Any Tunnel Stories?

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m0rninggl0ry said:
[QUOTE="prophecypro, post: 22052404, member: 1537"]I feel like more than anything, the closure of the tunnel affected the shift in NY Hip Hop to the south to the point where now people think NY street rap couldn't play in clubs and thats total bullshyt. Had it stayed open I believe other clubs would have followed suit
Dudes like Nas, Mobb Deep, Beanie Siegel, Dipset, Ghostface, Joe Budden, Papoose and Saigon would have really benefitted from the tunnel remaining open in the 2000s and through the 2010s. No doubt Southern Hip Hop would have still been a success and Crunk, Snap and Trap would have popped off in the tunnel (Cash Money benefitted tremendously and I think that acceptance helped it in NYC) but those guys with tunnel bangers would have had continued national prominence.
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I think it did. Alot artists, big willies etc. benefited form the tunnel showcasing their music. Its fukked up they closed it. The NY club scene has totally changed[/QUOTE]


Imagine Tunnel stories in the social media age:mjcry:

People seeing the visual of grimy NY street Hop popping crowds and being uploaded on youtube and snapchat :to:
 
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smokeurobinson said:
its funny cuz just this Thanksgiving Lil Kims "crush on you" came on and my cousin(whos female) said "remember this in The tunnel?"

1994 Funk Master Flex and Crazy Sam in Minisink (which was just a rec room turned teen spot) and Grants Tomb (a hole in the wall both in Harlem) and no one would be star struck....teens all on the stage by the loud speakers and no one would tell them to get off.....cheap weed in the air.

Palladium was across the street from the school I graduated from Washington Irving(so was Irving Plaza where Troy ave became a star). I wrote about that ODB vs Black Thought incident on SOHH and someone jacked it and Black Thought actually responded to it..i'll never forget that


Bentlys...Speed....edge...Mars 21...and The Fever(which would later change to The Rhumba which i'n still assuming is why Rza made that song due to The fevers history) which didnt give a fukk if u looked underage they'd serve u rum and coke like it was legal to do so...


i'm just rambling thinking of the 90's club scene....Tunnel wasn't the only one....Bentlys was the shyt as well
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These kids who grew up with this bottle service/VIP BS in NYC will never understand what Bentley's was. 99.9% of the people that came up in the spot just wanted to dance & have fun. Plenty of good looking women, very few overly aggressive knuckleheads, good music. You were bound to run into people you knew But also it was a different time, grabbing a girl's arm as she passed by wasn't really seen as disrespect, provided you didn't try to stop her again if she wanted to keep it moving. You had the big downstairs area, the upstairs area plus the reggae room :takedat:

I caught the tail end of Bentley's run during college breaks, so thankful I did. Not even sure what it was that was so special about that spot, but it just seemed like people only went there if they wanted to have fun.
 
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wizworld said:
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These kids who grew up with this bottle service/VIP BS in NYC will never understand what Bentley's was. 99.9% of the people that came up in the spot just wanted to dance & have fun. Plenty of good looking women, very few overly aggressive knuckleheads, good music. You were bound to run into people you knew But also it was a different time, grabbing a girl's arm as she passed by wasn't really seen as disrespect, provided you didn't try to stop her again if she wanted to keep it moving. You had the big downstairs area, the upstairs area plus the reggae room :takedat:

I caught the tail end of Bentley's run during college breaks, so thankful I did. Not even sure what it was that was so special about that spot, but it just seemed like people only went there if they wanted to have fun.
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Also, Nellz and Tavern on The Green were hot during that time too.
 
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kingofnyc said:
one of the most important factors about da tunnel which nobody brings up

dress code or should i say lack of

cause the tunnel is the ONLY club i've ever been to were timberlands boots were allowed
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Women dress code?
 
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m0rninggl0ry said:
[QUOTE="prophecypro, post: 22052404, member: 1537"]I feel like more than anything, the closure of the tunnel affected the shift in NY Hip Hop to the south to the point where now people think NY street rap couldn't play in clubs and thats total bullshyt. Had it stayed open I believe other clubs would have followed suit
Dudes like Nas, Mobb Deep, Beanie Siegel, Dipset, Ghostface, Joe Budden, Papoose and Saigon would have really benefitted from the tunnel remaining open in the 2000s and through the 2010s. No doubt Southern Hip Hop would have still been a success and Crunk, Snap and Trap would have popped off in the tunnel (Cash Money benefitted tremendously and I think that acceptance helped it in NYC) but those guys with tunnel bangers would have had continued national prominence.
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I think it did. Alot artists, big willies etc. benefited form the tunnel showcasing their music. Its fukked up they closed it. The NY club scene has totally changed[/QUOTE]

I think it did too fam. Clark Kent told that story of how the Players Anthem record was broke there. He said they played it like 5 or 6 times back to back. Any artists record breaking in the Tunnel back then was a good look & usually got airplay soon after.
 
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