AS: The Attack of The Tight Pants

I watched SNL last night, and the feature entertainments was your favorite Olympic swimmers favorite rapper... Lil' Wayne. I have been down with Lil' Wayne since 98' or so... I can remember the first time I heard the Hot Boy$ Guerrilla Warfare. Growing up in the melting pot of Louisville, Ky. We were subjected to the regional favorites of every region, because clearly we don't have an identity for popular culture, outside of the Ky Derby.

Gold Grills, Baggy Tshirts, Girbaud jeans, Reeboks, Bandanas, gaudy diamond pendants (bling bling) and expensive sunglasses were the staple of the label. Since then things have changed, Juvenile couldn't find a hit record if T-Pain was his collaborator, and the size of the clothes have shrunk tremendously. I am writing this as a critique of the fad that has unfortunately become unbearable, and quite upsetting. TIGHT A$$ JEANS

Walking through the mall I have seen, some of the literal tightest jeans on the kids that I pass. It seems as though spandex/denim is the fabric of choice for angst filled white teens in the mall. The black kids have stuck to the script of jeans that are much too big, and though my affinity for extra baggy clothes has dwindled, I absolutely detest those tight pants.

Which brings me back to Lil' Wayne, last night on SNL Americas newest rock star Lil' Wayne took the stage and performed. With what I'm sure many people will call a wonderful performance, I was so distracted by the purple leggings that Wayne was wearing, that I couldn't focus on the music. I'm sure that many impressionable late teens early tweens will be rushing to their nearest American apparel store to find their skin tight denim jeans. I for one was disgusted. If this is what fashion is coming to, then I'm just gonna have to be out of style. Please guys do me and everyone else a favor, leave them skin tight clothes @ the store. Fitting is one thing, but under armor is unacceptable. Pretty soon club owners are gonna have to change their dress codes to further alienate black patrons (mainly establishments in college towns that try to filter the type of "urban" customers they allow in). The code will read as this: no excessively tight clothes allowed. Baggy Jeans Only. Chains and Baseball Caps ARE Permitted.

Brothers, please, lets let this fad pass over us, we've been through the White-T fad, the Throwback Jersey fad, and the Button-Up shirt (Grown and Sexy) fad just to name a few. Leave the tight clothes to the guys with the guitars and Lil' Wayne. No one, and I mean No one wants to see your nut prints through your tight ass jeans.

Peace
--AS


p.s. for good measure, the video. in case you missed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNp1DOkGF-U