And 2024, the year the United States of America came to an end. One day Calvin Broadus will have to ask himself was it worth denigrating black people with "gangsta rap" and sending more blacks to the California prison system in lockstep with each song that came out of his head, when he could have instead honored his elders, that is the original Hip Hop artists and culture as manifested in my hometown of than New York and I have the birth certificate to prove it, not like all those illegals they got up there now.
I was an 11 year old little girl, living in Bronx, NY and this song was BIG! Wouldn't changed growing up in NY during these years for nothing! We just about wore our sneaker soles out doing the Rooftop dance to this!
I was riding in the last car on the # 2 train , 233rd and white Plains road , while some dude with a giant radio turned the music on... ( 6th grade ... P.S. 16 not far from 241st st station ).... and I went to Olinville Jr high , right up the block from Evander.... # fun
@@SimeonIsraelite I lived in Mt Vernon 1986 to 1989... Columbus Ave... in the Heights... right across the street from Graham elementary... where Pete Rock & C L filmed ( T.R.O.Y. )...
Shout out to all the Larrys who were coming up when this song came out. All we heard was La la la la Larry. It was fun. My name is Larry, and I had a friend named Larry who's nickname was Freeze.
All the youngbloods complaining about the pops and scratches on the audio have obviously never put the needle to the groove, and they think vinyl is just a fabric.
Sending a shot out to Grandmaster Flash for my all day, everyday favorite song Larry Love. Still to this day I faithfully play this song everyday. Much love.
The History of NYC's "Electric Boogie" by Jorge Fabel Pabon..........One of the first electric boogie contests I witnessed, in 1981, was at Harlem's P.A.L. on 123rd Street. I saw dozens of boogie boys and crews competing that night. That's where I first saw Supreme/Troy dance with Get Loose Bruce and win a contest. There was another crew that wore military fatigue pants and t-shirts, who also joined the contest, they were dope at floats/glides/slides & tickin'. The Float Committee also had boogie boys: Doug, Will and others. Harlem also had Larry Love and dudes that rolled with him
I see a lot of NYC comments. Because NYC is the home of hip hop I often wonder what songs were just hot in NYC or did they make it out of NYC in the early 80’s to mid 90’s like this one. The energy was something special back then.
These guys were pioneers of the hip hop & rap world, and one thing for sure is that, it was done from the heart with pure lyrical skill & talent, it wasn't always about the damn money. And you listen, you can hear a major difference in ol skool hip hop vs. that stuff that they call hip hop of today. At least the lyrics were clear back then. Thank God for ol skool!
I'm from Queens NY when this came out this was the best party n break dancing song on of them from back in the early 80s and having your piece of cardboard and boom box still goes hard in 2024 I miss these yrs the 80s was the best wish I could live there yrs rest of my life and let my kids see how fun these yrs were
......WOW...i was in Jr. High School doin A Dance called "The Roof Top" off dis song..Damn...i Remember wen this 1st released !..Lmao!..i'm still yung tho...lol
confession time when this song broke out anybody in new york was something LOVE...I was Louie Love since this jam til today and I met larry love he was working as a garbage truck driver i believe in tompskin square park and I hopped the train and had to do like two days of community service yo...he just let me ride the truck around with him ehile aybody else picked up garbage as we talked and rapped and then he told me dint come in the next two days ima sign you up like you worked it ...yo god bless you Larry love and I will always be LOUIE LOVE
Thanks for taking the time to share this. This track popped in my head the other day...I thought it was a bit more rare than the usual tracks from this genre and era and I wasn't expecting to find it readily...but your video came straight up. Great memories. La la la...la la la...la la la Larry Love.
T-U-N-E \0/ \0/ old schooler here \0/ I've got arthritis now lol....all good fun, theres now a street sounds radio on the net offical which plays all hip hop stuff's
Dj Mixmash - I was born in 72 and the 80's was love growing up as a preteen/ teen. Nothing like the 80's Era. Everything....the style, music, attitude.
MY COUSIN WAS ON HIS DEE JAY !! LARRY OUR LAST NAME!! SAY LESS!!! DOBY PUT THAT LARRY LOVE ON 😍 WOW I MISS THOSE MOMENTS WHOOO!! I CAN SMILE AT WHAT I REMEMBER YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I'M 46 DO THE MATH 🤩
This would be 10x better if it was a digital version of it. Whoever created this Y.T. video must have used a turntable from the 1920's you can hear the crispy sounds of the pops and scratches from the dust filled needle as it plays.
