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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I’m not sure why these guys want LeBron James to lose a duel in New Jersey.
Internet entity Dose put together a LeBron James musical set to the tune of the hit Broadway play Hamilton‘s opening number: “Alexander Hamilton.” The whole thing is… really interesting.
First of all, they got actors that looked similar to the NBA stars involved in the musical number. Play LeBron sort of looks like LeBron James. Same goes for singing Kyrie Irving, singing Steph Curry and singing Dwayne Wade. Here’s Miami’s Big Three on stage ready to sing-rap you to a dozen Tony Awards.
You know… kind of. It all feels like they tried really hard to make this happen.
Dose was kind enough to publish the full lyrics to the number so we can really break them down if we want to. The opening bars come from an actor playing Curry.
STEPHEN CURRY: How do you block him, stop him, run out the clock on this Sportsmen, four time MVP, with more time on the court as a freshmen the best of them get celebrated, then hated, then back home fully decorated.
DWAYNE WADE: Small forward, father of three, without a father. Future looking brighter, St. Vincent was much whiter, he felt like an outsider, he kept the D tighter. At 14, he’s getting watched by each team and every sports writer.
As someone who recently wrote an 18,000-word book about LeBron James, I can indeed confirm the facts of this opening number. All of it is accurate and fine. But no. Please stop.
Squeezing in LeBron James facts to fit Hamiltunes is just… weird. Just to compare, here’s what Hamilton’s opening number sounds like. At the 2:25 mark, when Lin-Manuel Miranda takes the stage and the crowd explodes? Safe to say it’s not happening when knockoff LeBron pops up and says this:
LEBRON JAMES: I’m gonna take my talents to South Beach. I’m gonna go join the Miami Heat. There’s a championship I haven’t won. I just can’t wait, just can’t wait.
Y i k e s.
Give them credit for trying, but maybe we should workshop this a bit more before we flesh out a whole musical for LeBron James. If he somehow gets killed in a duel between he and Steph Curry then I’d start to see the comparison.
Until then, the NBA’s current version of Hamilton is playing out between Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. That’s your A. Burr and and A. Ham right there. Two men lost to the fates of growing up and the unrelenting competitiveness which which we all measure ourselves against one another.
Now that’s a mixtape I’m listening to.
