I get the beats, then I get the lyrics. Actually he had more time to work on his raps than he thought he would. Having broken a thumb in the fall of 1995, he could do little else for six weeks. I knocked off eight songs in that time, I practiced them so much that when summer came around they didn't take long to record at all. I like to hear the hard stuff too.
Music just keeps going around.
The summer of 1996 saw Shaq make another change, a move to Los Angeles. People see you, they just go, 'Hi. Though only 24 years old, O'Neal already enjoys worldwide fame and enormous prosperity. For many, he's seen as bigger than life. But when it comes to his music, Shaquille O'Neal is still that kid in the park throwing down a rhyme.