Jock Music: Giants Music

Jock Music looks at all the places where sports and music intersect.

Less than 48 hours after their Super Bowl victory, two different New York hip-hop artists have released musical tributes to the New York Giants. Fast-rising Bad Boy signee French Montana released a Giants-themed remix of his hit "Shot Caller," while golden era veteran LL Cool J teamed up with mash-up godfather DJ Z-Trip to release a song called "Super Baller."

As much as I want to root for the young, current artist, there's just no comparison. It's not that French's song is bad, it's fine. It's just kind of half-assed. He took a beat and chorus that was already succesful, then wrote a few football references and Eli Manning shout outs into his existing bars. I like the original version of "Shot Callers," so it makes sense that I also like the Giants version. That said, it's basically just an easy way to spin a few more viral views out of an existing single.

LL and Z-Trip, on the other hand, have taken the Fox Sports theme, laced it overtop of a snare and hi-hat and topped the whole thing off with some of L's best punchlines in a decade. It's a unique song that makes an entertaining use of an well-known sample and has some solid bars. It is, in short, an actual song, where French's effort is basically just a verse and a chorus.