Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site sdcc3.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ee161bep From: ee161bep@sdcc3.UUCP (Paul Van de Graaf) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Homeboys explained! Message-ID: <2979@sdcc3.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 16:24:16 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc3.2979 Posted: Tue Sep 3 16:24:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Sep-85 00:37:30 EDT Distribution: na Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 59 Keywords: homeboys chill def dissed fresh wack word b-boys b-girls In my lap I have a book called "All You Need to Know About RAPPIN'" by Grandmaster Blaster (and several ghosts). My sister gave it to me as a gag gift... she was taking break-dancing lessons at the time. Disclaimer: Although I have been called at times an "inside-out Oreo", to my knowledge I have never been and probably never will be black. The book describes a Homeboy as "a close friend". Sort of the urban black equivalent of a "good old boy". The book also has a section on rappin' vocabulary complete with translations from "Jive" to "Boring English". Some of the more interesting phrases appear below: Chill cool, "bad". Rough very good job; well done Chillin' out hanging out. Throw some bass talk to a girl. Crib one's home. Wack no good; lousy. Def nice, attractive. Word a fact; an agreement. Fresh fantastic, beautiful. Zooted all partied out. Here are some translations: Rap Language Boring English -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Say def rap, Say def rap, | This rap is about great raps: Homeboys go off when I def rap | my friends dance when I rap well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Around our way I see a crew so wack | In my neighborhood I saw a really But my spin's so bad | crummy break-dance crew, but I It brings the biddies back | started doing my fantastic headspin | and that attracted some women. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Say motion, Say motion | Now this rap is about an exciting Say loco, loco, loco-motion | song: listen to it when I play it Check out my jam when it's on the | on my portable stereo because it's box; When you're chillin' out | really great, especially when 'Cause it really rocks | you're relaxing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Say rough noise, Say tough noise, | This rap is about really great Say gather-at-my-crib you b-boys | music: All the people who love rap They know my rappin's wild, | come to my house because my rappin' An' my mixin's a must, | is out of this world. I'm the best I am the treach'rous one- | rapper around. I rate A plus. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I guess you get the idea, now for the bizarre part. I'm working on a computerized rapper. Similar to those automated poets like Ractor and others. When I get my Midi port so I can hook up my drum-machine, I'll write some software to syncronize the drum machine and my voice synthesizer. I'm using the SSI chip, so I have control over inflection and pitch. The random rap software was pretty easy... you don't have to worry so much about bein' gramatical :-). I think I'll spare you from reading a random rap, but the stuff really isn't much worse than the real thing. It's at its best when I have it rappin' 'bout itself, the typical boasting crap that almost all rappers do. "I rap it fast at 20 mips; cause I'm full of microchips" Paul van de Graaf sdcsvax!sdcc3!ee161bep U. C. San Diego