Hyphy vs. Crunk

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Hyphy vs. Crunk
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Whats Crackulatin?

• Much of the distinctiveness of Hip-Hop comes from
  its inventiveness with vocabulary.
• Examples of this include
• Lil Jons popularization of his distinct yells of
  Okay, Yeah, etc.
• and
• E-40s coinage of new slang terms like Whats
  crackulatin for Whats happenin?

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E-40

• Bay Area rapper from Vallejo, California
• Poster boy for the Hyphy Movement

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What is Hyphy?

• Pronunciation "HIGH-fee" Function adjective
• Etymology San Francisco Bay Area, shortened
  perhaps from English dialect "hyperactive" other
  sources cite a combination of "hype" and "fly.
• Popularized by E-40 and the Federation's song
  "Hyphy" (2004) first known use on record by Keak
  Da Sneak in 1998 (on "Cool," from his LP
  Sneakacidle).

• 1 dangerous and irrational CRAZY 2
  amusingly eccentric without inhibition GOOFY
• Example "They were getting hyphy up in the club
  Saturday night."

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Lil Jon

• Hip-Hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia
• He is best known as a pioneer of the sub-genre of
  hip hop known as Crunk"

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What is Crunk?

• Folk etymology suggests the modern usage of crunk
  originated as a portmanteau of the words "crazy"
  and "drunk" or having been "cranked up" to a
  level of excitability at which one becomes
  "crunk".
• Rapper Lil Jon defined crunk as a "state of
  heightened excitement".
• Webster's Dictionary defines "crunk" as a "word
  of fluctuating meaning used during the 1990s in
  lyrics of the rap groups OutKast and Lil Jon
  The East Side Boyz, a style of Southern rap music
  featuring repetitive chants and rapid dance
  rhythms.

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Region and Rapping Methods

• Hip hop artists sometimes exploit regional
  pronunciation features to mark their
  distinctiveness.
• They use multilayered totalizing expression, call
  and response, and signifying.

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Methodology

• Ten singles from each, chronologically going
  backward.
• Compile a corpora of lyrics as well as the songs
  themselves.
• Record and quantify new or unique terms,
  phrases, grammar, significations, toasting
  (self-bragging), regional words, etc.
• Whoever has utilized/created more unique
  linguistic variations is deemed more innovative.