The term “spitting game,” meaning “to flirt,” comes from African-American slang going back to at least the 1960’s, when game referred to someone’s hustle. It’s well covered in Randy Kearse’s Street Talk: Da Official Guide to Hip-Hop and Urban...
In this week's episode, we go from hip-hop to a public television show about the intra- and inter-class conflicts in a British manor house. We also talk about "flupgrades," what you might call it when a software update hurts more than...
Eric B and Rakim n.— «One of the more bizarre terms has to be Eric B and Rakim, which means a “zero balance fee note.” The phrase ironically comes from the rappers” hip-hop classic Paid in Full.» —“Revealed: how to chat up a senior clerk” by Nina...
hip-hope n.— «For the time being, Williams will “spit” knowledge on the mic and on his CD, with the intention of teaching young people a new way of thinking and living. “That’s part of my overall mission and that’s to revolutionize the hip-hop...
guap
n.— «I doubt fab needs to steal a chain. That nigga got guap.» —“Boxden Slum: Rapper Fabolous gets shot…then gets arrested” by rmemo Urban Boxden Oct. 18, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)