“Wait. I was supposed to get surgery or I wasn’t supposed to get surgery.”

Dave Kushner has posted another killer ‘86 Mets painting. This time capturing the tough-but-loose likenesses of Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry from their classic Sports Illustrated cover. (Around the time they both recorded rap singles.) The background says “Gangsta,” a very contemporary Mets reference. Maybe Dave is co-opting the term, taking it from Jerry Manuel’s failed bunch, and giving it back those few guys who actually won games for this franchise. I blogged about Kushner’s portrait of Keith Hernandez smoking a cigarette a few months ago, and I still think I’d pay more money for that one than this one. Either way, I’d love to have them both on the new studio walls.

I had no idea that Doc Gooden (aka Gary Sheffield’s uncle, for those of you from north Florida) and Darryl Strawberry both recorded rap singles in the 80’s.  I really wish I had “Dr. K.” and “Chocolate Strawberry” on my iPod for at least 3 years at this point.  Doc is super legit; he recruited Melle Mel (of Furious Five fame) to MC with him.  It makes for a super goofy three and a half minutes.

Too bad these two never thought to work together.  They could have buried Eric and Parrish.  Here’s the album cover that never was. (And too bad they both decided to sully their careers with subpar stints on the Yankees, a time in which their hip-hop productivity was nil, I might add.)

Will Nunziata made some tight videos for these hitz.

Click here for “Dr. K.”

Click here for “Chocolate Strawberry.”

I only wish that Darryl and the good Doctor were still cutting tracks.