Section 357: The Ball Street Journal
Welcome to The Section 357 Show: The Ball Street Journal, a contemporary global sports podcast, incorporating business, marketing, and PR with a hip-hop flair.
Dee, Ron, and Floyd discuss the most important issues that affect the business and marketing of the world’s most popular sports, teams, and athletes. Add to that the best hip-hop music around, and you truly have “Sports Without Borders”…
Olympian Keeth Smart stopped by to shed some light on his sporting life. Check out his story. #Inspiring
Spree Wilson and The Flush joined forces to create a concept EP inspired by vivid and feel-good memories of young love and carefree summers during the “Golden Days” of Atlanta’s bass music scene.
Drawing inspiration from the sounds of legendary bass music pioneers from Kilo Ali, KP & Envy, So So Def Bass All-Stars to Raheem The Dream. This project, self-proclaimed as “audio artwork” clearly embodies the true essence of fun times and summer love growing up in the city of Atlanta.
Spree Wilson on the creation of Life In Technicolor:
The reason we started working on this is because we wanted to make a fun project that was influenced by being young in the summer and falling in love. A lot of these ideals stem from my childhood and spending my summers in Atlanta living with my grandmother. This EP owes as much to the city of Atlanta as it does to the people who impacted my life there musically during that time.”
The Flush on producing Life In Technicolor:
“Crafting the musical soundtrack for the Life In Technicolor EP was nothing short of amazing. Embarking upon this musical journey with Spree Wilson taught us so much about our city (Atlanta), it’s culture, and our role in continuing the musical legacy that inspired the creation of this project. We found a great team mate in Spree, and thankfully we were able to successfully articulate his music vision as the sole producers of the Life In Technicolor EP.
Life In Technicolor Cast & Crew:
- The Flush - Producers, Mixing, Recording
- Spree Wilson - Vocals, Lyrics, Guitar
- Go Dreamer - Guest Appearance
- Big K.R.I.T. - Guest Apperance
- DJ Jelly - WATN Radio Dj
- Dj Wally Sparks - Scratches on “All Night Long”
- Sean Falyon - Weather Reporter
- Chris McAdoo - Hotline Caller
- Destiny - Hotline Caller
- Relly - Hotline Caller
- Kiana Dancie - Traffic
- Mark Angel - Commercial Voice over
- Kid Class - Mixing
- Miya Bailey - Artwork Designer
- Stevie Aiello - Vocal Prod.
- Ced Solo - Vocal Prod.
- Frequency - Vocal Prod.
- Brittany Muldrow - “Starships” Background Vocals
Special Thanks:
Stankonia Recording Studios
Ray Murray - Organized Noize
The wonderful city and culture of Atlanta ,GA
We talk sports, and we give you Hip-Hop. Courtesy of @GPRiviera
One of our show favorites. The #purpletape
“The World Can’t Touch Ghost, Purple Tape, Rae Co-Host” - Mighty Healthy
Jeremy Lin discusses his path to the NBA and some of the racism he faced on his journey from high school to the NBA.
The New York Post, doing what the New York Post does when it comes to @tigerwoods. (per @darrenrovell)
Well, well, well…this is sports x hip-hop at it’s most basic level. #yallgonlearntoday
This was one of our crew’s favorite commercials during the Super Bowl. Can’t wait for @LeonSandcastle’s rookie year…
I’m (slightly) over the whole commercialized spoken word aesthetic, but I still applaud Nike and KD for making the time/effort to recognize Black History Month.
So how did we do in our NFL playoff predictions? Listen and decide for yourself…
As the sports mixtape, it’s our duty to keep you connected to the best in hip-hop. If the #AtlantaFalcons go far in the NFL playoffs, we’re pretty sure this song will make it onto our show…
S/O to @floydthinks and all of Atlanta
Super Shout Out to @AlexisAarons for stopping by the show chop it up and give us the lowdown on the Philadelphia Eagles! It’s been a tumultuous season. What happened to Andy Reid? What’s wrong with Nnamdi? Who sticks around after this season? Are Philly fans really that crazy? We discuss it all, here on The Section 357 Show: The Ball Street Journal. Listen Here.
This is still my favorite thing of this week…
@floydthinks
São Paulo salute wonderkid and champion Lucas Moura with an ‘Obrigado’ as he heads to Paris
O moleque é campeão - the kid is a champion. Last night was Lucas Moura’s final game for São Paulo, a club he’s been a part of since the age of 13. Like many other Brazilians, golden boy Lucas leaves the team as champion and unsung hero, Europe now awaits him…
Through the magic of Lucas’s vision, São Paulo ended their four year trophy draught with a well-earned, but controversial Copa Sudamericana victory over Tigre. Despite the opposition choosing not to play the second half of the final due to security issues and alleged police violence, celebrations inside the São Paulo fortress, known as the Morumbi - recreated a typical Carnaval. And Lucas was the king.
When the moment came for their eternal captain Rogerio Ceni to lift the trophy, as seen on all previous 17 occasions, he gave the honour to Lucas Moura, the club’s superstar, who scored the first goal of the match. He told him:
“Lift up the trophy and write your name into eternity.”
After lifting his first trophy for the club, the microphone was passed to an emotional Lucas, who addressed the 67,000 strong roaring Morumbi for one last time:
“I want to thank your support and love, if it wasn’t for you (the fans) then I woudln’t have the pleasure of entering the pitch with this shirt. This title is for you. I love São Paulo and one day I shall return to play for this club.”
The entire team hugged the club’s number 7, who’s been their star since making his debut in 2010. He’s been a true artist, a dancer on the pitch and a hero to thousands. His performances in Brazil did not disappoint, which saw him pick up several accolades and attention from the old continent. Naturally, the offers came in, resulting in a horse race between Manchester United and PSG. His destination was the French capital, as he was persuaded by director Leonardo. São Paulo are also happy to see their prodigy move to France, as the Brazilian club will receive a grand €45m in return for his signature.
€45m is a sum higher than what was paid for Kaka, Oscar or Thiago Silva to go overseas; all of whom have flourished (or are flourishing) in Europe. But placing the millions aside, Lucas Moura leaves Brazil as a ‘golden boy’, another star of a promising generation and now as a champion. Greater challenges await him: playing with Zlatan, fighting to conquer PSG’s first Champions League and establishing himself amongst Europe’s best.
As Oscar departed to Chelsea in the summer, with Ganso slightly stagnating and Lucas Moura now flying to Paris; Neymar is the only main talent still shining in Brazil. However, we’ll see them all reunited next summer as they’re all expected to feature in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Até já, moleque! [Posted by o nosso Dom]
The plain truth is that we made this possible. It is no revelation that money and status are the drivers of ambition, or that money goes where money grows. The brutal truth is that we are powerless to stop this. Accepting change can be painful, as us fans yearn for the ‘better’ days of yesteryear where we didn’t hear at regular intervals of interest repayments and stock exchange floatation on the back pages of our newspapers.
However, there in lies the issue that lacerates deep at the philosophical core of football – the sport holds different meanings to fans, to players, to investors and to politicians. This disconnect of perceptions cannot be understated because power, of fame or influence, and money go hand in hand. Football clubs are no longer run as democracies.
