David Ruffin....under appreciated Flyness

[mamba]

Them old school breh was really with the shyts
Men and women could get the hands

You should read that book written by David and Eddie's road manager from the late 80s until David's death!

The amount of fukkery David got into in those later years was

There was a story in the book where David had done some crack, had an asthma attack or some respiratory emergency and had to get hospitalized. Road manager thought Ruffin was near death! This nikka didn't even get fully healed up. He left the hospital, showed up at the next venue and performed like a damn boss!

There was another story where all the drugs had Ruffin paranoid. He thought the CIA was bugging the TV in his hotel room. So, he just casually tossed that shyt out the window.

There's more fukkery in that book. Just find it and read it!

 

[Tribal Outkast]

I don't know what impresses me more, the lion ,the pink grass, or the fact that this was all before photoshop

That's too much sauce!

 

[Regine Hunter]

If only you knew the story behind this picture

 

[UpAndComing]

nikkaz from this era ain't debonair & savoir faire like the OGz from that time.....Gangster & gentlemen smooth ladykillers

Nas, Jay, and Snoop come to mind

 

[Ol’Otis]

If only you knew the story behind this picture

He told her to write that "list"


That's a cold ass story

 

[UpAndComing]

If only you knew the story behind this picture

Marvin said "No mountain's high enough, fly stuff"
David Ruffin was punching Tammi Terrell, gave her concussions
While the Funk Brothers was layin' down the percussion

--- Nas

 

[010101]

the bespoke era everything cut custom*

 

[BedRoomI'z]

 

[silk scarfs]

Bruh I was just listening to this nikka he really that nikka from compositions arrangement and voice

 

[Ol’Otis]

the bespoke era everything cut custom*

we need another era like that

 

[010101]

we need another era like that

poor taste is the norm
style is an attribute like intelligence that is largely predetermined and not common
that time was rare because the common man would trust a professional to cut his wardrobe

those tailors had the gift and made the everyday man sharp in a way most today could never be
my grandfather was a tailor and i come from a family of clothe horses i been blessed in that way
aesthetic sense is something that has to be cultivated it should be a class in school damn near

*

 

[Clayton Endicott]

his voice was

His and Sam Cook's voices
Mike the gawd footing the bill for David's funeral . They did my mans dirty by dropping him off at the hospital and dipping like that. Head or not, you don't do that to a legend

 

[mamba]

i know he had a toxic relationship with tammy Terrell on some ike and tina shyt but ima let yall eat

Their relationship was rocky. No doubt.

But, James Brown used to kick her ass, too. But, people make Ruffin the devil and forget about the foul shyt James Brown did to her.

 

[Loken]

long time ago after watching the temps movie

i looked David up an found out one of his son's sing an mannnn dude used to have a website an still to this day

i don't know what the name a that track was but it would play once the site loaded up

GOT DAMN boy sounded just like his daddy an the song was clean as hell

 

[Ol’Otis]

Their relationship was rocky. No doubt.

But, James Brown used to kick her ass, too. But, people make Ruffin the devil and forget about the foul shyt James Brown did to her.

a lot of those fights she swung first

and that Ike Turner shyt was over exaggerated even Tina said that