Serena Williams Raps in New Song - LISTEN

[fij and chibz]

So a clip of Serena Williams rap song has been leaked online..
Sounds pretty bad to me, thought I'd share with you all
Video in link:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a381193/serena-williams-raps-about-tennis-in-new-song-listen.html

[Tamthewasp]

This is god aweful. She can't rap.

Also it should be moved in2 another section.

[jayb1988]

So a clip of Serena Williams rap song has been leaked online..
Sounds pretty bad to me, thought I'd share with you all
Video in link:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a381193/serena-williams-raps-about-tennis-in-new-song-listen.html

Saw this on NME before and the lyrics scared me off listening to it, people are saying its awful and it sounds like it would be with stuff like "I cook the track up like a frozen pizza, beats so crazy it might blow your speakers" -

Can't stand the attitude of Serena on court with some of the incidents with umpires, she seems like a very aggressive person to get on the wrong side of. As soon as the Williams sisters leave women's tennis the better for me, they've been good players but their lack of loyalty to the sport is repulsive.

[fij and chibz]

I agree. Serena is a champion and will be remembered forever but her attitude is grim

[Otlichno]

Can't stand the attitude of Serena on court with some of the incidents with umpires, she seems like a very aggressive person to get on the wrong side of. As soon as the Williams sisters leave women's tennis the better for me, they've been good players but their lack of loyalty to the sport is repulsive.

There were three incidents in her whole career. US Open 2004, which was completely justified. US Open 2009 which I agree was terrible on her part. And US Open 2011, which wasn't too bad at all.

John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors have done much worse. Heck, even Navratilova has had her fair share of ridiculous court antics. It seems people only look at the bad and never at the good.

"Lack of loyalty"? They have 97 titles between them including 20 Singles Grand Slams, 12 Doubles Grand Slams, and 4 Mixed Doubles Grand Slams. They took the Women's tour to a whole new level of athleticism and publicity.

[Corbon]

Last year's USO incident was way overreacted but it makes it easy to present her as a bad (black) girl by the media.

Also McEnroe is stll reviled by many (me included) for his ghetto behaviour.

There's this stupid rule that in order to qualify for the Olympics you must be committed to play Fed Cup. I mean shouldn't it be in the national tennis interest to send your BEST players to Olympia regardless of Fed Cup? McHale and Huber certainly aren't medal contenders.

[jayb1988]

Can't stand the attitude of Serena on court with some of the incidents with umpires, she seems like a very aggressive person to get on the wrong side of. As soon as the Williams sisters leave women's tennis the better for me, they've been good players but their lack of loyalty to the sport is repulsive.

There were three incidents in her whole career. US Open 2004, which was completely justified. US Open 2009 which I agree was terrible on her part. And US Open 2011, which wasn't too bad at all.

John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors have done much worse. Heck, even Navratilova has had her fair share of ridiculous court antics. It seems people only look at the bad and never at the good.

"Lack of loyalty"? They have 97 titles between them including 20 Singles Grand Slams, 12 Doubles Grand Slams, and 4 Mixed Doubles Grand Slams. They took the Women's tour to a whole new level of athleticism and publicity.

I think its hard to defend someone that has threatened to kill a line judge, I'm not sure even McEnroe did that did he? The 2011 argument wasn't really anymore than a falling out and I don't think she overstepped the mark, she was just upset like alot of players can be sometimes, but I think because we don't see it so often in the modern game it possibly gets blown out of proportion.

There just seems to be a recurring theme running through each example of her on court arguments of an air of superiority, and that her success has gone to her head enough that she is above everyone else on the court and the tour.

Part of her and her sisters absences from the tour are no doubt due to injury, but I recall many times where they seemed to take extended breaks to do other things outside tennis, only to come back to the big tournaments as if they didnt have any respect for the tour or the other players, and could just walk back in and take a major title without much effort. Obviously they have won alot of tournaments but that does not equal loyalty, it just means they have alot of talent.

I think they took women's tennis to a whole new level of boredom, I remember the Wimbledon finals always being competed by them and I just didn't care who won after a while. Only now am I really getting into the women's tour with the depth of competition and quality young players coming though.

[Otlichno]

I think its hard to defend someone that has threatened to kill a line judge, I'm not sure even McEnroe did that did he?

There is an immense difference between saying "I will shove a ball down your throat" and "I will kill you".

The 2011 argument wasn't really anymore than a falling out and I don't think she overstepped the mark, she was just upset like alot of players can be sometimes, but I think because we don't see it so often in the modern game it possibly gets blown out of proportion.

I agree.

There just seems to be a recurring theme running through each example of her on court arguments of an air of superiority, and that her success has gone to her head enough that she is above everyone else on the court and the tour.

No there doesn't. 2004 and 2011 she literally felt cheated. 2009 she was just furious. Not once was there an "air of superiority". But yes, she does feel she is a superior player to others on the tour, as do many players.

I recall many times where they seemed to take extended breaks to do other things outside tennis, only to come back to the big tournaments as if they didnt have any respect for the tour or the other players, and could just walk back in and take a major title without much effort. Obviously they have won alot of tournaments but that does not equal loyalty, it just means they have alot of talent.

Yes, there was also another time where they did that. When someone shot down their sister, but obviously loyalty to the tour comes first,eh? Also, why is NOBODY complaining about Kim Clijsters doing the EXACT same thing you're talking about.

I think they took women's tennis to a whole new level of boredom, I remember the Wimbledon finals always being competed by them and I just didn't care who won after a while. Only now am I really getting into the women's tour with the depth of competition and quality young players coming though.

Because they were so much better than everyone else. Are they supposed to pretend they are not to make things interesting for you. Also they've only both played in 4 Wimbledon finals.

[Corbon]

9 titles in the last 12 years at Wimbledon shared between them altogether.

And boring is how you can describe the rest of the WTA Top 30 where no one besides Serena and Sharapova has won more than one Slam. At least Woz is steadily dropping down

[jayb1988]

I recall many times where they seemed to take extended breaks to do other things outside tennis, only to come back to the big tournaments as if they didnt have any respect for the tour or the other players, and could just walk back in and take a major title without much effort. Obviously they have won alot of tournaments but that does not equal loyalty, it just means they have alot of talent.

Yes, there was also another time where they did that. When someone shot down their sister, but obviously loyalty to the tour comes first,eh? Also, why is NOBODY complaining about Kim Clijsters doing the EXACT same thing you're talking about.

I think they took women's tennis to a whole new level of boredom, I remember the Wimbledon finals always being competed by them and I just didn't care who won after a while. Only now am I really getting into the women's tour with the depth of competition and quality young players coming though.

Because they were so much better than everyone else. Are they supposed to pretend they are not to make things interesting for you. Also they've only both played in 4 Wimbledon finals. [/quote]

I think you took what I said abit out of context, obviously I wasn't referring to time off they had when their sister was shot, tennis doesnt even come into it when something like that happens, but there have been numerous occasions where they have been seemingly fed up with the tour and have come back when they have felt like it.

I think Cliijsters was openly honest about starting a family so she basically retired or took a break from the game for a while which is fair enough, you either want to play pro tennis or you don't, there shouldnt be any inbetweens.

Yeah its great for them that they are winning trophies, but as a spectator I don't really care about players winning alot of tournaments. I like that the top 30 players on the WTA have a chance of winning a tourn and breaking through, like an Azarenka for example.

Competition for tournaments is healthy, I like to know that I'm watching a tournament that isn't a foregone conclusion. Alot of people support the likes of Federer and Nadal purely because they win the majority of the tournaments, but is it really that exciting to see such dominance? I don't think so, I'd rather see alot of good and close matches than see Nadal/Djok/Fed steamroller the opposition.

Wozniacki I think is a battler rather than a talented player, although I think the best match I've ever seen live is her against Kuznetsova at this years US Open, it was an absolute rollercoaster of a match, Woz looked down and out but somehow fought back so I do respect that, that night converted me to women's tennis completely.

[BluudyEEfingaz]

I adore the girl [Serena]...now I would advise her to leave the rapping to Nicki Minaj. As far as her attitude...unfortunately there's a double standard not only in tennis but most sports when women show emotion or aggression...immediately they're called the b-word or are said to have had a meltdown...but let a man do the same or worse and he just had a bad day or got angry. We're women, we get angry, we get pissed off, we throw tantrums and become frustrated, but we get over it and can do the job we set out to do and sometimes...better than a man. Food for thought. I'm out!

[Otlichno]

I think you took what I said abit out of context, obviously I wasn't referring to time off they had when their sister was shot, tennis doesnt even come into it when something like that happens, but there have been numerous occasions where they have been seemingly fed up with the tour and have come back when they have felt like it.

As does Kim Clijsters.

I think Cliijsters was openly honest about starting a family so she basically retired or took a break from the game for a while which is fair enough, you either want to play pro tennis or you don't, there shouldnt be any inbetweens.

She never said she was taking a break or is retired. She's skipping to whole clay season and playing Roland Garros. Which is precisely what you're complaining the William Sisters do.

Yeah its great for them that they are winning trophies, but as a spectator I don't really care about players winning alot of tournaments. I like that the top 30 players on the WTA have a chance of winning a tourn and breaking through, like an Azarenka for example.

Not really. Azarenka and Radwanska have won almost all the tournaments they've entered other than Stuttgart where Sharapova finally found form. And today, Azarenka is in the Madrid final, playing against Serena.

Competition for tournaments is healthy, I like to know that I'm watching a tournament that isn't a foregone conclusion. Alot of people support the likes of Federer and Nadal purely because they win the majority of the tournaments, but is it really that exciting to see such dominance? I don't think so, I'd rather see alot of good and close matches than see Nadal/Djok/Fed steamroller the opposition.

Then the WTA this year isn't exactly the best choice.

Wozniacki I think is a battler rather than a talented player, although I think the best match I've ever seen live is her against Kuznetsova at this years US Open, it was an absolute rollercoaster of a match, Woz looked down and out but somehow fought back so I do respect that, that night converted me to women's tennis completely.

Wozniacki is great. But she needs to add more offensive dimensions to her game. The first set against Serena in Madrid was pretty much how she should play.

[supinesmokey13]

Can't stand the attitude of Serena on court with some of the incidents with umpires, she seems like a very aggressive person to get on the wrong side of. As soon as the Williams sisters leave women's tennis the better for me, they've been good players but their lack of loyalty to the sport is repulsive.

There were three incidents in her whole career. US Open 2004, which was completely justified. US Open 2009 which I agree was terrible on her part. And US Open 2011, which wasn't too bad at all.

John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors have done much worse. Heck, even Navratilova has had her fair share of ridiculous court antics. It seems people only look at the bad and never at the good.

"Lack of loyalty"? They have 97 titles between them including 20 Singles Grand Slams, 12 Doubles Grand Slams, and 4 Mixed Doubles Grand Slams. They took the Women's tour to a whole new level of athleticism and publicity.

dont forget the also have three olympic gold medals between them are and are defending olympic doubles champ

[Tamthewasp]

Lay of Serena. She has been Awesome for the Womens game.

[jayb1988]

I adore the girl [Serena]...now I would advise her to leave the rapping to Nicki Minaj. As far as her attitude...unfortunately there's a double standard not only in tennis but most sports when women show emotion or aggression...immediately they're called the b-word or are said to have had a meltdown...but let a man do the same or worse and he just had a bad day or got angry. We're women, we get angry, we get pissed off, we throw tantrums and become frustrated, but we get over it and can do the job we set out to do and sometimes...better than a man. Food for thought. I'm out!

Yeah good point, I suppose its because having a tantrum or being aggressive isnt considered very 'ladylike' so it stands out when it happens, whereas with men its just par for the course when we get pissed off!

I think regardless of what people say about the current WTA tour, it is unpredictable. Predictions on the men's side tend to come down to one or two players realistically, where on the women's side any player in the top 10 has a chance to win a major, Stosur and Azarenka as recent examples, with Sharapova and Williams always going to be there or thereabouts. Wozniacki has got found out abit recently but if she becomes more aggressive I think she has the potential to win a grand slam definitely. Then you have the likes of Lisicki who if she gets things right can trouble any of the top players.

'In an interview with Sportweekend (a sports programme on Belgian Flemish television), Clijsters said that she was retiring to start a family.' This was partly due to injuries as well cutting her career short, then obviously she came back after becoming inspired when testing out the wimbledon roof, after experiencing the death of her father/getting married etc she then planned to evaluate whether or not she could keep playing for an extended period. Now she seems to have picked up alot of injuries again so looks like Wimbledon and the Olympics will be her final tourns but its down to injury rather than lack of any loyalty or desire.