KarmaloopTV caught up with legendary Hip Hop duo Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep on the set of a photoshoot for Milkcrate Athletics. During the shoot, P and Hav explained the origins of their infamous Queensbridge-based dun language.
Praise to the Kool Moe Dee, he elevated
And changed it with records like the New Rap Language Edan – Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
And changed it with records like the New Rap Language Edan – Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
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Brinks is a security company that provides armoured trucks for transporting money and valuables.
Brinks trucks have been the target of several high-profile heists such as the 1981 robbery by members of the Black Liberation Army (including Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of 2Pac).
We split apart, and now I met this new trick Dainy
Mobb Deep (Ft. Q-Tip) – Drink Away the Pain (Situations)
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From brandy to gin to cheap malt liquor.
As Prodigy would later tell us in his song Three, Dainy is dun language for St. Ides (see below), a brand officially endorsed by an alarming number of Hip Hop artists in the 90’s.
Dun Language?
Replacing the ’s' at the start of a word with a ’d'. So son becomes dun, self becomes delf etc (first used by EPMD in the 80’s?). Presumably Saint Ides becomes Daint Ides which becomes Dainy for short.
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Continuing KRS One’s infatuation with Paul McCartney, this intro is sung to the tune of “Ebony and Ivory” by McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
Longtime BDP fans might remember this intro from the “Up To Date” song/routine that KRS used to perform live.
While y'all pop that Cris' and that Moe shit I get scoliosis
Cause I ain't straight til I see every one of my niggas rise Boot Camp Clik (Ft. Buckshot, Sean Price, Steele & Top Dog) – Ice Skate
Cause I ain't straight til I see every one of my niggas rise Boot Camp Clik (Ft. Buckshot, Sean Price, Steele & Top Dog) – Ice Skate
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Scoliosis is a medical condition in which the spine is curved instead of straight (see x-ray). Cristal and Moet are being used as shorthand for the jiggy-swaggy-flossy rap that has become increasingly popular since the late 90’s.
Buckshot isn’t impressed with rappers that flaunt their wealth while so many others are still struggling. He isn’t cool until his people are cool – his people being both Boot Camp Clik (remember, Sean Price is the Brokest Rapper You Know), and black people in general.
I'm one fifth of the Fab, I'm one eigth of the great
Boot Camp Clik (Ft. Buckshot, Sean Price, Steele & Top Dog) – Ice Skate
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Do the math. Sean P’s group Heltah Skeltah first appeared together with Originoo Gunn Clappaz as Fab 5, releasing the song Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (later rebranded as a Heltah Skeltah track featuring OGC).
Fab 5 had five members. If you add Buckshot and Smif-n-Wessun you get Boot Camp Clik, a crew of eight. Therefore Sean P is one fifth of the Fab 5 and one eighth of the great Boot Camp Clik.
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Originally released as “Leflah” by the Fab 5 (Heltah Skeltah and Originoo Gun Clappaz). This song marked the introduction of Duck Down’s hugest acts Heltah Skeltah (Sean Price & Rockness Monsta) and Originoo Gunn Clappaz (Starang Wondah, Louieville Sluggah, & Top Dogg) performing as a whole under the name “The Fab 5”.
So I took a trip to Jack LaLanne
Got my weight back like that when I snatched the chain Sean Price (Ft. 5 Ft. Accelerator) – Boom Bye Yeah
Got my weight back like that when I snatched the chain Sean Price (Ft. 5 Ft. Accelerator) – Boom Bye Yeah
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Jack LaLanne was a bodybuilder and fitness guru who opened one of America’s first gyms in 1936. The Jack LaLanne Fitness Center went on to become a national franchise.
This is a play on LaLanne’s name because the word jack can also mean to steal. Instead of working out, Sean got back up to fighting weight with twenty pounds of stolen jewellery.
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Cock D is short for cock diesel, meaning super-muscular, and able to handle themselves in a fight for example.
Also, the way Rob inflects his line, he’s asking if Aes said Mary Mallon had too much posse or not. (Michael Bluth: This is not a volvo…).
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