Guys,
I'm a hiphop fiend, as you all know.
However, there are many terms/trends that I fail to understand. I suppose I'm just not that cool.
Hopefully, someone among you will be "cool" enough to help out!
1)"A Minute"
This happened to me a few months back.
One of my friends came up to me, after 10 years, and he said "Yo Mike! I ain't seen you in a minute!"
I thought to myself "is this guy retarded? It's been 10 years since I last saw him! Of course, I haven't seen him in a minute!".
Little did I know...the new terminology for"a long time" is "a minute".
Can someone clue me in on what I'm missing here?
2) "Finna" (ex. "I'm finna go to the bar and get some drank and hit the floor"- Mike Jones)
I've been noticing a lot of rappers using the verb "finna", as opposed to "gonna".
As we all know, "gonnna" = going to.
Does "Finna" = FINALLY GOING TO?
3) SWAGGER
–verb (used without object)
1. to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
2. to boast or brag noisily.
–verb (used with object)
3. to bring, drive, force, etc., by blustering.
–noun
4. swaggering manner, conduct, or walk; ostentatious display of arrogance and conceit.
WHY is, all of a sudden, everybody's using the term "Swagger" or "my swag"? It's not actually a slang term, but since when was it cool to boast about your "swagger"?
I gather that boasting about your skills, cars, chicks, and mansions isn't enough? So, now you have to boast about your arrogant persona?
Or did someone just happen to make a cute song about "swagger" and everyone else decided to follow along and use it (like how the term "bling" came along)?
Somebody help me! I need to be "Hip to the scene!"...well, actually I don't wanna be ...but once in a while, it'd be nice to understand what today's kids are talking about.
