Chanters play the part of a herd at a show
Pos prints the peace on his jeans or Girbauds.
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Showing posts with label long island. Show all posts
De La Soul | Oodles of O's
Chanters play the part of a herd at a show
Pos prints the peace on his jeans or Girbauds.
De La Soul | Live @ the Dugout '87
That backyard scrap, like BVDs,
Tale Lords devils and pinstripe Lees.
EPMD | I'm Housin'
Posse kept rollin’ it was hard to get with ‘em
So I stepped back, and unbuttoned my Lee denim.
Public Enemy | Rebel Without a Pause
P.E. a group, a crew – not singular
We wear black Wranglers
We’re rap stranglers.
De La Soul | Me, Myself and I
Now you tease my Plug One style
And my Plug One spectacles
You say Plug One and Two are hippies
No we’re not, that’s pure plug bull.
De La Soul | Take It Off
I thought it would be appropriate to start with De La Soul and the interlude “Take It Off” from their iconic 3 Feet High and Rising album, basically because it addresses all the hip-hop fashion clichés of the time. The Long Island trio were the embodiment of the dreaded “alterna-rap” moniker in the 90s, merely for having eclectic tastes, exploring social issues and mocking a hip-hop culture growing obsessed with the material. Oh, the irony.
But perhaps nothing offers a better snapshot of the era than De La’s outsiders’ perspective. But this was 1989; was conspicuous consumption a real thing in hip hop yet, at least to the blinged-out degree it is now? Or was hip hop still trying to solidify its dress codes, the way “rock” appropriated leather jackets and ripped skinny jeans in the 50s?
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