Lecture 5
West Coast Dance Styles
-The Freshest Kids
-Locking (first professional street dance on west coast)
-Tickin
-Struttin
-Popping
-Boogaloo
-Hittin
The Hip Hop Lexicon (Pre Y2k)
Early Terminology
Beats
: MC’s call the music they perform to, beats
Freestyle
: vocally improvise or make up rhymes in a lyrical fashion across a range of subject
matter
Flow
: lyricists cadence (tone) (style)
MC
: Master of ceremonies
Rapping
: rhyming
Old School
: reminiscent of past processes, virtues, or actions
Underground Hip Hop
: music that is not radio suitable/mainstream
Wack
: work of poor quality, someone that is a nuisance, or reflects poor decisions
Beef
: a disagreement or conflict
Bite
: plagiarism, steal style or lyrics from someone else
The Bomb
: describing something of high quality
Crew
: organized group of writers/rappers/MC’s
Def
: excellent, definite
Dope
: excellent, of the highest order
Diss
: discount, reduce, or reject
Down
: willing to participate
DT
: one time, police detective or detective
5-O
: slang for police from (Hawaii 5-O)
