This is a screencap from a preview clip for Yo: The Story of Yo! MTV Raps, a VH1 Rock Doc airing tonight that I am going to watch so hard my eyes will bleed. The clip features the show’s hosts, Ed Lover and Doctor Dre, hanging out with Mike Tyson and Don King at Tyson’s mansion. A bunch of stuff happens, and you are free to watch and discuss it all if you like, but I would just like you to take a moment to look at what Mike Tyson is wearing. That outfit is so ’90s that I bet it came with a hypercolor tank top and five free slap bracelets.
Now that I think about it, I imagine Mike Tyson had a really hard time getting an honest appraisal of his wardrobe back then. He was the baddest man on the planet by a substantial margin, and he was surrounded by yes men who were all on his payroll. He could have showed up at a funeral wearing rollerblades and a lime green Hefty bag with holes cut out for his arms and legs, and I bet most people would have just said “Looking good as always, Mike” in an effort to avoid ending up in the poor house or the hospital. What I’m getting at here is that, considering the circumstances, white overall short shorts with no shirt on underneath and a floppy blue baseball hat was actually a pretty reasonable get-up.
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I will never understand the logistics of the existence of both Doctor Dre and Dr. Dre.
/starts band named Mister Mr.
//c’mon son
Seriously. Did they just come up with the names completely independently of one another? Was there ever an agreement on the different spellings, or was that just complete coincidence? Does either one even have a medical degree?
Forgot about Dre….so I named myself Dre
The 90′s were not a good fashion time for ANYONE.
’90s.
h’elpful
Hey, if someone’s being racist, you call them on it, not let it slide. I feel just as strongly about grammar.
Yes, most of it sucked, but the only reprieve was when chicks started wearing daisy dukes all the time…you had to pay for the whole trend by seeing some seriously obese women sporting the look, but it was totally worth it
“Snap” bracelet? There are no snaps. SLAP bracelet.
Thank goodness Alvis is hear to clear up all of our mistakes.
True story. Ed Lover once pointed at me & the girl standing with me from the stage of a Tupac concert and said, “Look there are white people here.”
PS – that concert was terrible. We stood in line in the snow for almost an hour to get in. We waited inside for almost 3 hours for Tupac to take the stage. He had so many hangers on on stage that he peformed in what was essentially 3 square feet of stage space. He peformed for less than an hour. It took us more than 2 hours to get out because of the lines at the mandatory coat check that eventually got overrun with people tired of waiting.
/still a little angry about that event
//cool story, bro
They lucky the tiger didn’t eat they asses like Omar.
Respect.
I even remember the transition from Fab Five Freddy to Dre and Ed Lover. Sniff, good times.
Lamborghini patch on the front and Alpha Romeo on the side. They are apparently designer Italian overalls.
Who’s* the cartoon character in the middle on the banner pic? He looks like one of the Mr. Men. [www.flickr.com]
Mr Motherfucker.
*wanted to write “Whose” just to tease Alvis whom** I’m all for. He reminds me of Stannis.
**just asking for trouble.
Who’s The Man? is one of my favorite movies ever and it deserved all of the awards and nothing can convince me otherwise.
If you didn’t write that second paragraph, Mr. Guerrero, I was going to. Hell, I’m not going to tell 2012′s Mike Tyson his outfit looks silly. People are getting too comfortable around that man.
YO! Iron Mike! Handsome Police are coming for you. The charge: Not being handsome enough in those overalls. Check out the HIT NEW Webseries “Handsome Police” on Blip.com
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