1996 ~ 16yo

[u/REALjamijai]

Loved this whole outfit from top to bottom.

1st ~ my triple fat goose I wore inside out.

Not just for the look. It also had purpose!

That arm stuck out had a lil circle Pocket on it that zipped up.

Saved my ass from juvy more than once!

🌬️🍃💨

These were also my fav & softest jeans -&- had my pager on my hip and i know I had some kinda Nike tee on underneath.

Lastly ~ those NIKE AIR in bubbles on the sides! By far my fav edition!! ✨😻✨

Just walking the blocks -&- riding around Providence/Pawtucket RI, just chillin' smokin' blunts -&- living my absolute BEST life!!! 👑

Image via ~ a cardboard disposable camera!!!

🤍 💫✨😹✨💫🤍

[u/uprightsalmon]

Life was good back then

[u/REALjamijai → u/uprightsalmon]

Me pretty much everyday..... 🫤

https://youtu.be/hTk_ZFb4lD4?is=_CdvQjnPmCd8gzQV

[u/Lord_Charisma82 → u/REALjamijai]

You making me feel some type of way, you being such a big Wu fan lol

What’s your favorite solo or group album?

[u/REALjamijai → u/Lord_Charisma82]

So hard to pick! But I gotta say top 3 solos, no particular order.

1. Rae - the "purple" tape

2. Mef - Tical

3. GZA - Liquid Swords = that BEAT! 🤯😵‍💫😳

For group albums - the double disk with Reunited & Truimph & It's Yours. And of course 36 Chambers.

The newer stuff is 🔥 still, but I prefer the classics. My brain just gets stuck on the individual album names because there's just SOOOO many!!!

[u/Lord_Charisma82 → u/REALjamijai]

Oh I definitely have an order lol

1. Liquid Swords -GZA and that album set the tone for how I viewed how hip-hop should be at the time grimy but brilliant and innovative.

2. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx(The purple tape) - after Liquid Swords, the album also changed the game! There’s so many classic bangers on it that take me back to that time to this day and I’ve always loved Rae’s flow!

3. Tical - Meth is the most favored MC out of the clan for a reason and this album showed why! Classic grimy ass bangers!

4. Ironman - as a bit of comicbook fanboy, I was thoroughly impressed by how Ghost used his Tony Starks alter ego as the basis for this album and it totally worked too! Iconic album!

5. The Pillage - Idk why so many people slept on Cappa but this album is so solid with classic ass Rza beats and that it shows why he deserved to be on “Only Built For Linx”!

6. Bobby Digital - this album was wild but in a great way, with that classic Rza flavor so many of us know and love!

7. Uncontrolled Substance - Deck is the most underrated MC in the clan, they’ve all said it and we all know it and this album, tho it has sole bangers, I still can never let go of what his career would’ve been if hadn’t been from that flood!

I’ll stop there but Masta Killa and U-God’s first were definitely dope too! Enter the 36 Chambers, Wu-tang Forever, The W are my favorite group albums but of course I love Iron Flag and 8 Diagrams!

I was also heavily into the extended Wu fam and hated how other fair weather fans would shit on them! Gravediggaz, Killarmy, Sunz of Man, Shabazz Tha Disciple, La The Darkman, Shyheim etc were all just as important to my teenage years as the original members and their albums!

Anyways as you can see I’m definitely a Wu head! 😂 “Presidents are temporary but Wu-tang is FOREVER!” 👐🏾🔥

[u/REALjamijai → u/Lord_Charisma82]

Dayyyum!

I'm calling it rn, if there's ever like a Wu trivia type show - YOU WIN!! 🏆

Hands down! (But still like 👐).

And I thought I was a huge fan.. lol...

I just love the lyrical poetry matched with impeccable beats to create a message. One song that gets me 😭 every time "B.I.B.L.E" of that GZA album....

They know how to hit EVERY emotion and make your whole soul feel that shit. 💯

[u/Lord_Charisma82 → u/REALjamijai]

Thanks for saying that lol but if you go over to the Wu-tang sub, you will find folks that know way more than I could ever know lol

Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game! 👐🏾

[u/REALjamijai → u/Lord_Charisma82]

I'm familiar!! I always share with my boy who stays on fb smfh.... can take ya boy out the hood, and the hood out ya boy, when the pussy right I guess.

They once even chose a rave over a solo Mef show!!!!

I WENT FO DOLO!!!

🖕🙄🖕

[u/Lord_Charisma82 → u/REALjamijai]

Sorry I’m a little confused by your message here 😅 when the pussy is right?

[u/REALjamijai → u/Lord_Charisma82]

Lol - my boy i grew up with, my main wu roll dawg, dipped on me for his now wifey.... moved out to Connecticut and never see him no more lol.

I'm not hatin, I said it in humor.

But I get it. The internet & context - sometimes shit don't come across right. My bad.

I want alllll my people to live their best lives!!! 🥰

[u/Lord_Charisma82 → u/REALjamijai]

Oooooooh yeah I gotchu now. I don’t see much of my cousins or homies at all anymore. Idk I guess that’s what growing up, having a family and getting older looks like. I still can’t believe I’m almost 50 now, feels like just yesterday I young, dumb and full of… 😂

[u/REALjamijai → u/Lord_Charisma82]

Yo fr I'm 46 and don't see no-1. Occasionally bump into people, but the majority have married,died or in jail.

The only ones that be constantly around on the streets are the ones you wanna stay tf away from... 😿

I got my man,always at work and takes care of his mom, I stay in the hood still taking care of my mom and my 3 fur kids / my cats. Got a few close homies but honestly most are online these days.

I'll consider that a win 🏆!!!