It has been way too long since something was posted, and quite frankly that is unacceptable. I have to apologize for the neglect.
I want to take everybody back in time for a trip through keepin' it real. So many times in our lives, we forget how we got to the point of keepin' it as real as we do. In the 801, we are real, we are more real than the punk 661, the 705, and the 235. But we didn't just wake up and become real. Being real is culture, it is something that is handed down through the generations. Join me on a journey through realhood.
Keep It Real
"If you were from where Im from then you would know that I gotta get mine in a big black truck
You can get yours in a 64." These are the words from the one and only Montell Jordan. If you are real, then you know that you have to get yours in a big black truck. It's the only way to get it. Montell played a huge role in getting real to where it is now.
Check out this link for a retro experience on keepin' it real.
No words have been as real advice as the words spoken by Chille, Lisa "Left eye" Lopez and T-Boz. "Don't go chasin' waterfalls." I couldn't have said it better myself. There is no need to go chasin' waterfalls. I interpret those waterfalls to be the things in life that aren't real. Don't go chasin' things that don't allow you to keep things real and keep things 801. There is a reason we aren't from the 435, it's cause we don't go chasin' waterfalls.
Check out this link to the video that was filmed in the 801.
There has been an ongoing debate as to what "it is" in the lyrical masterpiece that is "Whoomp there it is." by Tag Team. I believe that what Tag Team are trying to convey to us the best way they could how real the 801 is. I think that the phrase "it is" is actually talking about the 801. If it would have fit in the line of the song, I think Tag Team's masterpiece would have gone something like this. "Whoomp, there is the the most real and hardcore area code around, the freakin' 801 ya'all." This just didn't flow in the rythym of the song, so Tag Team chose to use "it is" instead, assuming the world knew the 801 was what was intended.
Check out the realest video of all
Perhaps no one has exhibited more realness than this next group. Three words: Naughty by Nature. Sure, O.P.P. was real and we all know what it referred to and that is keepin' it real. But the realest part of Naughty by Nature was the one and only "Hip Hop Hooray." This music video had to have been shot in parts of the 801. I recogonize so much of this video, it brings a tear to my eye how much I feel at home watching this video. I will let this video speak for itself.
Check out 801 Hip, hoppin' and hoorayin'.
FLAVAAA FLAAV!!! Yeah dogg. There is no one person who keeps things more real than the one and only Flava Flav. Along with Public Enemy, Flava Flav teaches us to "Fight the Power." In the 801, we fight the power, we don't take nothin' from nobody.
Watch Flava Flav do his thing
"Insane in the membrane" This song is referring to anybody who thinks they can come in the 801 and front on us. You must be insane in the membrane, because we would straight mess you up. Let this final video be a warning to all you other area codes. We are serious about the 801 and we will straight mess you up if you clown on us.
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Stay tuned for more retro style real keepers.
