Shaquille O'Neal as a Rapper

[TheKingOfVa360]

Shaq was actually a good rapper, he made some good albums and great songs.

[Heat3]

He's the only 7'1" rapping genie I know.

Didn't Kobe try to come out with an album but it went nowhere? Can't even do that....

[mr_sunshine]

He's the only 7'1" rapping genie I know.

Didn't Kobe try to come out with an album but it went nowhere? Can't even do that....

Kobe was on the Say My Name remix, and it was a failure of epic proportions.

[haschel cedricson]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/tag/shaq/

I think this article does an excellent job of explaining Shaq's rap career.

[The Main Event]

Shaq was actually a good rapper, he made some good albums and great songs.

coming from a shaq fan, he was not a good rapper, he never made a good album or a great song. Let's be honest, all of his lyrics were ghostwritten and he had no hand in the production of his music. He had money and was able to pay the best of the best to produce and collabo with him to sell records.

[theTHIEF]

No Hook was a dope track, and so was the remix, Shaq did a fine job lyrically on both versions...Shaq did write like all of his own lyrics, at least for his first 3 albums...you should check into this stuff before posting baseless claims...it's not his lyrics that have the problem, it's his delivery and his song concepts that weren't great...

Shaq isn't close to a Big L or anything, but he's not a garbage MC, he's just not a great rapper and too commercial for hip hop heads to enjoy...

[The Main Event]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/tag/shaq/

I think this article does an excellent job of explaining Shaq's rap career.

Great article. Completely biased but i think it gives you a pretty good idea of how good of a rapper Shaq is. His natural talent is basketball. His raps are mickey mouse.

[The Main Event]

No Hook was a dope track, and so was the remix, Shaq did a fine job lyrically on both versions...Shaq did write a lot of his own lyrics...it's not his lyrics that have the problem, it's his delivery and his song concepts that weren't great...you should check into this stuff before posting baseless claims...

Read the article, Statch stated several times that he would edit Shaqs raps, which were were laregely subpar. I agree with you that his delivery was basically horrendous and his rhyme schemes were the equivalent of a 5th grade poetry class.
If you're sticking up for Shaq like this you definitely bought at least 2 of his albums.
You're telling me that his lyrics were fine and weren't the problem but you're just picking the better of two evils. Im sorry but i guess im a far bigger critic of hip hop than most people and could care less if "hook" was catchy, play it accapella and tell me if its a good song.

[theTHIEF]

I dont need to read the article...Im not trying to defend the guy, but he's not AS bad as he has been tagged as far as rapping goes...IDK, my Hip Hop standards are pretty high...I do own both Shaq Diesel and Shaq-Fu on vinyl and cassette, they were part of records pools that I belonged to back in the day, so I didnt technically "buy" them...

[The Main Event]

I dont need to read the article...Im not trying to defend the guy, but he's not AS bad as he has been tagged as far as rapping goes...IDK, my Hip Hop standards are pretty high...I do own both Shaq Diesel and Shaq-Fu on vinyl and cassette, they were part of records pools that I belonged to back in the day, so I didnt technically "buy" them...

Fair enough. I've never actually sat down and listened to his albums but i've heard a couple of his singles, including one that featured West Side Connection. I just never saw Shaq as having any relevant things to say (like alot of rappers our today) and his stuff was just repetitive.
On a side note, i sometimes wonder if Big L had not been killed if he would have slowly transitioned over to mainstream and sold out to the money ,cash, hoes side. He was already beginning to focus his rhymes towards that content, i just wonder if over time he would have stayed relevant or not.

[theTHIEF]

well considering he was killed weeks before inking a deal with Roc-A-Fella I would say absolutely...unfortunately...

[The Main Event]

well considering he was killed weeks before inking a deal with Roc-A-Fella I would say absolutely...unfortunately...

speaking of which , i always wondered why jay never pays hommage to L. you never really hear rappers giving him tribute (other than Gangstarrs Moment of Truth).