And 1 Mixtape, Vol. 5 (Street Basketball)
Can I get a soul clap? From the top-selling manufacturer of way-cool basketball gear comes this 40-minute highlight reel from the And 1 Mixtape Tour. With their legerdemain ball handling and sky-high dunks, street basketball stars Headache, Hot Sauce, Main Event, Shane, Toss It Up, Syk With It, High Octane, 50, and others are the Globetrotters for the new millennium. But this is no laughing matter. These guys play some serious basketball. The game footage is of varying quality, but fans don't come to these videos for the cinematography. Awestruck youngsters will thrill to the skills displayed, but parents are advised to hit the mute button to block the hip-hop soundtrack's explicit lyrics, and fast forward through an unfortunate off-court vignette in which one of the players harasses a female shopper at a grocery store.--Donald Liebenson