ITT: We discuss the 90s and what made it so great...(The GOAT Decade)

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

i miss the 90s brehs

staying up at night recording college radio just to get that one song

hoping the radio dj gives a run down of the song names and by who

buying the source, and reading up on said rappers

Tuesday was a beautiful day in the music stores

buying mixtapes... dudes now asking for a "NO Dj" version

i'm

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

i miss the 90s brehs

staying up at night recording college radio just to get that one song

hoping the radio dj gives a run down of the song names and by who

buying the source, and reading up on said rappers

Tuesday was a beautiful day in the music stores

buying mixtapes... dudes now asking for a "NO Dj" version

i'm

I can so relate to this post.

I used to do the same stuff....

 

[-DMP-]

It was the last decade where things in America were normal.

From the 1960's to the 90's you had certain things that were just accepted in America.

You watched cartoons on Saturday morning

You had sitcoms based on families

Blacks had their on form of entertainment fasion and culture that was viable

Kids played out side in the streets (till the street lights came on) Parents would sometimes play cards and drink on the porch.

You knew your neighbors, and a lot of times, were related to your neighbors.

Families had a rep around the neighbor hood.

You actually knocked on ya friends doors to go play

Kids could actually go wonder off in the neighborhood and explore

Gays were gay and there was no need to comment on it (you just kind knew )

Divorce was still a little taboo, gender roles (for better or for worst) were better defined, and kids out of wedlock was still a big no no.

Hell I remember you couldn't even admit to eat a girl out, now dudes is PROUDLY saying they eat booty.

shyts hella diff thanks to cellphones/internet/24 hour news and 9/11.

-DMP-

 

[Spade]

 

[Spade]

SIAP

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Damn, after 9/11 we seemed to have entered a different and darker world

The 90s had a fruitful innocence to them. And I think much of it (I'd say alot of it actually) had to do with the fact that were weren't online 24/7 and the internet wasn't as developed as it is now.

I just think of it like this; Literally every type of thought that has ever been thought, every single experience that could possibly be experienced by humans (male of female) of any and every economic background, race, age, etc, every single type of opinion that everyone and anyone has ever had, every single bit of information that has ever been collected or written down, every event that has ever happened in human history...is now on the internet and accessible to anyone and everyone at any time. We're now aware that the human experience is complex and all of those complexities, differences, variances, and whatnot is all online. It's honestly as if the fourth wall has been broken down with people giving up their privacy willingly in exchange for internet fame and we can get a peak into the mind of any type of person in the world anywhere...and some of the thoughts and opinions that have been put forward on the internet is disturbing. It's like watching a visual history of our beginning and end.

Some stuff, we we're just better off not knowing...hell, even looking at this thread, I wish I could go back to the 90s cause I didn't know what I do now, and frankly I think I was better off that way sometimes.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

The Internet fukk it all up.

 

[FUPA]

i got fukked up at suncoast i had completely forgotten about them. Holy fukk do i miss my youth right now man.

 

[Lakers Offseason]

The Internet fukk it all up.

But the internet also gave us Napster, Limewire, and free porn

 

[Data-Hawk]

I've seen Blockbuster already posted but maaaaan.
There was nothing better than your folks declaring Friday or Saturday a Blockbuster night.
They would rent their movie and rent you a videogame or two.
Might even grab you some candy at the checkout and if they didn't feel like cooking, they ordered a pizza when you got back home.

Gamefly, Red Box and Netflix just ain't the same.

man, Blockbuster killed itself.........wtf before they closed movies were like $5+ to rent...

 

[Data-Hawk]

But the internet also gave us Napster, Limewire, and free porn

I was making a killing back then selling CD's for $5. Moms bought a CD burner for $300...lol

A year later everybody had one....





The GOAT Game came out in the 90's

- Summertime ( no school ), up playing this game til I couldn't stay up anymore.
- No Bills
- Parents paid for everything
- DSL connection while most people were still on 56K modems

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

But the internet also gave us Napster, Limewire, and free porn

True, true. Always some good with the bad.


Early Internet years were good.

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

But the internet also gave us Napster, Limewire, and free porn

Yeah...back in the day I actually had to buy...sneak, steal porn magazines...which was very hard to do being 14-15 years old at the time...

Penthouse
Swank
High Society
Hustler
Club International

These kids don't know...

 

[Data-Hawk]

Nah its closed

Damn...Back to Chuck e Cheese or Dave & Busters in Arundel Mills mall..

 

[BmoreGorilla]

When Goldeneye dropped on the Nintendo 64

Me and my boys would have marathon sessions on Friday nights. Don't let there be more than 4 people playing too.

If you came in last you passing those sticks to the next man in rotation