Today’s Nostalgic Wednesday would be something different. If there’s something that triggers nostalgia the most for me, it would be music. Every song is tied to something memorable or an even in your life. Personally, 90’s hip-hop genre never fails in bringing back old memories. Some songs introduced me to some cars and I started liking them because of the music i was listening to. While Jamming to some Tribe Called Quest on my way home, I remembered that Q-Tip was featured in Rides Magazine featuring his love for some V-dubs.

“…Yo, this was around the time when I didn’t know no better

Juney moved around in a tinted out jetta…” 

I was impressed by Q-Tip; not only by his rhyming skills but the fact that he owns/owned 2 VW’s and he’s proud of it.

Other than Q-tip, we had Notorious B.I.G. rapping A LOT about his Lexus’.

” …sex is all I expect if they watch TV in the Lex”

” …Lexus LS four and a half, bullet glass tints if I want some ass”

“…Diamond Necklaces and stretch Lexus’s “

“… They heard about the Rolexes ad the Lexus”

and Jay-Z probably shares the same love for the Lex since he had them in his lyrics and most of his classic videos. If you ever noticed, Jay-Z possibly had the same (1st Gen)Lexus GS fleeing in his “Dead Presidents” Video (1996) and getting pulled over in his “99 Problems” video (2004)…that’s 8 years!  And lastly, living in Houston, who would ever forget Fat Pat’s “Tops Drop” video with some bagged Caddys parading with some booty shaking in the park. There are still a lot of songs that featured memorable rides but these are all that I can remember for now.

peace! -mark@MaydayGarage