>-Aquemini, I damn near missed band practice to go get, from
>Blockbuster Music on Bankhead, when the whole street was
>Bankhead. I learned how to play SpottieOttie on my trumpet
>before the end of practice.

Man we were on that album haaard and SpottieOttie, yuuup!!! MAN I wish I was at FAMU back then so I could hear them play it.


>-On my first long marching band competition, I copped
>YoungBloodZ - Against Da Grain. This girl Shana told me every
>song she knew I'd like, and that if I liked this CD, I should
>look out for her homeboy Tip that was tryin to get a deal.

We weren't into Young Bloodz much in L.A. til "Damn"

>-We (the band) took our spring trip to Orlando, and I copped
>the Cool Breeze album from some strip mall, and that shit blew
>my mind. I think I copped that 2nd Ginuwine album when we got
>back home.

I def had the Cool Breeze single on CD that had "Creatine" on it!

>-This I'm Serious album came out in 01, and we flipped out
>like, "Isn't that the guy?! That's the Tip guy! He used to
>hang out in Cameron Crossing!"

For some reason, this dude at my HS swore that T.I. was Jay-Z's artist or something like that. First time I heard the songs was when this HS club in LB played "I'm serious"...then I got to FAMU and heard "Hotel" and "Do it" played at every club in 2002.