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On the radio and TV series Dragnet, and other California-set police shows, the characters routinely refer to murders as "one eighty-sevens.". In the song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" by Sublime, Bradley Nowell used the lyrics "And screamin' 1-8-7 on a motherfuckin' cop," alluding to Dr. Dre's song.
The 20th century was a truly special time. One day we were "cruisin' for a bruisin'" with some "greasers" at the "passion pit," the next we're telling a Valley Girl to "talk to the hand"—or ...
The two would incorporate hip-hop slang into their conversations in inappropriate ways, often misusing intellectual words or making up new words altogether, for example: "It's time to get musicational!" and "Our music comes from a very emotionary place." It is then occasionally revealed that the band members attended elite colleges.
The slang of rap, like all slang, may include words that signify others, such as "cut" (turntable technique), "bite" (stealing someone else’s rhymes), "dope" (great), "dawg" (male friend) and such neologisms as "edutainment" or "raptivist" (Chuck D of Public Enemy), but it is not an important use of the idea of signifying in rap or hip hop.
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black American street culture, [4] [5] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, [6] it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.
Bear in mind that the conversations about this new hip-hop magazine were taking place at the same time Warner Music was responding to nationwide outrage and calls for a boycott over Ice-T’s ...