make no mistake, Lo- Life niggas is gettin it in! for a lot of you that may not know what that is, i'll put you up on it at a later date. let me just say this... we're the reason hip hop wears Polo. and North Face. and a whole lot of shit. what i want to say is, that this is one of the founders, Vic-Lo, known to most heads as Thirstin Howl. it's a take on the wolfpack days, where cats used to roll deep on 42nd St. in Times Square and have it their way, rushin in spots doin and takin whatever they wanted. *in Edith Bunker voice* those were the days....
this joint right here is crazy. this is a strait up piece of NY history. of course it's told thru sun's perspective, but it still outlines a very critical time that chronicled the transition of hip hop into the modern form. hip hop has always been about gettin money. Big Bank Hank rhymed about having a "Lincoln Continental and a brand new Cadillac". this era watched ghetto kids get fresh and started lookin at the possibilities of having things and not being in poverty all our lives. this is what Lo-Lifes was at it's core. it's what all real street dudes are at their core. all the realest street dudes i ever came across were doing what they were doing to get OUT of their situation. thats why i question all of these dudes that get millions, and THEN catch cases. that's ass backwards. it's disrespectful to everyone in the struggle.
regardless, sun got some fly shit. ill perspectives and a nice flavor about his shit. Lo-Lifes on a whole is starting to bubble on the surface, with guys like Meyhem Lauren (who was featured here previously) making major noise on the underground. don't worry, i'mma put you on... stay tuned...
RIP B-Bill... my nigga forever...
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Why do I get the feeling this cat has done bad shit to even worse dudes? You know the one, you're trying to eat your tray and he comes walking along and the only shit that runs through your head is "oh brother, not today..." Then somebody else gets a #2 pencil broke off deep in their ribs and you're just happy your farina didn't get fucked up. Just sayin...
lol!
yeah he's a real dude. a NY street legend. not many can hold that, many just say that. but he is. i can vouch for him.
True the decepticon and all that I use to roll with a couple girls from staten island and we use hit 95 on the same missions. christainain DE, Lancaster PA , shit Wananmakers had some cool white girls killing it like 90-91 mutha fuckin reading dont sleep we just and have no branding, and it was how we got paid and fresh for a few years, Blommies springfield yeah buddy...
SADE! whats good homie?
of course you did. you a real graffiti writer. before i was a Lo-Life, me, Dane(RIP) n KAS used to get it in on the regular. and we was still boostin shit even tho we was seeing crazy cake off them transpasses. all up in all them spots u said, plus a couple more, like Springfield mall and the Clover on Baltimore Pike. Baltimore Pike was the shit cause it was also the paint beat. crazy paint stores all up n down that joint. we'd come back wit clothes n paint. thas was regular action.
we was rockin all that shit. i remember being in NY at the time when this shit was poppin and people was thinkin i was with this crew cause i was rockin 'Lo shit out there. with the LeCoq Sportif, druggin em. you know what im talkin bout...
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