Hip-Hop & Rap Artists

Bangin’ v. to play a song often.

bling bling n. jewelry, usually platinum with diamonds. rel. ice jewelry with diamonds. “I like the photo for the wax cover, but we need a little more bling bling on the butta pecan.”

butta adj. awesome, fantastic. syn. dope.

butta pecan n. phr. attractive Latina.

drops n. when an artist or group calls out a station’s letters as a promo to play during radio shows.

exciters n. the talent. syn. poets, mcs.

for sheezy phr. “for sure,” definitely.

ghetto adj. anything relating to the hip-hop lifestyle, whether positive or negative. syn. gutter.

heavy ro n. song that receives a lot of radio air time.

hit me v. phr. “Call me.”

jocks n. deejays.

joint n. song. syn. track “Yo, didja peep the new joint? This track is off the heezey,

for sheezy!”

off the heezy phr. song with exceptional commercial promise.

peep v. to view or listen to

something.

rides n. sneakers. “If the exciters wears his new rides on the 12-inch, he’ll be gettin’ some heavy ro from the jocks.”

slingin’ v. to sell. “The rep came ‘round slingin’ some new wheels of steel, but I ain’t gonna hock my ice for his ghetto wheels.”

spins n. number of plays a song receives at a radio station.

12-inch n. song single distributed only on vinyl records.

underground n. track that rarely receives much airplay due to lyrical content or a lack of mass appeal.

wax n. vinyl record.

wheels n. turntables. rel. wheels of steel; ones & twos.