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Yay Area's Finest Hoop Mixtape Vol. 2

YAY AREA'S FINEST HOOP MIXTAPE VOLUME 3 IS ALMOST FINISHED, WERE JUST PUTTING SOME FINAL EDITING TOUCHES AND WORKING OUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF EVERYTHING... BUT FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE ON VOLUME 3, HERE GOES THE LIST, AND TRUST ME THERE HAS BEEN NO DROP OFF, WE STILL GOT ALL OF YAY AREA'S FINEST, PLUS SOME NICE OUT-OF-TOWNERS:

LEON POWE (CELTICS), MATT BARNES (WARRIORS), DREW GORDON, WENDELL MCKINES, MATT SIMPKINS, RENARDO SIDNEY, GO GET IT (AND 1), SHANE THE DRIBBLING MACHNE (AND 1), CARDELL "BALLAHOLIC" BUTLER (FORMERLY OF AND 1), ROBERTO "EXILE" YOUNG, SANTE "757" GAYLE, ELSTON TURNER JR, MARTIN "SMOKE" BONAPARTE (FORMERLY OF AND 1), DIOR LOWHORN, ELI HOLMAN, REEVES NELSON, LUKE WHITEHEAD, KAREEM NITOTO, COLLIN CHIVERTON, KELLY KAIGLER, TYREE MCCRARY, ORLANDO JOHNSON, JAMES REASON, SHAWN LEWIS, TIM HARRIS, CHRIS BREW, WILL BREW, FRANK "MOOK" OTIS, LANCE OLIVIER,  ERIC CROOKSHANK, PAUL MARIGNEY, MARQUIN CHANDLER, DJ BAGSBY, ROCK WINSTON, JEREMY FRANKLIN, MATT BUSCH, VINNIE MCGHEE, JULIUS JOHNSON, BAKARI HENDRIX, DANTE SAWYER, COREY DOUGLAS, JAMES "BOOBIE" ALBRIGHT, DEMETRIUS YOUNG, ROYAL EDWARDS, JERRY COTTON, ADAERON DUNCAN, ROBERT "CHOO" OWENS, CHRIS JONES, ANDREW DAVENPORT, CHRIS WEBBER, MICHAEL DYSON, BRANDON ADAMS, VIC SANDIFER, ANTHONY TURNER, DAMON POWELL, BRANDON WALKER, JAYSON OBAZUAYE, JABARI CARR, KEVIN GREENE, ROB JONES, LOGAN SHOFFNER, GABE KINDRED, KWAME VAUGHN, JEFF FORD, LEON HART,  JORDAN FILLMORE, ANDRE "SKY" HAYES, CLIFF SAMMETT, ERIC HESLIN, MIKE CARSON, EJ FARRIS, OMARI EVANS, MARSHAWN LANDRINE, ALBERT LUTZ-PAPP, STACY LONG, DAMON WARREN,  ALEX OKAFOR, KELLY JACKSON, PHILLIP "TREE" THOMAS, TIM "T-TIME" PIERCE, JOSH O'NEIL, DAMIEN LILLARD, TIM WILLIAMS, DOM POWELL, DEMETRIUS BROWN, KEVIN "IRISH SPRINGS" FLEMMING, JONATHON WILLIAMS, ERICK SEAMAN, AND MANY MORE....

TOLD YOU SO...

here go the review given to the dvd on BALLISLIFE.COM

Yay Area'$ Finest Hoop Mixtape vol 2


The tape starts out nicely, hitting us with some hyphy beats and exploding with crazy a** footage. Taking the viewer through high school, aau tournies, junior college games, local parks and pro ball. I cannot stress how ridiculous the footage on this tape is, Many high school stars from the bay are presented besides Drew Gordon who was recently in Slam. One thing is, is that the Bay gets no type of recognition when it come's to basketball, none whatsoever, so with this mixtape, Yay Area represented the bay in a way I myself have not even seen, and I'm from the bay dammit!

The footage was so fucking nut's at times, it got me on my feet wanting to rewind over and over on what had just happened on the tube. Had many many shout out's from famous bay area rappers including, the hoodstars, the team, frontline, b-legit and the list goes on. Travis had shout out's from Josh Childress, Baron Davis and many other up and coming hoop stars. The tape contained some Leon Powe footage from high school which I've been dying to see, yet it didn't have as much as I would have liked to have seen. We all know Leon was a beast, he was to be better or as good as Lebron before his surgery on his knee. Drew Gordon tore this tape up countless amounts of times, as did the hyphy beats.

Overall Score:
I'd say this tape is a buy, although its a bit long, listed at about an hour and a half, it has stuff you'll want to see over and over. If you've seen streetball classics volume 1, you know that tape was tight, it was long but it was tight, this tape is long but the music is better, the editing is better and the same plays arent being used over and over throughout the tape.

Footage: 10
Editing: 7.5
Music: 9.5
Length: 8(just because I prefer 30-40 minutes with bonus features)
Video Quality: 9.0
Overall: 8.8 (Very Good Buy, the best high school tape of '06)
Look for a new clip up on this tape shortly, along with ordering info, thanks to Gutta Productions and Travis for getting us the dvd.

good lookin to Matt from Ballislife.com

JUST FOR THOSE WHO BEEN ASKING WHO IS ON THE NEW DVD... WE WERENT PLAYIN WHEN WE SAID THIS IS YAY AREA'S FINEST... WE GOT ALL OF YAY AREA'S FINEST.... STEP YA GAME UP HATERS!!!!!

LEON POWE, DREW GOODEN, BARON DAVIS, JOSH CHILDRESS, JUSTIN DAVIS, MARQUISE KATELY, CIRCUS KING, JOHNNY BRYANT, WENDELL MCKINNES, ELI HOLMAN, QUENTIN THOMAS, DEMARCUS NELSON, ROD BENSON, JONATHAN LEVY, JOHNNY DUKES, LUKE WHITEHEAD, CHRIS GREEN, MARQUIN CHANDLER, DEVON HARDIN, TIM PIERCE, AYINDE UBAKA, RYAN WILKENSON, JOHN TOFI, JAMEEL PUGH, ARMONDO SURRATT,  DREW GORDON, JERRY COTTON, DEMARSHAY JOHNSON, LARRY GURGANIOUS, AARON BUCKNER, DIOR LOWHORN, KEVIN FLEMMING, DAN WENDT, KK ALEXANDER, ANDRE HAYES, DEVONTE THOMAS, JUSTONN SMITH, JOHN MORRISON, DREW SANCHEZ, TRAVIS HARRIS, IVAN ELLIOTT, JAMAL HARRIS, YUSEF SMITH, ELIJAH GRANT,  JESSIE BYRD, JASON GRIGSBY, DIAMON SIMPSON, MATT JONES, KEVIN TYLER,  KEENAE HAYWOOD, REGGIE SMITH, JOHN WILLIAMS, CEYLON ELGIN-TAYLOR, CLIFF SAMMETT, JR RUSSELL, HARRY BROWN, JUMA KAMARA, EJ YOUNGBLOOD, JOHN FARMER, THEO ROBERTSON, TRAE CLARK, KYLE SPAIN, DOMINIC CRUZ-DUNCAN, CHRIS OAKES, AUSTIN MCQUAY, ROBERT MITCHELL, MOHAMMED NITOTO, LEX JAMES, TERRANCE WORTHY, LANCE OLIVIER, JOSH ACOSTA, ISAAC HOUSTON, PHIL HOUSTON, HASAN HOUSTON II, BRANDON GRAYS, EDWIN ROSARIO, DENNIS LEE, TIM JONES, CHAZ THOMAS, KENNY CANNON, MARCUS MORGAN, LAMAR LANDRY, KYLE SHARP, ERIC PETTY, WILL POWERS, JUSTIN HOLMES, JABARI DAVIS, MARCO RAMOS, MOSES KEYES, JEREMY FRANKLIN, KEVIN GALLOWAY, ERION MOORE III, KENNETH SMITH, RODGERICK CRAIG, DEMETRIUS BROWN, PAUL MARIGNEY, TERRELL ANDERSON, CARDELL BUTLER, JAMAL HILL, ALEX HARRIS, TIM MORRIS, JULIUS JOHNSON, JULIAN CONYERS, GREG WILLIAMS, MATT BUSCH, BENNY RHODES, ROBERT OWENS, BRANDON ADAMS, DOMINIC INGERSON, BRANDON DOTSON, DARREL TUCKER, THOMAS GALLAGHER, WESLEY WILSON, DERON PERKINS, LAMAR HUNT, DARRYL GRIFFITH, LUKANTE MCDOUGLE, TERRANCE CRITCHLOW, JONATHON SANDERS, GARY HILL-THOMAS, ANTWON GUIDRY, JAYSON OBAZUAYE, MAURICE REED, CHRIS VEDDER, JULIAN RICHARDSON, BRANDON WORTHY, JOSH RIESMAN, AND MANY MORE.....