1-9-9-9

still getting mine in the....

there are a countless reasons why i feel i need to post this video on here.

1. the song makes me feel fucking awesome. i feel like i am actually listening to music and i dont feel embarrassed listening to hip hop sans earphones in a time where hip hop is less than cool (to get the historical place this sits at, at the end of the video, part of juvenile's HA begins to play. yes, this shit came out in the same era as juve and when master P ruled the world. how craze is that?).

2. the imagery in this video captures that moment in time. it was the late 90's/new millenium. eminem was underground. rawkus records was considered awesome. there was actually an underground culture and it wasn't corny. pre-everybody having broadband and the world's info handed to them. shopping in soho and on lafayette was the shit and was still a new experience (pre sneaker shop on every corner). your first nokia was the shit. you just started college/graduated high school and were experiencing new things. supreme was still a skateshop and you were feeling yourself in those triple five cargos with big ass earphones listening to this shit when soundbombing II dropped... yeaaaah mannn. this album had legs...i listened to this album for at least a couple years (in contrast to the hot album of the week then dispose culture we have today. i.e. little dweezy). in this day in age, this would have been nothing more than a mixtape that would have been torn to shreds on forums by haters.

3. the countless cameos. including a fucking awesome cameo from harold hunter. face on the floor. w/ the zoo york skully and NF jacket. that was a hard look back then. and we all were trying to emulate. and its kind of freaky how talib is kinda preaching to HH...

"Yo, just relax, take it easy slow down
I had this, I had this friend of mine
Who just, you know, he was movin too fast, yaknawimsayin?
I told him to slow down, he said the sun don't chill
I said, I said still, I said still, you gotta
Just appreciate life, sit back, don't let it fly right past you
No matter what go on I'm still gettin mine
No matter the year, no matter the place, no matter the time"

and by the look on HH's face. he aint having none of it! classic!

4. common's afro wig/hair. pre erykah and crochet pants. sick shit.

edit (response): KoolGFlores (8:30:38 PM): DAMN! That 1-9-9-9 video gave me goose bumps. Taking me back. I fucking love that track. Here check out the break. This is one of my favorite samples of all time.