Toni Braxton debut album set the bar high....

[BmoreGorilla]

Me too. It really started when Lil Mo went down there to their radio station. Kelson was down there and came back up here. They gotta stop that shyt.

its a wrap breh. I just heard some mixtape called the DMV allstars and it was mostly Bmore nikkas on it

 

[KodeBlue]

The Census Bureau has the B'more metro area and DMV grouped together as a CSA(combined statistical area). Y'all are married now...

Cross commuting between the suburbs of both cities.

 

[R-Typ3]

This is interesting. They were the new age Clark Sisters. That's a pretty good comparison. As far as Mary, they were calling MJB "Hip-Hop Soul", while Toni was straight rhythm and blues. Good analysis. That was the new jack swing era. GenX was just starting to create their own derivative of RnB. RnB got more "Edgy" in 1991 with Jodeci's debut.

Nowadays, our generation(those of us born between 84-00) is starting to create the next derivative of RnB, with this "Trap-Soul/Trap-N-B" era. Similar to the creation of New Jack Swing 25-30yrs earlier. But lyrically WAY more Edgy. Nowadays we got singers literally crooning about trapin, holding pistols.

A lot of the 1st generation was thuggin too only the labels wouldn't allow them to get that real on wax but you always heard the stories...Before Jodeci DeBarge was buggin out the 80's.. Bobby Brown and Aaron Hall was always wild as fukk.. SWV was as pretty much Jodeci lil sisters and was tearin shyt up behind the scenes

 

[BmoreGorilla]

A lot of the 1st generation was thuggin too only the labels wouldn't allow them to get that real on wax but you always heard the stories...Before Jodeci DeBarge was buggin out the 80's.. Bobby Brown and Aaron Hall was always wild as fukk.. SWV was as pretty much Jodeci lil sisters and was tearin shyt up behind the scenes

You can go all the way back to the Isleys and Wilson Pickett and prolly long before that. Those dudes were real live thugs. Somebody like a Chris Brown or Bryson Tiller is all image but those 60s and 70s dudes didn't have any cameras around

 

[Biscayne]

A lot of the 1st generation was thuggin too only the labels wouldn't allow them to get that real on wax but you always heard the stories...Before Jodeci DeBarge was buggin out the 80's.. Bobby Brown and Aaron Hall was always wild as fukk.. SWV was as pretty much Jodeci lil sisters and was tearin shyt up behind the scenes

I knew about DeBarge being WILD. Them light skinned dudes were of s different breed than the ones nowadays. Ain't no way a nikka named Chico isn't a wild..



I've also knew the same bout Bobby, Aaron Hall, Jodeci.

But SWV....those sweet ladies were wild behind the scenes?

 

[KodeBlue]

its a wrap breh. I just heard some mixtape called the DMV allstars and it was mostly Bmore nikkas on it

Baltimore is selling it's soul breh..

 

[Biscayne]

You can go all the way back to the Isleys and Wilson Pickett and prolly long before that. Those dudes were real live thugs. Somebody like a Chris Brown or Bryson Tiller is all image but those 60s and 70s dudes didn't have any cameras around

I heard the Isley's were wild also. But it isn't limited to Black artist. Go back to white rockers county singers etc. Somebody like Johnny Cash can be thrown in there.

 

[R-Typ3]

its a wrap breh. I just heard some mixtape called the DMV allstars and it was mostly Bmore nikkas on it

Damn I hope I didn't 'cause a derailment in here lol I know BMore & DC cats have always had a *ahem* funny relationship but y'all got legends on both sides

Chocolate City:

Chuck Brown
Sugar Ray Leonard
Marvin Gaye
Sun Ra
Johnny Gill
Taraji Henson
Stacy Lattisaw
Donald Byrd
Blackbyrds

BMore:
Shannon Holmes
Mo'nique
The Braxtons
Dru Hill
'Pac
DMX
Jada
Snoop

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I heard the Isley's were wild also. But it isn't limited to Black artist. Go back to white rockers county singers etc. Somebody like Johnny Cash can be thrown in there.

Yea those white boys were wild. People getting shot and stabbed over card games gone wrong

 

[Biscayne]

Statistically they've always grouped the two metros into one. I remember when we put a bid in for the Olympics it was a Baltimore/DC bid. But the cities are mad different. Baltimore is a lot more similar to Philly imo

This is true. Architecturally Baltimore is more similar to Philly than DC. I've peeped this. DC is a different breed altogether. B'more like Philly actually has a skyline, while DC is low-rise. That's another difference. And I've noticed B'more and Philly have similar accents...........somewhat.

 

[R-Typ3]

I heard the Isley's were wild also. But it isn't limited to Black artist. Go back to white rockers county singers etc. Somebody like Johnny Cash can be thrown in there.

Yeah country boys are slept on but always the wildest of any bunch...Hank Williams lived that outlaw shyt before everybody...hard drinkin, kickin ass, and breakin hearts lol

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Damn I hope I didn't 'cause a derailment in here lol I know BMore & DC cats have always had a *ahem* funny relationship but y'all got legends on both sides

Chocolate City:

Chuck Brown
Sugar Ray Leonard
Marvin Gaye
Sun Ra
Johnny Gill
Taraji Henson
Stacy Lattisaw
Donald Byrd
Blackbyrds

BMore:
Shannon Holmes
Mo'nique
The Braxtons
Dru Hill
'Pac
DMX
Jada
Snoop

Really it comes from our inferiority complex. Some of the coolest dudes I hung with in college were from DC. But a lot of people from here feel like we are overlooked but its due to our location. 35 miles from DC, 90 miles from Philly, and about 170 from NY. Put us in the deep south and its bigger than ATL or Miami

 

[Biscayne]

Damn I hope I didn't 'cause a derailment in here lol I know BMore & DC cats have always had a *ahem* funny relationship but y'all got legends on both sides

Chocolate City:

Chuck Brown
Sugar Ray Leonard
Marvin Gaye
Sun Ra
Johnny Gill
Taraji Henson
Stacy Lattisaw
Donald Byrd
Blackbyrds

BMore:
Shannon Holmes
Mo'nique
The Braxtons
Dru Hill
'Pac
DMX
Jada
Snoop

I forgot about Dark Man X's B'more connection.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

This is true. Architecturally Baltimore is more similar to Philly than DC. I've peeped this. DC is a different breed altogether. B'more like Philly actually has a skyline, while DC is low-rise. That's another difference. And I've noticed B'more and Philly have similar accents...........somewhat.

All 3 are very old cities. With all the cities being so close we are bound to have similarities and people travel back n forth a lot. But Bmore and Philly are a lot more blue collar than DC. Put Philly and DC accents together and you have ours. NY nikkas cant tell the difference from Bmore and DC tho. We all sound just as country to them

 

[Biscayne]

All 3 are very old cities. With all the cities being so close we are bound to have similarities and people travel back n forth a lot. But Bmore and Philly are a lot more blue collar than DC. Put Philly and DC accents together and you have ours. NY nikkas cant tell the difference from Bmore and DC tho. We all sound just as country to them

Yep, DC being govt oriented and having white collar jobs in abundance, makes DC more susceptible to gentrification than the other two. And DC is more transient than the other two. Alot of People in DC not from DC. B'more and Philly are filled with natives.

NY thinks anyone not from NY are bammas.