Was just talking with my girl and we were reminiscing about how you used to have to just sit by the radio and hope they played the song you wanted to hear so bad

Or being too young to use Napster or Kazaa (before limewire) and having to beg someone older to download and burn songs you wanted to a f***in CD

Honestly that made songs way more special.

Now we have unlimited access to music and it’s just not the same. Although it is a way better this way lol

Bring back blockbuster type places too

Sit by the radio?

ur like 22 bro that’s pretty old

I remember going to places like Sam Goody/FYE and buying CDs just bc the cover looked cool. When Napster and the other sites started to pop up, it was the best time in the world.

I’m grateful to have access to just about any song by any artist in the world, bc it truly allows you to explore and enjoy more music than ever and it’s so much easier to do.

Or when having ringtones on your phone was the way to play music off your phone

Simpler times

OP was born in 1902

The most I remember is buying them bootleg dvds from niggas in the subway or whenever the feds where after them so they dropped/left everything behind and dipped lmao

Learned to torrent at age 10. Changed my life tbh.

CD's & Limewire

This kinda fire lowkey.

Need full song.

back in my day, movies were called " the talking pictures"

Lollipop was my first ringtone

flip phone? My first ringtone was " it's goin' down"

My first ringtone was “Sunshine” by Lil Flip

That s*** was a slide phone

This might be the absolute worst video I have ever laid my eyes on in my entire life

I’m actually experiencing second hand embarrassment for the person who made that video

I think mine was Shoulder Lean by Young Dro

my phone was ugly too, had this lime green cover, wasn't gonna protect s*** if I dropped it

The nights I'd spend staying up late to see my favorite artists being played on MTV and Much Music

Recording music videos onto blank tapes so you could always watch them whenever you wanted

When Limewire, Bearshare, and other p2p networks had the songs you wanted but most were s***ty rips with bad bitrates, so you had to really dig to get a good version

When your momma got the CD you wanted for ya birthday or Christmas and you couldn't wait to tear the clear wrapping off and pop it in your Walkman or big ass CD deck

Getting the latest copy of XXL to read interviews from your favorite artists. Artists still had mystique back then cause they didn't plaster every mundane moment of their life on social media

We went too far dawgs. We need to go back. Our need for convenience created a soulless void where nothing is exclusive or valuable anymore.