Rhythm Skate (1982) | Baltimore at a Time Before Crack

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5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite pieces of Black Film ephemera ever. In the early 1980s we saw the transition from film to video, which meant an increase in the amount of information captured, but a (relative) decrease in quality. I am a big fan of photographer Jamel Shabazz (i reference A Time Before Crack the way some people look at the Bible), so this to me was a great discovery. It captures a group of young people, reflecting their attitudes and fashion and evokes many personal memories.
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@kennethspears22 4 жыл бұрын

I wrote and co produced this segment. It's from a student produced show call Teen Magazine that aired on WBFF ch.45 Baltimore.

@michaelmassenburg6699 2 жыл бұрын

Thx so much such huge part of my skating life still today I’m in Tampa Bay since 1982 so mom got us out right before crack thx god but I been down here repping charm city and how we skated in them day I still do so thx for all of this and the comments are great to feel like real family here thx so much Michael Massenburg

@BuildingCenter 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Washington's moustache should have had its own public access interview show. More seriously, this channel is a brilliant resource for Black film and video ephemera. Great music, too. Really impressive, encouraging, touching. Thanks.

@mbpmotorsport2136 4 жыл бұрын

This is crazy.. I didn't remember being recorded.. We were Totally Nu Wave.. Duckie Boy, Van, Monica, Candace, Tony, Ernest, Rodney, Rossi & Clay.. We had a few more members but that was us.. Every week the local dance crews from around the city would meet at Rhythm Skate and perform routines. We were 16 back then and most of still are in contact as of December 2019.. Great memories there.. Rappers came to Rhythm Skate before they were famous.. LL Cool J did "I Need a Beat" T L.A. Rock "Its Yours" Luv Bug Starski "You Gotta Believe" Dougy Fresh ( before Dougie Fresh as we know today) did a song called "Human Beat Box" the list is crazy.. I remember Janet Jackson was there too.. Lots of great memories. Thank you for sharing a part of my life with the world Clay.....

@reelblack 4 жыл бұрын

Verrry cool that you would find this. Thanks for sharing your reflections. I hope all is well

@mbpmotorsport2136 4 жыл бұрын

@@reelblack I got a txt from North Carolina the guy with Moore of the back of his shirt said his wife found it. Im in New Jersey outside of NY. I sent the video to Tony & Rossi this morning they're still in Baltimore.. We appreciate you for bringing back great memories we shared as teenagers.. Thank you again we all forgot that Channel 45 even recorded us..

@audiovisualproof5407 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is literally opening windows to the past and I'm enjoying every moment looking into them.

@RobertDGordon 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I was 12 years old. I remember Rhythm Skate like it was yesterday? This is the BMore I miss. Before crack, the Crime Bill and the “Revitalization of Downtown” destroyed it.

@tonyanicholson6642 3 жыл бұрын

Yess so was I , I can remember skating at Painters Mill skating rink too.

@IAMDJKOOLROD1200 5 жыл бұрын

I’m from Baltimore and I was there

@tanker1960 5 жыл бұрын

When the belt and the switch ruled the home! Before we had interference from the heathens in our lives. Throwing Down, on the dance floor and the skating rink! We dress to kill, not killed for the dress/shoes. Brings back memories. Thank you for sharing this!

@dragonknightofamiraka3636 2 жыл бұрын

You think beating a child into submission isn’t the precursor for a lifetime of social disorders? Dim witt

@LivinLegin 5 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories Baltimore native ✊🏾

@PittMaster 4 жыл бұрын

The Baltimore I grew up loving! Rhythm Skate opened my 8th grade year just blocks from my Middle School. When young Black kids wanted to emulate Fraternities and Sororities instead of thugs and hoes!

@DARKKENT38 5 жыл бұрын

I remember Rhythm Skate when Rap was starting to get popular they came there and performed loved going there on the weekends and the Crest 99 cent theatre was right down the street Hilltop dam i miss 80s Baltimore before CRACK

@mbpmotorsport2136 Жыл бұрын

Crazy because we used to hit the Northwood 99 Cent movie on Saturday and hit Rhythm Skate later. LL Cool J, Dougie Fresh, Luv Bug Starski,Pebbly Poo,T LaRock,Russel Simmons & Rick Ruben. I was there the night Janet performed. Great memories.

@LovesGreatness 5 жыл бұрын

I remember going to a roller skating rink for birthday parties when I was a kid in Boston during the 1980s. Goodtimes.

@itsdogpaw 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, im 21 right now. I would have loved to have this type of lifestyle that was around back then. Its crazy because every time I see an old photo/video of Baltimore, I look at the people and think “They look really safe right there”

@ertfgghhhh 4 жыл бұрын

My children i still go.

@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 жыл бұрын

SHAKE N BAKE Family Fun Center in B'more had a bowling alley AND skating rink. I drove from DC to Baltimore at least twice week while also skating at three other skating rinks the rest of the week. I'll admit if a guy asked me if wanted to skate couples, I immediately had to see what kind of skates he had on. If his boots were tan, had orange wheels and a number on the back of the boot, I knew he couldn't skate so I just politely tell him no thank you. HA!

@erictheavguy1 4 жыл бұрын

Feels like yesterday to me because I can still feel those big blisters from the rental skates.

@kimjohnson8471 5 жыл бұрын

1982 is the year I graduated high school. I was truly innocent. Most of the kids are in their 50's.😁

@13LackBerry1 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Washington is a Baltimore Icon!!!!✊🏿🙏🏾💪🏿💯

@dragonknightofamiraka3636 2 жыл бұрын

Straight Freemason

@charlitamarshall7067 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Shawn💯🙏🏽

@swashington6574 4 жыл бұрын

I really miss those days!

@skinnynicci 4 жыл бұрын

this was one of favorite rinks!!

@k.d.p8528 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when they had Disco Skate on Liberty Heights and Gwynn Oak first ....great memories

@michaelmassenburg6699 2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir was the spot my family still lives blocks down the street til this day and they lived in that place Brop or Marvin and Jackie Matthews thx

@charlitamarshall7067 2 жыл бұрын

I had more fun at Disco Skate.💯🙏🏽🥰🛼🛼

@nubianking7097 Жыл бұрын

I shared this same video on facebook a few years back and my classmates loved it! I even see a couple people in there i know. Thanks for putting this out there

@taylordowning2533 3 жыл бұрын

This was incredible!

@ershalahorne9385 5 жыл бұрын

Favorite pass time

@sugargold4126 Жыл бұрын

I love this! It brings me back to a better time in life.

@Zone15Media 4 жыл бұрын

Rhythm Skate was one if the benefits of the basketball team.

@deniseholloway 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video. TYFS

@jasongreen9290 4 жыл бұрын

Man I lived on Emmart Ave right across the street from Mike's Arcade.

@dalecity1974 5 жыл бұрын

When i was a kid, thats where you met your first girlfriend...for just one night. Parents didn't let you use the phone back then. So in one night it was all or nothing!!😀😁😁👍

@michealspencer5876 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone recall CHAZZ BAND performing and practicing there? I was a member of the band as a keyboard/synthesizer player?

@bluebutterflywellness2273 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, the memories...Skate Key in The Bronx!! 😆💕

@welfaredad 5 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@LinwoodPowell 5 жыл бұрын

They even have the Baltimore accent

@EliteSports217 4 жыл бұрын

Because they are in Baltimore genius!

@TSquared2001 3 жыл бұрын

@@EliteSports217 game set match

@gwiz3059 3 жыл бұрын

🤯

@tonyanicholson6642 3 жыл бұрын

Boy if Baltimore could turn back time. Damn.

@adangbe 5 жыл бұрын

Skyy, Janet? Wow! Is this where the "Baltimore Sound" started?

@antp2390 3 жыл бұрын

What is the Baltimore sound? I've never heard of that term nor reference to music.

@adangbe 3 жыл бұрын

@@antp2390 It refers to a particular subgenre of dance music (house music to be exact) originating from and unique to Baltimore.

@antp2390 3 жыл бұрын

@@adangbe house music originated in Chicago. I'm familiar with Bmore. I know the house music love, then it turned to an edger "club music!"

@adangbe 3 жыл бұрын

@@antp2390 I never said it did. Anything commonly played in a nightclub can be considered as "club music".

@creepydoll2872 3 жыл бұрын

No, we call it Baltimore Club Music here it started around 1991 was the first with the “Baltimore Sound” you probably mean but no one calls it that. Look up Baltimore club MTV 2006 theres a clip that explains it on KZfaq.

@streetbang 4 жыл бұрын

this was the spot

@victorkenarsy3024 5 жыл бұрын

Facility, facility, Mr. Washington, facility, Mr. Washington.....got it!

@gailjackson8187 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike ✌🏿

@donaldjohnson4634 4 жыл бұрын

My first time there Shante was there.The building still there ✌️

@freakysteve209 4 жыл бұрын

Respect g. Im seeking out old footage of bmore party and entertainment life and this is cool. Any other clips of nightclubs back in the day???

@reelblack 4 жыл бұрын

You never know.

@iamltmoney 4 жыл бұрын

Love ya cousin Melvin :-)

@teaminfiniti4105 Жыл бұрын

I remember my gray and burgundy membership card

@feralLove 5 жыл бұрын

😠Bring back the SKATING RINKS!! It was like SOUL TRAIN on wheels! Shame on the government for bringing crack to inner city urban neighborhoods!

@kimjohnson8471 5 жыл бұрын

Only thing is some of these crazy kids would break the fun up with shooting up the joint.🙄😒☹😢😟

@kirkstate 4 жыл бұрын

Wow he said the A.P. Crew...lol...throwback

@IceManLikeGervin 4 жыл бұрын

Before crack life was much less violent...the introduction of crack cociane change the dynamics of life to this very day.

@yeahisaidit5633 5 жыл бұрын

Mannnnn!

@twitterblackdove 5 жыл бұрын

#BlackExcellence #aTimeBeforeCrack

@griffindatcher2165 5 жыл бұрын

The Coliseum in B-more in the 1960's.

@closgreen70 4 жыл бұрын

Baltimore Pre Elijah Cummings

@gidneyandcloyd 4 жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact, 1982 was the year Lena K. Lee talked Elijah into throwing his hat into the ring and running for the General Assembly seat she was retiring from. She told him “Don’t be about celebrity. Be about service,” and he took her words to heart. God rest both their souls.

@chipdrusano 5 жыл бұрын

Is this place still in business?

@chosenpeople5881 4 жыл бұрын

@charlitamarshall7067 2 жыл бұрын

I know I was pregnant with Mink and working the snackbar.

@mookeychase0907 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaaa! Lindsey aint play with nobody 82-85 this was gold sheepskins Air Force 1s puff leathers Puma Clydes Britishers herman survivors NBA jackets… the hot box yo man Rhythm Skate is a staple in many 50 and over people's story…