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So the staff has been making some valid arguments regarding which year was able to bring it on all life-elevating levels. Dead serious though, we underestimate how much of an impact a particular year has on a person, and it isn’t until we take a look back to remember the game-changing greatness that went down. I’m talking the complete entertainment package: Movies that still hold weight 19 years later, video games that captivated us, and TV shows that became staples in the nightly routine of millions of families. Well, with all due respect to that weak ass Magikarp-like year of 1993, which was an extremely poor choice of year selection I must say Sir Omar, and the somewhat better 1994 choice, I gotta say that 1996 was hands down the dopest of dope years to bless the millennial generation with straight flames coming at our attention deficit disordered faces. OH YOU WANT ANSWERS? WE TALKIN NUMBERS?? Maaannnnn ’96 was putting in that work and overtime like a baby was on the way and it had bills to pay. Let’s jump into the reasons 1996 stole your favorite year’s lunch money and Halloween candy.
Movies Yooo 1996 had HITS. From the animated realm to classic 90’s action flicks to cult favorites, 1996 was doin it Notorious B.I.G. Space Jam: Come on? This is just unfair. Space Jam was that shit! A little while after Jordan took his break from basketball and made his horrid attempt at pulling a Bo Jackson with the White Socks minor league team, he filmed this gem. With help from frien…
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Ja-Quan Greene
Ja-Quan is a NYC teacher and artist holding a B.A. in Sociology and History from SUNY New Paltz. On his journey to become Hokage, the Lord of The Speed Force and Protector of the Recaps…
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