Author: jonathankermah

Jonathan Kermah and Trevor Wilson reveal the 808s and Ankle Breaks March Madness Bracket. Vote on Twitter to decide which of the thirty-two hoops lyrics is the best of the best. Is it the success of the player in the lyric that decides greatness? The cleverness of the bar? The memorability?  You decide.

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March Madness seedings

Division 1

1. Biggie – “Gimme the Loot”: “I’m slamming n***** like Shaquille, shit is real”
2. Phife Dawg – “Steve Birko (Stir it up)”: “The height of Muggsy Bogues, complexion of a hockey puck”
3. Drake – “Back to Back”: “Back to back like I’m Jordan 96-97”
4. Travis Scott – “Way Back”: “James Harden with the range on me, n**** way back”
5. Future – “Might as Well”: “I took off just like a rocket, Olajuwon Hakeem”
6. Drake – “Sicko Mode”: “See the shots that I took, wet like I’m Book”
7. Gucci Mane – “Kept Back”: “Ben Simmons Shake em with the left hand”
8. Lil Pump – “D.Rose”: “D.Rose, D.Rose, D.Rose, D.Rose, D.Rose, D.Rose, D.Rose”

Division 2

1. Earl Sweatshirt – “Chum”: “Feeling as hard as Vince Carter’s knee cartilage is”
2. Drake – “Thank Me Now”: “You make friends with Mike but got to AI him for your survival”
3. Meek Mill – “Burn”: “Slam dunk in that p****, Blake griffin yo h** n****”
4. J.I.D. – “NEVER”: “N***a this a 3-point and one, and 100, Wilt Chamberlain with the hand dunk.”
5. Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 2: “One hood with 20 44s like a cloned Kobe Bryant”
6. Nicki Minaj – “Only”: “Tell them b****** blow me, Lance Stephenson”
7. Royce Da 5’9 – “Streets of the Night”: “Well endowed in God’s image, never smile, Kawhi Leonard”
8. Beastie Boys – “Get It Together”: “See I’ve got heart like John Starks”

Division 3

1. Kendrick Lamar – “The heart Part IV”: “You Jumped Sides On Me, now you bout to meet Westbrook”
2. Royce Da 5’9 – “W.O.W”: “Y’all expecting me to hesitate to shoot this b****, well y’all are definitely in the playoffs with JR Smith”
3. J. Cole – “Fire Squad”: “Meets KD, ain’t no nigga that can shoot like me!
4. Fabolous – “Levelin’ Up”: “Call them plays so the team win, Coach k to my Blue Devils”
5. Action Bronson – “NaNa”: “Introducin’, it’s Bronsonlino, with my hair slicked back I look like Rick Pitino”
6. Lil Wayne – “Big Bad Wolf”: “I got a Greek freak, she call me Antetokounmpo”
7. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – “Work (remix)”: “Paul George with your b****, to the beat I pace her”
8. 2 Chainz – “IKuyo”: “Draymond with the lockdown”

Division 4

1. Jay-Z – “Empire State of Mind”: “If Jeezy’s payin’ LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade”
2. Kanye West – “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”: “You can live through anything, if Magic Made it”
3. Frank Ocean – “Nikes”: “Say she need a ring like Carmelo”
4. Drake – “0-100”: “I been Steph Curry with the shot”
5. Jadakiss – “Put Your Hands Up” – “And ya’ll scared I can tell / that Ima get Bucks like Milwaukee cause like Sam I ca’sell”
6. Lil Wayne – “What’s Wrong with them”: “that’s that 9 n****…Rondo”
7. Offset – “Taste”: “3400 Nawfside, Charles Barkley”
8. Baka – “Live up to my name”: “Posted like Ibaka,”

Produced by: Jonathan Kermah

Edited by: Trevor Wilson

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