Burn the Trucker Hats!!
I was at the Rocksteady outdoor concert yesterday and I was surprised and annoyed to see dozens of people rocking those stupid trucker hats. This style has played itself out quickly. Even the New York Times says so (peep page 1 and 2)
Jay took a picture of a random crowd at the event. Look closely. I count 5 trucker hats. 5 trucker hats out of fifteen people! What the heck is wrong with these wannabee Pharell/El-P/Aesop Rock-ers?
Save hip-hop! Burn the trucker hats!!
Don't believe me? Here's what others think:
1. Magyar: "Trucker Hats Are No Longer Cool"
2. The Sneeze: "Trucker Hat Timeline- the rise and fall of the Ironic Trucker Hat trend"
3. Guff: "non-truckers wearing trucker hats, no matter what's printed on them, was never cool"
4. reliancedamages: "trucker f***er"
4. Jackie D comments at miscellaneousetc "trucker hats, have started to catch on here now...Puke"
5. J: "trucker hats (see hatred, stupid fashion trends)"
6. knowitallgirl: "reliable sources tell me that trucker hats are already out"
7. stereolabrat via Treacher: "Dear Everyone Who Sucks, Please stop wearing those trucker hats"
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Holleration
Man, I'm in agreement with you. Not only am I tired of those "trucker" hats, I'm also tired of those damn "bucket" hats kids are wearing with throwbacks and old-school jerseys. I see these knumbskulls walking around and those bucket hats are literally covering their whole head! I can't even see their eyes. How do kids walk around in those damn bucket hats?!?
But I shouldn't be talking . . . I still rock the old-school Kangol hats (the ones LL Cool J use to wear back in the '80s). But in the fall -- it's strictly knitted skully hats for me.
Holla!
Posted by: "No Trucker Hat-Wearin'" Trent at Jul 28, 2003 11:31:51 AM
Now hold up you guys are wack, even though its a fad. Trucker hats are cool and I am black and throwbacks are c=kind of cool but they are too expensive, trucker hats are like satyr I love chicken and beer you should be glad that white people arnt wearing hats that say Chicken watermelon and Kool-Aid.
Posted by: Bilal at Aug 8, 2003 10:05:29 AM
I never thought of myself as a fasion authority, but thanks.
Posted by: Magyar at Aug 14, 2003 7:44:32 PM
"Fashion," I meant.
Posted by: Magyar at Aug 15, 2003 12:47:57 AM
I LOVE TRUCKER HATS! THEY GO WITH MY PUNK/SK8ER STYLE WARDROBE! THEY ARE SO IN FASHION! EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ONE! I ALWAYS REPRESENT MY BABIES GOOD CHARLOTTE WITH THEIR TRUCKER HATS AND WAKEFIELD AND OTHERS! THEY ARE SO COOL AND I LOVE THEM!
Posted by: Cassie Lamison at Aug 19, 2003 10:37:04 PM
DONT DISS TRUCKER HATS EVA YOU FOOLS! NONE OF YOU ALL ARE SO GANGSTA AS YOU THINK YOU ARE! AND DONT MAKE FUN OF WHITE PEOPLE EITHER! HEAR ME OUT...YOU ALL THAT TRY TO TELL EVERYONE THAT TRUCKER HATS ARE NOT COOL...WELL, LOOK IN THE MAGAZINES, TV, INTERET, ECT.! LOSERS...ONCE YOU GO WHITE THAT IS SO RIGHT!NEVER ANYTHING BETTER!
Posted by: Shealey Kromka at Aug 19, 2003 10:40:38 PM
I love the trucker hats!! I think they are way cool! Who cares if the NY times says the fad is over!! I'll still be wearing my hat! I'm a fashion disaster anyway so I'll just be sporting whatever fits my fancy! Isn't that what we should be doing? Who cares what other people think of your outfit! Just wear what you like!
Posted by: Julie at Aug 26, 2003 8:46:59 PM
If you hate them so much, then YOU tell us whats the next new fad that should replace it. Unless you have a solution your whole campaign is rather...well...lame. Just as lame, in fact, as the Trucker hats you so despise. Just a thought.
Posted by: Skizzy at Aug 30, 2003 11:33:12 PM
Are trucker hats part of the butthole surfer phenomenon?
Will they preserve a snowball from melting? in hell...?
Are they iconic representations of babylon as in "chant down babylon", the immortal words of Robert Nesta Marley?
One must hack the mind to free the soul.
Yippee!! Truck on!!!
Posted by: Blindman Sighty at Aug 31, 2003 7:03:28 AM
What about wristbands? Those are stupid, especially with logos on them. Trucker hats are cool, if you make the graphic though. Atleast that's creative. Creativity is always good, right? Buffalo wings are cool too.
Posted by: brainiaccident at Sep 10, 2003 2:13:54 AM
TRUCKER HAT ARE COOL LOOK AT PHARRELL HE SPORTS THEM ALL THE TIME AND ANY THING HE WEARS ILL WEAR. SO THEY ARE TIGHT AND ARE IN RIGHT NOW AND FOREVER
Posted by: jj at Sep 12, 2003 7:53:17 PM
Trucker hat's are so cool pharrell is always wearing them so i get them to trucker hats are cool because there difernt . the people that say they are not cool are just mad cause they dont have have any .truckers are tight just look at my baby pharrell
Posted by: i luv pharrell at Sep 14, 2003 10:28:24 AM
i ment diffrent
Posted by: i luv pharrell at Sep 14, 2003 10:32:58 AM
I PERSONNALY THINK THAT TRUCKER HATS ARE THE DUMBEST HATS IN THE WORLD. I LOVE THEM. THEY ARE SO STUPID THEY ARE COOL.
Posted by: i love trucker hats at Sep 16, 2003 10:51:25 PM
I LOVE TRUCKER HATS AND "DISLIKE" HIP HOP. YEA.
Posted by: I HATE HIP HOP at Sep 16, 2003 10:53:53 PM
I have been wearing trucker hats and I will keep wearing trucker hats..... who cares about some stupid fad... the people saying that they suck now where wearing them when all the celebrities were wearing them and thought they were cool.... now they are slowly fading out ..... and they think they suck..... look if you want to go with the newest fasion do it.... just don't go around and bad mouth the things you use to wear because at one point in time you thought it was cool.
Posted by: JOKERCLAY at Sep 19, 2003 9:33:42 AM
i dont know what your all on but trucker hats are the shit and you all know you wore them at one point
Posted by: TInyKID at Sep 20, 2003 6:56:10 PM
do you not have anything better to do then fight over wheater trucker hats are cool or not?! if you like em' wear em', if ya dont shutup and look like a loser.
Posted by: kels at Sep 21, 2003 3:40:51 PM
Trucker hats are sweet. I say wear what ever you like and feel good in. The best trucker hats are one that the person wearing made. they are a great way to express creativity. Check out www.oneofakindprints.com you can design and buy custom trucker caps. for only $17.00. check it out.
Posted by: steve at Sep 23, 2003 9:00:45 AM
What the fuck. Just because of a few pussy's that think they know what fashon is, saying trucker hats are for wanabees, O( think that wanabees are so fag). I wear a trucker hat to school, and I feel confertable with it, so fuck of!!!!!!!!Rocker's punks, pussy's, and wiggers, need not apply, I'm not certinly that.
Posted by: Matt Vito at Sep 23, 2003 11:14:54 AM
Im from Atlanta Ga. and we been rockin trucker caps for atleast 10 years everything from the South eventually catches on to yall trendy mainstream commercialized heads.Take for instance niggas in Cali are all pushin jacked up trucks.Its cause almost everybody in the South is broke and rock fashions that they can support and now fakers nationwide wanna portray that image to look ghetto or punk when in all actuality they pay $25 for a trucker cap we got in the South for $4.99 at any gas station.......So right on to the real and death to the fakers
Posted by: daddyfatsacks at Sep 24, 2003 1:26:16 PM
trucker hats are da bomb even if i look like an ass
Posted by: Rich at Sep 29, 2003 11:00:38 PM
Also, trucker hats are more of a rock n' roll fashion anyways, not stupid hip-hop! All of you poser rapper americans are the butt of everyone elses jokes anyways with your stupid hip-hop talk and dumb gangster wanna be bull****! All of you talk like you failed grade 3! So who would take fashion advice from a bunch of idiots who speak such broken english! If anything is out of style, it should be crappy hip-hop, black and white! You all are fooling yourself if you think you have musical talent! Real musicians can play real instruments. Real musicians can make their own loops you fruity balls!
Posted by: Killer Ky at Oct 1, 2003 7:18:31 PM
man, there's some good/funny/ign'ant comments from both camps here. first, the hats are played out, no doubt about it. i was in nyc in august and it was still big there though, and all along the west coast and where i live unfortunately the mesh still breathes. but hey, if you've been trucking forever, keep on trucking. that takes nuts. if you're pushing the fashion limits, invent something else. i mean for example, i rocked velour sweatpants in '95, air force I's in '96, stripped headbands and an old bullet jersey in '97 (not at the same time!), stripped polos/rugbys in '98, etc, and it was due in part to the artistic expression and individuality inherent in music, skateboarding, and graffiti (in context, wearing what everyone else is wearing is NOT artistic, simply because you scribble something across the front!) and my interest in those things--but it really doesn't matter, you do it for a while then you're over it, on to the next. and when you see everyone else doing it, its just more reason to move on, be original. but just like everything else, no one can come 100% original, someone's always done it before, whether it be musicians, thugs, bums, actors, so on so on so on and so on. it's kind of interesting to note that alot of the folks sporting the hat right now are hip-hoppers and punk rockers--even the so-called "underground", kind of ironic though cuz both of these parties are supposed to be cutting edge, posses street style, and keep it real. but these days, both fall short of these ideals on many occasions, especially those that are on the radio/tv--a whole other discussion!. whatever i guess, just do your own thing. for me, the whole point is take something that is weird, uncool, or funky and make it cool, represent with authority and style. but in the end, when its all said and done, if you need to listen to someone dictate whats in or out then shucks, you might as well.....naaa, it's all good.....hang loose.
Posted by: sober one at Oct 23, 2003 10:45:08 PM
there is nothing wrong with trucker hats. you should try to find a solution to the pants down to ur *** instead of worrying yourself on a hat.
Posted by: HIP HOP IS Queer eye for the i wish i was black but im not guy at Nov 6, 2003 10:19:16 PM
