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Currently, rap and hip-hop culture in general are becoming more and more popular and rapper slang has a significant influence on the slang of youth.
Rappers' slang is very diverse and very rich in words from other types of slang. So, for example, you can come across a lot of “thieves” expressions (a bull is a tense person. A run is a deliberately insincere statement.), etc.
Since hip-hop culture is a street culture, people who are interested in it end up on the street and hear the conversations of the same not very educated people.
Rappers are not people from high society. These are mainly people who spend most of their lives on the street. They talk using a lot of profanity and other simple “folk” expressions.
Rap slang is constantly evolving and adding new expressions. People speak as they feel comfortable, and not as established by any rules or regulations.
Below is the text of one rapper song using slangisms inherent in hip-hop culture. This text was offered for reading to representatives of young people and the older generation.
Return of the Lord of Rap Lyrics
Dungeon Keeper bit, have you seen
me on the rap scene
A couple of years ago
One of many
Since then there have been many obstacles on the road
There is no way around Mister Young,
Generation stands like a wall behind me
Enemies with wet underwear
They run home when we walk down the street.
Boys from the empty quarters of the city,
Wolves tired of the cold of life,
An alliance burning with fire warms hearts,
Each phrase pierces souls like an arrow.
My lads, juggling words, break through walls with rhymes
And the fakes are torn apart by Dani B and Dimak, hundreds of our attacks
They fly around and every enemy is afraid of them.
Like the barrel of a gun, SM or Beret
When MMC is in the aisle, there are no more misfires
My arsenal is not full of variety,
But scum is afraid of rap like a neat guy is afraid of dirt.
They are ecstatic about pseudo cultural figures.
These fools created leftist acronyms
But our style is comparable to hardening reinforcement
The limitless power of hip-hop muscles
Tearing down the towers of our people
Did the hop to spite the suckers and fake judges
I got the point, but you ate an advertising sticker
You shoot money on CD from mom and dad
You shout that you're a hopper, you show off
You wear wide pants but don’t understand the essence of this game
My arms are long, MMS is long-armed
I gave hip-hop like life like Sakharov to science
And these sounds are proof of that
That I go forward for the goal and give it to the court
all the lies in the name of purity of style
yesterday we were underground - today everyone knows who we are
Young, Prague hip hop organization
Psycho generation, applause sounds
2001 - As long as I'm alive my rap will sound like a nuclear explosion.
The text was received quite well by young people! :-)))
The presence of slang did not contribute to any change or misperception of meaning.
Representatives of the youth movement did not experience any difficulties with the perception of the text while reading it. This is due to the fact that the slang of hip-hop culture is very closely related to general youth slang and many words are borrowed from other youth movements, which has led to very unclear boundaries between generally used slangisms and slangisms from any particular subculture.
Unlike young people, the older generation faced problems related to comprehending the text when reading it. Some expressions were understood with some distortion. In general, the text was understood, with the exception of some points. It was difficult to perceive certain expressions from the slang of hip-hop culture. But in general, representatives of both generations understood the meaning of the entire text.
RAPPER'S DICTIONARY
Greetings, expressions, general slang, people.
Afech- A party with more than 40 people. – Not a weak afech.
Base- house. - Let's go to the base.
Without fail- Necessarily. I will definitely do it.
Botanist- a person passionate about learning. - Hey, nerd.
Braza- Brother. - Hey, braz.
Bullish- intense personality. - That's bullish.
Wazap- (from what's up) - how are you? - Vazap, man.
Bump- kill, beat. - He was recently shut down.
Vap- Yes. - You did? - Wap.
Smoke- understand. - Did you understand the topic?
Volyn- gun. - Hide the tree.
It does not matter- Everything is fine. - How are you? - It does not matter.
Golda- gold. - All in gold.
Gnawing- face. - This is what gnawed.
Give it to the jaw- beat. “Yesterday they punched him in the mouth.”
crusher- MC amateur, newbie. - Here's the crusher.
Knead- beat. - I was kneaded yesterday.
Taxi- come, visit. - I’ll pick you up today.
Zenki- eyes. -What are you staring at?
Kaya- Marijuana. - Take away the kaya.
Roof- a company that will protect. - We talked to the roof.
Kulno– (from cool) cool, great. – Kulno spoke.
Cache- (from cash) money, cash. - Return the cache.
Crap- Badly. - It's a lame topic.
Lamer- novice user. Disrespectful treatment. - Well, you're a limer.
Strap- 1,000,000. – Three lyama owed.
Maza– good. - Massive topic.
man- Human. - Hey, man.
Minus- music without recitative. - A good minus.
Mordovorot- an unworthy person. - Here he is a muzzle.
MS– (from Master of the Ceremony). A person who speaks in rhyme, a person who is fond of rap and reads it well. The person who leads the party. - Cool MC!
Natady- for later. – Put aside the natadas.
Don't drive the blizzard- Don't talk nonsense, don't lie. - It's good to drive away the blizzard.
Niga- rapper. - Hey, nigga.
Sheep- passive personality. - Well, you're a sheep.
Fire- Follow, observe. - It's good to fire.
Party- party. – Are you going to a party today?
Peace- (from peace) peace. - Peace, brother.
Run- a deliberately insincere statement. - Stop driving away.
Respect- respect, good disposition towards a person. - Respect, man.
Rulez- cool, cool. - You read it manually.
Saga– theme, history. - Interesting saga.
Sista- sister. - Hey, sista.
Sleeper- a person who does not understand. - Well, you're a sleeper.
Wash off- leave, leave. - Let's get out of here.
Cart- minus and reading, song. - Nice cart.
Chip – a good thing. - Not a bad feature.
Hamster- eat, eat, consume food. - Stop hamstering.
Chromium- gun. - Remove the chrome.
Chase- bag. - Give me a chase.
Chel- Human. - Hey, man.
Chixa- young woman. - Cool chick.
Chitka- reading rap. - Cool read.
Fumble- understand. - You're good at searching.
Shmal– hemp. - Good slut.
Yap- (from уeap) yeah, yeah. - You are walking? - Japanese
Graffiti.
Outline– (from outline) edging of letters, shadows, etc. – Make an outline.
Bubble– (from bubble letter) one of the very first and oldest styles in graffiti.
A style of writing letters where the main thing is softness and volume of shapes. Mainly used for bombing. - He draws money. Bambila
- A person who spoils good walls with bad graffiti. - You bombed. Bit
– (from to bite) to copy someone’s style. - Stop beating. Biff
- (from beef) enmity, problems. - They have beef. Bomb
– (from bomb) quick drawing. It is drawn with paint, often using 1-2 (sometimes 3) colors. - Beautiful bomb. Bomb
- draw bombs. - Stop bombing. Dime
– (from daim style) style developed by the writer DAIM. The style of the letters is in 3D, drawn without 15 outlines, the main emphasis is on the shadows. - He loves dimes. Crewe
– (from crew) several (and sometimes even many) artists united in one team. - Not a bad cru. Piece
- same as writing. - A quality piece.- (from сap) - nozzle for the cylinder. There are different attachments that allow you to adjust the thickness of the line. - Give me your cap.
Peace- (from masterpiece) Drawing on the wall. - Beautiful piss.
Reiter– (from writer) actually the one who draws graffiti. - I'm a writer.
Sketch– (from sketch) sketch, sketch. It can be either black and white or coloured. - Beautiful sketch.
Sketchbook- (from sketchbook) a notebook, notebook, etc., in which the artist makes his sketches. - Show me your sketchbook.
Tager– (from taggers) those who only engage in tagging. - He's a tagger.
Toy– (from toy) - 1) an inexperienced person in graffiti, a wallflower; 2) a person who is in graffiti not because of the love of art, but for other reasons. This leads either to beating or to an unwillingness to constantly improve.
Such people receive nothing but contempt and hatred from artists. - He's the one.
Tega– (from tag) this is the writer’s signature. It is written either with paint or a marker. Each writer has his own tag. There are crew tags. - Put a tag.
Tag- add your tags. - Stop tagging.
Kill- specifically sketch a wall, a carriage. You can kill someone else's tag by placing your own on top of it. - Kill him.
Phil in- sketch inside the outline. - All that’s left is to do the finishing touches.
Brakedance
Vorm- jump to the floor with deflection, rotation on the back - first the legs are swung - then the rotation itself. – He’s making a vorm right now.
Nail- Vertical scroll on the head, legs together. - Made a nail.
Glide- various options for lunar paths. – Beautiful glides.
Gaelik- torsion with transition (windmill), arm-shoulder-back-shoulder-arm
options are possible. - Good gelik.
Dalasal- twisting your legs (like a corner, only your legs are widened) around yourself. – The depalas turns cool.
Give a nail– spin on your head without using your hands. - He gave me a nail.
Paths- this is when your legs run around you. The movements are very basic and have many options (for example, a watch). – Easy paths.
Crack- twisting on the arm with bouncing. - Good crack.
Candle- jump from above onto a straight arm and rotate on it. – High-quality candle.
Sweep- (from swip) this movement is difficult to describe. – Complex sweep.
Step– (from step) movements on the legs. - Not bad steps.
Tattle- running on your arms around yourself, twisting on your arm. – Tattle requires strong hands.
Track- oblique rotation on the head with support from the hands, as on a tattle. Ligaments are often used, for example, sweep-barrel-gelik-dalasal and others. – I made a track.
Fly- the same as depalas. - Cool fly.
Flasks- back through the arms (arm) torsion on the head. - Cool flask.
Frieze– (from freeze) fixation of body position when performing a certain element. - I made a frieze.
Electric boogie– (from electric boogie) plastic movements of the arms, legs and the whole body in general: various loops, waves and others + many robot-style movements. – He dances electric boogie well.
Due to the growing interest in battle rap and the entire hip-hop industry in general, we present to you a detailed conceptual apparatus (rap dictionary) on Rap so that you can understand what MCs are talking about in their battles.
Autotune– Voice processing and correction program, used to correct the performer’s singing according to notes. It has become a household name in rap and identifies all voice correction programs.
underground(underground - underground, underground) - a number of artistic movements in contemporary art (in music, literature, cinema, fine arts, etc.), opposing themselves to mass culture, the mainstream.
Acapella- Text recorded on a microphone, separately from the minus.
Battle- Competition between rap artists is usually accompanied by humiliation of the opponent. A battle track is often nothing more than a diss on an opponent. Battles are divided into online battles (take place on the Internet) and live battles (everything happens live).
Beat- Drum-bass line minus. Previously, they read to a percussion part created by beat-boxing or tapping objects. This word was originally used as a beat in rap music. At the moment, any music that is rapped to is called a beat.
Beatbox- A beat created solely with the mouth, without the use of musical instruments.
Beatmaker– A person who creates beats in specialized programs such as Cubase, FL Studio and others. A good level of beat making is to use instruments recorded live and not use samples.
– (from to bite) to copy someone’s style. - Stop beating.(Beef) - Enmity between rap artists, parties or labels, accompanied by diss and frequent live showdowns.
Bootleg(bootleg) - a pirated collection of tracks that the artist may never even know about.
Becky– An additional recorded audio track, where the performer usually pronounces only the second part of the line or highlights rhymes and phrases.
Backing vocalist– A person who helps the performer on stage. As a rule, he pronounces the second part of the line so that the performer has the opportunity to draw air at this time.
Versus() - One of the two most popular live battles in Russia. Based in St. Petersburg.
Ghostwriter– A specialist who writes texts for money.
Double time- Reading is twice as fast as the rhythm of the music. Prominent representatives of this style are Ceza, Tech N9ne, FIKE, Dom1no and other performers.
Double rhymes(Double-rhyme) - The end of a line has two words at once, which will be used to rhyme in the next line, also in two words. That is, if the first line ends with “brain and heart,” then you will need to select a consonance for the word “brain” and a separate consonance for the word “heart.” For example - “a poster for the door” (with the brain - the poster, with the heart - the door).
Diss(diss, disrespect) - A track aimed at another artist or someone or something with the goal of “bringing him down.” In such tracks, obscene speech, swearing at the opponent and his relatives, threats, below-the-belt jokes, etc. are practiced. Diss are often used in beefs.
EP- A small album, usually up to 7 songs in size.
Sound engineer– A specialist who mixes and masters tracks.
Indabattle(Platypus) - Battle taking place on the portal indarnb.ru. The second largest battle in Russia. It bears the slang name “Platypus”, because the father of the main organizer of the battle (Snake) is the owner of the Utkonos chain of stores.
Instrumental- Synonym general meaning words bit
Cover(cover) – A new version of a track recorded (reread) by another artist.
mouth guard- Slang name for the word “acapella”.
Square rhymes- Rhymes in the text are added at the end of the line, and rhyming words have the same endings. An example is “hand is flour”, “mountain is time”. This is considered to be the easiest way to rhyme.
Concert director– Specialist responsible for organizing performer’s concerts.
Crank(Crunk) - a style of southern rap music, with repetitive phrases and fast dance rhythms.
Live(live) - Audio or video recording from a performer’s concert. As a rule, the “live” mark is placed in the title of the track, so that it is clear that this is not a studio version, but a recording from a concert.
Label(label) - 1) Abroad, a label is a record company that has the rights to release and distribute performers’ albums. 2) In Russia, a rap group is called a label. Often this group is primarily united by the studio.
Mike– Microphone
Mastering- the final stage of working on a song, which is designed to make a well-mixed mix louder, brighter, cleaner, more transparent and put it on the same level as popular commercial tracks in terms of volume level. Also at this stage you can correct minor errors made during mixing.
Mix(mix) - several pieces of music (tracks) arranged in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are compiled by DJs for various purposes (for example, for inclusion on the radio in thematic programs). Typically, mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other characteristics. On average, the duration of a mix ranges from 25 to 74 minutes.
Mixtape(Mixtape) - 1) In foreign rap, this word means a release made from remixes or mixed tracks. 2) In Russian rap, a mixtape is a collection of tracks recorded on backing tracks illegally taken from other people’s tracks. As a rule, mixtapes in Russia violate the copyrights of performers. A mixtape is also a collection of tracks recorded on minus, posted by beatmakers for public use.
Minus- A synonym for the general meaning of the word bit.
Independent battle- A battle taking place on the website hip-hop.ru, organized not by the forum administration, but by the forum members themselves.
Noname(Noname) - An insufficiently popular or unknown performer who does not have a “name”. A relatively objective indicator in this aspect can be the amount of audio in VK and the number of concerts, as well as the number of visitors who came to the concert.
HP(New Rap) - The largest news rap public vk.
Newschool– New style of hip-hop, distinctive features which is the use of fastflow, dashes and various plugins and effects, such as melodin and autotune.
Old school(Oldschool) – An early style of hip-hop, also called old school. Prominent representatives of this style are 2Pac, Wu-TangClan and Onyx. Often this is a measured presentation without the use of many effects and fast flow.
The official battle is a battle taking place on the website hip-hop.ru, organized by the forum administration. The largest battle in Russia.
Punch, punchline(Punch) – This is a laconic phrase/line designed to hook an opponent. This can be either a vivid metaphor or a joke below the belt. “The presence of an opponent is not necessary. It's like finishing off a joke. Just a catchy phrase or line"
Part– Written part of one artist on a joint track.
Dashes, acceleration- The fundamental part of fast flow. Increased text reading speed.
PR– Distribution of the artist’s creativity or any information and offer of services.
Innings- The emotions invested in the reading, the placement of intonations, the way of pronouncing words, the use of vocals, dashes, acceleration and other specific rap techniques.
Producer– A specialist who is fully involved in the promotion of the performer, dealing with all legal and financial issues. Often, producers register the performer's name (nickname) in their name, and when the performer changes producer, he is forced to change the nickname, since all rights to the old nickname will belong to the old producer. For this reason, Loc-Dog was forced to change his nickname to Loc Dog.
Promo(promo) - a release to familiarize yourself with the work of a certain artist.
Release- Premiere of an album, track, video or collection
Remix(Remix) - New arrangement of an already released track.
Rapcore- a subgenre of rock music characterized by the use of rap as vocals. Rapcore combines the instrumental and vocal properties of such genres as punk, alternative rock, and hip-hop.
Mixing- the stage of working on a song, during which the recorded audio tracks (instruments, main vocals, takes, etc.) are combined into one audio file using various devices and techniques such as equalization, compression, volume manipulation, placement in space, adding sound effects. Note: vocal correction, synchronization of takes and backings is a process that is not included in mixing, it is a precursor
note installation stage.
Swag(swag) – An expression of coolness and individuality.
Skiles(Skills) - Presentation and various types of rhyme construction.
SlovoSpb() - One of the two most popular live battles in Russia. Based in Krasnodar.
Compound rhymes- The end of the line in the next line rhymes with several words at once. Example: “Apocalypse - While you are healing”
Storytelling- a track that sets out a story, while consistently describing the events, actions and deeds of real or fictional characters.
Sample– A relatively small fragment of melody (music), taken as the basis for creating a minus. Beats are applied to the samples.
Take– recorded fragment, attempt. Example of use: I wrote it all down in one take, i.e. in one try.
Track(Track) - A synonym for the word “song” in rap.
Triplet- this is a musical size. In rap, it is now customary to call a rap with broken chips, like tanguist, acceleration, etc.
True(True) - A performer who reads the truth, that is, what he really thinks, does and what happened in his life.
Platypus- Slang name for Indabattle.
Fastflow(FastFlow) - A serving style built on dashes and accelerations.
Fit(ft. or feat) - Indicates that this is a joint track of two or more artists
Flayva(flave) - Party, company, group or label.
Flow(Flow) - Execution speed.
Freestyle(Freestyle) - Improvisation in rap. Reading text composed by the performer on the fly.
Fake(Fake) - Performers whose lyrics are based on lies. Their characteristic feature is considered to be the ability to “responsible for words.”
Hype- enthusiastic rumors, often deliberately inflated for marketing purposes.
Hustle- Any type of income related to rap or breaking the law (selling drugs, etc.)
Hater- A listener who condemns any creativity and has an acute dislike for it.
Homey(Homie) - Friend or loved one.
H.h.ru(persimmon) - One of the most popular forums dedicated to hip-hop culture, hip-hop.ru.
Besides the fact that you can often hear the exclamation “Yo!” from rappers, which would mean some approval, there are a few others you need to know that you can hear from them and use yourself.
Yeap!- Yes
Peace- world
Base- house
Respect- respect
Strap- million
See U- see you
Ma way- my destiny.
underground
Underground (underground - underground) - a number of artistic movements in modern art (in music, literature, cinema, fine arts, etc.), opposing themselves to mass culture, the mainstream.
In other words, it stands out from the crowd.
Unplugged
Live sound without using hardware amplifiers. Not so long ago, this style of performance was quite popular, thanks to music channels and the unusual sound of old songs.
– (from to bite) to copy someone’s style. - Stop beating.
Beef (beef - meat, in figurative meaning complaint, dissatisfaction) - enmity between representatives of hip-hop culture. Beefs, their characteristics and unspoken rules of conduct are an important component of hip-hop culture. The most famous beefs are between rappers, but such conflicts are also possible between other representatives of hip-hop culture: DJs, b-boys or graffiti artists.
In practice, beef can be seen when one rapper, in order to deliberately humiliate another, writes a song about him in which he expresses his opinion.
Beatboxing
Beatboxing is the art of creating beats, rhythms and melodies using the human mouth.
- A person who spoils good walls with bad graffiti. - You bombed.
Beat is a beat in music, used in English expression. beat per minute, bpm - beats per minute. The higher the value, the higher the tempo of the music.
Brakedance
Breakdancing (b-boying, breakdance) is a street dance, one of the five elements of hip-hop.
Battle
Battle (battle, fight, fight) - a competition between MC and rap performers, usually accompanied by humiliation of the enemy. A battle track is often nothing more than a diss on the enemy.
Bootleg
A bootleg is a pirated collection of tracks that the performer may never even know about.
Graffiti
Graffiti - in its original meaning - cave drawings, which ancient people painted on the walls of their homes; in the modern sense - inscriptions or drawings painted, inked or scratched on walls, as well as fences and other vertical surfaces. Nowadays, it is the artistic style of hip-hop culture.
Diss
Diss (disrespect) is a trend in hip-hop (more specifically, in rap). The essence of a diss is a statement of disrespect in the text of one rapper (or group) to another rapper(s). In such tracks, obscene speech, swearing at the enemy, and sometimes threats are practiced. Often disses come in pairs, that is, “diss - response diss,” or in chains of disses. Disses are often ignored. Diss tracks are used in beefs.
Rap
Rap (rap, rapping) is a rhythmic recitative, usually read to music with a heavy beat. A rap artist is called a rapper, or more generally, an MC.
The word rap comes from the English rap - knock, blow (a hint at the rhythm of rap). To rap also means to talk, to talk.
Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the use of rap as vocals. Rapcore combines the instrumental and vocal properties of such genres as punk, alternative rock, and hip-hop.
Mix
Mix - several pieces of music (tracks) arranged in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are compiled by DJs. Typically, mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other characteristics.
Newschool
Newschool (Newschol, New School) - “new Russian rap” - all Russian Rap from 1998 to this day.
Old school
Old school (Oldschool, Old School) - old rap, classic Russian Rap. All Russian Rap before 1998 is considered to be old school.
Promo
Promo (promo) - introductory release. May contain incomplete tracks, low quality, text inserts indicating that this is a promo.
Russian rap
Russian Rap is rap performed in Russian.
Staff
Stuff (stuff - things, rubbish) - these are the works of a rap artist
Example: “appreciate my thing” - “appreciate my stuff.”
Technique
Technique is a way of controlling rhythm. There is also a small branch: “technicality” - the degree of skill to control the rhythm.
True
True (truth, truth, true) is the opposite of fake. “True rapper” is a rapper who reads the truth, whose words do not diverge from his deeds.
Freestyle
Freestyle (free style) - improvisation in rap; recitation of a rhymed rhythmic recitative composed by the performer on the go. This is not a pre-written, unrehearsed, “raw” form of hip-hop. Performed to beatboxing, or to instrumental versions of previously recorded hip-hop songs.
In freestyle, a large number of competitions (so-called “battles”) are held, in which participants compete with each other in the skill of rhyming words on the fly.
Fake
Fakes, fakers (fake- lie) are liars, performers whose tracks contain a lot of lies, and reality is at odds with the lyrics (To fake MC’s).
Hip-hop
Hip-hop is a youth subculture that emerged in the mid-1970s among African Americans and Latinos. It is characterized by its own music (also called hip-hop, rap), its own slang, its own hip-hop fashion, dance styles (breakdancing, etc.), graphic art (graffiti) and its own cinema. By the early 1990s, hip-hop had become part of youth culture in many countries around the world.
Haters
Haters (hate- hatred) are people who hate anything or everything. In Russian Rap they denote people whose work is permeated with hatred towards any artist.
Album
Album - the term came to us from the times of vinyl records, when one track was placed on one record, and they were put together as if in albums (record albums). Accordingly, an album is a collection of songs from one artist into one collection.
Crunk
Crunk is a style of Southern rap music, with repetitive phrases and fast dance rhythms.
DJ
DJ (disc jockey - disc jockey, DJ) is a person who plays musical works recorded on audio media for the audience.
Delivery
Delivery - voice production, general mood of the track.
Double Time
Doubble Time is a reading that is approximately twice as fast as the beat rhythm.
E.P.
EP - literally Extended Play - a term from the days of vinyl records. EP - means an incomplete album, with a playing time of 10 to 25 minutes.
Flow
Flow (presentation) - the ability to decorate your text with a competent emotional tone.
LP
LP - literally Long Play - a term from the days of vinyl records. LP - means an album with a playing time from 25 to 80 minutes.
Live
Live - recording from a “live” concert. The roar of the crowd and the amplifier is usually present, but that has its own charm, doesn’t it?
M.C.
MC, MC (Master of Ceremonies) - in reggae culture and hip-hop - an artist who, accompanied by electronic dance music, pronounces words from the stage - pre-composed or improvised, usually in the form of rap - to excite the audience, as well as introduce the DJ. In Russian Rap, MCs are usually considered to be participants in battles who read their own text to someone else’s music.
Mixtape
Mixtape is a special type of music release. The name comes from the English words mix and tape (literally translated as mixed recording).
Maxi-single
Maxi-single - less than an EP, but more than a single. May contain several tracks, and like a single, several remixes, etc.
PunchLine
PunchLine (punch line) - a line written in a comparison style, which unites the meaning of the previous lines, as if putting an end to it.
R&B
R&B (rhythm and blues, rhythm and blues, R'n'B) is a genre of popular music, originally performed by African-American musicians, which integrated combinations of blues, jazz and gospel. The term was coined in 1949 by the chart compilers of the American magazine Billboard, instead of the disparaging expression “race music”, which was common before.
Respect
Respect (respect) - good disposition towards a person, respect for his creativity.
Skillz
Skillz (skills, abilities) is a generally applicable term; it can be applied to absolutely everything that paints the skill of an MC.
Spelling
Spelling (writing) is a way by which a text rhymes, conveying its content. The expression “fashionable spell” implies the use in the text of modern wordplay and consonances, which can only be found among all genres in rap.
Style
Style is a set of techniques used by the MC in a unique combination. Having his own style, the rapper begins to be recognizable, no matter how he raps, and no matter how his voice is staged. All MCs have the right to call their style whatever they want.
Single
Single - from English word"one". A single track, accompanied by remixes, radio versions, instrumentals, acapella, etc.
TungTwist
TungTwist is a direct example of chipping. That is, this is the repetition of certain syllables in a word at a speed of two times or more.
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underground
Underground (underground - underground, underground) - a number of artistic movements in modern art (in music, literature, cinema, fine arts, etc.), opposing themselves to mass culture, the mainstream.
The underground is characterized by a break with the dominant ideology, ignoring stylistic and linguistic restrictions, rejection of generally accepted values, norms, social and artistic traditions, often shocking the public, and rebellion. As a rule, such works are either published illegally or written “on the table,” that is, without hope of publication. However, over time, the prohibitions weaken or are lifted, in which case the work comes to the reader, albeit with a certain delay. Also, the term Underground very often refers to general trends in music that does not support classical paths. The term began to be used in the second half of the 20th century, in relation to:
* to countries where art was subordinated to state ideology
* to trends in developed countries, where mass art is market-oriented
IN modern world information technology, a large number of movements and communities appear that can be classified as underground.
– (from to bite) to copy someone’s style. - Stop beating.
Beef (beef - meat (beef), figuratively a complaint, dissatisfaction) - enmity between representatives of hip-hop culture. Beefs, their characteristics and unspoken rules of conduct are an important component of hip-hop culture. The most famous beefs are between rappers, but such conflicts are also possible between other representatives of hip-hop culture: DJs, b-boys or graffiti artists. The reasons for beefs are usually accusations of plagiarism, claims to leadership in the genre (unfounded in the opinion of the opponent), irreconcilable creative differences, affiliation with competing record labels, and even accidental insults.
In practice, conflicts are expressed in specially recorded songs (traditionally called disses) and interviews, less often in fights and shootouts, in some cases ending in murders.
Beatboxing
Beatboxing is the art of creating beats, rhythms and melodies using the human mouth, but modern beatboxing techniques include many other areas as well. Vocal percussion of hip-hop culture.
- A person who spoils good walls with bad graffiti. - You bombed.
Beat is a beat in music, used in English expression. beat per minute, bpm - beats per minute. The higher the value, the higher the tempo of the music.
Brakedance
Breakdancing (b-boying, breakdance) is a street dance, one of the five elements of hip-hop.
Battle
Battle (battle, fight, fight) - a competition between MC and rap performers, usually accompanied by humiliation of the enemy. A battle track is often nothing more than a diss on the enemy.
Bootleg
A bootleg is a pirated collection of tracks that the performer may never even know about.
Graffiti
Graffiti - in its original meaning - rock paintings that ancient people painted on the walls of their homes; in the modern sense - inscriptions or drawings painted, inked or scratched on walls, as well as fences and other vertical surfaces. Nowadays, it is the artistic style of hip-hop culture.
Diss
Diss (diss, disrespect - disrespect) is a trend in hip-hop (more specifically, in rap). The essence of a diss is a statement of disrespect in the text of one rapper (or group) to another rapper(s). In such tracks, obscene speech, swearing at the enemy, and sometimes threats are practiced. Often disses come in pairs, that is, “diss - response diss,” or in chains of disses. Disses are often ignored. Diss tracks are used in beefs.
Diction
Diction is the ability of a rapper to read clearly and articulately at any pace that skillz allows.
Rap
Rap (rap, rapping) is a rhythmic recitative, usually read to music with a heavy beat. A rap artist is called a rapper, or more generally, an MC.
Rap is one of the main elements of the hip-hop music style; often used as a synonym for hip-hop. However, rap is used not only in hip-hop music, but also in other genres.
The word rap comes from the English rap - knock, blow (a hint at the rhythm of rap). To rap also means to talk, to talk.
Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the use of rap as vocals. Rapcore combines the instrumental and vocal properties of such genres as punk, alternative rock, and hip-hop.
Mix
Mix (mix) - several pieces of music (tracks) arranged in a continuous sequence. As a rule, mixes are compiled by DJs for various purposes (for example, for inclusion on the radio in thematic programs). Typically, mixes consist of tracks that are similar in genre, mood and other characteristics. On average, the duration of a mix ranges from 25 to 74 minutes (fits on an Audio CD), but can be much longer. The sequence of tracks in the form of a mix is specific in that the tracks smoothly replace each other. At the junction between the tracks there is no “gap” in the form of silence, and the tracks themselves during the transition process coincide in tempo, time signature and other characteristics, thus merging together. The process of creating a mix by a DJ is called mixing.
Newschool
Newschool (Newschol, New School) - “new Russian rap” - all Russian Rap from 1998 to this day.
Old school
Old school (Oldschool, Old School) - old rap, classic Russian Rap. All Russian Rap before 1998 is considered to be old school.
Promo
Promo (promo) - introductory release. May contain incomplete tracks, low quality, text inserts indicating that this is a promo.
Russian rap
Russian Rap is rap performed in Russian (there are cases of performance in other languages, such as English). Despite the fact that rap was founded by African Americans, Russian Rap has acquired its own unique style, which is unique to it.
Staff
Stuff (stuff - things, rubbish) - these are the works of a rap artist
“Rappers make things” means “appreciate my thing” - “appreciate my stuff.”
Technique
Technique is a way to control rhythm. There is also a small branch: “technicality” - the degree of skill to control the rhythm.
Triplet
Triplet is a musical time signature. In rap, it is now customary to call a rap with broken chips, like tanguist, acceleration, etc.
True
True (truth, truth, true) is the opposite of fake. “True rapper” is a rapper who reads the truth, whose words do not differ from his deeds.
Freestyle
Freestyle (free style) - improvisation in rap; recitation of a rhymed rhythmic recitative composed by the performer on the go. This is not a pre-written, unrehearsed, "raw" form of hip-hop. Performed to beatboxing, or to instrumental versions of previously recorded hip-hop songs.
In freestyle, a large number of competitions (so-called “battles”) are held, in which participants compete with each other in the skill of rhyming words on the fly.
Fake
Fakes, fakers (fake - lie) are liars, performers whose tracks contain a lot of lies, and reality is at odds with the lyrics (To fake MC's).
Hip-hop
Hip-hop is a youth subculture that emerged in the mid-1970s among African Americans and Latinos. It is characterized by its own music (also called hip-hop, rap), its own slang, its own hip-hop fashion, dance styles (breakdancing, etc.), graphic art (graffiti) and its own cinema. By the early 1990s, hip-hop had become part of youth culture in many countries around the world.
Haters
Haters (hate- hatred) are people who hate anything or everything. In Russian Rap they denote people whose work is permeated with hatred towards any artist.
Album
Album - the term came to us from the times of vinyl records, when one track was placed on one record, and they were put together as if in albums (record albums). Accordingly, an album is a collection of songs from one artist into one collection.
Crunk
Crunk is a style of Southern rap music, with repetitive phrases and fast dance rhythms.
DJ
DJ (disc jockey - disc jockey, DJ) - a person who plays musical works recorded on audio media for the audience.
Delivery
Delivery - voice production, general mood of the track.
Double Time
Doubble Time is a reading that is approximately twice as fast as the beat rhythm.
E.P.
EP - literally Extended Play - a term from the days of vinyl records. EP - means an incomplete album, with a playing time of 10 to 25 minutes.
Flow
Flow (presentation) - the ability to decorate your text with a competent emotional tone.
LP
LP - literally Long Play - a term from the days of vinyl records. LP - means an album with a playing time from 25 to 80 minutes.
Live
Live - recording from a live concert. The roar of the crowd and the amplifier is usually present, but that has its own charm, doesn’t it?
M.C.
MC, MC (Master of Ceremonies) - in reggae culture and hip-hop - an artist, accompanied by electronic dance music, pronouncing words from the stage - pre-composed or improvised, usually in the form of rap - to excite the audience, as well as introduce the DJ. In Russian Rap, MCs are usually considered to be participants in battles who read their own text to someone else’s music.
Mixtape
Mixtape is a special type of music release. The name comes from the English words mix and tape (literally translated as mixed recording).
Many aspiring artists consider mixtapes as a means for their own promotion, so they readily give their new tracks to famous DJs for mixtapes.
At the same time, mixtapes have a semi-official status, small circulations (relative to official albums of famous artists) and instantly leak to the Internet. At the moment, there are a great many mixtapes (no one even counted them), and people well-known in certain circles release another 5-20 every day.
Maxi-single
Maxi-single - less than an EP, but more than a single. May contain several tracks, and like a single, several remixes, etc.
PunchLine
PunchLine (punch line) - a line written in a comparison style, which unites the meaning of the previous lines, as if putting an end to it.
R&B
R&B (rhythm and blues, rhythm and blues, R'n'B) is a genre of popular music, originally performed by African-American musicians, which integrated combinations of blues, jazz and gospel. The term was coined in 1949 by the chart compilers of the American magazine “Billboard” instead of the disparaging expression “race music”, which was common before.
There is a popular, albeit incorrect, half-joking theory-backronym that R&B in the modern sound means "rich and beautiful" - "rich and beautiful."
Respect
Respect (respect) - good disposition towards a person, respect for his creativity.
Skillz
Skillz (skills, abilities) is a generally applicable term; it can be applied to absolutely everything that paints the skill of an MC.
Spelling
Spelling (writing) is a way by which a text rhymes, conveying its content. The expression “fashionable spell” implies the use in the text of modern wordplay and consonances, which can only be found among all genres in rap.
Style
Style is a set of techniques used by the MC in a unique combination. Having his own style, the rapper begins to be recognizable, no matter how he raps, and no matter how his voice is staged. All MCs have the right to call their style whatever they want.
Single
Single - from the English word "one". A single track, accompanied by remixes, radio versions, instrumentals, acapella, etc.
TungTwist
TungTwist is a direct example of chipping. That is, this is the repetition of certain syllables in a word at a speed of two times or more.
Pronounced "two-two-eight". The number of the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, providing for liability for the illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, manufacture, processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues (see Bely, Gandzhubas, Kosoy, Splif). The numbers 228 have become a kind of “friend/foe” marker for performers and active listeners of Russian rap - and at the same time, a designation of an important threat for them.
example
“Summer, autumn, cigarettes, 228, 228./Summer, autumn, cigarettes, 228, 228./228, 228, 228, 228, 228, 228”(Noggano “Anton Palchikov”)*
Ander
Short for "underground". A cultural position that involves opposing oneself to commercial music; in most cases in relation to the quality of the cons (see) and the sound in general. For a long time, provincial MCs and schoolchildren from VKontakte used under to cover up their technical inadequacy; now the term is mostly used ironically.
example
“Love with all your heart, so that you can bask in the Hertz,/Do things in general, underground and commerce./Rap a new version“We don’t stand still”("Combining lyrics" of "Don't Tell Me")
Battle
From English battle. A speech duel between rappers consisting of freestyles, that is, free recitative improvisations on (most often) a given topic. The concept of a battle is inseparable from the diss (see) exchanged between the participants. -Historically, battles took place live, and the winner was determined by the reaction of the public; in Russian culture, however, much more important role played online competitions held on hip-hop.ru and other sites; many current stars (for example, Noise MC or Oksimiron) first announced themselves there.
example
“When we read, battle rap is all resurrected, / And all other Russian rap looks more like a kindergarten”(Mr. Bif "Battle Rap")
White
Originally cocaine; now, however, this is more often the name given to heroin and its derivatives.
example
“When the day is not blurred with white, / Even the sun in the blue sky will seem gray to me.”("The Third Way" "White Friends")
Little bit
Diminutive from “bit” - in turn, a phonetic calque from English. beat. This refers to the rhythmic part of the -minus (see), over which rappers read the lyrics.
example
“Don’t worry, there’s no need to think about it now,/It’s better to throw some little bits around the ring./They’ll remember our handwriting.”(Guf “Our Handwriting”)
Biff
From English beef. A public and most often long-lasting feud between rappers. In the 90s, beefs could even result in death (primarily in the USA); now they are more often perceived as unnecessary posturing and playing to the public. However, outlandish incidents do happen - such as, for example, two years ago the conflict between the patriotic rapper Zhigan and his colleagues Oksimiron and Shock, as a result of which the former came to the latter’s apartment with friends and guns and forced them to apologize for insults.
example
“Beef is a war in which everyone is against everyone, / Beef is when only the arrogant will succeed.”(Oxxxymiron “What is beef”)
Blanche
Bruise, black eye. Unlike the neologisms and anglicisms beloved by Russian rap, this word is no less than several decades old.
example
“From that game we are left with bruises and blanches, / But today the cup will be ours and we will take revenge!”(Serega “Anthem of FC Spartak fans”)
Boshki
example
“Killer heads are more expensive, / But it can be simpler, good Kazakh ones, / So, from the heart, for those who are thirsty.”(The Chemodan "Everything is in rap")
Vatokat
Regional Ural jargon, derived from the phrase “roll cotton wool.” It denotes a slacker, quite happy with life, but at the same time not at all as simple as he seems at first glance.
example
“AK texts are written katas, / The mind of a genius, the soul of a watokata”(“AK-47” “To those who are with us”)
Ganjubas
Marijuana.
example
“All summer long there is moonshine and ganjubas./All summer long we spend like this,/Glasses are not for the sun but for red eyes!”(Noize MC “Moonshine and ganjubas”)
Diss
Insulting verses exchanged between rappers who are in a beef with each other (see) or participating in a battle (see). Diss songs are characterized by intensity and extremely offensive personal insults; textbook diss tracks can be seen in the climactic scene of the film 8 Mile.
example
“You made a diss, but also... my rap and flow,/Why are you wasting my time, fuck off, idiot”(Schokk "Lily")
Smoke
See Ganjubas.
example
“There is always the right stuff for the root:/Smoke, alcohol, gunpowder that kills tea”(Noggano "...pump")
Swing
1. Synonym for “grater”, “showdown” - usually with rival rappers or with the police. 2. Designation of specific drug intoxication, when the emotional state of the lyrical hero changes dramatically under the influence of psychotropic substances.
example
“Swing according to feelings, hard up-down, / This is probably the very underground”(Basta “Rap, which is fiercely rushing”)
Oblique
Roll-up cigarette with ganjubas (see).
example
“I’m slowly frying something, / I don’t need a reason for this”(Guf “420”)
Micro
Short for “microphone” (into which, accordingly, rap is read).
example
"When I took the micro, I melt steel like a steelmaker"-(Legalize “Russian rap”)
Minus
Musical background for speech-tative. In battles (see), the same - and often someone else's - minus is often used, for which rappers read disses at each other (see).
example
“Come on, Steam, let’s read the minus from Little John “I Don’t Give a Fuck”(Steam feat. Drago “Vanich”)
Mukhtar
Distorted "mixtape". Mukhtar mixtapes differ from studio albums in that they are fundamentally free - as a rule, they are posted on the Internet by the authors themselves. Historically they were needed to attract the attention of labels to the rapper, but now they have acquired independent value.
example
“After the jester, he demolishes the tower, like a fortune teller in the tarot, / I gain experience under the second mukhtar.”(Obe 1 Kanobe "Grishnak")
Napas
Oblique puff (see).
example
“A supply for reserve,/Then again./A steam locomotive in reserve,/The wind in the sail.”("Mahogany" "Two Passes")
Padik
Diminutive form of "entrance". The obliques are hammered into padikas (see) and cotton wool is rolled out (see “vatokat”).
example
“Lapka, bag, glass, kilogram, / Padik, picket fence, that’s just Ivan”(“Triagrutrika” “On Vanin’s Quarter”)
Punch
Short for “punchline”: the semantic and dramatic culmination of a track, its most powerful concentrated message. The ideal punch is then quoted far beyond the reference group.
example
“I’m the most technical, the most pumped up here, / My lyrics are bombs, punch on punch”(Anacondaz "Punch on Punch")
Respect
From English respect. The fundamental concept of rap in general, without reference to geography. Respect is directly related to the degree of labor (see) contained in the performer’s texts. In general, it is an abstract and unverifiable concept with a clearly positive emotional connotation.
example
"Hey! I’m giving respect to all the barefoot, / To the boys in general, strict and special”(Noggano “Zhulbany”)
Ruble
Thousand rubles. Originally a southern slang, thanks to rap, it began to be used everywhere.
example
“Time is fire, and now we burn not like minutes, / To give that ruble, so that later we can become a corpse”(Center "Autumn")
Swag
Another Anglicism. A related term to respect (see), but even more difficult to literally translate. In Russian rap, swag is usually a relaxed, but at the same time powerful rap; absolute self-confidence and some contempt for others, as well as an elaborate demonstration of one’s wealth. IN Lately the word is often used in a mocking manner.
example
“Swag... And along the way, we are behind fashion./Adult nifers are making faces, dancing merrily./This is in trend, this is wow, this is in circulation, yo”(Loc-Dog "#SWAG")
Spliff
From English spliff; see Oblique.
example
“The boys put a spliff in the sting under Kid Cudi, /In donut crumbs on the cuffs of a hoodie”(Guf “420”)
Staff
From English stuff; see Ganjubas. Also, in some cases, staff is understood as an array of a rapper’s creativity for a certain period of time.
example
“The staff is sharpened from point to point, in short, / Handwriting like a barrel, sharpened to the kidneys”(“Scammers” “On Air”)
Dot
A small amount of hashish.
example
“Pour some boiling water while the dot is smoldering./What, maybe I should get some sleep? Better still pee"(“Triagrutrika” “At Sunrise”)
True
From English true. A fundamental concept of rap in general. Historically, it is believed that a rapper has no right to a stage image and is obliged to directly broadcast his personal life experience to the listener.
example
“...true, and you have a golim -theater, / TGC, AK, Ike, akuna matata!”(“Triagrutrika” feat. Vitya AK, Ike Dym - “Hakuna Matata”)
Fake
From English fake. Antonym of true (see). -Rappers whose songs are fake, a figment of their own imagination. And now it is quite a serious insult.
example
“The hunchback Edward, right there on the dance floor,/He deftly spins the bottom break on his hump./The dwarfs are true, and no fake.”(“Lenin's package” “Dwarves two”)
Fit
From English feat, short for featuring. It means joint creativity and the presence of MCs friendly to the author in the track.
example
“We started this feat so that your brain swells./Today “TGK” and Guf are on stage together”(Guf feat. “Triagrutrika” “PNP”)
Flayva
From English flava (distorted flavor). A get-together, a group that is almost like a family for the author.
example
“I’ve lost my style, I don’t smoke Belomor, / But my vibe is with me, my vibe is with me”(“Backflip” “Flaiva”)
Flow
From English flow. Technical mastery of reading and its individual characteristics.
example
“My flow flows like Ksenia Sobchak at the sight of new Gucci,/Tell me who’s cooler here,/My flow bugs everyone”(Drago “My flow”)
Hap
The same as hip-hop, but with a real (see) English accent. Vlad Valov always stubbornly called his activities “Hap”; The Orthodox rap group “Komba BAKH” also calls its tracks “khaps”.
example
“In short, forget about your mother, forget about your favorite hip-hop...” - “Petrov, “hip-hop” must be said!” - "Doesn't matter. “You must tell your thoughts to stop!”(2H Company "Brain Cucumber")
Hustle
From English hustle. Difficult to translate, but widely used in rap, the term denotes overcoming obstacles to achieving a material goal, preferably carried out by deceptive and semi-legal means. Hustle is an indispensable step on the path to enrichment for an American rapper; in Russian rap, traditionally boyish and unmercenary, it is rare.
example
“Rap is hassle. Rap is hustle, it's hustle/You have to rise up, breaking the boundaries around you"(Lyon feat. Smokey Mo "Spin")
Hater
From English hater, that is, a hater. In the hip-hop subculture, historically there are no halftones: you can only be true or fake, fan or hater. Thanks to social networks hate in Russian rap blooms wildly and takes the form of disses (see), parodies - or parodies disguised as disses.
example
“I’m a hater, I hate your rap, your track,/Your lyrics are soft like pate”(Oxxxymiron “I’m a hater”)
Chica
From Spanish chica - or from English. chick. Young woman. One of the most ancient words in Russian rap slang - the group “Malchishnik” started using it. Unlike almost all Russian-language synonyms, it fits well into the stanza and is not openly chauvinistic.
example
“Chika, chika, chika, chika, -chika you are mine. / Kitty, sun, fish, bunny, the whole world is for you. / Cars, - yachts, tchotchkes, stones, you are my soul. / You are my sweet little silicone, whatever without me?"(Ptah feat. Tato “Chika”)
Cabbage soup
Var. "shchi". Face; most often - with a serious expression.
example
“Sharp micro and edifying words,/Don’t be poisoned, don’t be stupid, but learn and search!”(“Grotto” “Red Thread”)
*The YouTube videos posted on this page contain the same quotes from the songs that are given in the text. Afisha thanks Anastasia Karagodina for her help in preparing the material
