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The NBA is down to it's final four teams battling for the Larry O'Brien trophy. In this preview I'm not going to try and break down the matchups. That has been down by numerous people that are a lot smarter then me when it comes to basketball. Today I am going to give a hip hop snapshot of each team and how music may be playing apart in their run. This preview will go over songs where the team or player's names were dropped, artists who are fans of each team and recent stories from hip hop relating to this year's NBA playoffs. Toronto Raptors  The Raptors will easily be the easiest team to write about for this post. Drake has shown to be a diehard Raptors fan. From holding a position with the team to cheering courtside to trying to recruit Kevin Durant. He had a song on his last album called "6 Man" which had a chorus centering around former Raptors guard Lou Williams. There has never been a team that has fully embraced an artist the way the Rap

In college as a joke a myself and a few of my friends had an ongoing joke that certain songs were so wild that various bars in Bowling Green had banned them from being played due to that they caused riots/fights. Here is my collection of songs that will cause the sudden urge to break a bottle, spin a shirt around your head like a helicopter. These are the songs that the woman in the Kanye West song Slow Jamz was talking about taking a break from. The following songs combine a level of familarity with extreme bass and a fast tempo. Raise Up- Petey Pablo I've always joked that if you ever saw Petey Pablo in concert you would need to bring an extra t-shirt. I love this chorus and the associated dance of "take your shirt off/twist it around your hand/spin it like a helicopter" Neva Eva- Trillville This song is the embodiment of what this list is. The song Neva Eva evokes chaos at every note. I've only heard this song one time while at a bar and after the