A Chronological Listing Of Records That Include "Izzle", "Izzo" Words Or Similarly Created Words

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a chronological listing of records that include "izzle", "izzo" words or other similarly created words.

These entries are given with excerpts from the 2004 New York Times Magazine article entitled "Izzle" by Kathleen E. Miller.

The content of this post is presented for historical, linguistic, and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all of the composers, performers, and producers of these records. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. 
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/07/african-american-vernacular-english-in.html for the 2014 pancocojams post with the revised title "An Example Of "Izzle" Language & African American Vernacular English In A Popular 2006 McDonald's YouTube Video Clip (performed by Todrick Hall)".

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST

1981: Frankie Smith - "The Double Dutch Bus" ; [The "Double Dutch Bus"] "included a list of infixed names -- "Bilzarbra, Mitzery, Milzetty . . . Titzommy, Kitzerrance, Kilzommy" -- at the end of the song." 

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1985: UTFO  [Hip Hop] - "Roxanne Roxanne" ; "The izzi is the grizzeat Kizzangizzo."

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1991: Another Bad Creation  -  "Playground" ;  ..."the adolescent artists sang, "Into the Mizzark chillin in the pizzark ."

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1993: Snoop Doggy Dog - "Tha Shiznit"; "In the song "Tha Shiznit," Snoop raps, "Is Dr. Drizzay, so lizzay and plizzay With D-O-double-Gizzay?"

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1996: E-40 - "Rappers Ball";We were saying fo'sheezy and fo'shizzle. . . . That's a Bay Area word, man." "Rappers Ball" does start off, "We off the heezy fo'sheezy," 

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1996: E-40 - Records Haters";  "On the same album ]that includes "Rappers Ball", a song called "Records Haters" claims that "3X Krazy laced me, taught me how to say fo'sheezy."

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2000- Snoop Doggy Dog - "Snoop Dogg (What's my Name, Part 2) ; "The izzle, which is used as a suffix rather than an infix, however, doesn't show up in Snoop's lyrics until December 2000 in the song "Snoop Dogg (What's my Name, Part 2)," in which he raps over the intro with "Izzle kizzle, fo' shizzle" and other variants."

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2001:  Jay - Z - "Izzo, H.O.V.A"; "There's the East Coast rapper Jay-Z's 2001 song "Izzo, H.O.V.A," which includes, "H-to the izzo, V to the vizza."

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2002 : Missy Elliott- "Gossip Folks" ; "And even Virginia's Missy Elliott has an izz variant in her 2002 "Gossip Folks," "Izzy kizzy looky here."

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2003: Ludacris -"Holidae Inn"; " Atlanta's Ludacris does a cameo in the St. Louis rapper Chingy's 2003 "Holidae Inn": "Fo' Shizzle Dizzle, I'm on track with the Big Snoop Dizzle."
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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/magazine/izzle.html "Izzle" by Kathleen E. Miller, 9/24/2004 ["The Way We Live Now: Language" heading] 

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Here's another entry for this list that doesn't come from that New York Times Magazine article:

2003: Kanye West - "Through The Wire";  This [Jay-Z's song "Hova"] was Kanye West's first hit single as a producer. It became such a calling card that on "Through The Wire," he referred to himself as "Mr H -to-the-Izzo's back to wi-zerk." https://www.songfacts.com/facts/jay-z/izzo-hova

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Wire for more information about Kanye West's song "Through The Wire".

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Pancocojams Editor's Note: Except for "The Double Dutch Bus", all of these records are categorized as Hip Hop/Rap.

All of these recording artists are African Americans.

Please add to this list for the historical record. Thanks!

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