Notes

ACE Best friend, main man, a person who has someone's back, or protection or who will go down for there friend or crew. (exam. "Fabel and Crazy Legs are my aces") AIGHT Short for "all right", everything is cool, (exam. "every thing is aight".) or, a way of saying something is not great, and not bad, but in the middle like (exam. "his moves are aight".) AK AK 47 gas-operated assault rifle. AR- 15 AR-15 is a lightweight,magazine -fed, air-cooled, autoloading centerfire rifle.

ALL THAT You think you hot, or the hottest, or the coolest. (exam."he thinks he's all that" or "his beats are all that") ASSED OUT Lost out, lost out on something. or your fucked, meaning you blew it, or your doomed. (exam. "That kid got caught at the wrong place and the wrong time, he's assed out"). B Top B An east coast term short for brother, or bro. (exam. "wasup B") BABY MAMA BABY DADDY A person you had a child with.

BACK/ BACK UP 1- Booty, but, nice looking round but. Remember the song "Baby got back". 2- Crew, people that will defend you and back you up in a situation.

BAIL To Leave, or go. Short for out on bail. (eaxm. "We had fun at the party but now i gotta bail out") BANGIN/ BANG 1- Short gang term for "Gang Bangin" 2- Girl with a ghetto body, big booty, slim waist (exam. "girly over there is bangin, im'a talk to her". 3- Term for sexing a girl. (exam. " I wanna bang her") BANGER Knife or a sharp weapon. BANK Money, cash (exam. "that kid got bank") BALLER Ghetto term for money makers in the hood, be it by legal or illegal activities. also a term for a street basketball player.

BEEF Serious trouble with an individual, or group, or gang. To have beef with someone is to have arguments or war. (exam. "I can't stand that dude me and him got beef over a girl") BENJAMINS $100 bills , that has Benjamin Franklins face on it. BENZ Short for Mercedes Benz. BISCUIT BUN BLEW IT UP/ BLEW UP THE SPOT When a Hip Hop crew (MC's, BBOYS, WRITERS, DJ) gives a great performance that leaves the crowd or observers screaming. BLUNTED High Off of marijuana rolled in a Philly blunt (cigar). BOLO/ BOLOS Term used to describe a wild punch that was invented by famous boxer Kid Chocolate and used by Sugar Ray Leonard. (exam. "if me and that kid fight I'm throwin bolos") BOMB 1- A graffiti rampage on trains and walls, where you try and flood as many tags and throw ups as possible. 2- When fighting to throw as many big punches as to end the fight quick.

BOOGIE DOWN /SOUTH BOOGIE Slang for the BRONX. BOOGIE DOWN BRONX.

BOOYA 1- sound of a shot gun blast 2- Used as an exclamation point 3- Name of a west coast Samoan Gangsta rap group BREAK 1-The percussive part of an 70's James Brown style record, where the drums play a funky beat. This we called the break, and is one of the key roots to Hip Hop music. 2- original NYC gang term for getting violent on someone, or a situation. Stems from the word Breaking Point.

BREAK IT DOWN 1- To dissect a knowledge situation or concept, and explain it in a simple format 2- to get down in any aspect of culture, especially dance. (exam. "at the zulu jam DJ AFRICA BAMBATTA played F 4000 and FABEL started breakin it down on the floor")

BUGGIN Acting silly. BUST / BUS To take action or fight/hit/punch/shoot gun (exam.'I'm gonna bust that kid in the mouth" or "I'm gonna bus a cap in that foo") Also can mean to dance, or get down (exam. "let me see you bus") note: saying "bust a move" is incredibly corny and old now. BUSTA a person who is fake, phony, or a punk who can't fight, or snitches. BUTTER When someone, something, or someone's Hip Hop skills are great and smooth like butter. BUCK/ BUCK WILD 1- To shoot someone, or at someone. short for Buck shots. 2- To get crazy one someone, or violent on someone. (SUNDANCE got buck wild on some punk at the last Zulu jam") 3- To get crazy with ones Hip Hop skills. (exam. KOOL MOE DEE was gettin buck wild on the mic at the negril club last night") BUM RUSH 1- When a crew or group of people rush the door or gates of a party without paying. Bum meaning person with no cash, rush meaning forcing there way in. 2- A person getting jumped/ beat up by a group of people.

BUT/ BOOTY 1- When someone, someone's skills or something is not good or is lacking. (exam. "I liked the kids rhymes but his beast were booty") 2- Someone's ass (I think yall know that though) C Top CHEESE/CHEDDAR Money, cash

CHILL Relax, stay cool. CHIN CHECK Punch someone in the chin/ face, To test someone's chin with a punch to see if they can take it. CHIPS Referring to casino chips, money, cash. CHROME 1- GUNS 2- CHROME CAR RIMS CHUCKS Short for Chuck Taylor Converse all stars sneakers, made popular in the 1970's and were heavily popular in East coast Hip Hop and West coast Gangs.

CIPHER 1- refers to a circle of people where Mc's battle, and freestyle, or BBoys battles and get down. The cipher is where BBOYS and MC's get there real training and work on there skills. 2- in 5% religion (an NYC based religion made popular by rap artists like Brand Nubian and Wu Tang) cipher and non cipher refers to the chosen and the non chosen, 5% and non 5%, and angels and devils..so forth.

CLOCK, CLOCKIN 1- Killin time 2- Punch someone in the head. CLOWN WALKIN New young Hip Hop dance style. Uses allot of footwork COLD 1- Short for cold hearted. Not nice, that's not cool, what you did was cold. 2- Great, nice, good. Young people now use it to mean when something is great. 3- a word that expresses an attribute of something. Cold chillin, cold knock you out, Cold gettin down.

COP To buy, originally a term for buying drugs. (exam. "I'm going down to the spot and cop me a dime bag"). CRAB/ CRAB BITCH 1-A ghetto girl with nothing happening and too much additude. A slutty girl. 2- A person who has nothing to sho for him or herself, and still like s to talk sh&t.

CRACKIN/ WHATS CRACKIN/CRACKALACKIN

Whats happening.

CREW A group of people who work together for a common cause. Originally a slang used by the Mob for a crew of men who work to rob, steel and extort money. In Hip Hop a crew can also be a group of MC's (rappers), BBOYS, WRITERS (graffiti artists).

CRIB A persons home. CROOKLYN Slang for Brooklyn. CUT UP/ CUTTIN THE RUG Refers to gettin down, dancing, (exam. Poppin Pete was cuttin up last night)

D Top DEAD PRESIDENTS paper money.

DEEP 1- A wise person, a person who speaks with great knowledge. 2- A serious situation (exam. "that kid got shot in the head, shit was deep") 3- A large group of people traveling together to a party, or how a person rolls up to a club, or spot. (exam. "when we go to jams we roll 30 deep")

DEF Old school term for something great. DEUCE Ghetto way of saying the number 2 22 caliber gun = deuce deuce 42nd street = forty deuce DILLY/ DEALY/WHAT THE DEALY? Whats the deal?, whats going on?.

DIP 1- Time to go, to leave. "gotta dip". 2- Original Hip Hop rhyme started by members of the Furious 5. Dip dive socialize trying to make yall realize that we are qualified to rectify to satisfy to burn in desire, set them on fire to boogie

DIGITS Phone number DIME 1- bag of weed 2- A snitch, a dime was the amount for a phone call in the 60's and 70's and that's what it took for a snitch to make a call. 3- a way to tell a female or male to call you. (exam. "wasup girl, drop a dime when you got the time") 4- referring to Bo Derrick's move TEN, a perfect woman with pretty face, and ghetto body (big but, slim waist).

DIS Short for disrespect. DOG/ DAWG 1- friend that you can count on in times of trouble. A person who watches your back. 2- Old school NYC word for beating someone up. "im's dog that kid", or "me and that kid had a fight and i i dogged him". DOME / DOME PIECE A persons head. Usually referring to fighting and punching someone in the head, or shooting someone in the head. DON Spanish and Italian word for God father, or person of great respect. They will put the word Don before there real name. DOPE/ DOPENES 1- Another word for someone or something great 2- Drugs, heroin DO OR DIE Slang for Bedstuy Brooklyn. Do or Die Bedstuy. D.L./ DOWN LOW To keep something quiet, to protect a secret, shhh don't tell anyone, or to lay low and not be seen for a while because of a situation. DOWN BY LAW An old school term for a person who is certified, or who has great credentials, great repoir in the streets. DOZENS A back and forth game of making fun of each others mothers, family, disabilities. This is no holds bar jokes where people get there feelings hurt, but you have suck it up. Mama jokes seem to be the most common and popular.

-Your girlfriend is so stupid, the first time she used a vibrator she cracked her two front teeth.

-Your sister is so stupid, she went to the baker for a yeast infection.

-Your mother is so dumb, she couldn't pass a blood test. Your mother is so ugly, when he sits in the sand the cat tries to bury her.

DROP SCIENCE To teach street knowledge to other people, knowledge of self (meaning of ethnic groups and people of color). E Top EASY, BE EASY be smooth, take it easy. ENDS short for make ends meet, to have or keep money. F Top FADE / FADED 1- refers to the Philly fade haircut where they fade the sides and the back to your skin 2- to be FADED is to be high on drugs or liquor 3- "We can't be faded" means "can't be messed with" or "f^cked with".

FAKIN JACKS To be phony or acting phony. A person telling lies. FASHO For sure. FIEND To be desperate for something, a crack fiend. (exam. "Dude was fiendin for some booty from that girl") FIFTH A fifth of bacardi. FLAVA To have style, pizzazz (exam. "bgirl Renegade got mad flava") FLEX Referring to flexing muscle. To try and intimidate someone, or to prepare to fight someone (exam. "I can't believe that kid tried to flex on me") FLY/ FLY GIRL/ FLY GUY A person who looks, dresses, and smells good. Always got there hair done, spends allot of time and money to make themselves look good. FLOW 1- to have plenty of money/ income flowing in due to legal or illegal activities. 2- An MC or Dancer who can move or rhyme nonstop smoothly without breaking there flow.

FORTY Referring to a forty ounce of beer. FREESTYLE 1- Original term for a style of dance that came before house dance. 2- Off the top of the head, when an MC (rapper) rhymes with no pre written rhymes. 3- term for a form of Hip Hop dance that borrows from many styles of dance in and outside of Hip Hop and then freestyle's it off the top of the head with no routines.

FRESH To be great, or brand new. To dance or rhyme, or do a great wild style graffiti piece. To dress nice and look good. FRONT To fake something your not. Pretending to be tuff. To not show up for a situation or a fight. (exam. "me and Juan was supposed to go to the train yards and do some pieces, but he fronted so I went by myself") FUNK/ FUNKY 1- Funk refers to a music style that originated with drummers in New Orleans like earl Palmer describing the type of sound they want to play. So they said Funky like bad breath 2- Funk was a term also coined by James Brown referring to the music making people move and dance so much that at the end of the night the club would be/smell funky from all the sweating and perspiration. so James Brown would say "it's gettin kinda funky in here". 3- refers to a style of music originated by the African American community. heavy bass, syncopated drums, and funky grooves. JAMES BROWN, PARLIAMENT FUNCADELIC, SLY STONE. 4- FAKIN THE FUNK means to be fake in music or Hip Hop or on the streets. Or not really funky.

FOREALLY, FOREALS, FORILLA, FOREALDO Slang for "FOREAL"