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Grandmaster Flash – “Them Jeans” (1987)

It started out innocently enough: The early pioneers of hip-hop, including Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash, made sure to show some love to their favorite denim brands — and the ladies who wore them — in their lyrics.

Jordache, Sasson or, huh, Calvin Klein

I gotta put on my shades cause you’re makin’ me blind

Don’t even know her name, but still I can’t get enough

I’ll call her earthquake, cause I’m all shook-up



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