Sunday, December 04, 2005

• Wuttup everyone!! "It's ya boy" Ant "in da building"...."wus really good?"

  haha..that being said....I read this article by Brian Charles in Wednesday's Metro..I enjoyed it so much I'mma re-type it here on Xanga for your viewing pleasure...

  This Slang Should Leave 'the building'

  Some over-used phrases that have lost there edge and are, like, totally over

  'In the building'

  it's often used on the popular BET show "106 and Park" to indicate when a celebrity is in attendence.  However, it doesn't necessarily indicate that one is indoors.  During an outdoor concert in a park this summer, maseter of ceremonies announced that Mobb Deep was "in the building."  This one has to go.

  'What's really good'

  Popularized by rapper Cam'ron, this nonsensical phrase is teh equivalent of the '80's "what's up."  It can be either a gretting or a confrontational gesture.  The problem with this one isn't it's vagueness, but the frequency with which it's used.  From morning radio shows to mix tapes to music videos, this phrase proves that "what's reallyy good" is bad, bad, bad.

  'Do the damn thing'

  Huh?  The problem is that no one ever clarifies what that thing is they're doing.  The phrase is generally positive and is usually associated with success of some kind, but beyond that, we're unable to ascertain it's meaning.  Stop the insanity.

  'It's ya boy/Holla at ya boy'

  Blame Jay-Z for these two.  The "god MC" himself yelped this over the airwaves and through the headphones of millions in the latter part of his career as and MC.  The net effect is countless interviews with rappers that always begin with:  "It's ya boy [fill in name here]" and end with "holla at ya boy."  Sigh.

  'Bling bling'

  The fact that "bling bling" doesn't even show up as a mistake on a computer's spell-check scares us.  Enough said.

  now...SLANG HALL OF FAME

  "Fresh"

  The old standard.  It's crisp, clean, sounds good on the tongue and everybody knows what you mean.

  "Bet"

  Now yo've got to be old school for this one.  It's like the hip hop equivalent of the word "cool."  For example, "I'll pick you up from the train station at 7, OK?"  "Bet."

  "Dope"

  Imagine the word "fresh" on steroids.  Crack babies all over the world paid homage to the '80's' streeet drug of choice with a slang word that packed as much power.  It was flagrant.  It was obnoxious.  It was hip hop.

  "Cream"

  the South and West Coast had "scrilla," and the Bay Area's Oakland has "fedddy," but in New York, "Cash Rules Everything Around Me."

  So that's the article....it got me thinkin' about works I would like to bring back or get rid of....'Cool beans' ri?..haha...later peoples

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