Yo, what up! I’m back at it like a crack addict, after a LONG day yesterday that included waking up at 6:45 AM for practice, making a 5 hour bus ride to North Carolina and a bedtime at 2 AM. It isn’t a big deal though. I still love you guys enough to wake up at 8 AM to work on giving you the first installment of Throwback Thursday. Now I can’t lie to you be cause that’s not what I’m about, so let me tell you, when I woke up this morning I had no idea what this post should be about. But then I had me a nice hot shower, and a complimentary Holiday Inn cup of coffee and it hit me! Tall tees and Baggy Jeans…
I’m going to apologize up front for the guys and gals that have yet to make the transition to clothes that fit. I know that for some of you that it isn’t a choice because you’re broke like me and that there’s more important purchases that need to be made. BUT! There are some that have consciously made the decision to be baggy t-shirt wearing, overly large fitted hat rocking, sagging baggy jeans…oh goodness. Don’t get it twisted though, for I was once one of these guys that believed I looked dope because me and a 300 pound man could fit in the same shirt. Seriously, the bigger the better was always the rule. You couldn’t ever find a shirt that was too big for me about 6 years ago. I literally had the rule that if my elbows could be seen while I wore my shirts that the shirt was too small. Isn’t that sad? Another trend that was set back in my days as an adolescent was the sagging of the excessively large jeans. It was bad enough that dudes were wearing jean Parachute pants, but to make matters worse, they’d sag them to mid-thigh. It ended up having dudes looking like THIS. I know you’re probably thinking, “But Keenan, there are still people who sag.” And yes, I know this. But! The combination of a tall tee, baggy jeans, AND a sag? It was what was hot in the streets, and was probably one of the biggest fashion faux pas in recent memory. It is the equivalent of how we’re going to eventually look back on Crocs.
The reason that this look took off was because of the glorification that it was given in Hip-Hop music. Every rapper, and do I mean every, that was popular in this time was equipped with a t-shirt that resembled a Snuggie, a huge chain, and pants that looked borrowed from Precious’ closet. Now if you’re still rocking the t-shirt that makes you look like you woke up and said, “Aye dawg, I thank I’ma just go head n cut some holes in ya boy’s bedsheet and throw it on bruh” then I’m sorry. I really promise that I’m not trying to roast you. I just think it looks funny. Just like I think a clown looks funny. So I swear I’m not judging you. Do your thing, and if you’re thing is looking like these fellas…
…then I can’t stop you. But I will say: HAHAHAHAHAHA. And thank you for making me chuckle.
I’ll be back tomorrow with Fab 5 on Friday, even though I don’t know what I want to talk about yet. Comment and suggest to me some ideas on the right side of the page if you’re on your computer or touch the arrow next to the follow button if you’re on your phone. Go follow us on Twitter HERE, ‘Like’ us on Facebook HERE, check THIS out, and the YouTube account is still coming soon. I’ll be posting pics of more clothes and styles that we rocked a couple years ago. So be on the lookout. Anyways cuz, I’ll Holla! Deuces Brodies!
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