Remember when...

[soul-searcher]

I'm not that old, but growing up music, videos, hip-hop, and things in general were different.
Do you remember when:

-MTV didn't play much Black music
-YO!MTV Raps was the s---
-YO!MTV Raps was on every afternoon with Dr. Dre and Ed Lover and on Saturday with Fab 5 Freddy
- THE ED LOVER DANCE!!!!!
- Rap City with Chris Thomas, Da Mayor
-Videos were cheap to make, but dope nonetheless
-Booty shakin' was only in 2 Live Crew videos
-Taping videos to learn dance moves
-KDAY (for people from Cali)
-Rap wasn't on the radio or on TRL
-Hip-hop wasn't everywhere
-"Urban" wasn't a look
-High top fades
-Troop (the shoes and the group)
-Guy was popular (did they say dumb b---- on Piece of my love)
-Airbrushed clothing
-House parties
-House Party
-Oak Tree (the store and the Morris Day song)

There's more...but what do you remember/miss?

Peace.

Soul-Searcher
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Alpha Zeta Omega Graduate Chapter

[sophistAKAtion]

-Video Soul Top 20 countdown on Friday nights
-Wearing doorknocker earrings
-New Edition (post Bobby Brown)
-New Jack Swing era (i.e. Teddy Riley)
-Doing the "Snake" and "Humpty Dance"
-Wearing Cross Colors and Karl Kani
-When wearing a Starter jacket may have gotten you killed (don't miss it though just remember it)
-When Tevin Campbell was the hottest boy singer out there that was after Bobby Brown
-Watching The Cosby Show and A Different World
-Guys used to grab girls' behinds and run
-Using "fresh and dope" to describe something hot
-BBD
-Datings (is that how you spell it?)
-Wearing fingerwave hairstyle

[Steeltrap]

I remember 1580 KDAY, and I also remember 1230 KGFJ. I'm close to 40 years of age, so I recall a lot of what you've brought up.

[BearyCuteAPhi]

Awwww, the memories!!!

[sprinklemeluv]

*J.J. Fad
*Fat shoelaces (which is back in style- my 16 yr. old sister has them in her shell toe Adidas)
*boy's wop fades
*Kwame and his polka dots
*Kangol hats
*you knew the lyrics to "I Need Love" but couldn't memorize the week's spelling words
*girls- the M.C. Lyte(uneven bob)
*Rob Base and DJ EZ Roc-It Takes Two-was the JAM!
*everybody thought Kid N Play and Salt N Pepa was going together
how I miss the late 80s/early 90s

[soul-searcher]

-African medallions
-Conscious hip-hop (X-Clan, PE, Self-Destruction, All in the Same Gang)
-Shell toe Adidas
-Soul Train was still a worthwhile show
-Beepers were the thing to have
-Those big, gray cell phones

...man, things done changed

[SigmaRhoyalty2K1]

Originally posted by sophistAKAtion
-Video Soul Top 20 countdown on Friday nights
-Wearing doorknocker earrings
-New Edition (post Bobby Brown)
-New Jack Swing era (i.e. Teddy Riley)
-Doing the "Snake" and "Humpty Dance"
-Wearing Cross Colors and Karl Kani
-When wearing a Starter jacket may have gotten you killed (don't miss it though just remember it)
-When Tevin Campbell was the hottest boy singer out there that was after Bobby Brown
-Watching The Cosby Show and A Different World
-Guys used to grab girls' behinds and run
-Using "fresh and dope" to describe something hot
-BBD
-Datings (is that how you spell it?)
-Wearing fingerwave hairstyle

You got me tearing up over here! The memories!

SigmaRhoyalty2K1

[19Aaron63]

afro picks w/ the fist sticking in the back of your head
platform shoes
3 inch cuffs in the bottom of your pants
butterfly shirt collars
albums
using album covers to get the seeds out
reel to reel and 8 tracks tapes
being in the house before the street lights came on
using joy dishwashing soap to shine car tires (no armorall here)
rick flair and wahoo mcdaniels on wwf
the beverly hillbillies (in black and white)
chuck taylors (white hightops)
leisure suits (my dad had about 10 of them)

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by 19Aaron63
using album covers to get the seeds out

lmao!!!

I remember...

-numerous bowls of cereal on Saturday mornings, barefoot in pajamas
-Alf
-The Last Dragon
-Breakin 1 & 2
-jheri curls
-jaw breakers that were too big for your mouth, but you sucked 'em anyway!
-the penny candy store (squirrel nuts, tootsie rolls, fortune bubble, jungle johnnies... man )
-these cookies that Nabisco made, two kinds, chocolate and chocolate chip. The chocolate ones were in a little brown box w/ a pic of a dog and the chocolate chip ones were in a little red box with a pic of a cat. No one remembers those cookies, and they were the BOMB!!!
-there were 6 nownlaters (that's how i say it, lol) to a pack
-when i thought cartoons were for kids
-i thought 11:00pm was late
-kissing at the bus stop (i saw some kids doing that this weekend, lol)
-falling asleep on the phone cuz you ain't wanna say 'bye.'
-taping songs off the radio
-my older sisters taping songs off the radio with a tape recorder, and i couldn't talk til the song was off (I always messed that up)
-the sea blue leather couch in our basement
-the gold metal rack of 45's in the basement
-cookouts every friday in the back yard
-summers in North Carolina and thinking how country the kids were
-the Ed Grimley cartoon (I really loved that show!)
-Punky Brewster
-Rocky and Bullwinkle
-sunflower seeds (addicted to this day)
-sprinting up the street to the ice cream truck... like it wasn't comin' all the way down the street
-having a boyfriend meant he had given you something to wear
-white jeans were the whip
-stirrup pants
-letterman-style fleece jackets were out
-those plastic bracelets you could make jump-ropes out of
-double-dutch in the middle of the street
-breakdancers right next to you
-goin' to the playground to watch the dudes play basketball and football
-bike riding across town
-Little Caesar's really gave you two pizzas for the price of one. Shoulda known that wasn't gon' last. Do they still have Pizza!Pizza! as their brand???
-Polish Boys from Whitmore's (only a Clevelander can appreciate this)
-getting sprinkled!!! (why was that so fun? that is so stupid, lol)

man, I could go on and on!!

Fun topic!!

[kiml122]

Originally posted by soul-searcher
Do you remember when:

-Guy was popular (did they say dumb b---- on Piece of my love)

Yes, and I thought I was the only one that thought that. I just heard the song on the radio this morning, and I always laugh when they get to that part. I still can't believe they put that in the song.

[SigmaRhoyalty2K1]

They did? I didn't know that? Now see, I'm going to find my old tape when I get home!


SigmaRhoyalty2K1

[librasoul22]

Originally posted by 19Aaron63

using album covers to get the seeds out

Ahhhh....LOL!!

What do you use nowadays, 19Aaron63??

[Da Truth]

Delta Lambda IOTAs

Remember Parts in the hair, combined with a running man dance...

remeber when people used to wear linen clothes to house parties.....

beat that....

[sprinklemeluv]

Originally posted by Ideal08

I remember...
-The Last Dragon

Am I the greatest? SHO-NUF!! Were you hatin' on Vanity like I was for being with Bruce Leroy?

Originally posted by Ideal08
-these cookies that Nabisco made, two kinds, chocolate and chocolate chip. The chocolate ones were in a little brown box w/ a pic of a dog and the chocolate chip ones were in a little red box with a pic of a cat. No one remembers those cookies, and they were the BOMB!!!

I remember these sister soror, they were hard, though but the chocolate ones were my favorite. Those were the days when Nabisco box pictures were vertical on one side and horizontal on the other.

[Ideal08]

Originally posted by sprinklemeluv

Am I the greatest? SHO-NUF!! Were you hatin' on Vanity like I was for being with Bruce Leroy?

I remember these sister soror, they were hard, though but the chocolate ones were my favorite. Those were the days when Nabisco box pictures were vertical on one side and horizontal on the other.

GIRL!!!! I can't believe you remember those cookies!!! Girl!!! I LOVE hard cookies, Nabisco Ginger Snaps are my fave!! But I digress...

I did hate on Vanity, lol. Bruce Leroy was fine. I'd teach him some moves!! :halo: