On African American English

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The problem of gangs in black American society is often discussed in rap songs.

Naturally, there are also many slang words related to gangs that often appear in rap songs, such as:

O. g .- former gang, used to refer to gang members with criminal records.

Red rum means murder, but here it is written the other way around.

Rolling 60' s-gangs and tribes.

Set-gang branch

Set trip-gang infighting.

It's smoking -Kill it.

A member of a military gang with no criminal record.

Loyalty between gangs.

Thug-a person who has nothing, can also be called a "villain".

TTP-refers to Piru at the top of the tree, a gang tribe.

Traveling north-sent to prison.

Slang used to refer to drugs in tongue twister songs, let's take the following examples:

Crazy hat-drug dealer.

Slang-drug trafficking.

Trap-drug trafficking.

Rock star-drug addict.

Primo, turbo and zootie are all marijuana mixed with cocaine.

Slate, snow-all mean cocaine.

Drug attack.

Pass-the excitement of taking drugs.

Triple beam-originally used for weighing gold, later used as a scale for weighing drugs.

Leather, serrated-all paper used to roll marijuana cigarettes.

Sherm stick-marijuana cigarette soaked in essential oil.

Roll up a tube of marijuana.

Smoking marijuana.

Spliff- marijuana produced in Jamaica.

Vegas-A manufacturer of marijuana cigarettes.

In addition, there are many synonyms for marijuana. Such as Bammer, Bonic, Brown,

Keywords bud, Buddha, marijuana, chiba, chronic, damp, doubage,

Keywords hemp, grass, green, furrow weed, hash, herb, home cultivation,

Ill, Indo, iszm, Lebanon, Mary Jane, maui, method, pot,

sess，shake，shit，skunk，stress，tabacci，Thai，tical，wacky，

And marijuana. It's all marijuana.

There are several women's names in tongue twister songs:

Phat-when referring to girls, it has two meanings: one is big ass, and the other is external attraction.

Shorty-when it refers to a woman, it means like a baby or honey.

Sister-female friend.

A woman with a scandal.

Skirt-refers to girls.

Trick.-bitch, pretty dirty word.

Sometimes there are some descriptions about sex in tongue twister songs, and we also have a general understanding.

The names of some important people sometimes appear in African-American speeches.

This is that we need to have a basic understanding of its cultural background in order to understand the meaning of its dialogue.

The following are some important names that occasionally appear in the lyrics:

MLK- Martin Luther King, the leader of the black human rights movement.

MF-Mark Ferhman, a police officer who tried to frame O.J. Simpson.

Malcolm {Malcolm X}-Human rights? #092; A dynamic radical leader.

Tony montana-the name of the protagonist in the movie Scarface.

Uncle l-refers to LL Cool J, a famous rapper in the black society.

Analysis of commonly used words in reposting

1 Pronunciation part:

As mentioned earlier, rappers simplify the spelling of words because of the appearance of hyphens.

The words are also simplified a lot. The most common thing is to change the letter at the end of er to a single "A".

For example, the blackest word * * * * (* *) is simplified to * * * *, another word.

The mother ****a is also simplified as mutha****a * A,

In addition, the word player has also been changed to playa. As long as the suffix is er, it can be changed to a according to this grammar.

In addition, such as ks or

The text at the end of cks is also replaced by an X, because ks(cks) and X are pronounced the same.

If thanks is changed to thanx and checks is changed to chex, this usage has become a rule.

The usage of o is also very distinctive, such as changing Love to Luv and nothing to nut hin'.

The word * * * er is changed to mutha****a * a * a, which also conforms to this grammar. In addition,

Like the s in the word, it is often changed to z, for example, cause is changed to kuz, easy is changed to EZ, and these have all changed.

Moreover, having two grammars is not only used by blacks, but also a general rule in the United States, that is, to go.

Change it to important, change it to important. In addition, if

It became out, a little bit.

Of was changed to sorta, which became the new English grammar.

Words such as re or e, which are almost unheard of in fast singing, are omitted, such as more be mo (such as the black movie move)

Money, abbreviated as mo money), for is changed to fo, or the number "4" is used.

Replace.

Omitting "g" from "ing" has also become a common grammar in the United States, such as changing nothing to' nuthin',

Change commin to commin, etc. As long as ing is progressive, g can be omitted And some words,

Because of rap, the pronunciation has also changed. For example, the word through is well known that gh is not pronounced.

Th is pronounced "θ", but in rap, it is pronounced "T", so the word is simplified to thru.

The pronunciation of the word true is the same, and the pronunciation of the th of nothing is the same as this grammar.

The spelling from "θ" to "t" is simplified to wit, but the pronunciation is still /WIθ/, with the exception.

By the way, some rappers seize the advantage of speaking fast and string together a long list of words.

Written on an album, I feel that the name of the album or the title of the song is particularly dazzling, but it actually sounds the same.

For example, the rap group is out

Caster's debut album, South playalisticadillacmuzik, ice.

Cabe's album is pirated

The last mix is d 'voidofpopingfiedmigmix,

It's a big string, which is a headache to read, but after reading it several times, you will know the pronunciation and meaning of the words. In addition,

For example, digital

What is the underground song Wussup and love?

The entity with love, although the font has changed, the pronunciation is still the same.

The above is just a brief introduction, but it is the word with the highest frequency in black characters.

Here are some words that appear in rap songs and their usage. Some words are used.

Words can be called "vulgar words", "vulgar words" and "slang", but they are all the most practical black words.

First of all, of course, the word Fuck, which has the highest exposure, not only appears in rap songs,

In the United States, this word has become a daily language and is widely used. The whole world knows the word "fuck",

There is a usage of "sexual intercourse", which is also a very vulgar word, and is often used to call names.

The other person's behavior or person, and the word Fuck can also mean anything, any animal, and can also be added.

The use of sophistry, as long as it can swear, is in line with Fuck's grammar. He's got his own fucking way,

A bunch of phrases are formed, which are introduced as follows: The most common phrase is i.

Not giving a * * * means I don't care; ****

About/around means not trusting someone or something; **** off is the same as get.

Out means to go out; As for not * * * Sbup, that's for me.

A person, don't bother me; And * * * something

Up means to screw things up. Of course, as mentioned above, the word Fuck can replace any verb.

Nouns, as long as the other party can understand them. And there's a fucking one that uses the same rules (on

Earth) or a phrase that curses people (hell), that is, "the"

* * * * "is used to emphasize, such as what the fuck are you doing.

Do what? Or what the fuck to say.

Fly? Sometimes it can be used with the word shit, but it is better to use it less.

In addition, another word comparable to the word Fuck is shit. This word means "dung" and "excrement".

Sometimes it can even refer to drugs (heroin), and its usage, like exercise, depends on the user's hobbies.

, but mostly noun usage, used to denounce someone's disappointment. Like Fuck, I often use the word "shit".

The choice of words and sentences is a bit like "fu" and "alas" in ancient Chinese, but the tone is a bit heavy. cheat

! How are you? Or swear words, you little guy

female dog

Shit! Very vulgar usage, or the phrase "eat me" and "remember me"

my

Shit! As long as the word appears in rap songs, there is nothing good. Of course, the word shit was used.

The usage sometimes points to good things, and the usage is like pronouns. Like what?

this

Shit! This shit was once referred to as drugs and girls in rap songs. Yo!

My big

Shit! The shit in this language refers to the baby, which means that the usage of shit is very free! And the most familiar.

Shit must be a bull.

It's bullshit! It's bullshit! Empty talk is bullshit.

Shit! There is a joke saying, "Where is the worst shit?" The answer is "American mouth! 」

It can be seen that the American preference for this word has become an international joke!

Below, I will introduce some rap words with a particularly high frequency, which are described as follows:

1. Numeric words

Because some words sound the same as Arabic numerals, they are directly replaced by numbers, such as 2,

For use 4, 9 is used at night, and the straight right part is usually denoted as "Str" by 8.

8 ",form a new English word with letters and numbers. Some numbers must be known,

For example, the movie 187, which was shown before, refers to "the penalty number of California murderers".

There is also a rapper named 187.

Fac, the famous song "My" by the Whitehead brothers, a rap group.

A lover is a lover.

187 "is also indicated by 187. Other code names related to numbers, Otawa guns.

Let's briefly introduce the next part of the gun code.

2. Words replaced by letters

A stands for the best and b stands for the worst. For example, end B means the worst, but A.

add

(A+) is the best representative. C is often a dating word for see. G is a well-known gang member.

Gangstar can also refer to sexual behavior between men and women, because the woman makes a "G" sound during sexual intercourse.

] can also refer to a gun. N stands for and, r stands for ARE, and u stands for You. In addition,

Ku (Ku), a powerful white group, once wiped out black Americans and ensured the superiority of white people.

Klux

Klan) or W.A.S.P Anglo-Saxon Protestants Americans (white

Anglo-Saxon

Protestantism), but also because WASP is the main class that dominates American society today, which is different from African Americans.

In contrast, the lower class is repeatedly mentioned in the rap songs of Wu and Tang Dynasties.

Clan song C.R.E.A.M (cash, rules, everything, left and right,

I), the title of the song begins with the hope that cash will roll in, and the song begins with this.

Lei quan

Chef (Wu Tang

Clan members came to the birthplace of Wu Tang without the care of their mothers for money.

new

York Shaolin

16-year-old land exposed to drugs, making a living with guns on the street, using these things to get his.

Of course, everything also includes cash companies. Readers can learn from a short lyric of this song.

Understand that money, guns and drugs can be said to be a trinity in the life of American black gangsters, and they are indispensable.

Of course, "sex" is also indispensable. And with the death of guns and drugs, the description of the body is

Lyrics are also endless, and these words constitute the main part of rap music.

The following are black English words that represent these things:

1. Money:

An indispensable part of rap, the most common word is cash, after all, cash is the most practical,

In the drug trade, I have never heard of trading by check, but it is also found in rap songs.

A check is a symbol of money. The word bone means drugs, but it tastes richer.

Often when the team leader explains, it is even related to sex. There is a lyric "near"

no

In addition, "bone" means "worthless" because dollar bills are green, green.

It has also become the code name for big bills, but green also means drugs. And the letter "g" mentioned earlier,

It also means grandeur, and a "G" can mean (sex, gangs, money).

That's too much.

Other common words such as nickle (nickel), such as dough, blunt (originally meaning "dull",

But disguised as "gold ornaments"), Duquet (originally referring to the gold/silver ornaments used in medieval Europe,

In layman's terms, it is a coin or an admission ticket. Hoot (formerly New Zealand Dollar) is also black.

Borrowed, very special), a dime, buck (which can mean black people or a dollar),

There are so many codes for money!

2. Drugs: Buying drugs with money has become an indispensable part of rap songs. America is a big country.

The multi-ethnic color of the melting pot can also be seen from the names of drugs in black rap songs.

Code names of young men and women: Generally, young men and women are often called teenagers, but they also use the code name of Homeboy.

There is another word, Homie. Although it means intimate address, it is mostly related to "gang" activities, but nowadays,

Also become a code name for friends. For men, boys are commonly used.

Man, bro (short for brother), crew, buck, fufe

Dis, etc They are all colloquial, but they are not so respectful to women, such as girls.

Bitch, sis, prostitute, hoe,

Tick and so on, and the last three words mean "prostitute", which is very vulgar. There's another word, PHAT,

Pronunciation, like fat, is a compliment to women, which is perfect.

Hip and

The abbreviation of Touch can be called "stunner", which makes fat originally just mean fat.

The meaning of "beauty" has appeared again, which shows that English grammar has changed a lot. And the word "fly",

It can also be said that it is the code name of your brother's sister-in-law, so the rapper Miss Da.

Eliot, the misdemeanor, is going to sing Supa Dupa Fly.

E. Sexual intercourse between men and women: pimp is the code name of pimp (such as Too).

Short's seventh album is called Shorty.

Pimp "), prostitutes use prostitutes, hoes, and hooks stink.

How. Is a pronoun, and the popular object can also be called hot stuff, using creep.

Urge someone to represent the transaction.

5.

Gangster: Gangster, for example, "G" means Gangstar, and Gang stands for gun.

It can also represent a group of people, and so can the crew.

Bro, hoodlum and gink Gink also refer to gang members.

6.

Police: The police are regarded as a thorn in the side of gangster rappers, so they call them a lot in the lyrics.

The late rapper Z.

Pac even wrote "Fuck" in the testimony of his debut album Z Pac AIYPSE NOW.

All cops, skinheads, Nazis

Whatever! Known as the "rap teacher", KRS No.1 also has a song "Black".

Cop tells the story of black policemen, so it seems that rap songs lure fans to kill policemen.

There are obvious signs. Cop (abbreviated from baton Capper) is often used by police officers.

Pig, po (short for police), Crook. In addition, for example, from the album Detective Tando.

The name 50 also often appears in rap songs. And doughnuts

& amp

Cafe (doughnuts and coffee) is used to address some idle policemen.

In terms of address, almost all are negative words.

7. Death, corpse: The album "My" was released only the day before.

The second album 1993.

Diary, and released the single "Hand" with ice cube.

Dead bodies became very popular, but it was published in Vibe, a professional magazine of black literature and art.

Ask and answer. In the Q&A unit, someone asked: Why does Scarface love to sing death so much?

What about the lyrics of the body? The magazine's answer is: because he worked as a corpse washer in a funeral home for two years.

So he likes corpses. Of course, not because all rappers wash their bodies,

But the word "death" is indispensable in rap. For example, deep six, shallow

Someone gets up, turns to the grave, and goes.

Out and other phrases mean "go to hell", while crpress hill and six deep

Foots (meaning that the coffin is buried six feet underground) means grave, and the verbs bang and.

The pump had something to do with being shot.

8.

Other names: for example, the word juIce can be interpreted as juice, but when it is used as a verb, it means "squeezing", such as ice.

Cube said in the lyrics, "You can't drain me, kus, I am ice".

Cube means resistance, but if a woman is juice, it means she must be a "stunner".

But juice has a positive explanation, and that is respect. When black people talk about Can.

You give me mo

Juice, he not only asked for juice, but also asked for respect. If you call someone an egg head,

Pumpty, the egg-shaped man walking around the wall mentioned in Alice in Wonderland, should not think so.

It's about your shiny appearance. Very cute, but despise a person's dick.

The meaning of.

I said a lot of miscellaneous words. Now I will introduce the grammar of black English, so that you can have a good understanding of rap lyrics.

A deeper understanding.

All that jazz: This is also a movie (1979, Bob). ※。 ※

The name of jazz spring and autumn directed by Fosse, but it means "all" in rap music.

Those things, all that nonsense "(those rubbish).

※Chartbuster: (mainly used in D.J. and music publications) refers to works that are extremely successful in the charts. ※. Buster means tamer and conqueror, which can be combined with many nouns. ※. For example, Ghostbusters (the movie "Devil Buster") is the person who conquers the devil.

Look at this: look at this. It often appears in rap songs. ※

There are two situations, and then the rapper continues to rap, indicating that the rapper has important information to tell.

Tell you, please think about what he said; Followed by a piece of music, it means that he wants you to listen to the music carefully.

Special changes.

Chill: calm, calm, indifferent, showing attitude towards the surroundings. ※. . similar. ※

The word "chill"

Get out, calm down, calm down, and so on.

Deep: true, used with adjectives, such as deep. ※. ※

True (true) and dumb (stupid), strengthen the use of adjectives.

Def: short for define, which means calm and better, firm and calm in black language. ※. ※

Black people who don't back down are very cool and better people, and rap musicians often boast that they are the coolest.

, the best).

DJ: It's a record. ※

It's short for Jockey, Disk stands for record (vinyl record) and Jockey stands for manipulator. Translation of domestic dictionaries

"Radio host" is wrong (there are few correct Chinese translations of rock and roll terms in English dictionaries)

), the correct meaning should be "people who choose to play music in radio programs or dances." The most important thing about rap music is

Characters, one is Rapper who is responsible for oral rap (it can be one person, two people or even a group of people) and plays records.

Provide rap background for mixing, snapshot, etc

DJ of music.

※Dope: It was originally another name for heroin, but it can also be used for marijuana and other drugs. ※. ※

The word "Dope" used by blacks in rap music refers to the feeling of excitement and cheerfulness after taking drugs.

With Funky, it means very good and enjoyable. Many rap musicians flaunt themselves as the stupidest.

(the most powerful; The best).

Let something go on. ※. ※

along with

Someone: It means to start a romantic love story with someone. Get it

Continuation means that someone's love story (usually a chance encounter) is going well.

Hype: For people in record companies, this word means "the promotion of a complete marketing plan", but it's changed. ※. ※

In the words of people of insight in Philharmonic, Angle means "making false or exaggerated propaganda for artists or records".

. public

Enmy1988' s song "Don't Believe"

The theme of "hype" is to satirize too much publicity (damn it

Speculation) causes another form of confusion to the public.

Ilya: It's a scam. ※。 This is the representative of musical style, and it likes to be heavy. ※.

& lt me & gtmeta & lt/I & gt；; I emphasize rebellion and fasting.

Life; Most rap musicians flaunt themselves as bad people and get killed.

Black boy: Another synonym is "monster", which means "super exciting and excellent". ※. ※

. Common words like black boy

The album "That song is a monster" and so on.

※ ku crookes

Klan: The original meaning of these three words refers to the three-step sound when the pistol is triggered, in order to learn the formula when shooting.

Now it refers to the Klan, the secret organization of American terrorism. There are two Ku Klux Klan in American history, and one of them was founded.

Shortly after the civil war,1disappeared in the 1970s. The other was established in 195 1 George.

Atlanta, Asia, activities so far. Although the purpose of the Klan changes with the times, it is basically

In fact, it is against blacks, Catholics and Jews, and is famous for its terrorist violence.

First: from Run-D.M.C, L.L.Cool J, Public. ※。 ※

Almost every rap musician, such as the enemy and the big shot Kane, said that he was $ Number.

One (first place), in addition, they often call themselves kings, and D.J. in the regiment likes to call himself masters.

(master).

Host: It's the owner of …. ※。 ※

As the abbreviation of ceremony, there is usually a music presenter playing records at the dance.

The host is responsible for making the report and creating the atmosphere. In rap music, M.C. is Rapper.

Rapper), many rap musicians even add M.C. directly before the stage name to let everyone know that he is the protagonist, for example.

M.C

Hammer, young M.C., M.C. Wright, etc.

I'm so angry. ※

Off: Literally means "piss on me", but actually it means "piss me off".

Anyone who has seen the movie Good Morning Vietnam believes that Robin is the protagonist.

The part where Williams teaches Vietnamese is impressive.

※Posse: White people refer to "mobs" and black people refer to "a group of people with the same goals or interests". ※. ※,

Later, rap musician m.c.

Hammer called his rap dance group.

Posse, so the word Posse gradually replaced rappers and was widely used.

※ rotatable

Hit: refers to songs that are often played on the radio but are not sold in the market. Tone-Loc's "Wild"

Things "is the opposite example. In 1989, this single sold more than two million copies in America, and it was 1.

1989 best-selling single, but because many white radio stations or rock radio stations (and now there are many rock conservatives)

People who think rap is dirty music and only suitable for street people have never played this song, and the result is the highest.

Only ranked second, and only ranked 33rd in the year-end ranking.

Punch: It means drinking hard liquor. ※。 Give a hard blow. ※. it

Helpful. "exhausted" means drunk or taking drugs.

Yo! ※! What's the matter,

Men? Blacks are used to calling You yo for short, whites call you Fllow, and blacks call you yo for short.

Call each other brothers. The habitual snoring language of black people is Hi,

Dude. And yo! What's up, man?

Funky: The usage of this word is different between blacks and whites. In rap music (black usage), it refers to class.

Just like a feeling during orgasm, it means great and enjoyable. The commonly used derivative is Get

Fashionable

Hip-Hop: Hip means ass, hop means jumping, hip. ※

Hop refers to the black people in the 1970s, which originated from R&B (rhythm and blues), but with R&; B it's very different, emphasizing that in the ballroom.

D.J。

The mixing technology of pure dance music, which was added with Scratch (intermittent reverse recording) in the 1980s.

Turn to play, use the special effect of the stylus to make a friction sound) and the formation of street rhyme and white mouth unique to blacks

Rap music, so you can say Hip.

Hop is the predecessor of Rap, but today these two words can often be mixed, but Rap focuses on rap and Hip.

Hop tends to refer to pop dance music with obvious strong beats.

Indie: the abbreviation of independent, which means that the record company to which the artist belongs ※Indie:Independent. ※. ※

Label (independent company) is not like the world's top five record companies (WEA, POLYGRAM, EMI, CBS← later.

BMG Sony has a huge distribution network, which can do overall design for singers such as modeling and publicity activities.

Because Major (the system of five major record companies) can provide the best objective sound engineer and accompaniment for artists.

Environment, a complete marketing plan, often has the ability to shape an ordinary person into a big star.

More importantly, under the consideration of commercial interests, good artists under the big record companies are often forced to sacrifice some.