Clipse - Champion

yo yo, good song, wont do anything as a single tho.

I'm partial to Clipse, but I don't think this is their most impressive work. The track's not bad, but I can't listen to it for more than a few times without getting a little bored. Am I the only one who thinks Bangladesh would have completely made this song?

Yeah this wasn't bad. I liked the energy of the verses and these two never have sub-par lyrics. But that said, I wasn't feeling the hook. Maybe it is a grower, but I think it kinda brought the song down with its repetitiveness (that a word?). But yeah it can go in rotation.

This is one of the worst songs on the album, which i keep forgetting to order, but its still not bad, 3.5

there is nothing thats wrong with this track, though it seems to be missing something that keeps me from saying this is a banger.

3.5

Pretty ok, but if Popeyes didnt do anything this sure wont!

wow everytime i blink, more dj crew haha.

the beat is nice. the hook isnt as annoying as it could have been but it tapped that line! verses kinda hot too. 3.5 but wudnt d/l.

Good choice for a new single. There are not THAT many radio ready joints on the album, but this works.

Sidebar: What is the deal with everyone rating only signed artists lately? This is not cool.

This is alright, verses are cool, kinda played concept, it fails to really hook you in. "Freedom" is a way better song!
2.5 stars

The female vocalist on this record is Graph Nobel, one third of Talib Kweli's new group Idle Warship. The Clipse are not only my favorite rap duo, but they are one of my favorite rap acts period (solo and group). Yeah, this song isn't the coke-rap Clipse we love, but it shows how they can't be boxed into one signature style either. In fact, a lot of the songs on "TTCD" show Malic and Pusha's ability to incorporate mainstream characteristics into their performances while still keeping it real at the same time. I heard the video for "Champion" is suppose to debut on ESPN? Haha I can so picture ESPN playing this song during NBA games before they cut to commercial break.

I can definitely see this in an espn promo...They must be doing a "champion" series cause i just saw Bobby Ray on espn singing "I am the champion" a couple days ago!

just not a very good song...no matter how you look at it

One of my favorites on the album..shame they didnt get radio play with I'm Good and they probably wont with this either unfortunately

This song epitomizes my feelings about Till the Casket Drops as a whole. It's undeniably dope, and the brothers deserve some credit for expanding their sound, but I just like them better when they're grittier.

RT @DJZ "What is the deal with everyone rating only signed artists lately? This is not cool." Seconded. Don't be a lame.

3.5/5

Dope track.

Clipse + Neptunes will always be classic tracks

In the review, You switched up the names on tha verses...Pusha T was first and Malice was 2nd...and tha song is a banger..Freedom is my jawn tho, and they got a video out for it.

Fans of their previous albums were mixed on the album, but for me, it was really a growth from their previous projects and my favorite Clipse release. Much more my style. Wait... I'm getting to it, Jordan Hung.

It was hook heavy, the beats were fun, and the words were easy to memorize and rap along with BUT never weak, while remaining connected to the streets. Malice's verse on here captures this new dimension perfectly.

I agree they kinda slackin’ with the bars but they still have hints of clever sh!t weaved in masterfully, thanks to the ever reliable Malice who keeps dropping bars that lingers with you well after the songs over.

You can tell this one’s for the radio, but as @GStan has already mentioned "these two never have sub-par lyrics." so cut some slack fellas!

A more considered and celebratory approach this time around; album number three from Virginia's duo is a real winner from front to back. To me atleast.

Hey Hey Hey
I'm a champion, shorty I'm a champion
I've been around the map now I'm on my victory lap.
Hey Hey
See I'm a champion shorty I'm a champion
While other n!ggas crashing em, hey I'm just steady mashin em.
Tell em what you told me (8X) Ok

[Pusha T]
They see I'm shining dog, you see these diamonds dog
They say I'm shining so hard I like to blind em dog
You got a problem dog, well you can bring it on
I got at least a hundred shots and you can get em all
Hey, I did it, I really did it
I'm like a poster child for n!ggas that just get it get it
I'm supposed to smile for my n!ggas who ain't here to live it
I'm putting money on they books so they can ball in prison
And feel the spirit of a boss, duel pipe exhaust
All we know is the floss, I'm cocaine castling throwing bombs to moss
My b!tch keeps the newest and the latest,
A street n!gga, she know I'm the greatest.
Hey Hey
Hold up that Rosea, pourin' half the bottle out,
If you from where I'm from, you know why I'm flowin' out,
Overcame the odds, so we overdue them cars,
We done balled around the world, now we reaching for the stars

[Chorus]
Hey hey
I'm a champion, shorty I'm a champion
I've been around the map now I'm on my victory lap.
Hey Hey
See I'm a champion shorty I'm a champion
While other n!ggas crashing em, hey I'm just steady mashin em.
Tell em what you told me (8X) Ok

[Malice]
If only I would have gotten what I had deserved,
Lord knows I would have been done left this earth,
Or either in somebody's jail rotten that's my word,
If not yourselves then you need to have them kids in church
Mistook my work for selling crack,
You should have gotten more out of that than that
My grandma would say, boy you backwards as a hat
Whether in a trap, NFL draft pick or rap,
Virginia is for hustlers, hustlers get it back.
I though that life was a bad b!tch bad car,
Life is with your kids watching Madagascar
In the headrest of the H3 with crashbar
Rockin playclothes, everyday's a catwalk.

[Chorus]
I'm a champion, shorty I'm a champion
I've been around the map now I'm on my victory lap.
Hey Hey
See I'm a champion shorty I'm a champion
While other n!ggas crashing em, hey I'm just steady mashin em.
Tell em what you told me (8X) Ok

[Pusha T]
Been there done that, fell off, got back
Real n!gga sh!t, only champions can talk that
Earn my respect, n!ggas hating cause they want that,
Been to hell and back, only champions can walk that.

[Malice]
Talk that put yo money where yo mouth is,
T off on the green, golf courses where the house is
A long way from pumping out housing projects,
Investing in real estate weighing out my prospects.

[Chorus]
I'm a champion, shorty I'm a champion
I've been around the map now I'm on my victory lap.
Hey Hey
See I'm a champion shorty I'm a champion
While other niggas crashing em, hey I'm just steady mashin em.
Tell em what you told me (8X) Ok

I had to comment. This is my 2nd favorite song on this record. Am I not hearing what everyone else is hearing?

The intro was promising, but the rest was very medicore.

I miss old Clipse, so this new approach kinda throws me off. Song is fine, but it's just off for me. Solid 3.

Overall i like this...production is solid, like the verses by malice and Pusha T...but its not completely a banger for me. It is a good choice for a single, though. 3.5 out of 5

Bomb track!

Clipse killed it on this one.