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Ball Above All
Dunks. Big dunks. Gravity-defying, rim-rattling, in-your-face dunks. That's what you'll find in Ball Above All, a production of HoopsTV.com, a Web site dedicated to celebrating basketball from the playgrounds to the pros. This 35-minute video also includes brief segments on subjects as wide-ranging as tattoos, Shaquille O'Neal's custom-made car, and white men who can jump, all peppered with rap music, comments from Sinbad ("Kobe, you got game, but no more albums!"), sports-beverage product placements, and a little T&A. But the real reason for watching the video is killer crossover dribbles, no-look passes, and, oh yes, the dunks, in clips taken chiefly from prep games, summer leagues, and invitational tournaments. The NBA may be fan-tastic, but Ball Above All proves that you don't have to be Michael Jordan or Vince Carter to throw down a vicious dunk, and you don't have to pay $85 a ticket to catch some spectacular basketball action. --David Horiuchi Ballin' Outta Control
From New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and North Carolina, this follow-up to Ball Above All takes it to the streets to bring home more hard-core footage of rim-grabbing dunks and legerdemain ball-handling and passing. Fast-forward through brief segments hosted by rapper DJ Whoo Kid about "Hoop Honeys," Kobe Bryant, and various product placements to get to the main event: awesome clips from playground contests, invitational tournaments, and prep games. As with Ball Above All, this approximately 45-minute video pulsates to an authentic rap and hip-hop soundtrack (obscenities edited), and there is gratuitous, albeit fleeting, T&A (no nudity). What it lacks in slick packaging and marquee superstars, Ballin' Outta Control more than makes up for in street cred, with footage of local heroes such as Sebastian Telfair and Lebron James, who astound with their Matrix-like moves on the court. --Donald Liebenson
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