There's a new trend on social media that's picking up steam, and it involves people taking NBA highlight reels and mixing them with classic songs.
Last week, someone on Twitter shared a tweet that read, "TikTok is great because you could just be scrolling and then get shown Ben Wallace X MF DOOM highlights." Others agreed and shared several posts that showed various highlights from NBA greats intertwined with classic records from Amerie, The Isley Brothers, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and more.
In June, the creator of the @indienba TikTok, which has NBA highlights mixed with indie tracks, explained to Mashable how they come up with their content.
"A lot of times, I'll think of a player and be like, 'Oh, this is great,'" said 18-year-old Alex Eastland, a student at the University of Georgia. "I'll go into iMovie, I'll cut up some of his highlights. Then I'll look at my Spotify, think of a song, and be like, 'Oh, that would be funny.' There's not much of, like, a science to it."
Eastland claimed a video that combined highlights of Kawhi Leonard with a track from beabadoobee inspired him to create the page and make his own videos.
"I've been surprised [by] how big of a following it's gotten," Eastland said. "You know, I've got friends that know who Modern Baseball are. And I've got friends who know who OJ Mayo is. But, like, I don't really have any friends who know who both are. So I've been very surprised to see the amount of people who relate to both sides of it."
Check out more NBA music mashups below.
