Clubbing in the 90s (Pictures)

[Consigliere]

It’s true we didn’t live on our brick sized phones and we weren’t staring at the internet.

We did have cameras tho. Especially once those disposable joints got cheap. They kind of turned into an everyday carry if you were social in the late 90s early 00s.

Which lead to everyone needing a camera phone.

 

[peppe]

Was too young for clubbing in the 90s but i remember big house parties in the early 2000s without cellphone cameras

yup it was no cellphones and just dancing and having fun

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Goat clubs in NYC:

Palladium
The Tunnel

Nells
2iis
Speed
Limelight
Exit
Ohm

Palladium and Tunnel were like stepping into another world. Palladium you were gonna see dymes all over. The tunnel was more Hood but mad famous people posted up everywhere. Coed bathrooms with a lounge and bar in there. Weed smoke everywhere.

 

[King Poetic]

Remember the days

Of banging chicks outside in the car, getting head in the car in the club parking lot

It was more about how the chick look face wise more than the body..

Still remember how chicks stayed in they own circle on the dance floor or against the wall waiting on a nikka to approach them and giving u the wrong number of u was #uglygang and #brokenikkalife

 

[Hov]

Amazing how much fun you can have without phones and cameras.

I remember I saw my first breast at a party in middle school.

I graduated at 17 in 1999. My uncle had a club while I was high school. So I was 15/16 in the club around 1996/97. Met Juvenile and saw Weezy at my Uncle club. Party was so much fun. Even the early 2000s.

At the end of the party. The DJ would finally slow it down. Every one was scramble to find their crush or chick they wanted. Slow dancing to R.Kelly and R&B at the end of the night was pretty much to the setup for who you was taking home.


I still remember these 2 classics. Kissing on her sweaty neck.

That LSG and Keith Sweat.

Damn I’m pretty much the same age with the exact same story…only replace your uncle with older brother and I was in clubs at 15-16 as well…

After the “slow songs/find your lady time” did the DJ play “Put it in your mouth” to close out the club? That happened every night in that era when I was out Lmao

Also, remember clubs you wore whatever you wanted lol…shorts, t shirts, boots…

 

[Big Boss]

 

[old pig]

Goat clubs in NYC:

Palladium
The Tunnel

Nells
2iis
Speed
Limelight
Exit
Ohm

Palladium and Tunnel were like stepping into another world. Palladium you were gonna see dymes all over. The tunnel was more Hood but mad famous people posted up everywhere. Coed bathrooms with a lounge and bar in there. Weed smoke everywhere.

I forgot about limelight…only been there a couple of times tho

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Cell phones and social media have killed it. U cant even take a chick on a date and not have her take pics of some dusty Applebee's,clubs are the same way. It's all about a certain status u trying to portray. .

A jumping club is still jumping even with cell phones. People will pull them out to capture moments, but people are still having good times. The problem is the cost of that good time is astronomical now.

It’s one thing to say “f it” and get a table for a special occasion, like a birthday, but if you’re just trying to go out on a random weekend, the whole experience is terrible. First they hit you with crazy parking (especially in an institutionalized nightlife city like Atlanta); pay more to be closer, sometimes they have four levels of parking lots further and further from the door. Thenthey have you wait in line, which they purposely hold to try to get you to consider getting a table ($$$) or pay to use the skip line ($). Then you get in, the bar is slow since they’re focused on tables. The drinks are dumb expensive so people in Gen Pop ain’t drinking as much. The whole night is just about getting in your pocket. Then the worst part is all the baddies are in VIP. Dudes will get tables and either bring a stable (promoters typically have a bunch they get to come out to make the night more popping) or they’re going to scour Gen Pop for the few baddies and invite them to VIP. So that leaves you looking sorry as hell holding your $20 drink looking at all the bad broads in a section you can’t get to without a wristband.

A popping night in VIP is still a great time even with cell phones and social media. Not saying every night is popping in VIP, but when it is, cell phones and social media are not killing that vibe.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Look how in shape the women were in the pics


I only started hitting the clubs in 2010, when I went college. Social media was at the beginning stages, FB was the biggest social media platform at the time.

Everyone was in shape

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Why do people keep mentioning phones like we talking about concerts

Club scene died when it turned to ‘lounges’ and the venues, and the culture, became obsessed with VIP sections. The end

Remember the days

Of banging chicks outside in the car, getting head in the car in the club parking lot

It was more about how the chick look face wise more than the body..

Still remember how chicks stayed in they own circle on the dance floor or against the wall waiting on a nikka to approach them and giving u the wrong number of u was #uglygang and #brokenikkalife

Lol women were less afraid back then
Randomly jumping into strangers cars and go to after party lol

 

[getmoney310cpt]

Remember the days

Of banging chicks outside in the car, getting head in the car in the club parking lot

It was more about how the chick look face wise more than the body..

Still remember how chicks stayed in they own circle on the dance floor or against the wall waiting on a nikka to approach them and giving u the wrong number of u was #uglygang and #brokenikkalife

The bolded is all facts..I still carry myself that way I remember nikkas would be embarrassed to be known to fukk butta heads now that’s all nikkas want lol

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

The fashion was A1 back then

Now people just try to stunt with brands.

you'd be foolish to think a lot of what you are seeing isn't designer brands.... they just didn't put the logos all over everything like a lot of designers do these days. but that is something to be said about how street wear and asthetic (black culture) has influenced high end designers.

 

[Dameon Farrow]

I go to parties to this day where the vibe is lit. Crowded and people dancing etc. People just don’t be going to the right spots or the right crowds.

These dudes don't go out at all. They complain for the sake of complaining.

 

[pete clemenza]

The downfall was bottle service-tables replacing the dance floors then cellphones, social media, and depressing trap music killed off the fun completely. A few spots restore the feeling here and there but the club shyt is mostly dead

 

[The Burger King]

Damn us younger brehs missed out on a lot huh?