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:"Every record label was getting at us at that time, but we fumbled the ball," says E-40, whose My Ghetto Report Card entered the Billboard album chart at No. 3 in March. "I hung on like a hubcap in the fast lane along with a few other rappers, and now it's time again. We had a 10-year drought and they went to other regions and were bypassing us like the surgery out here. But we're trendsetters, and the rap game without the Bay Area is like old folks without bingo." Although the "hyphy movement" has just recently seen light in mainstream America, it has been a long standing and evolving culture in the Bay Area. The term is a combination of the words "hype" and "fly".1 It is distinguished by gritty, pounding rhythms, and in this sense can be associated with the Bay as Crunk music is to the South. An individual is said to "get hyphy" when they act or dance in an overstated and ridiculous manner. Many in the Bay Area would describe this as acting "Retarded", "Riding The Yellow Bus", "get stupid" or "Going Dumb". CULTURE The word "hyphy" was originally coined by Keak Da Sneak .In 1998, Keak Da Sneak used the word "Hyphy" for the first time on record, on the song "Cool" from his ''Sneakacydal'' LP. If someone was hyphy, they were reacting spontaneously to the music. Alternately, it is based heavily around partying and having as much of a good a time as possible. A particular feature of hyphy culture in the bay area are sideshows or Sydeshows , when one or a series of cars perform the extremely dangerous stunt of doing multiple Doughnuts in their car by braking and turning at high speeds. Hyphy culture, like much of Rap culture, also endorses greatly the heavy usage of drank ( Alcohol ), purp ( Marijuana ) and Thizz pills ( Ecstacy ). Dancing and partying, too, are an important aspect of hyphy culture. SLANG Like many Bay Area trends, Hyphy has a unique culture of Slang —much of it invented by E-40 , Mac Dre , and other important figures. Below is a partial list of notable slang terms in hyphy culture: 2Also see the long list of hyphy slang in the ''East Bay Express'' article in the Notes section of this page.
This is merely an introduction to the slang associated with the hyphy movement. CITIES/LOCATIONS Centered around the San Francisco Bay Area , the capital of the Hyphy Movement is Oakland . Additionally, Vallejo , Richmond , and various other locations in Northern California are key areas in the hyphy movement. ARTISTS Important to the hyphy movement are the involvement of Oakland, California and San Francisco Bay Area and Fairfield/Sacramento "Sac Town" rap artists. Major entertainers from the Bay who are considered hyphy artists include: EXTERNAL LINKS News Media Sites
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