2. "Can't Tell Me Nothing is the obvious pick for my class" In response to Reply # 0
as a grown adult, but the honest pick would be Lil' Wayne's "Upgrade", "Live from 504", "I Can't Feel My Face", "Seat Down Low", "Get High Rule the World", "Put Some Keys on That" and "Blooded" freestyles in no particular order. Nothing else can remind me of how limitless time felt, how much time I spent in my and other people's cars thinking about where to get or what to do with weed, and how far away adulthood was.
Exclusive to me, "So What You Sayin'" by Jay Electronica is probably the song from 07 I still keep in rotation and bring out for mixes and things like that.
I still remember going to see Juice over at the Marlow 6 right after our talent/fashion show at SHS. That Juice soundtrack was in rotation pretty heavy. Uptown Anthem still goes hard too.
With T.R.O.Y., kids really knew who Trouble T-Roy was. I remember the shock hearing he died and how, so that song resonated on different level before it became one of the defacto songs to hear at a wedding or funeral.
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
The one that sticks out the most pre-graduation: No More Pain - Pac
That joint in any whip with a decent system RULED for me and my boys. Hell, Pac's album probably dominated most of what we listened to first half of the year.
But that whole year had bangers.
Then when I got to college it was:
Nas - It was Written Jay - Reasonable doubt Outkast - ATLiens Roots -Illadelph Halflife De La - Stakes is High Tribe - Beats, Rhymes and Life Pac - 7 Day Theory Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth Lil Kim - Hardcore Ghostface - Ironman Redman - Muddy Waters wrapped up the yr
Some Chicago sh*t I got put on soon as I got to the city lol Crucial Conflict - The final tic Do or Die - Picture This Twista - Adrenaline Rush (Dominated the second half of Freshman yr along with
7. "c/o 1992 (fall 91-spring 92)" In response to Reply # 0
Pete & CL "T.R.O.Y." Das Efx "They Want EFX" House of Pain "Jump Around" Kriss Kross "Jump" Fu Schnickens "Ring the Alarm/LaSchmoove" Arrested Development "Tennessee" Black Sheep "The Choice is Yours/Strobelite Honey/Similak Child"
12. "Add How I Could Just Kill A Man" In response to Reply # 7
Cypress Hill's album came out the same week as our first Senior Skip Day. That was our theme music while hitting up Ihop, going bowling, then seeing either The Hand That Rocks The Cradle or The Last Boy Scout.
Man I feel old now....
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
14. "fam...that song was def. major. I remember the first time I heard it..." In response to Reply # 12
I was driving a 15' box truck up in the Smokey Mountains of NC making a delivery to a Kmart store... Scared as shit because it was the first time ever driving a vehicle larger than my 1981 Toyota Corolla... winding my way through the mountains and that joint came on... lol.. shit had me energized for the rest of the trip! lol... soon as I got back to civilization I headed to the record store and copped the single...
"Get ready....for your blessing....." "Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"
15. "damn...I left off some R&B jams that deserve attention" In response to Reply # 9
E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Society of Soul <<<<got a grip of action off the strength of this groove...
Test of Time - Repercussions <<<<< I owe these sisters some serious gratitude for setting the vibe for many an enjoyable night.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urwtn8rLtD4
Jodeci - The Show, the After Party, the Hotel <<<< could play this entire album start to finish and have a complete day..... <<<got a BIG GRIP of action off the strength of this entire album.....
Raphael Saadiq - Ask of You <<<< fckin Raphael Saadiq man....smh....
I Hate You - Ƭ̵̬̊ <<<< this one didn't REALLY have "meaning" to me until summer of 1997....
This Is How We Do It <<<< can't have a cookout without Montel.. D'Angelo - whole joint <<< goes without saying
"Get ready....for your blessing....." "Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79574 posts
Tue May-21-19 11:08 AM
16. "90/91.. holy shit we had a great senior year track list" In response to Reply # 0
Eric B and Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit em Ice Cube - Amerikkkas Most Wanted BDP - Edutainment and Live Album Too Short - Life is Too Short Tribe - Peoples Instinctive and Low End Theory PE - Fear of A Black Planet EPMD - Business As Usual Brand Nubian - All For One X Clan - To the East, Blackward NWA - 100 Miles and Running Digital Underground - Sex Packets PRT - Holy Intellect Gangster - Step in the Arena KMD - Mr Hood Kool G Rap - Wanted Dead or Alive LL - Mama Said Knock You Out
I ain’t even do most of 91 after June.
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20. "The full version of Doowhatyalike" In response to Reply # 17
If you have a weak bladder and can't climb a ladder what we're saying is it really doesn't matter
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
23. "This album is a freaking classic" In response to Reply # 21
And best version was the cassette. Man those were the days
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79574 posts
Tue May-21-19 09:15 PM
24. "Thats just the hip hop. What about the R&B" In response to Reply # 18
Janet - Rhythm Nation Toni Toni Toni - It never rains... my HS sweetheart moved back to Cali too EnVogue - Hold On BBD - Poison Lisa Stansfield - Been Around the World Guy Keith Sweat Johnny Gill - My My My Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity Loose Ends - Don’t Be a Fool Jodeci MJ - Black n White Prince - Diamonds and Pearls Soul II Soull Hi Five - Kissing Game
and how did I forget De La Soul is Dead?
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79574 posts
Tue May-21-19 09:18 PM
25. "This was the height of MTV Raps and Rap City" In response to Reply # 18
I kept a Cassette Walkman on me at all times senior year
and we used to have 2 or 3 clubs for 18 and under. Those were the days.
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19. "1992 - Gang Starr - Take It Personal, 2 Deep and 92 Interlude" In response to Reply # 0
I played the single for Take It Personal for weeks before the album dropped. With DWYCK as the b-side, it got run all summer
2 Deep was the track that let me know this album was on some next shit. Up to that point I had been kinda mad it didn't sound like Credit is Due, which I had stumbled on the maxi-single for Love Sick (we were straight cassettes at the time, no vinyl). So the first few songs on the album weren't giving me the vibe I wanted. Once 2 Deep came on, everything came together. Killed many pairs of AA batteried rewinding that one
From waaaaay back with my Nextel i730 (one of the first you could get .wav files on it for ring tones) to today day my stock ringtone is 92 Interlude. And it always will be. As soon as my new phone starts up that is the first file that goes on.
<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up... __________________________
Jay: Look here homie, any nigga can get a hit record. This here is about respect. Game: Like Gladys Knight. Jay: Aretha Franklin. Game: Word, I like her too. Jay: Nigga...
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79574 posts
Tue May-21-19 09:25 PM
27. "Freaknik 92. That track was everywhere that summer. " In response to Reply # 19
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