TheAmericanCannibal

Hyphy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Look up hyphy in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hyphy
Stylistic origins G-funk, West Coast hip hop, Mobb Music
Cultural origins late 1990s, Oakland
Typical instruments Sampler - Bass - Drums - Keyboard - Turntables - Rapping
Mainstream popularity early 2000s
Other topics
Hip hop music - History of hip hop music - Timeline of hip hop
For the identically pronounced structures in fungi, see hyphae.
Hyphy (pronounced /ˈhaɪfiː/ HYE-fee) is a slang word created by Bay Area Rapper Keak Da Sneak which is used in the San Francisco Bay Area that literally means "rambunctious". Hip-hop artist E-40, with his song titled "Tell Me When to Go ", along with many other Bay Area music productions, put the Bay Area culture on the national map, and this culture began to be known as the Hyphy movement. However, it has become very commercialized and distorted to the point where more and more Bay Area artists and residents no longer proclaim themselves as part of "the hyphy movement", while others, notably the 80's and 90's generation, still wholeheartedly embrace it.[citation needed]

The movement started from the '90s rappers but again re-emerged in the early 2000s as a response from Bay Area rappers against commercial hip hop for ignoring the Bay's influence on the hip hop industry.[1][2] Although the "hyphy movement" has just recently seen light in mainstream America, it has been a long standing and evolving culture in the Bay Area.[3] Bay Area rapper Keak Da Sneak was the first to use the term on an album.

Hyphy music can be associated with the Bay Area as crunk music is to the South; however, the musical aspect of the Hyphy movement has very few similarities to crunk music as it is dictated by more up-tempo beats.[4] An individual is said to "get hyphy" when they act or dance in an overstated, fast paced, and ridiculous manner.[5] Those who consider themselves part of the Hyphy movement would describe this behavior as "getting stupid" or "going dumb."[6][7] In contrast to much of popular American culture where these phrases would be considered negative or even insulting, Hyphy is distinguished by taking this kind of behavior as a form of pride


A stupid word that should not be used.

This is a core list of slang associated with urban bay area culture

"Bunk"
Low in quality. Started as a term for marijuana before hyphy
"Cryphy"
When a rambunctious thug gets too emotional to hold back his/her tears. (i.e. "gettin' cryphy")
"Dank"
High in quality. Started as a term to refer marijuana before the hyphy movement
"NiggaGoneDumb"
Hyphy Juice mixed with patron silver.
"Gas, Brake, Dip"
Driving while quickly alternating between stomping on the gas and the brake. Also known as "Yokin'".
"Gas Scrape"
Continuously stepping on and letting go of the gas pedal to imitate the gas, break, dip motion
"Ghost Ridin' the Whip"
Driver walks or "gets stupid/dumb" alongside slow-rolling car with the door open, giving the appearance that the car is driving itself. Passengers ride with all the doors open and sometimes leap out of the moving cars, sometimes dancing on top of the hood.
"Giggin"
A form of the Thizzle Dance where you let your body flow freely letting it do whatever you want.
"Going Dumb/18 Dummy, Getting Stupid/Silly/Ignorant/Retarded/Hyphy, and Ridin' the Yellow Bus"
Bay Area style of having fun; the aforementioned terms almost always involve dancing rambunctiously and consuming large quantities of illegal drugs. 18 Dummy referring to being drunk on 1800 Jose Cuervo(18 dummy juice).
"Grapes"
Specially cultivated strains of cannabis which are very potent and appear to be purple in color or to refer the grape blunt wrap of choice. i.e. Optimo, Phillie or Swisher
"Home Of The Grapes"
A name for the Bay Area. Coined for the Napa Valley Wine Country and for the large amount of Grapes smoked in the Bay Area.
"Joog"
A good deal.
"On One"
Referring to being on a Thizz pill.
"Thizzle Dance"/"Thizz Dance"
Dancing while on at least one, in no particular fashion.
"Purp"
any strain of "purple" cannabis (ie: purple kush, granddaddy purple, etc).
"Runner"/"Ripper"/"Bop"/"Boppa"/"Block Head"
A girl who is promiscuous.
"Scrapers"
American sedans, like classic caddilacs, buicks, chevy's, usually with angled, as opposed to smooth, edges, which may have whistling pipes, oversized rims, and a powerful stereo system. They hang low in the back and send off sparks when one is "gas-brake dippin." This term is used to describe bicycles as well, commonly known as "scraper bikes."
"Slap"
A word used to describe the feeling of bass through your subwoofers. Coined before hyphy even white people say this.
"Slumper"
A song with particularly loud bass and/or Hyphy connotations.

A man wearing stunna shades"Stunna Shades"
Oversized glasses that people wear when they get hyphy. They help accessorize the sagging jeans and white T-shirts that are part of hyphy fashion. "Stunnas" are frequently aviator style glasses, but often more elaborate or attention getting. originally used to hide the oversized pupils of somebody on ecstacy
"Stunna Van"
A van, usually Dodge vans, that are built like scrapers.
"Turfin'"
A hyphy form of dancing in public areas. Movin with the music "in the bay area we dance a little different" origins in East Oakland made popular in the song "Turf Drop" by E-40. each neighborhood, gang, or turf, may have its own unique style.
"Thizz"
A slang term for pills containing MDMA, popularized by Mac Dre. Thizz Entertainment is the name of Mac Dre's record label.[9]
"Thizzle Dance"
Not necessarily one dance, but a variety of dances usually involving strange movements similar to a drunk person. As Mac Dre says in the song "Get Stupid (Remix)," "It don't look right if you really ain't drunk."
"Twomp"
The amount of marijuana you can buy with twenty dollars(dub/20 sack)
"Yadadamean?"/"Yadadasayin?"
A phrase popularized by Keak Da Sneak meaning "Do you know what I mean?" or "Do you know what I am saying?"
"Yay Area/The Yay"
Another nickname for the Bay Area of California. Yay, or yayo, can also be a reference to cocaine.
"Yee"
Originating from the streets of Richmond, a cheer made to express exuberance, as in "yeeeeeeee," demonstrating a greater emphasis on the afore mentioned exuberance.



GET YOUR VANS OUT PLAYAS!