>were cultural phenomenons. And the fact is people are still
>interested in them today. We understand. You being upset
>though, isn't going to change anything about that.

So I'm not *mad* at anybody.

Nobody was a bigger Fab 5 fan than me.

My life was Wu-Tang and Jalen Rose in 1993.

I delivered mad newspapers to buy the Nike Michigan
shorts, one of my most prized possessions ever.

So trust me -- I totally understand the appeal.

>Your issue has more to do with what is lauded in our culture
>and what people, especially young people, gravitate towards.
>Youth culture has always loved rebels.

Nah, its not about that.

We're in an era where we should know better.

We laud Obama too. We know how to appreciate people for
the right reasons. We're better than that. Its not as
if there's some sort of blanket, immutable property of
society that makes them appreciate negativity over
positivity.

We absolutely *can* appreciate positivity.

The thing is this: OKP's demographic is mostly
educated, working class (and up), and should know
the difference. Most of us are actual grownups.

We should know better than to chart the Fab 5's
Importance to nothing other than cutesy kid nostalgia.
That's all it is.

Not all things about my (and our) youth were cutesy kid
nostalgia.

Illmatic was powerful and meaningful. Not just cutesy
nostalgia

The Autobiography of Malcom was powerful and meaningful.


Finger-fucking Vicky near Prospect Park was not powerful
and meaningful.

And the Fab 5 was not powerful nor meaningful.

Doesn't mean I don't smile when I think of finger-fucking
Vicki.

Don't mean I don't smile when I think of the Fab 5.

But miss me with the "importance" shit, because Vicki
was a random girl (god bless her) and the Fab 5 were a
bunch of niggas who played ball and didn't influence
dick but the shorts I wore.

Nas and Malcom influenced my core values and the way
I saw the world.


So we can enjoy what we enjoy. That's fine. But all this
"meaning" shit we attach to dumb shit is plain silly.


>You're argument attacking UNLV and the Fab 5 just makes you
>look bitter though. You really can't deny the impact they had
>and still have on the sport and had on the youth in the early
>90s.

LOL -- bitter?

And what impact?

How many final fours has either UNLV or Michigan been to since
1993?

How about the team who beat both?









































Oh.


*THAT* is influence. The team that actually goes on to
WIN shit is influence.

The coach who RESTORES the US dignity in international
basketball -- that is influence.

The PG on those Duke teams was raised by one of the most
caring men in all of basketball (Bob Hurley Sr) who has
done more for black men than the Fab 5's dumbass socks
and losing did.

THAT is influence.

Bob Hurley Sr >>>> Black socks wearing losers (in terms of
influence on Black Men)


^^^That's revolution.

Not black socks, gambling, gold teeth, and losing.


Of course, Hurley had a movie about him too that I just
found out about because it got no pub. Fab 5 have
a movie about them that is going to be watched by
tens of thousands more people than watched the Hurley
movie.



>You posting all Uncle Ruckus'y isn't really gonna change
>history.

LOL @ Uncle Ruckus.

I'm the most militant pro-black nigga on here, doggie.

You forget that white people are the ones who think the
Fab 5 are cutesy.

White folks would much rather deal with a ball player who
is a "revolutionary" with black socks than deal with a
young Orbit_Established (pissed off and frighteningly
smart, as in *actually* smart and not Allen Iverson
smart).


So miss me with the Uncle Ruckus shit.


Nobody ride for the black race like the Orbster.


I'm done with the dumb shit, though.