Akhi was rockin' a jallabiyah..
Damn. This is why they are promoting all this gender-bending and men in dresses; the white supremacists want black men to be weak and easy targets to be terrorized and bullied. shyt like this makes for good motivation to get in shape and learn to fight if you don't know already, these white supremacists aren't playing.
Yeah, Philly has it's own style, own regional slang, own culture, own little scenes/sets, it's an east coast city, but really the only thing they share similar are similar layouts, rowhousing, and multiple ethnic enclaves/neighborhoods.Nah, Philly never "looked up to NY"...also, Philly ALWAYS had its own style. Philly has its own slang, fashion, style of music...all that.
In what ways did you think Philly copied/admired NY. Philly has respect for all black cities but nobody in Philly was tryna copy any other city.
i HIGHLY co-sign this. Especially being born and bred in PA, I've traveled to Philly many times, nikkas aint soft there for real. It's a trip living in NY right now, shyt ain't the same, alot of NYC cats left to go to Philly cause they got priced out of here.
NEVER?
Nikka you must've not been heavy in the tri-state area between 1990 to 2002.New York nikkas STARTED freestyle battles on hot summer days in the middle of the block that lasted well into the night.plus, back then all of the work coming in from Colombia first went to New York nikkas then we broke bread with other nikkas in surrounding states. I can go on but , this is not the place, lil nikka.


What the fuuck does that have to do with looking up to somebody?
Philly has never looked up to New York in terms of anything. We grew up on NY hip hop buts thats about it. We've always dressed, talked and carried ourselves in a completely different wayPhilly got the realest nikkas in the entire country b. New York use to be the big brother they looked up to them nikkas but now shyt changed b.Nikkas got they own style b.When you arrive in Philly all you see is nikkas with beards everywhere makin' money on some real shyt b.
What?What part implies that?
Matter of fact...don't reply. "implies"...means that YOU are the one that made that interpretation. I can't control your reading comprehension (or lack there of.)![]()
So now black people are shooting people in "the name of islam"...I'm not believing that bullshiit.

Imma make this brief because I don't want to derail the thread.
But listen to what ya dumb ass just said...basically, because niiggas in Philly rapped on corners, they were looking up to NY.
I guess if niiggas wear jeans, we look up to NY. If niiggas wear fitted hats we look up to NY? I'll give props where they are due...Yeah, NY started hip hop but niiggas aint thinking about yall.
Also, you talking about "the work came through NY"...so the fuuck what.What the fuuck does that have to do with looking up to somebody?
Where did NY get the work from? So, I guess NY must looking up to the city that supplied them the work. That just sounds stupid.
@torcher Where are all the Philly niiggas at? You hear this dumb shiit?![]()
During the decade between 1990- 2000, philly did look up to New York b.Don't take it personal.Philly has never looked up to New York in terms of anything. We grew up on NY hip hop buts thats about it. We've always dressed, talked and carried ourselves in a completely different way