Black Americans having a block party in Harlem #NYC in 1967

[lightskin jermaine]

We gotta get back to doing block parties again.

 

[bnew]

I wonder why we don't do block parties anymore. We need to go back to this.

gangs want to be a part of the mix.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Block Association day trips

What’s this?

 

[Unknown Poster]

The GODFATHER been feeding us with funk forever

FACTS!
I don't care what anybody says. James Brown is the most important person in modern musical history.
You don't have hip-hop, disco, breaks, block jams, park jams, jungle, or none of that without his music.

 

[FromStLouis]

My neighbors had a "concert" for a garage sale that woke me up one morning.

Some lady singing Jody Watley's Looking for a New Love with a live drummer.



Plugging 2 for 1 DVD's in between playing the hits.

 

[chiefdogg]

Man I miss these days.

 

[SNYC]

What’s this?

The Block Association is the name of the neighborhood group that deals with block parties & other issues in the area.

I'm talking about neighborhood trips. Rent some charter buses and go out. We used to hit up state parks, beaches, etc

I know some of the dealers in my area back in the 80s used to drop off envelopes filled with hundreds & pay for it

 

[Ol’Otis]

'm talking about neighborhood trips. Rent some charter buses and go out. We used to hit up state parks, beaches, etc

Fly shyt

I love stuff like that

 

[GollyImGully]

at homey :38 secs in. Look like he caught the spirit and just had give them a little shimmy

 

[Rapmastermind]

Like I said in the Hip Hop Origins thread, this Man is the Foundation of Hip Hop Music. Also this isn't news to Black Americans. We've seen videos like this growing up in the 80s but I'm glad more people will see this. Hip Hop is an Evolution of Black American Music.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Is that the metro north train in the background?

 

[K.O.N.Y]

Are there even black Americans out in NYC like that anymore?

First thing that comes to mind when I think of NY are Latinos and Caribbeans still having these kind of parties. Heard there's still a sizable presence in out of the way places like Rockaway or something

Massive drainage to the south
But Harlem is still predominantly fba
The north Bronx is the only real non fba section but that’s rapidly changing
Still a lot of neighborhoods in no and queens

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Beat it faggie

fukk you and ya bullshyt as acronym gang.

have your lineage sold and curated to you by a grown ass man who talks about bussy more than gay nikkas do brehs

 

[K.O.N.Y]

Is that the metro north train in the background?

Yes

 

[alpo]

fukk you and ya bullshyt as acronym gang.

have your lineage sold and curated to you by a grown ass man who talks about bussy more than gay nikkas do brehs

When you die, nobody’s gonna to remember you