Hyphy

Hey...how you been? Missed you. You miss me? You look good. Yeah, me? Well it's just good to see you again.

Now that that's over, let me get down to the bidness at hand...I want to get Hyphy! I was on the west coast twice in the last few weeks and overheard some folks talk about "getting stupid", "ghost - riding", and otherwise being "retarded". Well I looked it up, found out it actually dates back to 2000 and has been gaining momentum ever since. It's a lifestyle, and a music movement...check out E-40.

And where have I been that I didn't know there was going to be a Transformers movie? Can this be true? This looks HORRIBLE!! I can't wait for the Thundercats movie.

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[a.brain]

hilarious Cancer...just hilarious!!! LOVE THE SPOKESMAN PIECE.

[cancer]

I first heard about Hyphy about 2 years ago on MTV...figured it would make it's appearance nationally faster than it has. It was talked about as the West Coast's version of the ATL's krunk.

Then I recently saw another little intro to Hyphy and the guy being interviewed was...in a word...articulate. Here's an example of what he'd say:

Hyphy Spokesman - "You know what Hyphy is, it's just stupid, you know what I mean. It's like, people be gettin' retarded, you know, that's hyphy. Cats be gettin' all crazy and goin' dumb, just stupid, you know..."

To which I answered (out loud, to my television set): "Yeah, bro, I know what you mean. I mean, who wouldn't know what you meant when simply strung a bunch of words together."

The weird thing is, I can follow Ebonics. I can't speak it with any sense of credibility, but I can follow. But this guy wasn't even really saying anything. In fact, here's my attempt to replicate the kind of communicating he was doing.

Cancer -- "sausage men enter desk and obsess over the map, you know, I mean...take triple box deer nano to a lime. Understand? It's simple...almost gravy pattern catches the agua."

Thanks Hyphy! For dumbing down our culture even further! You're the best!

I'm off to get dumb...

[mado]

E is popping up all over...bout time a bro from the yay area gets large.

ghostriding in the yay - the only real party in the country

[a.brain]

Thanks Tom, great to be back amongst the living.

The hyphy thing is great/interesting, but to tell the truth I really like the rhyme style of E-40 more than I undertand the lifestyle. Sounds you know some about it...drop me a line if you wouldn't mind to drop some knowledge on me.

[tom delong]

good to have you back a.brain. been hyphy with my yay area brethren for a few years...spreading lingo