long before will smith extolled the virtue of driving slowly through the summer heat, to ensure potential hookups got to see you looking your best, crews who weren’t old enough to drive found another way to look cool.
they lugged a fifty pound ghettoblaster round town all day. any less than four people looked desperate – boom boxing was a group activity, plus, it was heavy work. ghettoblasters generally required four to six huge batteries to keep going for, ooh, two hours, and so you might think the lads would plan strategically for maximum impact from their hard earned. nope.
instead of trying to impress girls and finding out where they would be, you could usually find boom boxers outside hotspots such as:
- hanging around outside woolies
- in the tesco trolley area
- round the back of the bingo hall
- on deckchairs on the beach near all the OAPs
- on a bench in the middle of a roundabout
- in the local park
hmm. the girls are at each others houses, getting their fake id ready to go out and meet boys who have cars and don’t need to lope around town with a boombox on their shoulder…
brooklyn funk essentials – do or die bedstuy
bvsmp – i need you
doug e fresh – the show
full force – your love is so def
just ice – latoya
kurtis blow – if i ruled the world
ll cool j – i need love
rocksteady crew – hey you
run dmc – it’s tricky
slick rick – mona lisa
utfo – fly girl
whistle – just buggin’
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