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Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture choose

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[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 45: Blow is a slang term for cocaine; cheeba for marijuana.
at cheeb, n.
[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 46: In current slang ‘death’ means something good.
at death, n.
[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 43: A much more accurate idea of where rapping deejays began can be found [...] at a South Bronx disco called Club 371.
at DJ, n.
[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 44: Low-on-the-ladder office workers [...] who smoke their herb, search for some companionship, and in general get loose.
at get loose (v.) under loose, adj.
[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 46: ‘OJ’ is a reference to a big car. Erstwhile football star [...] OJ Simpson does Hertz commercials featuring Ford and Lincoln Mercury cars.
at o.j., n.
[US] N. George ‘Rapping Deejays’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 45: The best definition of [the whack] is that if you don’t know what it means you probably are ‘the whack’ or maybe even ‘whacked.’.
at wack, adj.
[US] N. George ‘The New Street Art’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 73: But for me the cold crusher occurs about four minutes into its 5:49.
at cold-crushing (adj.) under cold, adv.
[US] N. George ‘The New Street Art’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 73: And then (throwdown!) we’re grooving on ‘Good Times.’.
at throwdown, n.1
[US] N. George ‘The New Street Art’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 73: The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel [...] captures the spirit and creativity of the city’s summertime block parties.
at wheel, n.
[US] in N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 56: You can listen to all the records I’ve been involved in and not hear that stuff about busting out young girls in them.
at bust out, v.6
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 52: A room full of coked-up stickup kids.
at coked (up), adj.
[US] in N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 58: That guy can only suck my dick when he sees me [...] I’m invaluable to the success of his company.
at suck someone’s dick (v.) under dick, n.1
[US] in N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 57: You’ll never hear any of our artists rapping about getting over on a woman in a vulgar way.
at get over, v.2
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 47: Russell [Simmons] is hyped for the meeting.
at hyped, adj.
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 54: Ex-indie Sugarhill Records [...] once dominated the rap market.
at indie, n.
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 49: He would certainly hurt their project and, as blaxploitation films used to advertise, ‘stick it to the man.’.
at stick it to (v.) under stick it, v.
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 49: He chortled later [...] about serving them at the meeting.
at serve, v.
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 48: Unfortunately the brothers had a shaky reputation and short bread.
at short, adj.1
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 52: A room full of coked-up stickup kids.
at stick-up man (n.) under stick-up, n.
[US] N. George ‘Rappin’ with Russell’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 46: They are mostly young, real street, and real anxious.
at street, adj.
[US] in N. George ‘Rakin and Eric B.’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 79: Twenty-one MC’s ate up at the same time.
at eat up, v.
[US] in N. George Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1992) 78: Give him another great record and he’ll house all these m.f.’s.
at house, v.1
[US] in N. George ‘Rakin and Eric B.’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 79: I take seven MC’s, put them in a line.
at M.C., n.1
[US] N. George ‘Nationwide’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 82: The idea that such an institution would be run by a white man in Texas makes many brothers here in the Apple bristle.
at Apple, n.
[US] N. George ‘Bobby Brown’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 85: Using funk vocals and hip hop attitude, he ripped right through New Edition’s bubble gum.
at bubble gum, n.1
[US] N. George ‘Bobby Brown’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 85: The buzz was that Brown had bad habits, bad manners, and no future.
at buzz, n.
[US] N. George ‘Nationwide’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 85: ‘My Prerogative’ is more than a cock-strong and cunning celebration of ego.
at cockstrong (adj.) under cock, n.3
[US] N. George ‘Bobby Brown’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 85: ‘Roni,’ short for tenderoni – females sweet, sexy, and probably underage.
at roni, n.
[US] N. George ‘Bobby Brown’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 85: A squeaky hit, the ultra-teenybop ballad ‘Girlfriend.’.
at teenybopper, adj.
[US] N. George ‘Kool Moe Dee & L.L. Cool J’ in Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 86: Several Mambazo songs celebrate the group’s badness.
at badness (n.) under bad, adj.
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