What were you doing in the Summer of '88?

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I was listening to some old tapes...Time to reminisce...Ok remember we had Hot 103, playing freestyle and GOOD music 24/7 (unlike what we have today, except for sunday nights)....I was 8 years old, chillin at the Childrens Playhouse Summer day Camp on Rockland Ave. in Staten Island with my little radio with the blank tape always set to tape whatever good song came on next...Thinkin I was da shit cause all the counselors let me hang out with them cause I was down with all the good music....Sittin there in my little swim trunks and tank tops these were my top jams that summer that were on constantly: DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand", Cynthia "Change On Me", Stevie B "Spring Love", Pebbles "Girlfriend", Safire "Boy I've Been Told"....Man those REALLY were the days!!!! We should have some kind of "old school" themed party, ya know, one night to re-live those days gone by!! I would gladly spin, but I wont be wearing little swim trunks with fishes on them....SO where were you in the Summer of '88?
 
AHHHHHHH SUMMER OF "88" GETTING READY TO BE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND RULE THE SCHOOL! GOING TO THE CLUBS AND DANCINGS TO WHO ELSE? "STEVIE B" OF COURSE! GOD WAS HE HUGE BACK THEN IN OUR AREA (DETROIT)! CRUZIN THE STREETS WITH FREESTYLE PUMPING LOAD OUT OF THE KICKER BOX! THINKING WE WERE THE SHI....!!!!IN A MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE OF COURSE! AND TRYING TO PICK UP HOT WOMEN WHO LOVED OUR MUSIC! HAHA YEA THOSE WERE THE TIMES!
 
1988.......hmmmmm...i was 17.....crusin the pike, hitting the clubs on strong island!! when i was 8....i dont even remeber listening to the radio!! i was too busy playing with my star wars toys!!! i didnt get into music till i was like 11.
 
Actually the summer of 1988 is when i really created the song "in a dream" the very first version, it was a group called "first kiss" .. later it became jossette & rockells hit song
 
I was learning how to type! and enjoying one of the best summers of my life - i remember hearing SAFIRE's "Boy I've Been Told" on HOT 103 while walking down 87th & 2nd Ave. I ran down to THE WIZ on 86th street and bought the 12" version. Unfortunately, a couple of days later, my mother accidentally sat on it and broke it in two. So of course, i had to buy another copy. SAFIRE got 2 sales from me, but she's worth it.

And yes, i still do have the broken record still with me.

Ahh the summer of 88, what a freakin year that was!!
 
oh yea....i performed my first rap at ESCAPES in MERRICK too!! boy....did i suck!!! too think...i performed on stage where DEBBIE GIBSON, SHANA AND STEVIE B once performed!!
 
dang....

i was just a little booger back then...sheesh. well, causing
hell up the block, chillin' outside in the hot weather, waiting for that dumbass MR. SOFTEE ice cream truck to come by. with that stupid instrumental tune. lol. freestyle blazin' the radios and on my uncles big ass boom boxes. damn
remember those!!breakdancing competitions!man, so much could
go on in a lifetime then time can catch up to ya in a flash and its all over! Enjoy it now!! peaceoutty.....

M.
 
The summer of 88, i ws in PR (Patillas). My mornings were spent picking pana on my grandparents farm (which is no easy task). My cousins and I were extremely homesick. I was 15, and a big freestyle head who had just started going out the year b4. One day some of the kids told us about the festival that was coming to town and that theres a spot like a club where all the young kids hang out and whre they play good music. So we all got dressed up in true 80's fashion(me with a tail and some ridiculous pokodot shirt, feeling fly as hell) We walked the two miles to town, done up on a dark road filled with stray dogs. To my dismay, the "hot spot" was actually the local pizzaria that was converted into a dance hall at night ( there was still sauce on the floor) They were playing freestyle however, albeit old and everyone was doing this foot dance. My cousin tried to battle someone, showing off some steps from the states, but slipped on the sauce (no lie) My other cousin got into an argument with a bunch of older cats, and my big mouth joined right in. B4 u know it there werelike 10 older dudes surrounding the four of us. Theres a time to fight and a time to run, and when i say we were out like shout it is no understatement, im talking kneecaps to lips. All in all though, it was a summer to remember. I love my island, and my people and can't wait to go back, even to that pizzaria (i wonder if its still there) And to those cousins that shared this time with me at grandmas house in Patillas; jennifer, maria, rae, valerie, joey, mario, jose, antonio and my brother, we're all grown now and living in different cities, but it will always be about familia.... I LOVE U ALL.....
 
YO SANDMAN!!! I USED TO LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE WAYS ON 86TH AND LEX IN MANHATTAN!! REMEMBER EVERY DAM FRIDAY HMV & HOT 97 USED TO FEATURE A FREESTYLE ARTIST THERE AND GIVE OUT CDS AND AUTOGRAPHS? THATS WAS THE $HIT!! WATCHING THE ARTIST FROM MY OLD APARTMENT BUILDING!!
 
Summer of 88....Hmmmm

Let's see. I was working in a Supermarket making money to help cut the costs of college. Used to bring my radio to work and play current freestyle tapes while I stocked the shelves. Time off was spent shopping and hanging with friends, trying to convince them to give up the heavy metal (ughhh!!) they listened to and get them into the freestyle I loved! I used to wear acid washed jeans, matching button down denim shirt, black or white t-shirt, gold chain with the nameplate and playboy bunny in the corner, engraved with DIGGER on it. Blue LA Gear sneakers and quite a few black rubber braclets on the right wrist. The left had two watches. I even had a blond streak in my hair.
 
Re: Summer of 88....Hmmmm

My god !!! acid wash jeans...mine have zippers on the bottom...rubber bracelets and rings..but I can't forget my hair...If you measured it... a ruler wasn't big enough LOL
and i won't even go on about my makeup because I may still sport that LOL
 
SUMMER OF 1988 I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, FRESH OUT OF 6th GRADE... MY IDOLS WERE SAMANTHA FOX, TIFFANY, STACY Q, DEBBIE GIBSON, ALISHA, CYNTHIA, TKA, EXPOSE, SWEET SENSATION,.. AT THIS TIME I WAS FIRST BEING INTRODUCED TO FREESTYLE... I WORE KEDS WITH BIG WHITE SLOUCH SOCKS AND TIGHT JEANS CUFFED ON THE BOTTOMS.. FROSTED PINK LIPSTICK, BANGS TEASED THE WHOLE 9. MY MOM NEVER BOUGHT ME CAVARICCIS AS MUCH AS A BEGGED AND PLEADED!! - I REMEMBER I HAD THIS ONE TAPE LOL THAT I KEPT TAPING THE SAME SONG ON OVERRR AND OVERR AGAIN "I WANT YOU" WAS MY LIKE FIRST FREESTYLE SONG THAT I REALLLLLLLY WASS CRAZY ABOUT - ID GET SO EXCITED WHEN IT CAME ON AND EVEN IF IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG ID TAPE IT EVERRRRRRRYYY TIMEEEE LOL WHAT WAS I THINKING?? LOL "COMEE IN MY WORLDD AND BABYY YOULL SEEE - PARADISEEEE IS WAITING FOR JUST YOU AND MEEE IVE WAITEDDDD SO LONG FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOUUU TO MAKE ALL MY DREAMMSSS AND PASSIONS COME TRUEEEE" LACES WAS THE PLACE TO CHILL BACK THEN SKATING WITH GLOWSTICKS LOL WOWWWWW FEELS LIKE YESTERDAYYY!!
(GOOD TOPIC JAMES.. THANKS FOR TAKIN ME DOWN MEMORY LANE 🙂)
 
summer 88

wow what a summer that was, one of my favorites...i was 14, living in miami and going to all ages freestyle clubs like 1235/decos in south beach, and of course hot wheels...songs bangin' on the radio during that time were Stevie b's-"spring love","change on me"-cynthia,"supersonic" by jj fad,"sally that girl" by gucci crew 2,"say it's going to rain" -will to power,"take it while its hot" -sweet sensation,"let me hold u" -isis,"x-ray visions"-tka,"summer girls" -dino,"isnisde outside"-cover girls...and the big 4th of july concert i went to on the beach with groups like TKA,STEVIE B,TRINERE,ISIS,CYNTHIA,COVER GIRLS,INFORMATION SOCIETY,EROTIC EXOTIC,DYNAMIX 2,CLAY-D,WILL TO POWER,DENISE LOPEZ,NU SHOOZ,RIKKI & THE BEAT,L-TRIMM,RON BASE,PRETTY POISON,VICOUS BASS,2 LIVE CREW AND MANY MANY MORE....that was a hot summer! one i will never forget =0)
shout out to dominic a.k.a. exgroove,waddup papa!
 
LOL!!!!!! 88 WAS THE BOMB!!!! LIVED IN SUNSET PARK BROOKLYN AND WAS ALWAYS CHILLING OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING WHILE ALL THE OLDER GUYS TOOK THEIR CARS APART AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER WHILE THEIR SYSTEMS PLAYED FREESTYLE ALL DAY AND EVERYDAY!! I REMEMBERD ALWAYS LISTENING TO CYNTHIA "CHANGE ON ME " BECAUSE ALL OF THE FEMALES LOVED THAT SONG!!! AND LISTENING TO TIANA "FIRST TRUE LOVE" I WAS ROCKING THE PUMA'S!!!!!!!! WITH MY STRAIGHT LEGGED PANTS WITH IT EXTREMELY TIGHT AT THE BOTTOM WITH BOBBY PINS HOLDING THEM TOGETHER!!!!!LOL THAT WAS THE TIME WHEN THE CUTLASS SUPREME'S , IROC Z28'S, AND CHEVY BLAZERS WERE THE CARS TO HAVE!!!!!(UNTIL THEY STOLD THEM)LOL I HAD BRACES, LONG GREASY HAIR, AND MAJOR, MAJOR ACNE!!!!LOL AHHHH THE GOOD OL DAYZ!!!! WHERE DID THEY GO???????? DAMMMM!!! I MISS THOSE DAYZ!!!! NO STRESS OR RESPONSIBLITIES!!LOL OH WELL, WE ALL GROW UP.........
 
I was nerd in Junior High. I was just starting to get DJ gigs. I was into Freestyle and R&B. (I still am!). My hairspray and gel expenses ran high. You can bounce a quarter off my hair! We sported Bugle Boy jeans and Cavaricci pants with Vans shoes. Swap Meet clothes were actually cool.
 
I was...

I was 5 yrs old...i was playin my Nintendo 24/7!!! never heard of the term freestyle back then...mebbe it was that music my older sis kept playin..hmmmm
 
YEA B-BOY WASN'T THAT SONG "SALLY THAT GIRL" BY GUCCI CREW THE $HIT???? OH MY GOD U GUYS BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES FROM THE BEST SUMMER OF MY LIFE! WHO DIDN'T HAVE CAVARICCI'S!!!!! THAT IS SO FUNNY! I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK FOR JUST ONE WEEK!
 
i was only 6 years old over hearing freestyle music being played by my aunt/uncle from nj. at that time whatever sounded good, sounded good to me. didnt really listen to music that much. didnt really know much artists then. just your average ones then....paula abdul, michael jackson, tka (didnt know their name at the time), and whitney houston.
 
summer of 88...i was 14, anxious about starting high school in BROOKLYN...and ummm watching DANCE PARTY USA everyday @ 5pm to learn the dance moves..which I didnt need cause me being from brooklyn well of course i could dance right?? LOL
I was listening to STEVIE B, SWEET SENSATION, COVER GIRLS AND MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME..SEDUCTION!!!!!!!
Also i was probably sneaking into LAZERS on 86th ST..ahhhh memoriesssssssssssssssssss~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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