<p>I’ve heard people mention it but have no idea what they’re talking about.</p>
<p>look it up on urban dictionary</p>
<p>anyway, it’s a west coast term for “crunk” meaning drunk/high/crazy</p>
<p>Ask, and ye shall receive :D</p>
<p>Hyphy (pronounced high-fee); is a style of music and dance associated with San Francisco Bay Area hip hop culture. It began to emerge in early 2000 as a response from Bay Area rappers against commercial hip hop for not acknowledging the Bay for setting trends in the hip hop industry. 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. The term is a combination of the words “hype” and “fly”.</p>
<p>It is distinguished by gritty, pounding rhythms, and in this sense can be associated with the Bay as crunk music is to the South. An individual is said to “get hyphy” when they act or dance in an overstated and ridiculous manner. Many in the Bay Area would describe this as acting “■■■■■■■■”, “Riding The Yellow Bus”, “Stupid” or “Going Dumb”.</p>
<p>The word “hyphy” was originally coined by Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak.</p>
<p>A particular feature of hyphy culture in the bay area are sideshows or sydeshows, when one or a series of cars perform the extremely dangerous stunt of doing multiple doughnuts in their car by braking and turning at high speeds. Other car maneuvers include “Yoking” and “Ghostriding”. Hyphy culture, like much of rap culture, also endorses the heavy usage of drank (alcohol), marijuana and thizz pills (ecstacy). Dancing and partying, too, are an important aspect of hyphy culture.</p>
<p>Slang
Like many Bay Area trends, Hyphy has a unique culture of slangmuch of it invented by E-40, Mac Dre, and other important figures. Below is a partial list of notable slang terms in hyphy culture: </p>
<p>“18 Dummy” - Getting dumb by drinking Jose Cuervo 1800 Tequila, also known as “Dummy Juice.” also, yellow (or “short”) busses popularized by hyphy music (specifically Oakland artist Mistah F.A.B.) most commonly are equipped with 18 seats.
“Dummy Gone” - A mixture of Patron tequila and Hyphy Juice (a popular grape and green apple fusion energy drink which is highly popular in the Bay Area). The combination equates to a sense of euphoria from getting dumb and gone (as in inebriated), hence the name.
“Flamboasting” - All manner of showing off.
“Gas-brake dippin’” - Driving while quickly alternating between stomping on the gas and the brake. Also known as “Yokin’”.
“Ghostride the whip” - Driver walks 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 sitting atop the hood.
“Giggin’” - Dancing wildly.
“Going or getting dumb/stupid/ignorant/■■■■■■■■/hyphy/yellow bus” - is the main concept, which means having a good time while ignoring society’s negative opinion of “uncivilized” behavior.
“Gouda” - (Goo-dah) Referring to Cheddar, Cheese, The Duckets, Skrilla, Benjamins, Grip, Greenbacks, Cash-Money, or most widely known as the US Dollar.
“Hyphy train” - A wild, mobile party with a long line of cars with all the doors open, in which occupants ghost-ride, flambost, dance on the hood and roof, and otherwise get hyphy.
“Scrapers” - Vintage four-door American sedans with whistling pipes, oversize spinning rims and a powerful stereo system. They hang low in the back and send off sparks when one is “gas-brake dippin”.
“Scrape/Swang” - Turning a sideshow/sydeshow.
“Slapper/Slumper” - A song with particularly loud bass and/or Hyphy connotations.
“Stunna shades” - Oversized dark glasses that help accessorize the sagging jeans, white T-shirts and dreadlocks that are part of hyphy fashion. Unusual looking glasses that people wear when they go hyphy. “Stunnas” are frequently aviator style glasses, but often more elaborate or attention getting.
“Stunting” - Turning donuts, figure eights and other car tricks. Allen Gordon, former editor of Rap Pages magazine, says, “If you can spell out your name in tire tracks in the street you’re the man.”
“Thizz” - Street slang for Ecstasy pills, popularized by the late Andre “Mac Dre” Hicks. Thizz is also the name of Mac Dre’s record label.
“Thizz Face” - Coined by Mac Dre to describe a “look on your face like you smell some ****”. Originated from the face that one makes when putting an Ecstasy pill in one’s mouth, due to the bitter taste. The term and facial expression have been appropriated to mean several other feelings and situations.
“Thizzle Dance” - A dance associated with Mac Dre’s song by the same name, the thizzle dance (thizz dance, thizzing, closely related to going dumb) involves wearing a strange facial expression and waving one’s arms and legs in a bizarre or unusual-looking way. “Thizzing” is also associated with shaking one’s dreadlocks, getting on the ground, or imitating animals.
“Yadadameen/Yadadamsayin?” - A phrase popularized by Keak Da Sneak meaning “Do you know what I mean?” and “Do you know what I am saying?” The ‘dada’ usually signifies rolling the letter ‘R’, however, for effect and for people who cannot roll their 'R’s, the informal ‘didi’ (pronounced did-I) is appropriate.
“Yadadaholla” - A phrase used by (Mac Dre) Andre Hicks similar to Yadadameen “Do you know what I hollar?”
“Yay Area” - The Bay Area of California.
This is merely an introduction to the slang associated with the hyphy movement.</p>
<p>Cities/Locations
Centered around the San Francisco Bay Area, the capital of the Hyphy Movement is Oakland. Additionally, Vallejo, Richmond, and various other locations in Northern California are key areas in the hyphy movement.</p>
<p>Artists
For more details on this topic, see List of Hyphy artists.
Important to the hyphy movement are the involvement of Oakland, California and San Francisco Bay Area rap artists. Major entertainers from the Bay who are considered hyphy artists include:</p>
<p>E-40
Keak Da Sneak
Mac Dre
Mistah F.A.B.
Tha Hoodstarz
The Federation
The Team</p>
<p>damn. thank you for that extensive response.</p>
<p>so…before you go to Cal, make sure you pick up a pair of Stunna Shades, get your Thizz face down, and work on flamboasting at all times…this is the perfect formula for success during welcome week…yadadameen???</p>
<p>slicmlic, if there was a major on Bay Area Rap/Hip Hop, you’d probably graduate with the Highest Distinction.</p>
<p>hahaha, I’m flattered</p>
<p>but yea, graduating with Highest Distinction in Bay Area Rap/Hip Hop would definitely help me gain admission to the top Poser Hatin’ Degree (PhD) programs in the nation</p>
<p>lol (10 char)</p>
<p>this thread is hilarious…</p>
<p>“Going or getting dumb/stupid/ignorant/■■■■■■■■/hyphy/yellow bus” - is the main concept, which means having a good time while ignoring society’s negative opinion of “uncivilized” behavior."</p>
<p>and this is exactly why i hope this movement dies out to save the bay area’s image <em>shakes head</em></p>
<p>the attempts to explain hyphy are extensive…but not complete.</p>
<p>unfortunately, no one can be TOLD what hyphy is.</p>
<p>you have to experience it for yourself.</p>
<p>^Sorta like the Matrix.</p>
<p>Whoa . . . :awe:</p>
<p>ahahaha im truly amused at the turn this conversation has taken…</p>