A 'hood' in Minneapolis...

NastradumasKid said:

oh no you didn't! that jill scott thread is on and poppin!! of course now they're talking about asian eyelid surgery so....

:that house in Purple Rain looked pretty trashy.

NastradumasKid said:

johnart said:

NO!!!!!

NastradumasKid said:

see what you've done? and you know damn well that Morris' place looked worse. All goodwill closet and shit. I didn't see no damn brass water bed or no cook name gino scattagrachi.

I mean, on the real, would you even consider the area he grew up in a hood? I'm only asking because some people said he did. (go figure)

BTW, that house in Purple Rain looked pretty trashy.

NastradumasKid said:

Thought I was the only one looking at that house crazy

He openly said he did, in an interview I saw, sometime ago...

dreamshaman32 said:

That sounds EXTREMELY similar to the hoods in Cali, like where my Dad grew up in LA, near Adams Blvd and the 10 frwy(inerstate). He said back when he was a kid it was freakin' awesome. NOW!.....shiiiiit...I'd pay $100 jus for the right to drive AROUND the area. I sure as hell ain't goin' THROUGH it. And to think....he grew up on "Smiley Dr." Literally, the street was named "Smiley Dr." When I was 4 or 5, I didn't believe him 'til he showed me the street sign one time when we went to go visit my Grammaw. My crazy ass Aunt is renting an apartment next-door to the house she grew up in. Needless to say, I don't be visitin' her. That hood ain't even as bad as they get either. It still cracks me up that my pops' lived off of Adams Blvd and our last name is Adams. The "Smiley Dr." thing is still unbelievable.




edit: I think a Photo of that street-sign with all the plight around it would make for a great Photo.


edit 2: This now reminds me of when my Grandpa ended up in jail over night for shooting back at someone who had shot at him. My Dad said they let him out after a quick investigation showed bullet holes in his house. This was in the early 80's or late 70's cuz my dad said I wasn't in school yet.
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BobGeorge909 said:

With the way the economy is today, the whole country is becoming a ghetto in one way or another.

A 'hood' in Minneapolis...

xlr8r said:

Y'know, there are hoods in Minneapolis. In '88 I lived in a pretty scary section of town overrun by crack dealers kind of around 3rd and Lake. There were some hairy parts of South Minneapolis. Of course I never saw blown out neighborhoods in Mpls like I've seen in parts of Oakland, but there was similiar drug and gang violence trouble.

i lived in public housing in minneapolis when i was younger.

we certified up here for reals. best believe!

hooray 4 poverty!


that must be the least valuable high five on this whole website

Grafitti Bridge is great for a mental detox if thats what you need.

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its pure pandemonium with a cool melody thrown in for good measure. I cant stop this feeling i got from watching it for the first time.

I know im apart of the new power generation but i just cant accept that fact that in todays society we are expected to love machines.

elephants and flowers is such and odd combination, thieves in the temple must have secretly re-written the original lyrics.

The latest fashion was considered a fad but im willing to bet that it still would stand all time.

my mind is spinning round and round, joy in repition does not apply in this situation.

Its a shame that the real Graffiti Bridge went tick tick bang, i cant seem to Shake the notion that i missed out on checking it out in person.

btw im tired of waiting for the vault, i wish he would just release it so we can funk!

I mean, on the real, would you even consider the area he grew up in a hood? I'm only asking because some people said he did. (go figure)

BTW, that house in Purple Rain looked pretty trashy.

DesireeNevermind said:

;lol: What? I'm serious! That house looked ghetto as hell!

NastradumasKid said:

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It was suppose to look ghetto. He was supposed to be a struggling musician in the movie. Where you watching a different film from the rest of us.

laurarichardson said:

Last time I checked I was watching Purple Rain!
[Edited 4/1/10 9:18am]

NastradumasKid said:

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Really because it seems from your post you were looking at a different movie.
Dude's dad is a drunken fool who tears up the house and the dad is a failed musician himself. P is struggling to make it. Don't you think the characters would live in the hood? Why would you expect the characters in the film to live in a mansion?

laurarichardson said:

I never expected that at all. Besides, you don't have to live in the hood be a struggling musician anyway.

NastradumasKid said:

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Okay like I said you are watching a different film Rock on with your bad self

aPrrince4aMJlover said:

I'm glad someone here agrees with me. Man, I remember going like "Really? Is that the best they could do?" As I said before, that house reminds me of those crazy looking houses in the poor parts the ATL. BTW, what interview was it?