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Dior was definitely not be messed with back in the days. We are 40 now bro!!! We made it!!!! Encourage the youngest to do better because they will do it!!!
This obviously ain’t about encouragement or glorification. It’s about historical facts and acknowledgment. A thorough explanation of why The Village has such a notorious reputation. From someone who was there and not only witnessed it but also lived it. Pay attention and listen.
This was a 🔥 interview. I like how they were speaking about the history of the neighborhood. The dude in the wheel chair reminded me of Crazy Legs from Dont be a Menace lol
Us black men have no pride or shame ..I would be embarrassed to be seen standing in that crappy place ..It's like seeing a baby standing in a messy play pen with poop everywhere .
I'm Major glad the big fella in the back standing behind the fence spoke that positive message. He wasn't trying to look hard, he was a real man. Salute to that brotha because he cared about the better environment the O.G's wanted. They didn't want niggaz to keep living that banging life and bragging on it. Again salute to that brotha for representing
I watch these videos and think of how impossible and difficult it felt to leave and get out of the hood. Others that watch these videos and jump to conclusions and just assume people wake up and say, I can’t wait to live in lack and desolation. I’m guilty of jumping to conclusions on my poor white brothers and sisters…until I realised their almost identical. Deprived of opportunity and investment, misery loves company environments, limited expectations and outlook, crime ridden and drug infested…overbearing feelings of hopelessness…I pray everyday and night for abundance and prosperity upon all of us. Ase
Exactly. I grew up with nothing. Homeless in the Bay since 13. It's no way to live in and out of shelters and motels. Living off SNAP food stamps, soup kitchens, and food banks for sustenance. I take pride in anything tough because it just makes you stronger, but these kids who have parents that drive a Benz, live in a nice condo, go to school, have the latest iPhone (my generation) and style they hair like its fun to be us? From riches to rags? Bro wtf.
I'm from these same hoods and I have to disagree. Especially in Oakland. The rent is higher in Oakland than it is in most other places in the bay area so why do niggas move from 73rd to 63rd and think some shits will change. People get on Section 8 and move into the slums when they take Section 8 in Fremont and Walnut Creek and Concord etc. You don't have to be on the hood but people want to stay where things are familiar. Yes there are some people who would have a harder time leaving but MOST OF US can leave but choose to stay. It's more MENTAL than financial
Bay niggaz go way harder than LA and I’m from LA! I went to the Bay and it was all love I couldn’t believe it niggaz was complimentin me on my clothes and they was fresh as hell too. I love Bay niggaz they know what real struggle is! Wish we could all come together!
PacManQue M u ain't from LA bruh the Bay Area we would be 1 city in LA they 10,000 times bigger then us and been doing the same thang's we been doing but they got way more cities
@Broken. U got it reversed cutty the bay area is tiny so were always hating and talking too much like were better then la when their a million xs bigger then us and never thinking bout the tiny bay
I like the delivery style. The lead guy lays down an endless free form narrative. The man behind him echoes, , reinforces, supports the beat. Soon everyone joins in because all know the saga and are united by it. All speak at once but there is no feeling of anyone being interrupted. It's like a piece of choral music.
It’s sad, that man said he was born in 1980, and all he aspires to see Is that neighborhood that he grew up in. Little does he probably know, He lives in arguably the most Beautiful region in our country. All he has to do is drive 30 minutes to an hour from the neighborhood, and he will see a whole New World
Man when your from Oakland/Los Angeles/NYC etc You don't need to move you live in a city people wish they lived in and oppurtunity is everywhere in major citys like those , shit San Fransico is right across the water 🤣🤣
What a good example for children ... pure drug addict ... they have us dominated by drugs, lack of confidence, poor education and debauchery ... we are sunk in our mistakes ...
Born and raised in East Oakland so listening to this is nostalgic, especially when ole boy gives the background about 6-5 Village…But 6-9 Village was a beast too and can’t forget Funktown.
Are they “bragging” or are they telling their life story as they are being interviewed? I didn’t hear anybody say, look up to us, be like us, we are your standard average role models.”
Pointing that out in this day and age will get you marked a racist and white supremacist and you perpetuating black stereotypes. Truth apparently in this new world is rooted in racism
He said he did juvenile life fo knockin ah nigga in YA in the 90s when it was worst then adult California prisons cdc prisoners didn’t like when YA babies came to the pinta they was outta control an wit all da shit
Can’t be that bad bluhd you’ll be Ite. It’s an everyday thang mayne. Just stock up on Henny I lost hella cousins and potnas in Oakland and Real Richmond and that’s where I’m from Mayne!!!
U act like ur gonna live forever.man who cares about that cause believe me it means nothing.u need to worry about everything thats going on in the world and try to find god cause the whole mr cool fonzi thing is only cool for a little while.
ENVIRONMENT SHAPES MINDSET. THE WORLD IS HUGE BUT THE GHETTO PUTS PRESSURE ON YOU THAT TURNS YOU INTO A DIAMOND OR COMPRESSES YOU TO GIVE IN. ITS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO ARENT FROM THESE ENVIRONMENTS . TRAVEL IS SO IMPORTANT AND IF THESE BROTHERS HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL AT A YOUNG AGE AND MEET OTHER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD THEY WOULD THINK DIFFERENT AND HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SEE BEYOND THE BLOCK
17:54, Wave the white flag or wear a toe tag, makes me sad for those fellas to have to wake up every day wondering if today will be their last. My heart goes out to their mothers, as a mother myself I can’t stop thinking about what kind of fear these fellas mothers must be going through with the thought that they may lose a son. This video is scary and sadness all around.
Dope ass interview I’m from Philadelphia pa but I always wanted to visit the west coast just to see how different it is I’m going to do it 1 day watching this let me know it’s still hope and some ppl still have morals 💯
It’s all good man come out for a visit sometime. It’s just like anywhere else, if you mind your business , don’t move like a victim , show respect , and avoid a couple places you shouldn’t be, you’ll be just fine and have a great time. People from Oakland and the east Bay Area in general are actually pretty friendly and just looking to have a fun time and take care of they family. But if shit goes wrong out here…….it goes really bad. The trick is to just not let it get to that point
People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents, will be-both in their youth and in adulthood-intelligent, responsive, empathic, and highly sensitive. They will take pleasure in life and will not feel any need to kill or even hurt others or themselves. They will use their power to defend themselves, not to attack others. They will not be able to do otherwise than respect and protect those weaker than themselves, including their children, because this is what they have learned from their own experience.
Not like China. No need for young girls to have 5 kids by 5 different men or 1 guy to have 18 kids by multiple females. It’s pathetic and irresponsible and these communities will get worse and worse if that behavior continues.
@@CA-zr1kz yeah true, but I also hear that people nowadays are having less sex than generations before and that there's also less babies being born. So maybe that's a good thing?
I used to deliver oxygen tanks to all the hoods in East Oakland for a year including this hood, seen some wild shit, had to work late nights, people didn't give a fuck how late it was they needed there oxygen tanks, I never had problems though, people always showed love cause I was there help out there people
Dude with the dreads knows what he's talking about. He a real reputable. Everyone talking over each other but when he speaks, they all get quiet. The Vill put Oakland on the map. Before the 1980s, the reputable hoods in the 70s was the Vill, Funktown and Bank Boys. But when he said outsiders were never accepted, Lil D was accepted. Lil D was from Seminary What most people don't know is that 69 and 65 were two separate hoods that were rivals. When Felix Mitchell rose to power he united San Antonio and Lockwood and created MOB. I don't know if GTO was ever in the 69 but they ran 65. but the vill was also known for having the most Buick Grand Nationals in the Town
Now this a real Interview.Blessings for all these brothers they kept it real for over 40 minutes for Charlie welcomed him even thoe the hood dont welcome nobody .East Oakland got some of the realest and most woke niggas out there.Shout out to the brothers.
No disrespect but all these dudes have hella potential. You can tell theyre smart. Take away environment and I bet these guys can make a bunch of legal money. These guys could have clean generational wealth.
As a Polynesian; I rather return my ass back to the Island if the ghetto was my only option here in USA! I have families who lived there in Oakland hood but for me; it's not worth living the Island for it!!
I just love to see us having out own style and culture. Though there may be misguided energy, these brotha’s have to survive the concrete jungle. Life ain’t always positive. Even though we go through so much we can still smile through the darkness. Peace and blessings to all. Im from PG County, Maryland. 💯💯💯 ‘Hip Hop Runs The World!’ 🔥💪🏾
I love the bay area swag.much love to Oakland,San Francisco,Vallejo,Richmond,San Jose,Sacramento,freemont,east Palo alto.and anywhere else in the bay I forgot about.i was born in San Jose California and moved away but it's still much much love to (the whole bay area)y'all just keep doing y'all's thing and don't copy other cities and states and thats what makes me respect the bay so much.they ain't folding for no bloods or crips and they still put it down for the town.FREE MAC BLAST-THA ACORN 6 STAR GENERAL.
@@BayDude510cuz I'm from the Land of the Scandalous aka LA and yall ain't no real Crippin in the Bay smh.. Them Asians in east Oakland ain't no real authentic Crips like that.. Yall might have some Crips and gangs like SOS, which is some official Crip homies but there ain't no Crips and Bloods like that out there cuz so knock it off cuz this comin from a LA Crip cuz
Hooked on your videos Bro it's good to see how different people live and seeing some of the tough conditions certain people are living in should make people appreciate what they have because it could always be worse.
Yeah I agree fellas, in this generation it’s all about talking tough & what it was like in the crack epidemic of the 1980’s & 1990’s……Spark this generation with positivity then & do something positive….those crazy days before social media had reasons behind it….today it’s not necessary & anybody can be successful…..it’s too many resources at kids disposal these days, plus there are weed dispensaries in California everywhere….No need to cop your smoke from a stranger on the block, back in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s you had to buy your drugs off the streets & because of racism most African American males turned to selling drugs to make money & survive BUT now too many work places have been sued for not hiring a certain minority etc….kids just idolize the street life & wanna hang on to what we had to struggle through during the 80’s & 90’s.
It wouldn't make too much sense now since Oakland ain't no where near as bad as it used to be. If they did reboot it I think Chicago would be a good city for it since there is so much corruption in the city from the politicians, to the judges, the school system and of course the violent streets, just like Baltimore.
I grew up in the village back in the day and if anybody know what I’m talking about, it was back in the day was 71st and the five what’s going it , I remember when they used to shoot from off the rooftops, I remember we used to go to Greeman‘s field, The vill was real.
For me the 1990s! (94&95) riding on the strip East 14th (International Boulevard) or riding foothill in the summer time and dudes would bust open the fire hydrant, the weed was good back then fun
@@yie-shakentae551 I believe you, back before social media & gentrification took over…….I know them 80’s & 90’s in Oakland was probably brutal just like in Brooklyn, The Bronx & Queens NY.
As a Kid I was always fascinated on people like the Blonde Dreads telling stories in the neighborhood I grew up in. That neighborhood was the Dubbs they called it the Twomps.
Homie said he never been to other parts of Oakland? That’s crazy to me. I’m from the dirty 30’s. I’ve seen all of Oakland. Beautiful city in my humble opinion.
You gotta hit 71st Hamilton bammer spot million dollar spot 96 bossland another old school rich guys spot sobrante park 98 Brookfield 23rd mo mo spot 77th green side
When they Tore Down 69Village in the early 2000s majority of the Tenants came to Sacramento G Parkway TownHomes. G Parkway Mobb. They put an injunction on G Parkway in 04 tore it down and remodeled it. Mac Dre used to fuck with G Parkway tuff. Big part of the hyphy/Thizz movement.
I stayed in 2 of these apartments with my pops every so often when it was his turn to have my brother and I instead of moms.. coming from Hayward with moms, this shit was completely different. But if you mind your business you good over here these dudes mean well they just don’t fuck around. And this isn’t the first spot in Oakland we lived in. North Oakland before this, then Dog town then acorn… this just happened to be the most active in my eyes
My family lives in East Oakland East 14th and 72nd I remember I remember visiting them during the summer at times in the '80s Oakland was like a hopeless situation
Damn, I worked construction right over there. Putting in the stupid median bus stop, repavng the roads sidewalk and Ada ramps. That's a tough hood. They're was drive by cash chases burglary and other crimes all day everyday. A lot of the dead from Jonestown are buried right over there on the hill side of east Oakland.
I’m proud to be from the bay seeing this YALL don’t understand us that’s why we how we is full of game Charlie said I like interviewing y’all 💯 that’s because we different everywhere else you go niggas lightweight watered down unles it’s New Orleans niggas or Harlem Niggas there is a few other places but people from those places an the Bay Area got similar ways and out goin got energy with confidence an different type of intelligence spoken in a unorthodox manner is the best way I could describe it this is the place they say new jack city was about with nino brown they say Detroit the projects out there I think they called the Brewster or New York everybody say they hood but Felix Mitchell Mickey Moore And a lot pimps from. Out there
Yeah the problem is the rest of society tries to understand you and you guys never bother to understand anyone else. Selfish self absorbed mindset. Where the whole world should try to empathize and sympathize with those that do harm hate and abuse. If you guys ever spent time thinking about how your actions affect other people maybe things would get better but you make excuses and find pride in doing evil instead of owning your mistakes and facing your victims
@@CA-zr1kz okay uhhhh so yea one thing bout the bay we never been haters or jealous of people from other hoods especially if it’s similar to the way we rock out chea Gangsta n thugs got love here Soulja’s respect Souljas n Soulja’s respect Thugs
@@CA-zr1kz lmao you gotta chill out cuz there's too much opportunity in the bay to say something like that. What homie saying is right. Everyone everywhere else is watered down. I live in Reno but I came from the Stack and I been everywhere around the Bay, LA, Chicago, parts of Florida. Ain't no one in the bay really sulked on their morals b. We the only type of people who think the furthest. The brokest dudes in the Bay will have the mindset to spend on bitcoin. We not selfish and self-absorbed, we're forward thinking. The world catches up to us in every sense of the word. The Bay Area alone holds every major tech company we use today. And "Hella" finally became a household term, came up in the bay. We're too different. Y'all victims cuz y'all don't move fast enough.
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Oakland niggas is different huh lol they ain’t like them other places the village got spirit
U can’t be the hottest rapper if u don’t take care of your kids period
@@sterlingmcclain2679 never heard of him
Thank u family 🤟🏾
Disgusting
Sad “never been out of Oakland” these people are stuck in a box mentally and don’t know it’s a whole different world out there
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They're waiting on Jesus or the white man to come save them ...
I'm from Oakland ca
Shut up....we definitely get out and travel the world ain't nobody stuck no were
@@tamelawilliams2113 who said that for everyone? Get out your feelings
@@Royal10123 😒🙄
Dior was definitely not be messed with back in the days. We are 40 now bro!!! We made it!!!! Encourage the youngest to do better because they will do it!!!
This obviously ain’t about encouragement or glorification. It’s about historical facts and acknowledgment. A thorough explanation of why The Village has such a notorious reputation. From someone who was there and not only witnessed it but also lived it. Pay attention and listen.
Det nigga obviously in a mid life crisis he prolly gon start being more positive around 50 or 60.
Realist hood in Oakland baby village baby’s for life shout out spoon duke and baby race free my crodies
Its the same old same old the past only matters to people who still remember
I was at OH and DeWitt wit Yay back in the late late 90s. Lol.
PTSD for these brothers must be crazy. Rest in peace to all the comrades that lost their lives in the struggle. Showing love from the uk. 👊🏾⭐💯
judging from Top Boy and Gangs of London its not looking too good over there lol
Just goes to show, someone always has it worst 🙏🙏🙏🙏
big ups from Yorkshire
This was a 🔥 interview. I like how they were speaking about the history of the neighborhood. The dude in the wheel chair reminded me of Crazy Legs from Dont be a Menace lol
HAHAHA STRAIGHT UP
Dude in the wheelchair remind me of Dwight Howard 😂
Us black men have no pride or shame ..I would be embarrassed to be seen standing in that crappy place ..It's like seeing a baby standing in a messy play pen with poop everywhere .
@@blast4me754 ? thought u said you had no shame???
@@daytonaboy9038 HE DOES
I'm Major glad the big fella in the back standing behind the fence spoke that positive message. He wasn't trying to look hard, he was a real man. Salute to that brotha because he cared about the better environment the O.G's wanted. They didn't want niggaz to keep living that banging life and bragging on it.
Again salute to that brotha for representing
@pen Writes Yes that's what I was thinking
I watch these videos and think of how impossible and difficult it felt to leave and get out of the hood. Others that watch these videos and jump to conclusions and just assume people wake up and say, I can’t wait to live in lack and desolation. I’m guilty of jumping to conclusions on my poor white brothers and sisters…until I realised their almost identical. Deprived of opportunity and investment, misery loves company environments, limited expectations and outlook, crime ridden and drug infested…overbearing feelings of hopelessness…I pray everyday and night for abundance and prosperity upon all of us. Ase
Exactly. I grew up with nothing. Homeless in the Bay since 13. It's no way to live in and out of shelters and motels. Living off SNAP food stamps, soup kitchens, and food banks for sustenance. I take pride in anything tough because it just makes you stronger, but these kids who have parents that drive a Benz, live in a nice condo, go to school, have the latest iPhone (my generation) and style they hair like its fun to be us? From riches to rags? Bro wtf.
I'm from these same hoods and I have to disagree. Especially in Oakland. The rent is higher in Oakland than it is in most other places in the bay area so why do niggas move from 73rd to 63rd and think some shits will change. People get on Section 8 and move into the slums when they take Section 8 in Fremont and Walnut Creek and Concord etc. You don't have to be on the hood but people want to stay where things are familiar.
Yes there are some people who would have a harder time leaving but MOST OF US can leave but choose to stay.
It's more MENTAL than financial
Well spoke bless up young king🙏
Hell yeah king. Watch Neville Goddard and Joe dispenza. Manifest the life you dream of its allready yours
Well said..except thiers people all over the world in poverty that dont killl eachother
Thank you for posting these videos, you must carry yourself well to be confident enough to approach these real type of situations.
I like the dude with blond dreads story telling skills. He rolled that history lesson of his hood off his lips without pausing 🔥🚀🔥🚀
cocaine..hella drug.
He's going places for sure
Jail or the grave type places
@@dominickjr he’s letting way too many people talk and has way too coherent thoughts to be on the powder.
@@MikeBova1 making moves in and out
That dude can talk, he has good "mic" talking skills. Like he could work in the commentary, how he breaks things down how he tells it.
Bay niggaz go way harder than LA and I’m from LA! I went to the Bay and it was all love I couldn’t believe it niggaz was complimentin me on my clothes and they was fresh as hell too. I love Bay niggaz they know what real struggle is! Wish we could all come together!
@Northern California BIG FACTS!
Facts La niggas be hatin im from LA and went to the bay and the bay niggas be showin respect
PacManQue M u ain't from LA bruh the Bay Area we would be 1 city in LA they 10,000 times bigger then us and been doing the same thang's we been doing but they got way more cities
@Broken. U got it reversed cutty the bay area is tiny so were always hating and talking too much like were better then la when their a million xs bigger then us and never thinking bout the tiny bay
@Broken. Tf they havent been trippin off racial bs since the late 1990s u don't know wtf ya talkin bout cuh
I like the delivery style. The lead guy lays down an endless free form narrative. The man behind him echoes, , reinforces, supports the beat. Soon everyone joins in because all know the saga and are united by it. All speak at once but there is no feeling of anyone being interrupted. It's like a piece of choral music.
Yall youtube niggas take shit too deep 😂😂 they just talkin
@@ronloc3309 nah they some real ones hopefully other hoods in America can follow suit. That is the home of the revolution with the Panthers
Dude with the blond hair has never left Oakland and when he talks the rest of these dudes follow him. Blind leading the blind and its sad.
You don't understand
It’s sad, that man said he was born in 1980, and all he aspires to see Is that neighborhood that he grew up in. Little does he probably know, He lives in arguably the most Beautiful region in our country. All he has to do is drive 30 minutes to an hour from the neighborhood, and he will see a whole New World
All he gotta do is drive 10 mins and see ah néw world
Ignorance is bliss.
Man when your from Oakland/Los Angeles/NYC etc You don't need to move you live in a city people wish they lived in and oppurtunity is everywhere in major citys like those , shit San Fransico is right across the water 🤣🤣
That's part life nobody fault 💯🤷
My man with the dreads really came with the history of his projects, good piece.
What a good example for children ... pure drug addict ... they have us dominated by drugs, lack of confidence, poor education and debauchery ... we are sunk in our mistakes ...
Underrated comment right here. Real shit tho.
We dumb and destroy ourselves
I agree 1,000 percent 💔💔💯
The war on drugs piled on the misery for these folks, best hope for their futures 👍
Born and raised in East Oakland so listening to this is nostalgic, especially when ole boy gives the background about 6-5 Village…But 6-9 Village was a beast too and can’t forget Funktown.
You can see these brothers are real and definitely appreciate telling brothers to do good we need soldiers in this this great book .....
Crazy how everyone has to be aware of their surroundings. The eyes constantly watching all angles. These brothers got it worse than military soldiers.
It's crazy how only us black men live like this ...
@@blast4me754 lmfaooo not only black people live like this bruh 😂
Same thing in every video, every hood. Depressing as fuck. This is a totally different world to me. Makes me realize how lucky I am.
Every hood in America is that way homie
1nce u get shot u neva tryna lack like dat again... near death experience fr🗣💯
This is pure ignorance in the flesh! Bragging on destroying your own race and community?
Either you a young buck or you don’t understand enough to understand. The real ignorance is someone who don’t understand
Are they “bragging” or are they telling their life story as they are being interviewed? I didn’t hear anybody say, look up to us, be like us, we are your standard average role models.”
That nigga in the wheelchair was hyped af I need that energy Monday mornings before work lol
Dude literally confessed to robbery and murder on video multiple times.
Pointing that out in this day and age will get you marked a racist and white supremacist and you perpetuating black stereotypes. Truth apparently in this new world is rooted in racism
he said he did his time
He said he did juvenile life fo knockin ah nigga in YA in the 90s when it was worst then adult California prisons cdc prisoners didn’t like when YA babies came to the pinta they was outta control an wit all da shit
@@CA-zr1kz You make no sense. He already went to prison for it. Go cry somewhere else.
My big brother got killed on 7800 block in Oakland. He was 28 years old. That shit fucked me up bruh
Rip
Can’t be that bad bluhd you’ll be Ite. It’s an everyday thang mayne. Just stock up on Henny I lost hella cousins and potnas in Oakland and Real Richmond and that’s where I’m from Mayne!!!
@@lionheart4529 u sound goofy
@@ronloc3309 talkin’ Chicago lingo to me weirdo? 🙄🧐
@@ronloc3309 stop net/trolling’ & banging’. Nerd.
Take a shot every time you hear “Ya feel me?” Or “Nah I’m sayin’ “ 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
That’s just how we talk in the bay😂
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@@byrd2fly that's how the uneducated talk
U act like ur gonna live forever.man who cares about that cause believe me it means nothing.u need to worry about everything thats going on in the world and try to find god cause the whole mr cool fonzi thing is only cool for a little while.
@@DubCmusicTV ??? Have you been to the bay before ?? Even the square mf say this shit LMAO
All of this right down the street from the Oakland Coliseum. You wouldn’t know this by watching ESPN lol!
Lmao
Reminds me of Boyz N the Hood. God bless John Singleton for giving us this masterpiece.
That's L A 🤣🤣 boys in the hood this Northern Cali
You're doing God's work, man. Keep bringing these forgotten areas to light and stay safe!
gods work????????
@@wastedtalent6039 😂😂
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It's very difficult to understand the English from streets, but since I started to watch these videos I've seen some progress in my comprehension
ENVIRONMENT SHAPES MINDSET. THE WORLD IS HUGE BUT THE GHETTO PUTS PRESSURE ON YOU THAT TURNS YOU INTO A DIAMOND OR COMPRESSES YOU TO GIVE IN. ITS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO ARENT FROM THESE ENVIRONMENTS . TRAVEL IS SO IMPORTANT AND IF THESE BROTHERS HAD A CHANCE TO TRAVEL AT A YOUNG AGE AND MEET OTHER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD THEY WOULD THINK DIFFERENT AND HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SEE BEYOND THE BLOCK
17:54, Wave the white flag or wear a toe tag, makes me sad for those fellas to have to wake up every day wondering if today will be their last. My heart goes out to their mothers, as a mother myself I can’t stop thinking about what kind of fear these fellas mothers must be going through with the thought that they may lose a son. This video is scary and sadness all around.
Dope ass interview I’m from Philadelphia pa but I always wanted to visit the west coast just to see how different it is I’m going to do it 1 day watching this let me know it’s still hope and some ppl still have morals 💯
It’s all good man come out for a visit sometime. It’s just like anywhere else, if you mind your business , don’t move like a victim , show respect , and avoid a couple places you shouldn’t be, you’ll be just fine and have a great time. People from Oakland and the east Bay Area in general are actually pretty friendly and just looking to have a fun time and take care of they family. But if shit goes wrong out here…….it goes really bad. The trick is to just not let it get to that point
I lived in Richmond and Oakland. Never had a problem. But being from the bay, sac and Stockton be trying you.
I ain't never been tried in sac or stockton, only welcomed and loved and I'm from east oakland
As a man born and raised in East Oakland from the Dubbs, I know bro spitting facts!
What block u from.?
@@yoyo1557 25th ave
@@mrten510 I stayed on e25 n 19 Ave. DEAD end block. MURDAZZZZZZ lol
People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents, will be-both in their youth and in adulthood-intelligent, responsive, empathic, and highly sensitive. They will take pleasure in life and will not feel any need to kill or even hurt others or themselves. They will use their power to defend themselves, not to attack others. They will not be able to do otherwise than respect and protect those weaker than themselves, including their children, because this is what they have learned from their own experience.
Man that was deep. Imma copy and paste
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@ Like China?
Not like China. No need for young girls to have 5 kids by 5 different men or 1 guy to have 18 kids by multiple females. It’s pathetic and irresponsible and these communities will get worse and worse if that behavior continues.
@@CA-zr1kz yeah true, but I also hear that people nowadays are having less sex than generations before and that there's also less babies being born. So maybe that's a good thing?
I used to deliver oxygen tanks to all the hoods in East Oakland for a year including this hood, seen some wild shit, had to work late nights, people didn't give a fuck how late it was they needed there oxygen tanks, I never had problems though, people always showed love cause I was there help out there people
Dude with the dreads knows what he's talking about. He a real reputable. Everyone talking over each other but when he speaks, they all get quiet. The Vill put Oakland on the map. Before the 1980s, the reputable hoods in the 70s was the Vill, Funktown and Bank Boys. But when he said outsiders were never accepted, Lil D was accepted. Lil D was from Seminary
What most people don't know is that 69 and 65 were two separate hoods that were rivals. When Felix Mitchell rose to power he united San Antonio and Lockwood and created MOB. I don't know if GTO was ever in the 69 but they ran 65. but the vill was also known for having the most Buick Grand Nationals in the Town
Seagram a vile legend👍👍👍
Facts
Now this a real Interview.Blessings for all these brothers they kept it real for over 40 minutes for Charlie welcomed him even thoe the hood dont welcome nobody .East Oakland got some of the realest and most woke niggas out there.Shout out to the brothers.
My boi Charlie saving me with the uploads today🙏🏽🙏🏽
He's always consistent and I love it.
Oakland ain't nothing like how it use to be 20 year's ago these brothas need to move out and expierence new places.
@eastoakland 73rd. "That part"
@@coacosweets 💯
frm 81st and e14 i know what it is i feel it
@@jayn7265 💯
U ain't from Oakland. Fake name
No disrespect but all these dudes have hella potential. You can tell theyre smart. Take away environment and I bet these guys can make a bunch of legal money. These guys could have clean generational wealth.
They talking about they past mostly tho
I wonder what’s up with buddy in the wheelchair. Seems like a good dude, but he definitely took a dome shot at one point.
He's a kool dude but the blind can't lead the blind so it's best to stay in your lane
As a Polynesian; I rather return my ass back to the Island if the ghetto was my only option here in USA! I have families who lived there in Oakland hood but for me; it's not worth living the Island for it!!
Facts
Ppl in the hood WANNA live in a island 😂😂 yall doin the other way round
Go back to the island and take a bunch of them with you
Homie 41 years old still doing the same shit and never been out of Oakland. Shits crazy
He was tell of about when he was young
Me and him went to the same school from Jr.High to High School and he was their ring leader of our generation (1980's)
The nigga in the wheel chair fasho was one of those little boys who didn’t listen to NOTHING😂😂😂😂😂 like if bad ass was a person it’ll be him
Naw if he didn't listen believe me someone would of been made a way and backdoe him for words of mouth
I just love to see us having out own style and culture. Though there may be misguided energy, these brotha’s have to survive the concrete jungle. Life ain’t always positive. Even though we go through so much we can still smile through the darkness. Peace and blessings to all. Im from PG County, Maryland. 💯💯💯
‘Hip Hop Runs The World!’ 🔥💪🏾
Park heights, West Bel GD Baltimore Maryland
Hope you picked up some Hotdog co on you way out 🔥
Lol right
Oh yuuuuuuppppoop lmao shit be bappin
I love the bay area swag.much love to Oakland,San Francisco,Vallejo,Richmond,San Jose,Sacramento,freemont,east Palo alto.and anywhere else in the bay I forgot about.i was born in San Jose California and moved away but it's still much much love to (the whole bay area)y'all just keep doing y'all's thing and don't copy other cities and states and thats what makes me respect the bay so much.they ain't folding for no bloods or crips and they still put it down for the town.FREE MAC BLAST-THA ACORN 6 STAR GENERAL.
We have crips and bloods in the bay nice try tho😂
@@BayDude510cuz I'm from the Land of the Scandalous aka LA and yall ain't no real Crippin in the Bay smh.. Them Asians in east Oakland ain't no real authentic Crips like that.. Yall might have some Crips and gangs like SOS, which is some official Crip homies but there ain't no Crips and Bloods like that out there cuz so knock it off cuz this comin from a LA Crip cuz
Hooked on your videos Bro it's good to see how different people live and seeing some of the tough conditions certain people are living in should make people appreciate what they have because it could always be worse.
East Oakland is the trenches for real 💯
Yup
3rd world dump. 3rd world mindset
@@thehonestdoctor3590 clown
You take pride in a community where the people are dysfunctional , weak and can barely take care of themselves ..This place looks terrible ...
@@brothertspoon5899 he wouldn’t make it mayne. Most Yhite folks wouldn’t survive omm!
It's fascinating how much things have changed within 1-2 generations. It used to be a man's reputation preceded him. Now he does a IG S/O on UA-cam.
Yeah I agree fellas, in this generation it’s all about talking tough & what it was like in the crack epidemic of the 1980’s & 1990’s……Spark this generation with positivity then & do something positive….those crazy days before social media had reasons behind it….today it’s not necessary & anybody can be successful…..it’s too many resources at kids disposal these days, plus there are weed dispensaries in California everywhere….No need to cop your smoke from a stranger on the block, back in the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s you had to buy your drugs off the streets & because of racism most African American males turned to selling drugs to make money & survive BUT now too many work places have been sued for not hiring a certain minority etc….kids just idolize the street life & wanna hang on to what we had to struggle through during the 80’s & 90’s.
How else are people gonna see a man's reputation if not on IG
He official, I was in jail with blud when he was walkin.
@@frank-xp6pj How long until they understand they can all do their own thing? How long until they get out of the rap mentality?
@@j.k.woryonmba4207 be from his hood other wise stay your nosey ass in your own world
They should bring back the Wire and shoot it in Oakland
Nah…. We don’t need that
It wouldn't make too much sense now since Oakland ain't no where near as bad as it used to be. If they did reboot it I think Chicago would be a good city for it since there is so much corruption in the city from the politicians, to the judges, the school system and of course the violent streets, just like Baltimore.
Great interviews. Great connections
Dude with the blonde dreads and Dior jacket can make a way, he seems smart
Bay Arra breed da smartest black men lowkey
Killing out of fear of poverty or jeaulousy or even just as a defence mechanism for the insecurity you carry.. that’s how it goes wrong
I grew up in the village back in the day and if anybody know what I’m talking about, it was back in the day was 71st and the five what’s going it , I remember when they used to shoot from off the rooftops, I remember we used to go to Greeman‘s field, The vill was real.
Oakland ain't the same I miss the early 2000s
For me the 1990s! (94&95) riding on the strip East 14th (International Boulevard) or riding foothill in the summer time and dudes would bust open the fire hydrant, the weed was good back then fun
@@yie-shakentae551 I believe you, back before social media & gentrification took over…….I know them 80’s & 90’s in Oakland was probably brutal just like in Brooklyn, The Bronx & Queens NY.
@@frank-xp6pj Yup.
@@frank-xp6pj Yeah back in the mid to late 80s this turf was no joke, a lot of weird new new shit taking place in the town smh
Wassup with my big brother let them know about the town big bro!!
Just off the thumbnail I can tell y’all was in the village lol 💯
Glorified hopelessness!!!
GOD HELP US!!
Facts
As a Kid I was always fascinated on people like the Blonde Dreads telling stories in the neighborhood I grew up in. That neighborhood was the Dubbs they called it the Twomps.
The VILLE the VILLE the GODDAMN VILLE!
RIP Seagram
Homie said he never been to other parts of Oakland? That’s crazy to me. I’m from the dirty 30’s. I’ve seen all of Oakland. Beautiful city in my humble opinion.
Oakland is dirty and nasty 🤣🤣
You gotta hit 71st Hamilton bammer spot million dollar spot 96 bossland another old school rich guys spot sobrante park 98 Brookfield 23rd mo mo spot 77th green side
Real Bossland Nigga! Rip Fat Ran, Bug, Lil C and many more!!!
Rip dd
I used to live on 77th n hillside
Facts
Dont forget the high 🤟🏽
Bruh in the chair was about to spill the beans. 😂
praying for the whole Town . always .
🖖
Amen 🙏
Yeah I was born and raised in Oakland since 1982 and things ain't the same nowadays
Charlie go to the acorn projects in west Oakland…real hi Rises
What other projects do they got I’m from la I wanna go see theirs when I visit this week
I went in the old village once before they re did it. This was like 93. Shit was wild as fuck
Do whats best for you, but if you like robbing… we got you 😅
Realest Interview on ya channel🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯💯💯💯
Guy at 2:15 says what everyone is thinking during every one of Charlie's videos
Imagine having to live next to these people
Helllllllllllllll NO!!!
Forrealz
Sounds about yt 😏
Shut up
Dude looks like snoop dogg and snoopy at the same time
Not at all
Lmao
Lmao! I have to agree!
similar to Kingston Jamaica where I am from...poverty is a fuel to crime...we blacks got to open up our eyes...it's sad
When they Tore Down 69Village in the early 2000s majority of the Tenants came to Sacramento G Parkway TownHomes. G Parkway Mobb. They put an injunction on G Parkway in 04 tore it down and remodeled it. Mac Dre used to fuck with G Parkway tuff. Big part of the hyphy/Thizz movement.
That blond dread dude reminds me of Katt Williams
A killer Katt Williams 😂
Exactly, like when Katt would say "this shit right here! This shit right here!"
Its a few legendary spots in Oakland that aint new. Sobrante park, Brookfield, 77 greenside, 82nd snd birch, 85 , 71st,
The town was hot 80s, 90s early 2000s now shit weird. Claiming a block but don’t own shit on it lol
He is right. Those are military barrack buildings.
I stayed in 2 of these apartments with my pops every so often when it was his turn to have my brother and I instead of moms.. coming from Hayward with moms, this shit was completely different. But if you mind your business you good over here these dudes mean well they just don’t fuck around. And this isn’t the first spot in Oakland we lived in. North Oakland before this, then Dog town then acorn… this just happened to be the most active in my eyes
Cuz with the blonde dreads a real one
He 41 acting like that
“I knock a nigga down at Johnny’s nigga, right in front the liquor store, right in front of everybody!” 7:24 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And that's right at the top of his resume.
@@jillpatton3432lmao nah that’s wild to say
Anybody notice bro in the SF hat is heads up in the squad.. He tell em to chill back and they chill back.
thats project poppa he put they hood on the music scene and dn created the modern bay rap sound alongside yatta from the city
dem nigga from da bay make some weak ass music
@@432Tx stfu Ed
@@432Tx 🤣🤣🤣😂
@@432Tx foreal they music trash huh lol
Yoo I’d tell um yo dude keep the bottle.I don’t want no washback in the bottle after your sip.
Keep exploring the hoods around the world ..the village is ruff area.2 ...
The stories break my heart. It's sad I went to Oakland for work so much potential
Don’t be a menace reunion or what?
Shout out all the hoods out there, bless with nothing but a come up 💯
From an East Oakland native, thank you, Charlie.
Interesting Lil hood
My family lives in East Oakland East 14th and 72nd I remember I remember visiting them during the summer at times in the '80s Oakland was like a hopeless situation
Nothing impressive about a run down destroyed filthy neighborhood . I would have moved out yrs ago if I was in that situation and never looked back.
Oakland is hella fun when you live here. Lived in many places and ain’t nothing like Oakland
Damn, I worked construction right over there. Putting in the stupid median bus stop, repavng the roads sidewalk and Ada ramps.
That's a tough hood.
They're was drive by cash chases burglary and other crimes all day everyday.
A lot of the dead from Jonestown are buried right over there on the hill side of east Oakland.
I used go to they clubs & Concert back in Day Sending Love from Southern California Love & Peace ♥️💯.
They’re
Charlie you should come to the twomps murder dubs highland park jingletown 20s we got some old hoods like he said it’s all love🖤
Be a rapper, baseball, basketball, lawyer… (someone in the background) “we rob all dem people” 😅
Shoutout to Oakland we got love for ya down south
The definition of "a product of your environment"
Harsh places like that can warp your thought process at a young age.
@brothertspoon5899 Yeah, as a white kid who grew up in a mostly black ghetto. I can attest to it.
2:15 Lil homie told everyone in the pack not to talk over Vonyay when he talk 💯 that’s you know Vonyay got Real TOUGH Respect around there.
That project poppa dat told em
Those housing apartments are nice in the inside. They renovated it a while ago.
I’m proud to be from the bay seeing this YALL don’t understand us that’s why we how we is full of game Charlie said I like interviewing y’all 💯 that’s because we different everywhere else you go niggas lightweight watered down unles it’s New Orleans niggas or Harlem Niggas there is a few other places but people from those places an the Bay Area got similar ways and out goin got energy with confidence an different type of intelligence spoken in a unorthodox manner is the best way I could describe it this is the place they say new jack city was about with nino brown they say Detroit the projects out there I think they called the Brewster or New York everybody say they hood but Felix Mitchell Mickey Moore And a lot pimps from. Out there
Yeah the problem is the rest of society tries to understand you and you guys never bother to understand anyone else. Selfish self absorbed mindset. Where the whole world should try to empathize and sympathize with those that do harm hate and abuse. If you guys ever spent time thinking about how your actions affect other people maybe things would get better but you make excuses and find pride in doing evil instead of owning your mistakes and facing your victims
@@CA-zr1kz okay uhhhh so yea one thing bout the bay we never been haters or jealous of people from other hoods especially if it’s similar to the way we rock out chea Gangsta n thugs got love here Soulja’s respect Souljas n Soulja’s respect Thugs
@@CA-zr1kz lmao you gotta chill out cuz there's too much opportunity in the bay to say something like that. What homie saying is right. Everyone everywhere else is watered down. I live in Reno but I came from the Stack and I been everywhere around the Bay, LA, Chicago, parts of Florida. Ain't no one in the bay really sulked on their morals b. We the only type of people who think the furthest. The brokest dudes in the Bay will have the mindset to spend on bitcoin. We not selfish and self-absorbed, we're forward thinking. The world catches up to us in every sense of the word. The Bay Area alone holds every major tech company we use today. And "Hella" finally became a household term, came up in the bay. We're too different. Y'all victims cuz y'all don't move fast enough.
I pray all these young warriors good health, and prosperity, long life and enlightenment 🙏🏿