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okay so i've been thinking about this too long and i need everyone to participate

YOUR HIP-HOP JEWELRY ERA BASED ON YOUR VIBE:

🟡 THE 80s — YOU ARE A GOLD ROPE CHAIN You have main character energy before main characters were a thing You walk into every room like the soundtrack just changed You don't do subtle. You never did subtle. Subtle is for people who haven't decided yet Your jewelry is heavy, gold, and absolutely unapologetic You were wearing door knocker earrings before they came back, and you'll wear them after they leave again aesthetic: boom box, shell toe adidas, 4am energy, "hold my chains."

💎 THE 90s — YOU ARE A JESUS PIECE. You carry something sacred,d and you wear it where everyone can see it. Your jewelry means something specific, and you will explain it to exactly nobody biggie understood you. Nas understood you. You understand yourself; You layer your chains. always. at least three. aesthetic: Timbs, dark-tinted windows, loyalty, "i been had this"

🌟 THE 2000s — YOU ARE A CUSTOM PENDANT nobody has what you have because you made yours you went to the jeweler with a vision and left with a piece that cannot be replicated your jewelry is a biography you wear on your chest you probably also have a grillz situation and i respect it fully aesthetic: throwback jerseys, Jacob the Jeweler, "let me show you something."

🔗 THE 2010s — YOU ARE A CUBAN LINK you came back harder than ever after everyone counted you out you don't compete. you don't need to. The chain speaks. rose gold was already in your wardrobe before it was a trend you layer this with a tennis chain. The combination ends conversations aesthetic: ASAP Rocky at fashion week, clean white tee, "effortless."

❄️ TODAY — YOU ARE VVS ICED OUT EVERYTHING lab diamonds. maximum clarity. zero compromises. your whole neck is a light source you found a brand that gets the culture and the quality at the same time you are the new generation of this tradition and you carry it correctly aesthetic: drip check on a tuesday, no occasion needed, "i just felt like it"

Reblog and add which era you are in I need the data

Hum pehle aashiq tou nahi hain jaaneman,

Happy Blessed Birthday to Clifford Smith Jr., better known by his stage name Method Man; born March 2, 1971

Photo of Aaliyah and Method Man at the Vibe Music Seminar - Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Show (1995) - 30 years ago.

When Interviewed on his thoughts of Aaliyah, he said:

The word in the hood was, she had a cockeye. Cause she always wear them shades, yahmean? But the next album came out and it was like, Whoa, she killin it on some real warrior shit. I didn’t see anyone doing what she did. I mean, Britney Spears tried but I laughed at that fuckin video. It was hilarious, yo. I liked that song Britney bit, where Aaliyah had the snake [“We Need a Resolution”]. It was deep. Aaliyah was our pop princess. To be associated with R Kelly in any way at that point in time, that was street credibility. Some people just have that “it” factor, where it doesn’t matter where they’re at, they appeal to both sides. White kids adored her; that’s a hard bridge to cross right there, man, but she had a lot of talent. And when you meet the girl there’s a level of comfortability I can’t even describe. Her and a friend of mine were best friends, so we used to hang out. We went to Universal Studios [to a photo booth], you know those little corny sticker pictures? We used to go do stuff like that. I remember watching a home movie of her and her friends portraying the Spice Girls, that was kinda kooky. It was like being around your little sister. It wasn’t Aaliyah the big superstar. It was just Baby Girl. I’ve always said that a comedian ain’t funny to me if he try too hard to be funny. Same shit with sexy. Aaliyah didn’t have to try hard. She was a total package as far as singing, dancing and entertaining. She was killin all that, and it was a relief to find out she actually ain’t cockeyed. And her moms was mad peace but very stern, remind me of my bougie aunts and shit. Not bougie in a bad way, but you know, Nigga I ain’t havin it. -Method Man

Method Man was part of the Rap group Wu-Tang Clan.