Comments on: Hey, Hip-Hop Fans, Remember 1990?

By: Minimum Wage Jobs

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By: Raul23

Raul23 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:14:08 +0000

Detroit’s move really didn’t help Michigan’s economy out like it was supposed to, either.

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:27:14 +0000

“Bob Guccione Jr. from Spin, what you pissed off cause your dad gets more pussy than you??”

By: futurehorse

futurehorse — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:06:41 +0000

Portland: We tried REAL hard to find someone who wasn't white and all we could come up with a group who sounds like "MC Hammer, but more funky".

Sadly, I don't think we've progressed much further than that in the last 18 years....

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:30:47 +0000

Detroit seems to have moved about 100 miles east since 1990.

By: mackro

mackro — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:30:22 +0000

Damn. I really need to start diggin’ at more Tacoma record stores.

By: FionaScrapple

FionaScrapple — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:19:31 +0000

8th ward, muthafuckas!

By: How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

How do I say this ... THROWDINI! — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:24:30 +0000

@Al Shipley: I have that Chunky A album somewhere. I remember picking it up in the $1.99 bin at a used cd store. I got the Milli Vannili album at the same place for the same price. Say what you want about my decision to purchase those albums, but I definitely got at least $2 worth of enjoyment out of each, some of it even unironically.

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:45:37 +0000

1990, the good old days boston was in rhode island and connecticut was the capital of massachusetts.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:40:59 +0000

major lolz @ the inclusion of Arsenio Hall alter ego Chunky A

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:35:29 +0000

I remember Mack writing about getting fired in a long first-person essay for Details (speaking of magazines I wish I still had back issues of).

By: Nicolars

Nicolars — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:31:08 +0000

@Michaelangelo Matos: That was the issue that got me hooked on Spin. I wish I still had it.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:27:41 +0000

Not at all related to the map, but I seem to remember Bob Mack getting fired spectacularly between issues of Grand Royal, but I also was never sure where the line between reality/fiction run with that mag.

The Miami bass issue was spectacular, however.

By: NickEddy

NickEddy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:23:25 +0000

Ah! Mention the Lakers fast break thing.

By: Dickdogfood

Dickdogfood — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:23:16 +0000

@NickEddy: My favorite music magazine issue ever, easy.

Now who was the weisenheimer at Spin who rendered the map in Howard Johnson colors?

By: Dickdogfood

Dickdogfood — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:21:09 +0000

The provincialism of that “funny sounding accents and pronunciation” line makes me cringe. Oh, to hear those demos today…even if they all sucked.

By: encyclopediablack

encyclopediablack — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:20:25 +0000

@HONEYBFLY: Nostalgia is all we got.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:16:41 +0000

The Madonna issue is on its way, actually, and “It Takes Two” was #1 on the singles list.

By: NickEddy

NickEddy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:14:56 +0000

"THE MIDWEST: Thought to be devoid of first rate rap,..."

Little known is that Jim Greer also went on to be in Bone Thugz n Harmony!

He also emailed me once to ask if I was the Nick Eddy commenting here all the time and told me to stop.

I said "Say hi to Bizzy Bone!"

Also: March '89 Spin with Madonna is the ish you need. XTC profile, Morrissey at Wolverhampton review, one of those "best 100 singles of all time" lists that is insane...#2 "It Takes Two". Right on!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:10:25 +0000

With the rise of Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, Akon, and Tpain, the only thing the hip hop world has left IS their nostalgia.

Who in 20 years is going to look back and say "Hey, remember 'Ay Bay Bay'? Wasn't that the JAM?"