How every region/culture has influenced me...

[tuckgod]

This is my personal list of shyt from other areas and cultures that have helped define who I am as a person.

I spend enough time talking about what I dislike, so here's a list of the shyt I love about all of you...


New York: Thank you for Harlem, Bed-Stuy, A Tribe Called Quest, Malcolm X, The 5% Nation of Gods and Earths, KRS-One, Rakim, Spike Lee, Biggie, Nas, Buckshot, MC Lyte, Prodigy, dollar vans, Fulton St., Albee Square Mall, Hot 97 in the 90s, Clue tapes, and damn near every rapper from 86 - 96.

New Orleans: Thank you for Master P, The Hot Boyz, Mac, Curren$y, 400 Degrees, Manny Fresh, 190 Octane daiquiris, and gumbo.

Atlanta: Thank you for first and foremost for giving the South something to be proud of in hip hop culture. Thank you for Outkast, Jermaine Dupri, Ghetto Mafia, Ludacris, TLC, Xscape, LaFace, Goodie Mob, lemon pepper wings, The Beautiful, The AUC, old T.I., Mary Mac's pot liquor, the Underground, and the black bookstores in Greenbrier Mall.

Texas: Thank you for UGK, bbq culture, Erykah Badu, The D.O.C., The Geto Boys, Austin/Round Rock/Kileen, Charleston White, J. Prince, and DJ Screw.

Chicago: Thank you for Harolds, White Castles, 87th street, Psycho Drama, Twista, The Taste, Common, Kanye, J.U.I.C.E., and Lupe.

California: Thank you for Suga Free, San Diego, real tacos, carne asada, Nipsey, Dr. Dre, G-Funk, Alchemist, Monster Kody, low riders, The Barbary Coast, Louis Burger #2 (pastramis ), the Compton Fashion center, DJ Quik, E-40, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, Mausberg, Sublime, and how to be a true Damu.

Jamaica: Thank you for Barrington Levy & Beenie Man - Murderation, dancehall in general (especially 90s), lovers rock, Gregory Isaacs, jerk chicken, curry chicken, mannish water, rice and peas, real yams..... the whole cuisine, and Shottas.

Africa: Thank you for Afrobeat and Afrobeats, dibi Lamb, jollof rice, pepper soup, Steve Biko, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Fela Kuti, and Rema.

 

[Human Torch]

Dope concept. Ima come back and add if I get a chance

 

[tuckgod]

Dope concept. Ima come back and add if I get a chance

Do that.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Need more threads like this.

Everybody gets shown love

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Me being from NYC, your influences are on POINT. I’ve experienced everything you listed, and a few other things. The Albee Square Mall is where I realized that it was kill or be killed. Dope experience.

Some NYC add ons:
Big Daddy Kane, summer free lunch, block parties/jams, game rooms, hanging n various BK projects, Decepticons, B-Boying, Jamaican culture, PR/DR culture, Soul in the Hole, Rucker, Yankee Stadium $5 bleacher seats. So much more to list.

Dope concept

 

[tuckgod]

Need more threads like this.

Everybody gets shown love

Being from NYC, your influences are on POINT. I’ve experienced everything you listed, and a few other things. The Albee Square Mall is where I realized that it was kill or be killed. Dope experience.

Some NYC add ons:
Big Daddy Kane, summer free lunch, block parties/jams, game rooms, hanging n various BK projects, Decepticons, B-Boying, Jamaican culture, PR/DR culture, Soul in the Hole, Rucker, Yankee Stadium $5 bleacher seats. So much more to list.

Dope concept

My experiences with Albee Square Mall are from the very late 90s, early 00s, when it was on it's last legs.

By the time I started going there, it was a shell of itself from what I was told by my guys, but we still went there often for white tees, mixtapes, burner phones, cheap grub, and shyt like that.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

My experiences with Albee Square Mall are from the very late 90s, early 00s, when it was on it's last legs.

By the time I started going there, it was a shell of itself from what I was told by my guys, but we still went there often for white tees, mixtapes, burner phones, cheap grub, and shyt like that.

Okay no doubt, I was mid/late 80’s
I remember seeing Mark Breland at the mall in the jewelry store and literally hit the and he gave me the head nod.

 

[Apprentice]

Negged for no DMV love

 

[Standing on business]

New York: Taught me the true definition of overrated

 

[tuckgod]

Negged for no DMV love

I'm from Southern VA, and being as though we're responsible for all of the love the "DMV" gets culturally outside of our area, I left all of us out.

My love for the Mideast goes without saying though.

As far as my particular region, Timbaland, Missy, Pharrell, the Clipse, Allen Iverson, Michael Vick, etc. are all extremely influential, but they'd have to thank nikkas like me for making shyt look cool when out of towners came to our clubs.

As far as Northern VA............

I got nothing.

Grant Hill?

I will thank DC and Southern Maryland for E.U., Backyard, Junkyard, Rare Essence, NE Groovers, etc. though.

 

[tuckgod]

New York: Taught me the true definition of overrated

Not in here breh