NDRU said:

SUPRMAN said:

You've got to think better of Oakland.

With a few idiots taking the opportunity to get free shoes as a way of making a political statement, and that being what the media focuses on all night long, I'm glad someone thinks of Tony Toni Tone when they think of this place.

In the early phase of the protests, I saw people dancing, and I so hoped that that would continue, but the positive emotions can't compete with a few fools who just want to break stuff.

HEY!! We brought the world HAMMER and Digital Underground too!!

DU were the ones that "discovered" Tupac Shakur...

and even I must admit that in their heyday Tony Toni Tone weren't too bad...

RenHoek said:

NDRU said:

With a few idiots taking the opportunity to get free shoes as a way of making a political statement, and that being what the media focuses on all night long, I'm glad someone thinks of Tony Toni Tone when they think of this place.

In the early phase of the protests, I saw people dancing, and I so hoped that that would continue, but the positive emotions can't compete with a few fools who just want to break stuff.

HEY!! We brought the world HAMMER and Digital Underground too!!

DU were the ones that "discovered" Tupac Shakur...

and even I must admit that in their heyday Tony Toni Tone weren't too bad...

And Tower of Power and EnVogue

Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee), Tom Hanks (went to Skyline) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and who went to Oakland Tech?

CLINT EASTWOOD

bboy87 said:

RenHoek said:

HEY!! We brought the world HAMMER and Digital Underground too!!

DU were the ones that "discovered" Tupac Shakur...

and even I must admit that in their heyday Tony Toni Tone weren't too bad...

And Tower of Power and EnVogue

Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee), Tom Hanks (went to Skyline) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and who went to Oakland Tech?

CLINT EASTWOOD

Got the feeling that Oakland Tech must have looked a whole lot different when Clint Eastwood went there.

Oakland has produced lots of talent...without a doubt. And isn't Sheila E and Pete Escavedo originally from Oakland?

RenHoek said:

NDRU said:

With a few idiots taking the opportunity to get free shoes as a way of making a political statement, and that being what the media focuses on all night long, I'm glad someone thinks of Tony Toni Tone when they think of this place.

In the early phase of the protests, I saw people dancing, and I so hoped that that would continue, but the positive emotions can't compete with a few fools who just want to break stuff.

HEY!! We brought the world HAMMER and Digital Underground too!!

DU were the ones that "discovered" Tupac Shakur...

and even I must admit that in their heyday Tony Toni Tone weren't too bad...

Larry Graham, too, I think!

I just learned that the Pointer Sisters were from Oakland.

bboy87 said:

RenHoek said:

Wait a damn minute..

TOO SHORT WAS IN THE TOWN AND NOBODY TOLD ME?!!

If I find out he performed "Blow The Whistle" at the rally, somebody's gettin' punched in the throat

[Edited 7/9/10 22:18pm]

I can't laugh in this thread, just because of the nature of discussion, but, I found that comical.

RenHoek said:

NDRU said:

With a few idiots taking the opportunity to get free shoes as a way of making a political statement, and that being what the media focuses on all night long, I'm glad someone thinks of Tony Toni Tone when they think of this place.

In the early phase of the protests, I saw people dancing, and I so hoped that that would continue, but the positive emotions can't compete with a few fools who just want to break stuff.

HEY!! We brought the world HAMMER and Digital Underground too!!

DU were the ones that "discovered" Tupac Shakur...

and even I must admit that in their heyday Tony Toni Tone weren't too bad...

I loved Tony Toni Tone. I loved DU. Fond memories, sir, fond memories! My first concert was Hammer with Oaktown 357 opening act. Fond memories!