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Over the NBA All-Star break, Damian Lillard went on the radio and wowed the basketball blogosphere with his rhyme skills. No less an authority than MTV's Sway declared him the best rapper in the league, and most were apt to agree.
But another Blazer alum has thrown his warmups onto the court.
Former Portland combo guard Martell Webster, currently of the Washington Wizards, spits a bit himself, under the alias Sui Generis. Unlike Lillard, though, who at this point does music mostly as a hobby, Webster is entering the rap game for real: His debut album, A.R.T. (Anybody Relates To This), comes out this summer.
In advance, he's dropped a video for a track called "Disposition." It's a thoroughly Northwestern clip—directed by Jesse Vinton, son of legendary Portland-based animator Will Vinton; shot at Blakely Island in Washington; and featuring a guest verse from local producer Neill von Tally, who also made the beat—which makes sense, considering Webster grew up in Seattle, and still maintains a residence in Portland, despite being traded from the Blazers in 2010.
âDisposition is a tribute to my Seattle roots and the people that have supported me throughout my life," Webster says in the press release. "Music has always been an important personal outlet and Iâm proud to finally share it with the world.â
So what's up with the rapping? Well, Webster doesn't appear to have Lillard's lyrical dexterity, but his flow is more animated, which bodes better for a full-length album. Plus, if dude isn't the best rapper in the NBA, he might be the weirdest. After all, he named himself Sui Generis. One just hopes he lets teammate, Marcin "Sexual White Chocolate" Gortat, jump on a track one of these days.
WWeek 2015