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And 1 Ball Access - The Mix Tape Tour (Street Basketball)

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This is street ball on tape -- it's basketball Matrix-style, where rules can be bended (you lose the ball in mid-dribble, catch it with the opposite hand, then are free to cross over or go between your opponent's legs in a move dubbed the "Sauce 2K"), and where court warriors earn their street names (Main Event, formerly the Coming Attraction; Alimoe the Black Widow and High Octane among others) -- popularized by the AND1 shoe company in its MixTapes. So when AND1's Mixtape Vol. 5 became the first of the series to be actually sold and rented out on it's own, the sixth installment was guaranteed the commercial treatment. ESPN followed and documented the Vol. 6 tour in its Street Ball (Mountain Dew Code Red!) series, giving a teaser sample of the moves to expect.
That DVD had limitations as AND1 was sure to pick out which moves ESPN could and couldn't show, resulting in a DVD showing the same moves -- although who could get sick of Alimoe's over and around the head, bouncing back in the opposite direction, spinning Headache around, on a fast break move -- over and over.
AND1 Ball Access is ESPN Street Ball without the leash, the director's cut, if you will. You get to see just a bit more moves in extended takes of various stops on the tour. For example, as the team takes to Kentucky, a local with a Hot Sauce tattoo on his forearm (the "Louisville Hot Sauce" he declares), challenges AND1's Atlanta Hot Sauce one-on-one. Louisville gets mad schooled, as shown by ESPN, but the segement goes on a little longer in Ball Access.
There's also a lot more of the players messing around in the towns they visit, with a particularly funny trip to a New Orleans clothing store.
Consider this DVD ESPN's Street Ball with 15 percent more moves footage, and 20 percent more night-on-the-town footage, meaning I'd recommend it over Street Ball for having more moves on tape, while Street Ball does have it's own advantages (see my review).
Newcomers are better off finding the AND1 Vol. 1-4 collection DVD to understand and appreciate this offering; old-time street ball addicts can use it to hold over the time until we get to see the all the new ankle-breaking, through your legs, around your had moves and self-oop windmill jams Vol. 6 has to offer.

This is the illest mixtape i've ever seen. You'll see some other streetballers from around the US and some sick tricks you've never seen before. Watch as Hot Sauce, AO, Sik Wit It, Headache, and Skip to my Lou kill the defenders putting them to shame. My favorite moves were the... there were so much it's hard to name it all. The music is pretty good. It's MUST BUY. THE BEST MIXTAPE EVER!!

This is the best mixtape DVD i've ever seen!This one shows great ballin' and a lot fun around the tour.But there are some other great Playerz out there who ambarrasing the mixtape all stars.I'm from germany and it's even hard to get Basketball DVD's here.I've seen a lot of mixtapes but this one is AWESOME!
JUST BUY IT!You'll luv it.

these Moves on this Dvd are truly wicked&Break your Ainkles just sight on seen.this One truly Captures Some of the baddest handlers around the Country the Ball-Handling Skills&Hops here are truly Wicked.

You gotta buy this. There's so much to talk about and i don't know where to start. You'll see the streetballer's Hot Sauce, Headache, Skip to My Lou, and AO busting out their Mad Handles.

This was a great dvd - it wasnt the full ESPN behind the scenes 8 episode series of the And1 mixtape tour, but it covered most of it. It showed much longer segments, and it showed everything sequentially which i really liked compared to the mixtape 5 which jumped almost too quickly from move to move from one city to another. Overall I'd say this is the best basketball dvd or vhs i have - but i havent seen the 2003 ball access tour 2 disc dvd.

OK, some of the moves are amazing, credit has got to be given to the players/showmen, but the DVD as a whole is definitely not worth the $18 and the time you'll spend watching it. For most of the footage is of the fans going crazy over the wild moves on the court, and off it, and the players fooling around in their tour bus! Some might enjoy it, but it certainly shouldn't be considered a Street basketball DVD, for true basketball only covers a small part of it! The whole DVD can actually be summed up in less than 10 minute, if all the BS was cut out.

Once upon a time in a far far far far away land from here........
well, actually you could walk there in 2 minutes buuuut that besides the point.
You take a train that takes you to a city named GREENBODYPILLOW.

This,as shown on espn and espn2,is the best and1 dvd ever made 4 and1.It is not only and1 material but it's longer than 30 min. so it wouldbe the best stockin' stuffer AKA present this season 4 DVD.

I'm a librarian in the hood. (smile) Young men have been asking for these tapes. I finally caught the show last night when I had insomnia. AWWW! These boys are so underrated. Buy the tapes. They display awesome, rawest of the raw talents and gifts. Off the heezee.