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Why Cedric is not a gangsta.
19 years ago
Hmm...
Started thinking about gangsters through a long and confusing though path.
There are at least 2 distinct eras.
beginning to approx 1990. - The true Gangster Era, and...
1990 to now - The 'Gangsta' era.
A true gangster lives well but usually keeps quiet about his secret income, going from average appearance to wealthy over a long time, raises less questions. Had tact, smarts, and style. If you kept quiet you stand a better chance of surviving.
True gangstas were very loyal to their bosses. Remember, you're part of the family...
A gangsta, to the best of my knowledge, when he gets his first 'pay' will go out and buy jewelery, expensive clothes and a new car (with cash, presumably) earning him the envy of the 'hood' and advertizing his wealth to any and all lunatics with a gat looking for someone to rob. Gangstas are much shorter lived, in comparison, with less apparent concern over family, of either types. It's all about them.
Fasions of the mobster eras:
True gangster: Elegant suits, fine restaraunts, Art pieces.
Gangsta: sports wear, do rags, huge necklaces and rings, Huge coats and a 'pimp chalise', a fast food restaraunt (keepin it real), Rapper and booty posters.
Why I was pondering this was that I was imagining Cedric as a Gangsta and my mind almost barfed.
Cedric has a sense of style, Suits! Make yourself look elegant for gods sakes! a nice well cut Zoot suit!
Then again I, and Cedric by proxy have a fascination with the 1930's. THe look, the music, life was very hard back then, but they had style.
This is why I believe Cedric is not a Gangsta.
Started thinking about gangsters through a long and confusing though path.
There are at least 2 distinct eras.
beginning to approx 1990. - The true Gangster Era, and...
1990 to now - The 'Gangsta' era.
A true gangster lives well but usually keeps quiet about his secret income, going from average appearance to wealthy over a long time, raises less questions. Had tact, smarts, and style. If you kept quiet you stand a better chance of surviving.
True gangstas were very loyal to their bosses. Remember, you're part of the family...
A gangsta, to the best of my knowledge, when he gets his first 'pay' will go out and buy jewelery, expensive clothes and a new car (with cash, presumably) earning him the envy of the 'hood' and advertizing his wealth to any and all lunatics with a gat looking for someone to rob. Gangstas are much shorter lived, in comparison, with less apparent concern over family, of either types. It's all about them.
Fasions of the mobster eras:
True gangster: Elegant suits, fine restaraunts, Art pieces.
Gangsta: sports wear, do rags, huge necklaces and rings, Huge coats and a 'pimp chalise', a fast food restaraunt (keepin it real), Rapper and booty posters.
Why I was pondering this was that I was imagining Cedric as a Gangsta and my mind almost barfed.
Cedric has a sense of style, Suits! Make yourself look elegant for gods sakes! a nice well cut Zoot suit!
Then again I, and Cedric by proxy have a fascination with the 1930's. THe look, the music, life was very hard back then, but they had style.
This is why I believe Cedric is not a Gangsta.
Thugs wear baggy clothes n' foot locker n' rags n' big chains and something to tell other people that they can't read more than 20 words per minute.
Gangstars, on the other hand, will be clean cut and looking nice n' wearin' suits, fur coats n' the like. However, your chances of seeing one are slim, compared to the over abundance of thugs.
Man, I wish Biggie was still alive. He used to kill/rob thugs who weren't hard enough to make it. Now that he's dead, any two-bit white kid and his momma could be thug nation. Ugh.