filial_piety
Banned
CD player? in 1991? You sellin rocks? lol Nobody had it like that back then.
They were out but you had to be ballin to have one. Even wearing a Sony cassette Walkman would catch a few glances in the street.
Would you rather live in 1991 or 2019?
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They were out but you had to be ballin to have one. Even wearing a Sony cassette Walkman would catch a few glances in the street.
filial_piety
Banned
Yeah, you can have it all today In 91'if you liked a show or movie, you could tape it on VHS, or watch the rerun. But no one had whole seasons of anything recorded.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
hell, at least a tape player
Ain't no way I'm listening to radio only in the whip
you might wanna reconsider that
The "Urban"
radio stations around DC/Baltimore were on their shyt in the 90s. it was to the point you'd actually want to dub tapes from it 
O.P.P. was the song they played every hour but they really mixed it up since local DJs controlled the playlist instead of a local corporation (I'm looking at you clear channel
)
True Darkseid
All Star
And end up rich ass fukk from it in 2019
.hearing DJ's do mixes regularlyyou might wanna reconsider that
The "Urban"
O.P.P. was the song they played every hour but they really mixed it up since local DJs controlled the playlist instead of a local corporation (I'm looking at you clear channel
proud of yall 
LunaticVillage415
All Star
For those of us 30+ brehs who can actually remember the nine one, I think we suffer from childhood rose colored glasses. 
Even though I lived in the ghetto-ghetto in Cali at 8 years old in 91', my parents were normal folks and I had a normal childhood playing Duck Hunt and Adventure Island II because I couldn't play outside or explore the neighborhood like white kids do in the suburbs because Boyz 'N The Hood was happening outside. If my parents were on dope or locked up, chances are I wouldn't be here typing this right now and I'd been dead or locked up by now like hella other kids from the lunatic village up in Frisco from that era.
One of the reasons I like 94-95' better than 91' is because music was darker and rawer than 91'. 91' was colorful and vibrant, New Jack swing was still in full swing but nikkas was shooting each other listening to "Bonita Applebum" and "Self Destruction".
By 1994, Hip Hop became more of a timeless street documentary bible chronicling life in the hood coast to coast. 93-95' was more dark and unapologetic culturally. 91' was high top fades with crazy designs, loud colors, the running man, regular folks hitting dance moves like they had a choreographer with rappers not cursing in their lyrics but the party could still get shot up.
But I think it's wrong to say it was "worse" back then.
It might have been "worse", but crime has only dissipated because of gentrification in cities like DC, SF, LA and NYC. I think Baltimore is worse today than it was in 91'. 
And if you living in the hood somewhere in a city like Detroit, New Orleans or Chicago, you prolly don't see too much difference in terms of crime and poverty where you stay.
At least my old hood in SF was stil majority black back then. Now, chinks have taken over. Lakeview, SF went from 60% black to 60% Asian since 91'. And black folks fought hard to clean up the streets of my old hood only for other races to take advantage of low real estate prices and an "up and coming" neighborhood.
Even though I lived in the ghetto-ghetto in Cali at 8 years old in 91', my parents were normal folks and I had a normal childhood playing Duck Hunt and Adventure Island II because I couldn't play outside or explore the neighborhood like white kids do in the suburbs because Boyz 'N The Hood was happening outside. If my parents were on dope or locked up, chances are I wouldn't be here typing this right now and I'd been dead or locked up by now like hella other kids from the lunatic village up in Frisco from that era. One of the reasons I like 94-95' better than 91' is because music was darker and rawer than 91'. 91' was colorful and vibrant, New Jack swing was still in full swing but nikkas was shooting each other listening to "Bonita Applebum" and "Self Destruction".
By 1994, Hip Hop became more of a timeless street documentary bible chronicling life in the hood coast to coast. 93-95' was more dark and unapologetic culturally. 91' was high top fades with crazy designs, loud colors, the running man, regular folks hitting dance moves like they had a choreographer with rappers not cursing in their lyrics but the party could still get shot up.But I think it's wrong to say it was "worse" back then.
It might have been "worse", but crime has only dissipated because of gentrification in cities like DC, SF, LA and NYC. I think Baltimore is worse today than it was in 91'. And if you living in the hood somewhere in a city like Detroit, New Orleans or Chicago, you prolly don't see too much difference in terms of crime and poverty where you stay.At least my old hood in SF was stil majority black back then. Now, chinks have taken over. Lakeview, SF went from 60% black to 60% Asian since 91'. And black folks fought hard to clean up the streets of my old hood only for other races to take advantage of low real estate prices and an "up and coming" neighborhood.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
For those of us 30+ brehs who can actually remember the nine one, I think we suffer from childhood rose colored glasses.
One of the reasons I like 94-95' better than 91' is because music was darker and rawer than 91'. 91' was colorful and vibrant, New Jack swing was still in full swing but nikkas was shooting each other listening to "Bonita Applebum" and "Self Destruction".
But I think it's wrong to say it was "worse" back then.
At least my old hood in SF was stil majority black back then. Now, chinks have taken over. Lakeview, SF went from 60% black to 60% Asian since 91'. And black folks fought hard to clean up the streets of my old hood only for other races to take advantage of low real estate prices and an "up and coming" neighborhood.
What about if you could go back as an adult?
That's the way I approached the question. Say as a 22 year old
True Darkseid
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91 main. For me Old Atlanta when the AUC was the place to be, and we weren't known to everyone as the gayest place one Earth. When "No Cruising" zones were not around. Freaknik, and having the true low price of living. It wasn't so many damn transplants from every around the states. I remember when we actually weren't known for traffic either. When "Booty Music" was actually its own genre, not strip club music. When we could listen to music from East coast, midwest, West, and local groups were coming up. When the West End was all black, and outsiders not sporting the pigment weren't allowed. I could go on and on, on this subject.
For those of us 30+ brehs who can actually remember the nine one, I think we suffer from childhood rose colored glasses.
One of the reasons I like 94-95' better than 91' is because music was darker and rawer than 91'. 91' was colorful and vibrant, New Jack swing was still in full swing but nikkas was shooting each other listening to "Bonita Applebum" and "Self Destruction".
But I think it's wrong to say it was "worse" back then.
At least my old hood in SF was stil majority black back then. Now, chinks have taken over. Lakeview, SF went from 60% black to 60% Asian since 91'. And black folks fought hard to clean up the streets of my old hood only for other races to take advantage of low real estate prices and an "up and coming" neighborhood.
You right about the music. When street rap came in the east coast and New Jack Swing died out by 95, it made regular dudes all
and acting like street dudes. Back in 91, you could have been on that black power tip, that Kid n Play lighthearted party mode, the smooth Heavy D type breh, or even some dancing shyt. 95, all those lanes were closed and everyone had to be on that superthug impersonation of West Coast tip, or some 5%er Wu Tang shyt.
Bush Sr recession vs Trump's fukkeryI'ma go with 2019 on this one
AlainLocke
Banned
1991 because I would invest in Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple and wait 14 years and create Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and be a scumbag billionaire.
1990s was the last chances to strike it big.
1990s was the last chances to strike it big.
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