1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Atlanta is where dreams become real, where legends are the 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: result of simply wanting to chill at a spot where 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: you could listen to the music you and your people 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: could feel like when we used to party till the 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: sun came up, around the time casting Goodie made the 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: city come up, when Lula came through with some of 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: the best punchlines. A club that really got it jumping 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: was the five five nine. It was popping off and 9 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: on its way to being the shit, and the West 10 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: End Atlanta stayed straight up. It cats was parking lot 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: pimping like it wasn't no thing, while inside the DJ 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: had the whole crowd off. The chain. Wasn't long before 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Little Joe and got shit going and the legendary style 14 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: called krunk was born. From the club to the radio, 15 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: folks was losing their minds and it all started right 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: here in five five nine. I'm big rude and Atlanta 17 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: is too clunk for the neighborhood. 18 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 2: By the mid two thousands, krunk was everything you saw 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: Little John screaming and on Chappelle's show, his grills and 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: ad libs were all over MTV, B E, T, and 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,199 Speaker 2: late night interview. They gonna say that at my funeral, 22 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: they gonna be like he was a good man. 23 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 3: Yeah. 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: The sound of Atlanta was blasting out of car windows, 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: filling clubs across the country, shaping with hip hop looked 26 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: and felt like in that era. But before Krunk hit 27 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 2: the mainstream, it was born in one Atlanta club, the. 28 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 4: Five five nine. 29 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 2: For years club five five nine has just been a 30 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 2: footnote in history, an old magazine mentioned, or a random 31 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 2: Instagram post, But the full story of what this club 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: did for Atlanta hip hop and how it fuelled the 33 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 2: rise of Krunk, that story ha'd been told you until now. 34 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 5: So once I. 35 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 4: Really know about the Wayside heads. 36 00:01:54,520 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 5: Or something, bo hold of death A nine underground. 37 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 4: To say down all day, ey night. 38 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 2: I'm Maurice Garland, and this is episode two of Atlanta. 39 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: Is the five five to nine popped up around nineteen 40 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 2: ninety four. We're gonna take you inside the club and 41 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,119 Speaker 2: even the parking lot later, but first we're gonna walk 42 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 2: you through the neighborhood. 43 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 4: It was in the West End. 44 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 2: This is a part of Atlanta where you can see 45 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: and feel the whole spectrum of blackness. Five five nine 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: was just one of many worlds within maybe a two 47 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 2: mile radius that sits right next to downtown. To understand 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: these worlds and how the club fit in and stood out, 49 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 2: I brought my man Bam Joinder a law to take 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: us on a tour. 51 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 6: This is not a classroom discussion, It's a homie discussion. 52 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 2: I've known Bain for about twenty years and I can 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: safely say that he is the unofficial mayor of the city. 54 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 4: In the streets are his office. 55 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: He has a consulting firm that connects Atlanta's civic, corporate, 56 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 2: and cultural communities. It's called Atlanta Influences Everything You've probably 57 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: seen the T shirt. Bame knows everything about the West 58 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: End because he grew up there. He can explain why 59 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: it's different from the West Side more Bankhead type, and 60 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 2: then how that's different from Southwest Hashca Campbellton. This dude 61 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: can even tell you how the West End was in 62 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 2: the Civil War era. 63 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 5: When General Sherman marched through Atlanta. 64 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 6: He had Union soldiers stayed over in the West End 65 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 6: for a while and loved the neighborhood so much that 66 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 6: the West End was spared from the fires that General 67 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 6: Shermon said. 68 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 4: But coming back to present, day. 69 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: When you get off at the West End Marta train 70 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: station and look to your right, you're a five minute 71 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: car away from the Atlanta University Center, which is home 72 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: to Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and Morris 73 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: Brown College. If you walk straight ahead, you're on the 74 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 2: neighborhood's main corridor, Ralph David aber Nanfty Boulevard, a street 75 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: named after a Baptist minister but home to multiple religious groups. 76 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 6: You have the Shrine of the Black Madonna. Next door 77 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 6: really is St. Anthony's Catholic Church, but it was the 78 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 6: Black Catholic Church experience, so very well dressed, hoity toity 79 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 6: positioned black people. 80 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 2: Across the street from the church, you have the sole 81 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: vegetarian restaurant that's ran by the Hebrew Israelites. Then you 82 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: got the West End Baptist Church that's around the corner 83 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: from the Masjit where the Muslim community gathers. 84 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 4: Scattered among this are. 85 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 2: Blue collar folks Section eight housing historic Victorian homes, squatters 86 00:04:58,520 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: and trappers. 87 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 5: And you had the Senior Citizens Home. 88 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 2: Then you have the heartbeat of the neighborhood, the corner 89 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: of Abernathy and Lee Street, where guys were slinging random reptiles. 90 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: The Nation of Islam is selling the Final Call newspaper, 91 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 2: and you'll see some interesting fruit on this corner too. 92 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 2: Like Peaches the strip. 93 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 5: Club, it's like the home of ratchet righteousness. 94 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: Since you're already here, we have to tell you about 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: Peaches now. Peaches of Atlanta is in a building that's 96 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 2: been under the westbound Morta Station train line forever. It's 97 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: gone through multiple names, and most Atlantans remember this place 98 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: as the infamous Mond Trays. Back in the day, Montreys 99 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 2: was probably the first strip club that every dude in 100 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 2: Atlanta ever went to. Hell by ain't went at age fourteen. 101 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 6: They used to do a mustache peach fuzz tests, so 102 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,559 Speaker 6: you ain't really have to all the way present the id. 103 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 5: The thing was to have your money in your hand first. 104 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: So as teenage boys are trying to get into Montrees 105 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 2: to see their first strip club, actual grown folks are 106 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 2: doing their thing just a ten minute walk away at 107 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: the club five five nine. What made five five nine 108 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 2: unique was its location, where other clubs in Atlanta kind 109 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: of belonged to the neighborhood that it was in. Five 110 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 2: five nine was right off of I twenty which meant 111 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: it was easy to get to from the west side, 112 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 2: east side, south side, everywhere. 113 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: Five five nine were along to Atlanta. 114 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 6: It felt more of like a club that you could 115 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 6: come to with your neighborhood and do your best put 116 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 6: your hood up impression. 117 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 2: This was also a time where you know, people were 118 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 2: getting introduced to all the games that were being played 119 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 2: at the door when it came to getting into a 120 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: club in Atlanta. 121 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 4: For instance, some. 122 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: Places, if you showed up with three of your friends 123 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: and they were all dudes, they wouldn't let you in. 124 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: But if you showed up with two girls, girls, you 125 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 2: could get in no problem. 126 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 5: I made it as far as the door. 127 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 6: A fight broke out as we were for nagling our 128 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 6: way in, and then that was it. 129 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 4: So yeah. 130 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, mister west End himself never actually made it into 131 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: the five five nine. Now, if Bang was ever lucky 132 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 2: enough to get in that door, it's likely that he 133 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: would have seen a woman looking just like this, matching 134 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: Mecca USA. Short set, crispy white Rebot classics, a fresh 135 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: set of nails, perfectly arch eyebrows, shiny microbraids, with a 136 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: light blue scrunchy to bring the outfit together. 137 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 4: And to top it all off, a tattoo on the thigh. 138 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 7: When I look at that picture, you could tell I 139 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 7: was getting money the micros back then. Hey, she's spending 140 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 7: two hundred and two fifty. 141 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 8: On our air. 142 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 4: That's Shakima Bailey. 143 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: She's a woman of God now, but back in the 144 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: day she was at that five five nine so much 145 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 2: that if you bothered the Google five five nine, there's 146 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 2: a chance that the photo of her that I just 147 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: described to you will pop up. It's gone viral a 148 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 2: couple times already. Shakima is from around the West End 149 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 2: too Oakland City to be exact. 150 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:15,280 Speaker 4: She went to Booker T. 151 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 2: Washington High School, which is just a mile away, a 152 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 2: straight shot down Joseph E. Lowry where five five nine 153 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: used to be located. Like Bame, she wasn't old enough 154 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: to get in when she first heard of it, but 155 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: she did find a work around. 156 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 7: I had older siblings and cousins that were outside and 157 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 7: whatever club was popping, they were in the building. So 158 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 7: I remember them coming home on Saturday saying they were 159 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 7: going to club five five nine, and I begged them, Oh, 160 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 7: I want to go. I want to go, and they 161 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 7: were like, you can't get in. You can't get in, 162 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 7: you gotta be eighteen. So back then you could get 163 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 7: id's made at the flea market. My cousin took me 164 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 7: to get an ID and history was made. I was 165 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 7: hating it, a five five doin at seventeen years old. 166 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: Fortunately, Shakima didn't have to pass a peach fuzz test 167 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 2: or put any base in her voice. 168 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 7: I mean, they would check id's and I remember one 169 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 7: specific time the security looked at me and said, you 170 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 7: not this old, because I think I may put I 171 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 7: was twenty on the ID. He was like, you are 172 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 7: not twenty years old, but I'm gonna let you win 173 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 7: this time, and he let me in and I built 174 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 7: a friendship from there, so I had no issues after 175 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 7: that point of getting into the club. 176 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: Now, before you even got to the club, you had 177 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 2: to get your fit right shawty. So keep in mind 178 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 2: this was before everybody started shopping at places that you 179 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 2: couldn't even pronounce. 180 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 4: This was when you got your shoes from Walters Downtown. 181 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: You shopped at Greenbrier Mall, South, the Cab Mall, the Underground, 182 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 2: or if you had it like that, Lenox Mall. 183 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 7: I drove a Cadillac Deville back there. My friends and 184 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 7: I we would get together, go to the mall because 185 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 7: we had to make sure we had a fresh fit, 186 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 7: get out, hair and nails done. And back then, nails 187 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 7: was probably twenty dollars a set. 188 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 9: I would get off of work, man, go home, shower up, 189 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 9: you know, change clothes or whatever. 190 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 10: You know, you will polo down from the head to 191 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 10: the toe. 192 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 2: Demitchia is brown as somebody that I'd like to call 193 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 2: a Atlanta Army brat. 194 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 4: He grew up all over the city. 195 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: I'm talking about Hollywood Road MLK on the west side, 196 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: Washington Road in College Park, East Point, but the five 197 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 2: five to nine it was like his second home. He 198 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: went damn near every Friday. 199 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 10: I would stop at the Little x SN right across 200 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 10: the street from there. 201 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 2: Man, after you finally did get dressed, you also had 202 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: to do a little pregaming before you hit the field. 203 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 9: And give me a couple of double duces, give me 204 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 9: some black and miiles. 205 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 10: Hey, bro, you get yourself a little bit and then 206 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 10: you get in line. 207 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 2: Now that line that was a barometer on how bad 208 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 2: you really wanted to go as a dude. If you 209 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 2: saw a whole bunch of guys in line, that might 210 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 2: inform your decision on if you really wanted to go 211 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: inside for the ladies. It depending on how long you 212 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: wanted to be uncomfortable. But some nights that long line 213 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 2: wasn't necessarily a bad thing. 214 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 7: The line would be so long sometime you would just 215 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 7: stand out in the parking lot. The parking lot became 216 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 7: the club on the outside because it was so full 217 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 7: of people waiting to get inside the club. 218 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 9: You didn't even really have to go into the five 219 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 9: five nine. You could parking lot pimp. 220 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: Now. 221 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: The actual parking lot for five to five nine was 222 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 2: only about as big as your rich auntie's backyard. 223 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 7: I wasn't going to nobody's club without getting a VP 224 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:36,079 Speaker 7: because I don't want to stand in no line. 225 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 9: But if you were willing to wait as I was, 226 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 9: you had an opportunity to get your game on in 227 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 9: the line as well. 228 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 4: Once you made it inside, you were straight. 229 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 2: But the funny thing is most people who have been 230 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 2: inside five five nine can't tell you much about how 231 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 2: it looked inside, because, in all honesty, there wasn't much. 232 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 4: To look at. 233 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,719 Speaker 2: DJ will the former house DJ for the club. He'll try, though. 234 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 10: It's it's one square building. 235 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 3: There's no upstairs downstairs, there's no fancy deckcord. 236 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 7: They had tables set up in the middle of the club, 237 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 7: and they had a little dance floor right before the tables. 238 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 10: It was grimy. It was a sweat box. 239 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: It's mirrors everywhere that got fogged up every night that 240 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 3: you couldn't even see on them. 241 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: No more. 242 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 10: That mirror is epic. 243 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 7: You gonna know the five five nine by this mirror. 244 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 8: I had an internship with Social Death. It was basically 245 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 8: street promotions. 246 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 5: I was underage. 247 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 8: I couldn't get in, but I had a box of 248 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 8: demos and records, and you look like you're a part. 249 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 10: Of the industry, so you could just walk in. 250 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 2: Jabari Graham only went to five five nine once, but 251 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 2: he compared it to that famous Ernie Barnes painting sugar 252 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 2: shack that was used for Marvin Gaye's I Want You 253 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 2: album cover and again for the intro to the nineteen 254 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: seventy sitcom Good Times. 255 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 8: And that night it happened to be when eight Ball, 256 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 8: MJG and UGK performed at five five nine, and really 257 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 8: that was the only night I needed to go. I mean, 258 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 8: seeing them perform there, it was hot as fuck. And 259 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 8: I didn't need to go no other time because I 260 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 8: think that was the apex of what I need to 261 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 8: see at five five nine. 262 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: Just like how Bame told us that the club belonged 263 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: to the city of Atlanta, you could see all sides 264 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 2: of the. 265 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 4: City in there a keen. 266 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: I could even tell you where someone was from based 267 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 2: on how they dressed. 268 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 7: The West Side people, we were more stylished. We matched 269 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 7: our shoes, our shirts, gonna match the catera. Dudes and 270 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 7: women they counter or they did it. But you can 271 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 7: look at them and be like, Okay, they're not from 272 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 7: the West side. 273 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 2: Now, before we get carried away. I'm from Decatur East 274 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: Side all day and we knew how to dress too. 275 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 2: Don't get it twisted, but Shakima does have a point. 276 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 2: Folks on the east side we dressed to look good. 277 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 2: Folks on the West side they dressed to get looked at. 278 00:13:59,000 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 2: Here's Demetrius. 279 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 9: But you know, it's a funny thing is even if 280 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 9: you went in that thing fresh, you weren't gonna be 281 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 9: fresh when you came up out of that. And what 282 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 9: I mean by that is the scent, the smell, you 283 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 9: know what I'm saying. 284 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 4: And what was that smell. 285 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 9: Ah, Bro, you had that weed that was up and 286 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 9: that was in the in the air. You had the funk. 287 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 9: And what I mean by funk, I mean a good 288 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 9: smell from the atmosphere that was created up in that thing. Bro, 289 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 9: If you came out the way that you went in, 290 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 9: you didn't have a good time. 291 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 2: With all of this going on, there had to be 292 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 2: a soundtrack to match it. Through the early and mid nineties, 293 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: bass music, or as Atlantis like to call it, booty 294 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 2: Shake was king, and. 295 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 4: It was because it got the queens hyped up. 296 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 7: Scrubbed the ground. 297 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 5: That was the song. 298 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 7: When you hear that song, all the women would run 299 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 7: to the desk, would. 300 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 5: Strub the ground. 301 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 7: It's just dance, kizzy rock, DJ task raheem the dream 302 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 7: from Atlanta shape what your Mama gave you. 303 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 9: It was stuff that we wanted to listen to. It 304 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 9: was stuff that we rolled to in our cars. 305 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 10: You know. 306 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 9: It was stuff that you, of course wouldn't hear all 307 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 9: the time on the radio, but it was Atlanta. 308 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 2: In the previous episode, we told you about Atlanta's first 309 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: hip hop station ninety seventy five, not getting here until 310 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety five. So imagine the impact that clubs like 311 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 2: five five nine was making people loved coming here because 312 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 2: they were known for playing the songs that you liked, 313 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 2: not always the radio single that came with a music video. 314 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 2: Songs like Murdered by UGK, eight Balling Them, JG's Laid Down, 315 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: the original version of Trickle six, Mafia's Tear the Club Up, Masterpiece, 316 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: Break Them Off Something, and from our true at aliens 317 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: out there, you gonna love this the organization, Get That Bitch, 318 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 2: and mister COO's Born Threat that used to go crazy 319 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 2: in there too. 320 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 4: What had been. 321 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 2: Up to this point, getting crunk was only known as 322 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: an energy, not necessarily a sound or style. It was 323 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 2: something you just did when these songs came on. But 324 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: one night, a light bulb went off in a local 325 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: DJ and record label A and r's head. What if 326 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 2: they made a song specifically forgetting crump. Before he became 327 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: known for producing multi platinum hits for Usher, Ludacris and others, 328 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: Lil John was an up and coming DJ and producer 329 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 2: working as an A and R for Jermaine Dupriez so 330 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: So Deaf Recordings label. A couple of nights out the week, 331 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: he and his fellow Black market entertainment DJs like Emperor 332 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: Sarci and DJ Will, but hit five five nine to 333 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,520 Speaker 2: see what kind of music that DJ's like Kizzy Rock, 334 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 2: DJ Jelly and DJ Triple J were playing before they 335 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 2: eventually started DJing there themselves. One night, John and about 336 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: twenty of his friends jumped on stage and just started chanting. 337 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 4: Who You Whit? 338 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 2: Confused but intrigued, the crowd on the dance floor started 339 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 2: yelling it right back at at him who It was 340 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: then that John had an epiphany, if he could get 341 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 2: people to do this in the club, surely he could 342 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: record it and make a song out of it, enter 343 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 2: his debut single, who You Wit. 344 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 3: That's when the word crunk was really introduced. People don't 345 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: even realize it. Trunk was introduced to the ATL when 346 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 3: he started saying the chat the song. 347 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 2: DJ Will had already known Little John since they were kids, 348 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 2: and later in life he became John's toward DJ for 349 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 2: ten years. But at this time he was the house 350 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 2: DJ for club five five nine, meaning he was there 351 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 2: all five days of the week that they were open, 352 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,719 Speaker 2: so he got handed all kinds of music. 353 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 4: But when John gave him this who You Wit? Song, 354 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 4: it stood out. 355 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 3: It was totally different from anything that you ever heard. 356 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: When he first gave like you like, they really not 357 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 3: saying nothing. They just hooks, chats, They not rapping. But 358 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 3: then when you get into the club and dropped their 359 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 3: record and everybody just singing the same stuff that he's saying, 360 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: it's like I said, man, he's a genius. 361 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 2: So does this mean that krump music was born at 362 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 2: five five nine? 363 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 3: Show that when you say the birth of krunk, I 364 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 3: would say yes, as far as the energy of the music, 365 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 3: you know, because that kind of energy of songs being 366 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 3: the club wasn't even out of at the time. 367 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 10: When then when you drop a. 368 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 3: Who you with with the temple of the beat, it's 369 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 3: like everything just fell into place, and then Crunk just 370 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 3: took off from there. 371 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: Crunk was contagious. 372 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 2: I mean, this shit started getting into everybody's music, and 373 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 2: the stumping, jumping and elbows throwing that came along with 374 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 2: it start to eat up everything that came up before it, 375 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 2: including the bass music that made girls like Shakima want 376 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: to dance. I mean even artists who were known to 377 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 2: be more conscious caught onto it too. 378 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 3: Kind of good Mob used to perform at five five 379 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: There Yeah, yeah, they did. 380 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 8: When they first came out with Das Nomo, they permitted 381 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 8: at the club. 382 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: That Sleepy Brown, one third of the legendary Organized Noise 383 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 2: Production trio and a member of Atlanta Royalty, the Dungeon family. 384 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 2: He's talking about the night that Goodie Mob debuted their 385 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 2: new single they Don't Dance No More, back in nineteen 386 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 2: ninety eight. 387 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 6: They don't dance no More, they don't just healed it 388 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 6: Toy down Ghil came around there good like a rockstock to. 389 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 2: The funny thing about that song is that it was 390 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 2: supposed to be a tongue in cheek Trojan Horse type 391 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 2: commentary on how since Little John's Crunk took over, people 392 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 2: weren't dancing in the club anymore. 393 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 4: They were just jumping around, up and down, tearing up shit. 394 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 2: I don't think people quite got that memo, because that's 395 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 2: exactly what we did whenever that song came on. But still, 396 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 2: once that song dropped, it took over the city. It 397 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 2: proved that if you wanted to get your song hot, 398 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 2: you had to bring it through five five nine. 399 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 4: Club five five nine was known for its. 400 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 2: High energy atmosphere, which at times could get out of hand. 401 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 10: That place is rowdy. 402 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 4: Man, when you're talking about. 403 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 2: That's Ray Murray, another third of Organized Noise, who actually 404 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 2: co produced They Don't Dance No More. 405 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 6: Before World Star, before all of that, it was five 406 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 6: five nine, like straight up, like that's where it got 407 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 6: out from. 408 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 4: You dig what I'm saying, Like it came from there. 409 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 4: Anyone that's been there will tell you. 410 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 2: For every good memory they have, they probably have one 411 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 2: about fighting too. To some the fights were just as 412 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 2: legendary as the Knights themselves. Remember this was the spot 413 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 2: where every hood in Atlanta was coming to dance, show off, 414 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 2: and drink. Add all of this to a song telling 415 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 2: you to throw an elbow or two oh something down. 416 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 4: To pop off. 417 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 7: I was one of them fighters, believe it or not. 418 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 7: I always felt like I was being tried because I'm 419 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 7: so little. I'm only four to nine. So when I 420 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 7: get in the club, these bigger women and they're looking 421 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 7: at me, and we hung around the circle of guys 422 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 7: that were getting money. So when you were in that circle, 423 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 7: automatically other people that are not would tend to be 424 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 7: a little jealous and try to start stuff with you. 425 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 7: It was a lady that I fought prior to maybe 426 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 7: a month before she had told me every time I 427 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 7: see you, we're gonna fight. And I did not believe 428 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 7: that until I was in the club with poone and. 429 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: Chris Shakima is talking about radio personalities Poon Daddy and 430 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 2: Chris Love of Lover. 431 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 4: Hold on, let me sing this the right way Chris 432 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 4: Love of Lover and Poon Daddy. 433 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 2: Formerly of Hot ninety seventy five that Chris Love of 434 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 2: Lover guy went on to become known as Ludacris, and we. 435 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 7: Were going into VIP. She threw her whole drink at me. 436 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 7: We had picked up barstools, bling of the barstools hit 437 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 7: the mirror and cracked the mirror. So that's why they 438 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 7: were going to take us to jail, and we were 439 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,719 Speaker 7: able to get out of it. I thank god we 440 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 7: were able to get out of that because we were 441 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 7: with somebody that was you know, have pool in the city. 442 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 2: This was a time where you could get in a 443 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 2: fight in the club and not really worry about someone 444 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 2: pulling out a gun and shooting the place up. So 445 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 2: it was kind of fun to see that sometimes, But 446 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 2: for people who lived nearby and had nothing to do 447 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 2: with the club. Five five nine started to become a nuisance. 448 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: Here's Bame again sharing what it was like to be 449 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: a neighbor at the time. 450 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 6: I mean, this place was most definitely not years you 451 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 6: know what I'm saying. 452 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 5: It was like not the neighborhood watering hole. 453 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 2: Unlike other nightclubs that were often situated in a strip, mall, plaza, 454 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 2: old warehouse district, or somewhere downtown, most of the areas 455 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 2: surrounding five five nine was residential. The club's owner, Mike Cato, 456 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 2: knew this when he first opened five to five nine, 457 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 2: which is why his original idea was for it to 458 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: be a comedy club. When that didn't work, he turned 459 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 2: it into a blues club. When that failed, he finally 460 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 2: decided to shift his focus on the college crowd at 461 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 2: the AUC. 462 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 4: Down the street. When words spread to the rest of 463 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 4: the city that there was a new club playing mostly 464 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 4: rap music, shit, people started showing up. 465 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 6: You could not go out, you know, because it was 466 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 6: like freaknick traffic every weekend on that block. 467 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 11: So the people would come to the club, and once 468 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 11: the club closes, that's where the problems were. 469 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 2: This is Jerry Takouma Brown in the nineteen nineties during 470 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 2: Club five to five nines heyday. He was a chairman 471 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 2: for one of Atlanta's numerous neighborhood planning units. His road 472 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 2: included duties like bringing citizen concerns to city council. In 473 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 2: the case of five five nine, he was often charged 474 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 2: with taking their complaints about noise and traffic to city government, 475 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 2: with many of them hoping to get the club shut down. 476 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 11: They were out in the streets, they were blocking traffic. 477 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 11: In fact, there was a house that caught on fire 478 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 11: and the our truck was only a couple blocks away 479 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 11: from the house, but it had to go completely around 480 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 11: because people were in the street party and cars were 481 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 11: blocking them. They couldn't get through. 482 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 2: Almost thirty years later, another night in particular still stands 483 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 2: out to bang. 484 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 6: My mom had to pick me up from school and 485 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 6: we were coming back home five five to nine. Traffic 486 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,239 Speaker 6: felt like freaknick traffic, and it was a vibe like 487 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 6: my mom was tired of it, but I was enjoying 488 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 6: the music and the sights. And We're stuck on the 489 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 6: highway in this traffic and the guy is playing pouring 490 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 6: on his big screen, but I'm in the car behind 491 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 6: him in a passenger seat with my mom. 492 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 2: As crazy as that sounds, trust me, this was actually 493 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 2: somewhat of a norm in the city and the South 494 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 2: period at the time. Guys would go out and get 495 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 2: TV screens and start in their cars, dropped the top 496 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 2: and entertained everybody they drove past. 497 00:24:58,560 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: It was a. 498 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 5: Traumatic periods to have to endure that. With my church 499 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 5: going mom. 500 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 2: Takuma remembers that wasn't the only trashing material polluting the 501 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 2: block either. 502 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 11: On Sunday mornings our parishioners would come to church. There 503 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,920 Speaker 11: were beer bottles and condoms and you name it trash 504 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 11: in our parking lots. 505 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 2: But soon enough there would be no five five nine 506 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: or crowds to clean up. After Friday, January fifteenth, nineteen 507 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 2: ninety nine, was supposed to be just another night at 508 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 2: the Nine. Longtime Atlanta radio personality Greg Street was planning 509 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,119 Speaker 2: on hosting his birthday party where he was going to 510 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 2: have special guests eight Ball and MJG Fall Through. 511 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 4: DJ. 512 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: Will was getting the night started as usual, setting the 513 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 2: vibe as the crowd started to fall in, but then 514 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 2: Will heard a sound that he knew did not come 515 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 2: from his turntables or the speakers. 516 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 3: It felt like somebody drove a car into the building, 517 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 3: like they said, boom, and the whole building just shoot. 518 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 3: And then they think, you know how, you could just 519 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 3: see smoke just start seeking through the walls. 520 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 4: Demetrius was also there that night. 521 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 9: It was some smoke, if I remember correctly, coming from 522 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 9: the kitchen area, and you know, and it was unusual smoke. 523 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 9: It wasn't like the typical smoke that was in there. 524 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 9: It was a little bit more white as opposed to 525 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 9: you know, cloudy or whatever. 526 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 3: I just told everybody to clear the club. Everybody exit 527 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 3: to the front door. We go out the back door. 528 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 3: Not even three four minutes after that, fire just started 529 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 3: shooting at the top of the club. 530 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 10: The building was on fire. It was burning up. 531 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 2: This fire started at eleven o'clock at night, but it 532 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 2: didn't actually get put out until two or three o'clock 533 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 2: the next morning. I spoke with somebody that was close 534 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 2: to ownership and to let them tell it. They think 535 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 2: the fire department let the place burn down because so 536 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 2: many people wanted it gone in the first place. But 537 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 2: either way, just like that, five five nine went from 538 00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 2: turn to burn. In the weeks that followed, as news 539 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 2: started to spread about the club burning down, the rumors 540 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 2: started to fly out as well. 541 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 7: My first thought was they done burned the club down, 542 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 7: for the issue is money. 543 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,719 Speaker 6: So it was like a rumor started that like my 544 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,959 Speaker 6: mom and some other like elders from the neighborhood got 545 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 6: together and set the fire. And then eventually when you 546 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 6: start running through all of that, it goes to like, 547 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 6: was it the boyfriend who killed her? 548 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying. 549 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 11: Rumor had it that we started the fire and people 550 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 11: took it seriously. I do not believe in doing harm 551 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 11: to anyone because things didn't go my way. 552 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 2: So here's what actually happened. An electrical fire started in 553 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 2: the club's kitchen. The losses from the damage was estimated 554 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 2: at one hundred thousand dollars, with more than eighty thousand 555 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,679 Speaker 2: dollars in monthly revenue going up in flames as well. 556 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 9: But the word around the campfire was, you know, ultimately 557 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 9: they were gonna open the nine back up. You know, 558 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 9: we just thought it was something that was minor as 559 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 9: far as them being able to repair it within a 560 00:27:59,400 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 9: few months. 561 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 10: You know, we were going to be back jamming again. 562 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 10: But it never happened. 563 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 2: Indeed, club ownership and patrons of the club expected for 564 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: the five five nine to return in about four months, 565 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,679 Speaker 2: but those plans were met with heavy opposition from neighborhood 566 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 2: leaders who wanted the club gone for good, and now 567 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 2: that it was burnt down, at this point, these folks 568 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 2: actually had more AMMO to plead their cases about what 569 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 2: went on inside the club, not just outside of it, 570 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 2: so they started telling city government about some of those infractions. 571 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 11: There were young people coming in there, and the police 572 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 11: had information that people had been coming into the club 573 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 11: and they were not being carted. 574 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 2: They were also accused of running in a legal kitchen, 575 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 2: but Mike Cato tells me that the building already had 576 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: a kitchen in it when he opened the club, and 577 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 2: that of course they had a license to cook in there. 578 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 2: Community members were also fighting to have the club's liquor license. 579 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 2: Revolt Club five five nine burnt down in January nineteen 580 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 2: ninety nine. Just a few months later, the final nail 581 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 2: was also put in the coffin of another Atlanta party institution, Freaknik. 582 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 2: Both finally succumbing to the pressure of complaints from neighbors, 583 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 2: police presence, and shit, the city finally decided to just 584 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 2: shut it down and its aftermath. There's been a lot 585 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 2: of back and forth on whether or not this energy 586 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 2: or era should be recreated or if it's just best 587 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: to let it go. 588 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 4: That that was like the biggest. 589 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 10: Myth for years, like you were nine, was coming back. 590 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 4: It was almost like, man, you're postible, alive and now 591 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 4: coming back. 592 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,719 Speaker 2: So do you think that five five nine needed to 593 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 2: come back? 594 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying? 595 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 9: During that time, yeah, you wanted it to come back, 596 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 9: you know, cause you missed the spot. But just looking 597 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 9: back on it, man, you can't recreate that time that era. 598 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 3: Can't. 599 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 10: Nobody duplicated. 600 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 3: People have tried to have five five our reunions and 601 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 3: all this kind of stuff. It's gonna go down as 602 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 3: one of the best clubs in Atlanta ever. 603 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: And you know when it went away, Like what do 604 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 2: you think the five five nine took with it? 605 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 10: When it left? 606 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 7: It took the cultures of being able to come together 607 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 7: have fun, not so much violence, just people getting together 608 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 7: having fun. It was never the same after five five 609 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 7: nine because after other clubs came, things became more violent, 610 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 7: Prices went up as to how much it costs to 611 00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 7: get in clubs. It's just it was different. 612 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,959 Speaker 2: Night Life in Atlanta did not die with the end 613 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 2: of Club five five nine by any means, and neither 614 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: did krunk music. Remember this fire happened in nineteen ninety nine, 615 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 2: Atlanta's club scene exploded through out the two thousands and 616 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 2: two tens. Krunk became a Dictionary word, and Lil John 617 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 2: went on to become a multi platinum Grammy winning producer 618 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 2: and be immortalized by Dave Chappelle. People were still hitting 619 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 2: clubs in Atlanta after five five Dome, but none of 620 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 2: these places were as centralized as this small club on 621 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 2: the West End where the whole city showed up. 622 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,760 Speaker 5: Like you go to the Bounce on Bankhead or like 623 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 5: Club Crucial. 624 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 6: These neighborhoods had more defined personalities where sometimes it's like, well, 625 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 6: if I'm not from over there, I don't need to 626 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 6: be there. That club seems like it's their club, like 627 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 6: the club itself belongs to the neighborhood. 628 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 2: And that griminess that Will talked about that kind of 629 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 2: went away too. It became more about vip sections and 630 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 2: sparkling bottles. 631 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 3: It hurt the underground part of Atlanta because you got 632 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 3: realized you had guys that came out the hood man 633 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 3: like projects. 634 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 10: You had your dope boys. 635 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 3: They was making records, that's what the That was their 636 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 3: platform to come test their music out at the five 637 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 3: five nine. 638 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 2: As five five nine goes away, the club scene in 639 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 2: other parts of town, like Buckhead is starting to grow, 640 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,719 Speaker 2: except in these spots the DJs were catering to more 641 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,960 Speaker 2: of a sophisticated radio listening crowd. You couldn't just go 642 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 2: to the DJ booth with a song that no one's 643 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 2: ever heard and expected to get played. So indirectly, five 644 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 2: to five nine shutting down led to another phenomenon that 645 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 2: Atlanta is known for. 646 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 10: So when they couldn't go to the five five nine, 647 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 10: they took it to the shrimp clubs. 648 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 2: So you mean to tell me that five to five 649 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,080 Speaker 2: to nine being open gave us crump music and then 650 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 2: it closing down gave us making it rain in the club, Well, 651 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 2: I be damn now. At the same time, with this 652 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 2: club being gone, people on the West End, some of 653 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 2: them at least, they were throwing their own type of party. 654 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 11: We were all happy a shit go and not be 655 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 11: able to open back up. 656 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 2: Two years after its demise, the street that five five 657 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 2: nine was on, Ashby, got renamed after famed civil rights 658 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 2: leader Joseph E. Lowry, signaling that the neighborhood was indeed 659 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: moving on and getting back to itself. The black and 660 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 2: white street signed that once towered over the club, though 661 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 2: it stayed there for more than ten years. Over time, 662 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 2: some people would drive past it, knowing what it represented, 663 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 2: while others wondered about the story behind this sign with 664 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:32,680 Speaker 2: no building. 665 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 6: I remember telling Jabari like man, I got to get 666 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 6: the sign because it's legendary. 667 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 2: Bam is talking about a conversation he had with his 668 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 2: close friends since college. Jabari Graham, the guy from earlier 669 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 2: who compared a knight at the five five nine to 670 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 2: that legendary Ernie Barnes painting. In two thousand and four, 671 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: Jabari founded an art show called Art Beats and Lyrics 672 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 2: that started at the five Spot, an Atlanta venue that 673 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 2: was about the same size as five five nine, But 674 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 2: now Art Beats and Lyrics tours all over the country, 675 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 2: often occupying sports arenas in large art galleries. For the 676 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 2: twenty thirteen show in Atlanta, Jabari had the idea to 677 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,840 Speaker 2: showcase the five to five nine sign gallery style. 678 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,879 Speaker 8: It was just this beacon of yo come party here 679 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:25,439 Speaker 8: or fellowship here, and I made my journey to try 680 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 8: to get it the right way. 681 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 2: The right way meant tracking down five five nine's former 682 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:35,680 Speaker 2: owner Mike Cato, who also owns another legendary Atlanta establishment, 683 00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 2: the Blue Flame Strip Club. 684 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 8: Can I get your permission to use your sign, you know, 685 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 8: in one of my art installations. 686 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 10: And he gave me the blessings to do that. 687 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 2: Mike's blessing didn't mean that he was going to help 688 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 2: Jabari actually get the sign down. 689 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,359 Speaker 4: It was still on him to do that. 690 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 6: So in the midst of trying to figure that out, 691 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,359 Speaker 6: Jabbari's bringing me home one evening and we get off 692 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 6: our twenty. 693 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 8: It happened to be there when you know, they were 694 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 8: demo on that everything out, and I was just there 695 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 8: at the right time when they were just taking the 696 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 8: sign down. 697 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,240 Speaker 5: We just happened to catch them. Man, It's divine timing. 698 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,880 Speaker 2: Jabari paid the construction workers a couple hundred dollars to 699 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 2: gently remove both sides of the sign and put it 700 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:18,560 Speaker 2: in the back seat of his car. 701 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,640 Speaker 8: It's a bullethole through there that went through obviously both sides, 702 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 8: and it has so much character. 703 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 2: When Jabari posted an Instagram photo of him getting the 704 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 2: sign removed. Some comments applauded him for a preserving history, 705 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 2: while others said they were gonna miss being able to 706 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 2: drive past the sign and reminisce. With both sides of 707 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 2: the sign now sitting in Jabari and Bame's homes, there's 708 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 2: no publicly visible physical evidence of five five nine even existing. Bame, 709 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,799 Speaker 2: who admits to being a bit of a pack rat, 710 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 2: sees a day where he could loan it. 711 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 6: To a gallery because krunk music in that era of 712 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,400 Speaker 6: Atlanta was such a thing to African American culture. This 713 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 6: is why people wanted to move here for these vibes. 714 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 6: So let me get this sign and maybe one day 715 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 6: it could be in the High Museum of Art and 716 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,240 Speaker 6: say on loan from the Joiner family. 717 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,399 Speaker 2: Until that happens, all we can do is talk about 718 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 2: five five nine like the myth that it is. People 719 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 2: can't even ride past that old vacant lot where it 720 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 2: used to be because now it's a family dollar. 721 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 6: If Atlanta continues going on the trajectory it's on then 722 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 6: the storytelling around who, what, when, where, why, and how 723 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 6: a five to five to nine is going to be 724 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:36,479 Speaker 6: a thing. 725 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: A lot of people still reminisce about those times how 726 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: they missed the way we kicked it in the five 727 00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,080 Speaker 1: to five nine. It was the type of joint that 728 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,279 Speaker 1: really touched the hearts and minds. It was more than 729 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: just a club and really hard to define. We used 730 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: to kick it from beginning to the end of the night, 731 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: and those would be some of the most special moments 732 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 1: in life. The West End has really changed in many ways. 733 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes I crave for times to return to the way 734 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: they were back then. But as long as the memories 735 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: alive and the mind, the legacy survives and happiness thrives. 736 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: This is how history is truly defined. So long live 737 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: the spirit of the five five nine. 738 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 2: In the next episode, the city's HBCU culture inspires the 739 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 2: cult classic movie drum line, and one of those schools 740 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 2: resurrects itself from the brink of closure. In Atlanta is 741 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 2: marching to Morris Brown's beat. 742 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 10: How do you get people to believe in something that's dead? Now? 743 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,720 Speaker 7: We never closed, but when I say dead, the world 744 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 7: thought we were dead. 745 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 1: Atlanta is a WILL pack of media production in partnership 746 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:09,280 Speaker 1: with Idea Generation and Complex. This episode was written, reported, 747 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: and produced by Maurice Garland, with additional production from Christina 748 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: Lee and Joel Wicker. Our supervising producer and editor is 749 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: Shiva Bayat. Our managing producers are Rose through Linei bacon 750 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:26,920 Speaker 1: O'mari Graham and Shamara Rochester. Editorial support from Sean Setero 751 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:32,879 Speaker 1: and Jack Irwin. Original theme music by Aman Shota. Sound 752 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:37,000 Speaker 1: designed by Siva Bayat and Aman Shota, mixed and master 753 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,600 Speaker 1: by A Mind Sahota. Fact Checking done by Sean Setero. 754 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:47,240 Speaker 1: Clearance counsel Donnison Khalif Perez, Lisa Khalif and Jacqueline Sweat 755 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,239 Speaker 1: executive producers for will Packer Media A Will Packer and 756 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 1: Alex Bauden. 757 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 10: Co producer for will pack Of Media is Nimi Mohun. 758 00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,080 Speaker 1: Executive producers for Complex, Jack Irwin and Noah Callahan and 759 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,800 Speaker 1: Bella Head of talent relations for Complex. It is Anthony 760 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:09,440 Speaker 1: Already Special thanks to Tyler Klin, Tyre Harrison, Chris Senator, 761 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:14,920 Speaker 1: Nolams Griffin and Candice Howard Unbig Rude Beast