid comparison.
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Also, Jordan is black
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^ Valid point.
And, if you want to know where skating will be in 20 years just watch his Questionable part from 20 years ago and think only bigger.
So what you're saying is judging by your magic eight ball His Royal Airless is 40 years ahead of his time?
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Keenan Milton is the Jordan of skating, best style ever and he is black. Who is the Larry Birrd of skating?
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I see Mullen more like the Julius Erving or Dr. J.
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Gonz is Gheorghe Muresan
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Maybe if Jordan re-invented basketball and developed the techniques that all modern basketball players utilize (despite being a little less "stylish" than others), then you might have a valid comparison.
this. Jordan isnt your typical sports hero (arguably the greatest one of time) so its hard to make a truly accurate comparison. if anyone itd be tony hawk, just because he really helped bring skateboarding to a level of mainstream popularity that hadn't been reached before and really became the face of the sport at one point in time. its obviously a bit different now, but birdman sorta paved the way ya know?
Mullen deserves his props tho. He is the godfather of street skating. period.
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Oh yeah, can't forget this:
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rodney on nike confirmed
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Hawk did his thing and was an innovator, but not on the level that Mullen was.
Lots of people did what Tony was doing and even with more style and flow.
No one has done what Rodney has done.
So if you think of Jordan as the best of of the best of basketball.
Rodney is the one.
No argument.
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Like Daewon said: if skateboarding is a ten story building, Rodney is on eleventh floor.
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Like Daewon said: if skateboarding is a ten story building, Rodney is on eleventh floor.
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Bill Russell.
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Hawk did his thing and was an innovator, but not on the level that Mullen was.
Lots of people did what Tony was doing and even with more style and flow.
No one has done what Rodney has done.
So if you think of Jordan as the best of of the best of basketball.
Rodney is the one.
No argument.
Jordan was a great athlete, but didn't do a whole lot of innovation (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't really give a s--- about the history of basketball). Rodney was an innovator and a pioneer. Jordan was just a damn good baller. The two aren't really the same.
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rodney, the creator (of tricks)
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Comparing skateboarders to basketball players. Awesome.
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That ON Video bio on Mullen was sick.. Showed it to a friend of mine who doesn't know anything about skateboarding who is an engineer and was blown away.. Overall Rodney Mullen is the man!
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Tony Hawk is more like the Brett Favre of skateboarding
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Tony Hawk is more like the Brett Favre of skateboarding
If you're hinting you got birdman dick pics, post em up already
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Jordan was a great athlete, but didn't do a whole lot of innovation (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't really give a s--- about the history of basketball). Rodney was an innovator and a pioneer. Jordan was just a damn good baller. The two aren't really the same.
you sound ignorant as fuck. theres alot more room for innovation in skateboarding (especially at that time), but a lot basketball has to do with "in the moment" type of things. jordan was more than just a really good player. dude did things that were completely unprecedented and played at an extremely high level night after night. not to mention he has multiple LEGENDARY sports moments. dude did the classic "hero character in the movie" shit all the time, IN REAL LIFE. they both stand as icons in their respective sports but you can't really compare the two individually as skateboarding & basketball are 2 completely different things. sports moments aside jordans accolades speak for himself. he was a bit more than "a damn good baller".
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
2 Olympic Gold Medals ? 1984, 1992
6? NBA Champion
6? NBA Finals MVP
5? NBA MVP
10 NBA Scoring Titles
3? steals leader
3? minutes leader
14 NBA All-Star Selections
3? NBA All-Star Game MVP
11 All-NBA Selections
9 All-Defensive First Team Selections
2? NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion ? 1987, 1988
NBA Rookie of the Year ? 1984?85
NBA Defensive Player of the Year ? 1987?88
NCAA National Championship ? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1981?82
ACC Freshman of the Year ? 1981?82
2? Consensus NCAA All-American First Team ? 1982?83, 1983?84
ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year ? 1983?84
USBWA College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
Naismith College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
John R. Wooden Award ? 1983?84
Adolph Rupp Trophy ? 1983?84
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year ? 1991
Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996
Ranked No.1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time
Ranked No.1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
Elected to North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
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SPORTS!
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Also jordan is a big piece of shit off the court, and rodney seems pretty awesome.
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Comparing skateboarders to basketball players. Awesome.
Bill Pepper is the Muggsy Bogues of skateboarding.
Moses Itkonen is the Christian Laettner of skateboarding.
Jim Greco is the Dennis Rodman of skateboarding.
Chris Cole is the Moses Malone of skateboarding.
Daewon is the Pippen of skateboarding.
Danny Way is the Patrick Ewing of skateboarding.
P. Rod is the John Starks of skateboarding.
Justin Regan is the Pat Riley of skateboarding.
Grant Taylor is the Karl Malone of skateboarding.
Dylan Reider is the John Stockton of skateboarding.
Jamie Thomas is the Charles Barkley of skateboarding.
Jason Dill is the Alonzo Mourning of skateboarding.
Mike Carroll is the John Havlicek of skateboarding.
Active Erica is the Bob Costas of skateboarding.
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^picked at random?
Lem Villemin is the Jeremy Lin of skateboarding
Stevie Williams is the Allen Iverson of skateboarding
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Comparing skateboarders to basketball players. Awesome.
Bill Pepper is the Muggsy Bogues of skateboarding.
Moses Itkonen is the Christian Laettner of skateboarding.
Jim Greco is the Dennis Rodman of skateboarding.
Chris Cole is the Moses Malone of skateboarding.
Daewon is the Pippen of skateboarding.
Danny Way is the Patrick Ewing of skateboarding.
P. Rod is the John Starks of skateboarding.
Justin Regan is the Pat Riley of skateboarding.
Grant Taylor is the Karl Malone of skateboarding.
Dylan Reider is the John Stockton of skateboarding.
Jamie Thomas is the Charles Barkley of skateboarding.
Jason Dill is the Alonzo Mourning of skateboarding.
Mike Carroll is the John Havlicek of skateboarding.
Active Erica is the Bob Costas of skateboarding.
hahahaha!!!!!
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Comparing skateboarders to basketball players. Awesome.
Bill Pepper is the Muggsy Bogues of skateboarding.
Moses Itkonen is the Christian Laettner of skateboarding.
Jim Greco is the Dennis Rodman of skateboarding.
Chris Cole is the Moses Malone of skateboarding.
Daewon is the Pippen of skateboarding.
Danny Way is the Patrick Ewing of skateboarding.
P. Rod is the John Starks of skateboarding.
Justin Regan is the Pat Riley of skateboarding.
Grant Taylor is the Karl Malone of skateboarding.
Dylan Reider is the John Stockton of skateboarding.
Jamie Thomas is the Charles Barkley of skateboarding.
Jason Dill is the Alonzo Mourning of skateboarding.
Mike Carroll is the John Havlicek of skateboarding.
Active Erica is the Bob Costas of skateboarding.
Nice work that was fucking hilarious.
How about adding:
Eric Koston is the Pistol Pete of skateboarding.
Duane Peters is the Chris Andersen of skateboarding.
Ryan Sheckler is the Kobe Bryant of skateboarding.
Louie Barletta is the Marv Albert of skateboarding.
Jereme Rogers is the Magic Johnson of skateboarding.
Brian Anderson is the Manute Bol of skateboarding.
Steve Olson (the original) is the Larry Bird of skateboarding.
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Jordan was a great athlete, but didn't do a whole lot of innovation (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't really give a s--- about the history of basketball). Rodney was an innovator and a pioneer. Jordan was just a damn good baller. The two aren't really the same.
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
2 Olympic Gold Medals ? 1984, 1992
6? NBA Champion
6? NBA Finals MVP
5? NBA MVP
10 NBA Scoring Titles
3? steals leader
3? minutes leader
14 NBA All-Star Selections
3? NBA All-Star Game MVP
11 All-NBA Selections
9 All-Defensive First Team Selections
2? NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion ? 1987, 1988
NBA Rookie of the Year ? 1984?85
NBA Defensive Player of the Year ? 1987?88
NCAA National Championship ? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1981?82
ACC Freshman of the Year ? 1981?82
2? Consensus NCAA All-American First Team ? 1982?83, 1983?84
ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year ? 1983?84
USBWA College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
Naismith College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
John R. Wooden Award ? 1983?84
Adolph Rupp Trophy ? 1983?84
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year ? 1991
Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996
Ranked No.1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time
Ranked No.1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
Elected to North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
+Jordan is 'solely' responsible for the modern revolution of footwear as well.
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Brian Wenning is the Eddy Curry of skateboarding.
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illuminati
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All this talk about basketball made me go watch some AND 1 streetball videos. I used to love that shit!
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All this talk about basketball made me go watch some AND 1 streetball videos. I used to love that shit!
what! hot sauce used to humiliate fools. SWATs represent.
k
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All this talk about basketball made me go watch some AND 1 streetball videos. I used to love that shit!
what! hot sauce used to humiliate fools. SWATs represent.
k
Yeah I'd probably cry if someone pulled my sweatband over my eyes and bounced the ball of my head in front of a boat load of people
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"jordan was just a damn good baller" slap yourself kid
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but there is no michael jordan of skating. basketball is by nature a competitive sport where as long as the rules are enforced right there is clearly a winner and no argument can be made about who actually won. skateboarding is just riding a skateboard. of course there are contests but its just someone saying "that guy won". jordan was by far the most dominant player of his time, could you say the same about rodney mullen? i dont think so
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Bobby Puleo is the Manute Bol of skateboarding.
Someone had to say it.
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manute bol was the shit dude could hit 3's from above the rim practically.was a warrior too
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Nick Boserio is the Blake Griffin of skateboarding.
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tony hawk is the tony hawk of skateboarding :D
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Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan of Michael Jordan's Michael Jordan
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mark gonzales is the ron artest of skateboarding.
jereme rogers is the allen iverson of skateboarding
ryan sheckler is the kobe bryant of skateboarding
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cory duffel is the lisa leslie of skateboarding
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Sean Sheffey is the Bill Laimbeer
Rick Howard is the Scotty Pippen
Mizzark is the Dennis Rodman
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fucking jocks
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fucking jocks
do they tease you at school? its ok
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biebel is the jason williams
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Sean Sheffey is the Bill Laimbeer
Rick Howard is the Scotty Pippen
Mizzark is the Dennis Rodman
Wow. I want Hillary to come back. Strange Fires is the trans COTG of calling people "faggot."
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mullen on fruit of the loom?
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Antuan Dixon is the Allan Iverson of skateboarding.
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Antuan Dixon is the Allan Iverson of skateboarding.
Absolutely the best skater/basketball player comparison in this thread
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Antuan Dixon is the Allan Iverson of skateboarding.
Absolutely the best skater/basketball player comparison in this thread
i thought about that but rogers came in young, blew people away with natural talent, and just became such an asshole dickhead noone wants him on their team, but hes still doing the sport. antuans just crazy and on drugs, he doesnt even skate these days
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plus iverson tried to rap
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iverson's currently in a ton of debt and has pretty much piled out the same way, albeit his career was a while longer than antwuans.
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Danny Way is a football.
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fokt his skateboarding aint nothing like skateboaridng fuk u rodney mullen aint nothin like jordan and thats real talk i mean maybe he like dr. j but even then dr. j didnt invent the dunk i mean come on CUHHHH
BUTTHROAT
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(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4007/2314118dbi9.jpg)
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Dennis Rodman - Corey Dufell
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Chad Muska = Penny Hardaway
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PJ = maravich
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Tony Hawk is more like the Brett Favre of skateboarding
If you're hinting you got birdman dick pics, post em up already
Nah, it's just a known fact that Birdman has run a train thru mad bitches.
There are articles online about his divorces and how many woman he's been fucking with.
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Stevie Williams is the Manute Bol of skateboarding.
Figgy is the Luc Longley of skateboarding.
I am the Chicago Bulls Cheerleaders of skateboarding.
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hawk= larry legend
hosoi=magic johnson
/legends
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Jordan was a great athlete, but didn't do a whole lot of innovation (correct me if I'm wrong; I don't really give a s--- about the history of basketball). Rodney was an innovator and a pioneer. Jordan was just a damn good baller. The two aren't really the same.
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
2 Olympic Gold Medals ? 1984, 1992
6? NBA Champion
6? NBA Finals MVP
5? NBA MVP
10 NBA Scoring Titles
3? steals leader
3? minutes leader
14 NBA All-Star Selections
3? NBA All-Star Game MVP
11 All-NBA Selections
9 All-Defensive First Team Selections
2? NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion ? 1987, 1988
NBA Rookie of the Year ? 1984?85
NBA Defensive Player of the Year ? 1987?88
NCAA National Championship ? University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1981?82
ACC Freshman of the Year ? 1981?82
2? Consensus NCAA All-American First Team ? 1982?83, 1983?84
ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year ? 1983?84
USBWA College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
Naismith College Player of the Year ? 1983?84
John R. Wooden Award ? 1983?84
Adolph Rupp Trophy ? 1983?84
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year ? 1991
Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996
Ranked No.1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time
Ranked No.1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
Elected to North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
You sound mad as fuck. haha
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Who gives a shit about sports?
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iverson's currently in a ton of debt and has pretty much piled out the same way, albeit his career was a while longer than antwuans.
yeah but hes playing in the turkish league or somewhere in europe cuz no team will sign him, its kinda like rogers getting exiled to his own company that noone cares about. im right youre wrong hahaha
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Who gives a shit about sports?
you never like to fuck around on a driveway half court with your buddies or drink a couple beers and watch a game on tv? im far from a statistic knowing sportcenter dickhead but theres nothing wrong with team sports. skating is funner tho
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Scottie Spliffen
Luc Bongley
Michael Jordank
Tony Kukush
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do they tease you at school? its ok
let me guess; you think longboarding is cool too.
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do they tease you at school? its ok
no but i think youre a punk little shithead
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Oh, damn thought we were friends . .
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the fact that they both came out of retirement makes jereme rogers the jordan of skateboarding
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI
not the game, not the game that i die fo
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i mean how is that not j casanova
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Can Iverson rap?
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Can Iverson rap?
no, but he tries
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Assuming that all black people can rap is probably racist.
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So is Jereme like Shaq since they're so horrible at trying to rap?
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So is Jereme like Shaq since they're so horrible at trying to rap?
Shaq breaks backboards and Jereme breaks hearts.
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phil is my father cause my biological didn't bother
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holy shit he has aspergers
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Assuming that all black people can rap is probably racist.
so many nba players try to rap its ridiculous
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Assuming that all black people can rap is probably racist.
Kobe made a mix in 99'.
Raw.
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Danny Way is a football.
LOLZ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4gLm68yZmc&feature=related
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Allen Iverson - 40 Bars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBrbMj0eyqM#)