The 80's were the best for rap and hip hop. Straight raw talent. Great lyrics with meaning and beats that just got into your blood. I miss those days and rap/hip-hop today is a joke...it dont even compare.
I was a nappy head young buck 28th and Somerset North Philly kid. We was young and would be all over the place riding bikes, I was 5 or 6 1979 and our bike club was called Evil eye.....lol. Dam miss these day
This is like a time machine I remember those Newport cigarette signs when I was kid .I remember guys use to try to holla at every woman they see walking down the street and they would get they number and write it on a piece of paper. I remember people use to be walking around trying to sell stuff .I remember those good old days .
Look, ma! The inner city and no stripper-looking twerkers! (Great jump-rope skills!) This precious video captures a moment in time before urban America completely lost its mind.
@@colinhalliley111, lol, yes, he is. That used to be considered a normal and acceptable display of appreciation and respect. Now, American self-hatred is an epidemic that threatens to destroy the nation.
I was a child in 76 but I can remember the bicentennial was a year long event hosting all sorts of fun for all ages. As well the “we the people “ event was at least a week long...Most importantly we had two visits from two different Popes. I was Absolutely Blessed to have been at both mass’s.
@@loadedfun4764 I remember the Bicentennial, too. Wonderful for a country to honor itself. We live now in a crazy time of national self-hatred. I will say this until I have no African American friends left, but one of the worst things America did was to NOT send released slaves back to Africa. True, this would have deprived me of a wonderful life in this wonderful country, but it would have saved the country from the internal strife it is suffering from, and dying from, today.
okay. i did some research. the incense man skit was filmed on 39th and Girard ave. in the front of a (from what i can tell) vacant building. today, it is no longer there. but the neighborhood is STILL the same. whatever happened to the incense man?!!! i really like him. he seems like cool people.
I could tell you all these locations without research. The opening scene w the guys rapping is my block 55th and kingsessing ave. And that incense guy is still around bcuz I know his face. I've seen him all over and now I'm searching for him🤗 to tell him how cool he is 💯
@@markanthonyberry7 I liked seeing my neighborhood in the 80s again also. Although I was a kid in the 80s and still remember it like it was yesterday. We moved out the year crack really got crazy with the JBM around 86-87. My mom said "fuckkkk this" 🤗. We moved to wynnefield, where I saw the fresh prince , cool c , steaby B , est ect everyday. I didnt know any of them but I saw them lol. LOVED being a teen in wynnefield. It was like suburbs for black people. And the girls! Whoaaa man 🤗. After while I started acting like I wasnt from kingsessing 🤣🤣🤣. Started saying "good morning " instead of "what's up". Started calling things by their name instead of "jawn" 🤣
This is just so pure. So nice to remember the time in our lives that no longer exists. Even if for only 20 minutes. Everything was so much more simple. What year is this ? 89-91 ? somewhere in there. I dont see the girls wearing jellies. So that's why I was thinking later 80s.
Wow they were still saying "check it up" in the 80's 😂😂. I grew up in 90's and early 00's and I thought that was just in my generation playing basketball.
ppl were so much different...way more respectful I can see the big contrast between then and now not to say there wasn't crime and hostility at times, but overall, things were more peaceful.
That's 54th in kingsessing right arcoss the street from Mitchell in the beginning. And thats in incense man from West Philly he be on 52nd st he still sale incense
@@perspectiveoutlook1540 Possibly but the Parkside incense and oil part had much later 80s even 1990 vibes. Well........1990 may be a bit of a stretch but also remember, dude in the car that was getting the girls phone number, that was either a Maxima or a Nissan Stanza and they didn't come on the scene until about 87-88 in Philly.
That beat boxer was straight fire!
My man had that fresh 80s flow.
The 80's were the best for rap and hip hop.
Straight raw talent.
Great lyrics with meaning and beats that just got into your blood.
I miss those days and rap/hip-hop today is a joke...it dont even compare.
I was a nappy head young buck 28th and Somerset North Philly kid. We was young and would be all over the place riding bikes, I was 5 or 6 1979 and our bike club was called Evil eye.....lol. Dam miss these day
The Jump Rope footage is Gold. Philly Culture.
SWP in the house that looks like 86,this was truly the quiet before the storm
and look at Philadelphia today, can't we just go back to the old days. Everything was so clean.
Now you can’t walk threw north Philly without stepping on a needle
Bike lanes everywhere now.. Dog parks… Gentrifiers… smdh.
Dude was a good salesman
“What do you call this?”
Kid: “A wudder ice”!
The dides rapping at the start. That's my block I grew up on. 55th and kingsessing.
4:55 Yoo incense man Funny as shit on this jawn 😂😂😭
Aye, he said take your girl to the whisper show. 😂😂😂i luvit
Yooo! I was gonna say the same thing 😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Beatboxer is 🔥!!!! Miss those days.
This is like a time machine I remember those Newport cigarette signs when I was kid .I remember guys use to try to holla at every woman they see walking down the street and they would get they number and write it on a piece of paper. I remember people use to be walking around trying to sell stuff .I remember those good old days .
Damn he maccin in that Nissan Maxima 😂😂
Omg yes the real best good old days in Philly all through Philly🗣💨🙏✝️ when it was all PHILLY❣
Impressive beat-box and rap performance.
Thanks good brother that was me rapping some freestyle shit. I look at it now and Dammm at 17 years old
@@amokum1465 which one
@@amokum1465 When was this filmed? What year?
Golden footage
Incense guy is awesome.
Nigga said “let me buy me a bag “ 😩😩😆😆😆😆💯💯💯🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Lol! The incense-and-oil pitch was a prriceless comedy routine. You can't sell a bunch of jive to a streetwise man!
“You hustlin’ me!”.....then at the end of it...”I don’t have any money”
Miss those dayz yo..bike riding n girls jumping rope. Was dope.
@@mikeledger2614, lol. Yes.
@@lamarjay4245, yes, it was. Ah, the innocent pleasures of youth!
I still say ..flim flam till this day. Throw back slang.
This is so wholesome
Rip to my bro Manie and frog Southwest for ever
Oh wow so many memories! I was looking to see if I knew anyone.
Wow me memories of me being a lil kid In the 80s..
i know this is oldskool but the freestyle in the beginning is hilarious
Look, ma! The inner city and no stripper-looking twerkers! (Great jump-rope skills!) This precious video captures a moment in time before urban America completely lost its mind.
And he's proudly wearing that USA cap!
@@colinhalliley111, lol, yes, he is. That used to be considered a normal and acceptable display of appreciation and respect. Now, American self-hatred is an epidemic that threatens to destroy the nation.
I was a child in 76 but I can remember the bicentennial was a year long event hosting all sorts of fun for all ages. As well the “we the people “ event was at least a week long...Most importantly we had two visits from two different Popes. I was Absolutely Blessed to have been at both mass’s.
Yep. and nobody with ugly neck and face tattoos. Actually nobody with tattoos at all..
@@loadedfun4764 I remember the Bicentennial, too. Wonderful for a country to honor itself. We live now in a crazy time of national self-hatred. I will say this until I have no African American friends left, but one of the worst things America did was to NOT send released slaves back to Africa. True, this would have deprived me of a wonderful life in this wonderful country, but it would have saved the country from the internal strife it is suffering from, and dying from, today.
Damm The Oil Guy is hilarious lol
I miss jumping rope and playing with childhood friends this was IG
Thanks for the video the double dutch at end took me way back lol
I was born 93 and some things just never changed in Philly lmao
okay. i did some research. the incense man skit was filmed on 39th and Girard ave. in the front of a (from what i can tell) vacant building. today, it is no longer there. but the neighborhood is STILL the same. whatever happened to the incense man?!!! i really like him. he seems like cool people.
I could tell you all these locations without research. The opening scene w the guys rapping is my block 55th and kingsessing ave. And that incense guy is still around bcuz I know his face. I've seen him all over and now I'm searching for him🤗 to tell him how cool he is 💯
the basketball game was at 9th and Cumberland by Hartranft elementary in North Philly. Cool to see my old hood in the 80s
@@markanthonyberry7 I liked seeing my neighborhood in the 80s again also. Although I was a kid in the 80s and still remember it like it was yesterday. We moved out the year crack really got crazy with the JBM around 86-87. My mom said "fuckkkk this" 🤗. We moved to wynnefield, where I saw the fresh prince , cool c , steaby B , est ect everyday. I didnt know any of them but I saw them lol. LOVED being a teen in wynnefield. It was like suburbs for black people. And the girls! Whoaaa man 🤗. After while I started acting like I wasnt from kingsessing 🤣🤣🤣. Started saying "good morning " instead of "what's up". Started calling things by their name instead of "jawn" 🤣
I was born in 94 but, I love Philly in any ERA!
55th and Kingsessing Ave. Dude in the second scene is selling oils on Girard Avenue and the 15 trolley goes by
AMAZING
Fantastic ❤
Very interesting
The baby that was in the girl arms while jumping rope is now somebody’s grandma. Awesome footage
The baby is a Grandmother?
16:11 Look at him trying to flirt 😭😭
She was for everybody too LOL
He hit them skins later
“C’mon 3” .. 😂 #Hustlin’ #Philly
Im from Philadelphia, love cnam!
God damn it's incense man legend
Yo these dudes rapping sound like the Beastie boys... Or the other way around. Either way. That shit is classic.
PHILLY FIRST BATTLE RAPPERS 1982 😆 SWP
This is just so pure. So nice to remember the time in our lives that no longer exists. Even if for only 20 minutes. Everything was so much more simple. What year is this ? 89-91 ? somewhere in there. I dont see the girls wearing jellies. So that's why I was thinking later 80s.
MY CUZ WAS ALWAYS RAPPING BACK THEN 86 55ST Kensessing ave
The green Gremlin car in the background of first clip.
LMAO MY CUZ STILL DRESS LIKE THATSAME HAIR STYLE ITS 40 YEARS LATER 🤣 😂
Yes yes y’all to the beat y’all
I went to school with one of those cats back in the day
They were jumping rope on 5100 block of Hutchinson Street.
I remember the insence man
Bul hating on the insense man making me mad lol
What part of Southwest? Near Campo’s Deli? 60th & Grays?
I wonder where all theses people are today? and what are they doing today? 🤔
That was black dinero wit the water ice.lol...
The year?🤦🏾♂️🤔
What year?
Probably 85 or 86
Wow they were still saying "check it up" in the 80's 😂😂. I grew up in 90's and early 00's and I thought that was just in my generation playing basketball.
Hey, finally somebody melly melle can out rap!
LOOK AT MY CUZ DUL 😆 😆 😆
1982?
Esto aún lo hacen , en las ciudades suramericanas, están atrasados 40 años, ya q veo q es la época de 1980. Saludos desde Cali Colombia.
True time capsule. I’m from 39th Street
13:33 how you gonna miss that layup?
Cause he hoopin in bible study clothes .
@@Hot33333333 😂😂
Nah he ain’t getting the rock no more after that one
Notice the bball game. No ones calling foul every 2 seconds. Hustling back on defense. Good ole days
oldschool philly rap...
Before crack hit Philly, this is circa 84 and b4.
9 th and Cumberland ball courts !
got that right. Veterans playground by Hartranft. another dead giveaway was the old Breyers ice cream factory.
I know the oil and insent man from somewhere
ppl were so much different...way more respectful I can see the big contrast between then and now not to say there wasn't crime and hostility at times, but overall, things were more peaceful.
I also think the 80s was the best Yes Yes Yes 😊
DAMN.............the 80's wonder what ever happened to these dudes..........................in SW Philly, looks like Warrington Ave
shorty puts on her jewelry just to go to the bodega ....
20:45 that’s AR-AB
how you know
Big Deebo I was bullshittin lol
2x lmao i believe you for a sec bro 😂
you might be right that’s the crazy part
😂😂
That's 54th in kingsessing right arcoss the street from Mitchell in the beginning. And thats in incense man from West Philly he be on 52nd st he still sale incense
😂😂😂😂😂
When there was normalcy
Hartranft Basketball Court
Damn even back ina 80s niggaz was scamming on the Oils 😂 shit don’t change only time do😴
I wanna beat box battle that dude.
Oils never change ,
Where's Bill Cosby?
yO Andre.
If anybody was to pull an Allen Iverson cross over back them you would break everyone's ankle on the other team. Had not been invented yet.
LOL
No tattoos and ridiculous clothing or grills.
Also no sagging
ON THE POUND 55ST 😆
This 1986
I was thinking 88-89
@@robthomas9070 the rhyme style with that beatbox was 86
@@perspectiveoutlook1540 Possibly but the Parkside incense and oil part had much later 80s even 1990 vibes. Well........1990 may be a bit of a stretch but also remember, dude in the car that was getting the girls phone number, that was either a Maxima or a Nissan Stanza and they didn't come on the scene until about 87-88 in Philly.
@@robthomas9070 possibly 87 definitely not 88 lol
Seems mid eighties to me, my older brother era. Like sugar hill gang times 😂 ok maybe later 😂 great times