Slangology Raps was going to be the original name of Gullier Than Thou but I got talked into changing the name. But yeah, Eyan J is a slangologist. Some people might not agree, but fuck them hos.
How does one become a slangologist? Listen to A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT of Ghostface. You would also have to have spent some quality years in AOL chatrooms, specifically Arts & Entertainment’s Hip Hop room. Not the watered down bullshit that it’s become in the last 10 years or so, but back when everyone’s favorite hip hop artists were regulars in the room. Back when Mos Def, El-P, Vast, DutchMassive, Yak Ballz, etc were trying to find their way and their place/way in the game. I remember when Sole was all butt-hurt over not being signed to Def Jux and SPAMMED THE ENTIRE FUCK out of everyone’s mailbox trying to get some cosigners and friends.
But yeah, back to the slangology. We used to play this game in the chatroom called the ebonics game. Y’all newcomers to the interwebs play it now, but we’re the originators, none greater. The Late Shift *as we liked to call the folks that were usually in the room from about 10pm-5am* used to do hip hop trivia, hip hop scramble, and the ebonics game along with having some seriously deep and meaningful life conversations. No bullshit yo. It used to be live as fuck.
So one night, we’re talking about how questionable and pause worthy *because this is the time that pause ORIGINALLY became popular. thank you Stretch/Bob/Lord Sear* Biggie’s line “you look so good, I’d suck on your daddy’s dick” was, all that while we’re playing the Ebonics game (see note at bottom). So while all this is going on, I’m having a side convo about how black folks and latinos always mince the Kang’s Anglush when trying to pronounce words. My Nigga became “Manega”. It took off from there. I started spelling shit ghetto-phonetically for humor and emphasis in the mid-late 90s and it’s been a part of my every day conversation since then. If you or anyone you know has had a conversation with me, you’d know that the only slang words I SERIOUSLY use every day are: dope and fresh. That’s it.
But yeah, that shit stuck with me in all my 16 years of being on the internet. Yes, niggas..I’ve been on the internet since you had to pay for AOL by the minute. I remember when Netscape and AOL were beefin like Death Row and Bad Boy did. Yes, I just dated myself. Fuck it, I’ma G.
Before I end this post let me give some shoutouts. Peace to: Nev, Stres, Wak aka IHuntMidgets aka ElianStoleMyRaft aka Chocha Ranger Numero Dos aka My Brother From A Dominican Father, DJ Sugarcuts aka FludWatches, Charly Bean, Yak Ballz, Yesh, Viz, El-P, Vast, DutchMassive, my big brother for life Karma the Ho Charma, my other big brother for life VisionPoet aka P aka GQEssence1 *yeah, I remember that shit, man! lmao*, and anyone else that fought over 3 letter SNs/anyone that remembers when AIM was for Guides only/lag punting fools out of the room with Chocolate Punter.
Note At Bottom: If you don’t know what the Ebonics Game is, I don’t know what the fuck you’re doing with your life. But the Ebonics Game is when you take an every day word or phrase and mangle the everlovingFUCK out of it. Like when I mentioned “My Nigga” becoming “manega”. Another personal favorite was “both of them” which becomes “bofe-um”. I’m a master of this shit, i’ve been doing it since 96.
PS- Hi Kam aka Kamasaur aka KamaSutra aka KamKam Bigelow aka Kamston Martin Music. If you have any more question, sennum to muh axe bawks.