"Hollywood Squares"

"This match up is made for TV bruh!"

In 1978 Bootsy Collins, the funkateer, released an album entitled "Bootsy? Player of the Year!" The hottest record on that album was a joint called "Hollywood Squares!" It started off with these lyrics, "Ah Hollywood, Land of how do you do's, movie stars, take two's. Lights, camera, action and where is my leading lady?" That joint was the fire and anybody with feet can remember walking down the street with a JVC on their shoulders bumpin' it all day. Everybody was Radio Raheem back then bruh, way before Spike Lee put him in a movie!

That joint will be the official theme song of the Eastern Conference Finals. It's Hollywood baby on the east coast! Boston vs. Miami? It couldn't have gotten any better for TV. Think about it son, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce holdin' it down for Boston! KG is my all-time favorite player in the league because he's always played with so much passion. He's literally played his entire career like every game was his last.

Then you've got "Hot Pants" Dwayne Wade and "The Chosen One" LeBron James holdin' it down from the Bottom! These guys are two of the best players in the world bruh! Whether you like these boyz or not they'll have every television in the country on watching this match up. From the suburbs to the projects people will love or hate but they'll be tuned in.

I'll guarantee that even the TV's sitting on top of the broken TV's will be on and the broken joint will provide the ghetto surround sound. Ya'll know what I'm talking about so don't even act like you don't know! The NBA is foaming at the mouth for this match up. It's called ratings and it's got all of the side stories to go with it.

Bootsy? The Player of the Year!

The older more experienced Big Three from Boston vs. the now Big Two from South Beach! Did you see KG go up for the Yoke last night and looked like he got Yanked in mid-air! He's officially an old man now. He looked like Jordan in a Wizards uniform when he missed that dunk. OMG but that's my guy though!  The stars have aligned for this joint and ads space just went up to a premium! They're haggling over it right now, "I know I told you one price last week baby but it's gone up since last night! It is what it is! Are you going to buy it or not cuz I've got three guys waiting to buy it if you don't?"

 Don't even think that D. Wade doesn't have another pair of skinny hot pink joints to put on this week or something even more outrageous. What we saw last week was just a tease bruh! He was just gettin' started! See you don't throw on a pair of hot pink pants before a playoff game unless you know you're about to go off because he would have looked stupid had he lost. Right? Not to mention that his girl is Gabrielle Union! He can put on whatever he wants bruh as long as he's putting up numbers and winning!

Then you've got "The King" that everybody either loves or hates. There are more folks that just want to see him  fail miserably. Either way, the ratings will be through the roof and that's all the NBA wants. Those watching just for the hate are the suckers because the more people watch the more bread you indirectly put into "The King's" pocket. Money is power and you're only fueling the monster and I love it!

While the games are on I'll be bumpin' that Hollywood Squares for you baby bubba! "Um LA Californ-I-A, City of Angels, Hollywood! Cause I've been diggin' you for days!" So in the famous words of Don Cornelius, "It's gonna be a stone cold blast!"

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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