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03.24.06 07:12 PM

do you want to get hyphy?

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I'm still trying to figure out what I think about this hyphy music.I know for E-40 it's just due and I like "Tell Me When To Go," particularly the remix with Game has become as addictive as my Sidekick II (Thanks Michael). On the heels of Crunk and Snap you got Hyphy (and all 3 of these genres are married) so it really shows that the East Coast has fallen off in a major way, er strike that, make that New York. But then has New York even been hot since Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt?

It's kind of ironic, considering the last time I was in the Yay (Vallejo to be exact - and mind you it was at least 4 years ago), hyphy was not what I heard on the radio. It was your typical commercial fodder.

All that aside, E-40's My Ghetto Report has landed itself atop the Billboard chart somehow. So I suppose I need to pay attention.

Watch the video for E-40's "Tell Me When To Go" feat. Keak Da Sneak

additives:


  • DJ Heat Presents Hyphy & Flow download (Courtesy of balls and my word)
  • Marketing E-40: A Thizz Face For Every Name? - prohiphop.com
  • Hyphy or Crunk It's All About What you Pour - from the Spartan Daily (I love the comparison of the two energy drinks, the writer could have even turned it into a metaphorical comparison of the genres)

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This joint is the hottest right thur. I haven't heard the remix with Game but I'm sure it's more of the same. I can quicker get with this than some crunk garbage.

posted by KB [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 25, 2006 5:57 PM #

Ah yes: gettin' stupid. I remember first coming up to the Bay for school and having all the street promoters tryna get us to get hyphy! I was all, get what? And now it has its very own wikipedia entry complete with a prononciation key.

posted by Ann | March 25, 2006 11:05 PM #

Thanks for linking the Spartan Daily story that I wrote. I'm glad you liked it. It was actually a sidebar that ran with one of my columns that tried to dissect the word origins of "hyphy."

How did you come across my little story in our little paper, anyhow?

posted by Kevin | March 27, 2006 7:37 AM #

I'm not sure what to think of the whole Hyphy thing either. They've been trying to get it poppin for a minute and the new E-40 song to me is whats giving it some fuel....not sure what else they can do with it.

I guess we will see...but I could just be hatin' cause I'm in the ATL.

posted by Tim [TypeKey Profile Page] | April 3, 2006 8:39 PM #

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