Category: Hip-Hop

A photographic tribute to the legendary DJ AM and his amazing vintage t-shirt collection. Shirt #10: Kool Moe Dee Fact: Kool Moe over Cool J? I’ve yet to see a photograph of AM in an L.L. t-shirt. View the previous vintage Tribe Called Quest t-shirt.

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices. Item #12: House Party Year: 1990 Circulation: Rarer than good reviews for House Party II. Can you get any more 90s than this? Doubt it. In 1990 NWA was terrorizing the charts Kid N Play helped balance the scale. It was well received easy listening hip hop that didn’t make you want to use profanities on da police. You know it has to be hip-hop light when there’s a raging house party in effect and not a single alcoholic beverage in sight. That’s about as likely as the ... Read more

A photographic tribute to the legendary DJ AM and his amazing vintage t-shirt collection. Shirt #9: Tribe Called Quest (Click to view item) Fact: Vinyl = vintage. View the previous vintage Gucci t-shirt.

Defunkd’s exclusive collection of vintage t-shirts for sale at reasonably exorbitant prices. Item #1: De La Soul, This is My De La Soul T-Shirt Record: 3 Feet High and Rising Year: 1989 Circulation: Rarer than a featherless Perdue chicken. 3 Feet High and Rising is my favorite hip hop album of all time. I purchased it on cassette and used auto-reverse on my deck to listen to it over and over. Pioneering rhyming with positive messages set to catchy melodies and beats topped off with a great sense of humor. 3FH&R is highly entertaining masterpiece that’s greater than the sum ... Read more

A photographic tribute to the legendary DJ AM and his amazing vintage t-shirt collection. Shirt #6: Beastie Boys Fact: Beastie Boys swag was on regular rotation on AM’s torso. View the previous vintage Whodini t-shirt.