WaveyWuan, January 17, 2021
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the Mississippi Hip Hop dance called "Mohead Swagg".
This post showcases one video of Mohead Swagg and presents a compilation of comments about Mohead Swagg from various YouTube discussion threads.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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WARNING- The records that are used for swaggin (doing the Mohead Swagg) are Jigg records. Those records include profanity and the n word. The YouTube discussion threads for these records also include profanity and the n word.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/09/louisiana-jigging-information-youtube.html for a closely related pancocojams post entitled "Louisiana Jiggin(g) - YouTube Dance Videos, Information, & Comments".
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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT MOHEAD SWAGG FROM THE DISCUSSION THREADS OF SEVERAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS
These discussion threads are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only. These videos aren't embedded in this pancocojams post because this blog is family friendly and I considered the level of profanity and/or the n word in the song or video to be above the level that I include on this site. That said, the videos document how this dance was or is now (in 2023) performed and I believe the comments should be archived for historical and cultural purposes.
These comments are given in chronological order with the earliest comments in each discussion thread given first, except for relies. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
I use amended spelling for profanity and/or the n word
that are found in these selected comments.
Some definitions for African American Vernacular English words and/or other brief explanatory notes are given
after some of these comments.
DISCUSSION THREAD #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gFnDLCdLc
[This is the discussion thread for the video that is
embedded at the top of Part I of this pancocojams seies.]
2011
1. @2Ton3RNND
"Ight us people in Mississippi be killin da moehead
swagg especially at JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY!!!!!!"
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"Ight" =African American Vernacular English word
="Alright"
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2. @MsIKeePiT100
"This shidd look crazy."
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"shidd" ="sh-t" [meaning the dance; This word is used to refer to lots of things whether the reference is neutral, positive, or negative. That use is the same or similar to the vernacular use of the word "bit-h", or its vernacular spelling "bih", and "jawn". For example, read #18 in this discussion thread.
In the comment quoted above, the word "crazy" in this comment is probably not
used in its African American complimentary sense.
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3. @RichardWiggler05
"so this is what happened to hip hop? I quit. I want
out."
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4. @ItsCourtsWorld
"iTS JUST LIKE Any other dance if jerkin would had
never gotten famous Everyone would had said that was stupid But when mo head Get around Everybodii will
be doin it"
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5. @ItsCourtsWorld
"AT LEAST we stay HYpe!!!! wHENever u come to Jackson MiSSISSIPPi u just
hAVE THE bEST TIME OF YOUR lIFE (iF YOU DONT GET SHOt)
But jacktown All day ") gOTTA LOVE MY CRAZY jACKSON
People <3"
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6. @Meandnotyou
"tht looks an awful lot like the hard head........just
sayin, go ya'll doe"
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The end of this comment is part of an African American
conciliatory saying "...but you go do you".
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7. @AyooReneee
"man i am trying so hard to learn this dance.......and
let me tell u it is hella hard.....i am from Seattle and dont no how to do this
Mississippi dance.so let me give mississippi a shoot out for this tight as
dance.....all we do in seattle is jerk,dougie,and cat daddy.......let me tell
you that sh-t* is gay**...lol"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
**This comment was written during the time that the word
"gay" was used as a put down (insult).
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8. @TheChildren2
"dude in green shirt u go HAM on everyhang"
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"going ham" = going hard as a motherf--ker
meaning = being wild, aggressive, crunk (a word that was formed by blending the words "crazy" and "drunk")-snip-
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10. @gabbydee1990
"@sexcci92 well thats mississippi.. east coast n south
do differ sh-t*...... example yal chicken noodle soup... ms swag walk"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
"Chicken Noodle Soup was an African American R&B dance that was popular in 2006.
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11. @MrEli1995
"this must be MIssissippi... Over here in Georgia we
BEEF IT UP!!!!!!!! #SWAGG"
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"Beef it up"= probably means something like "do dance movements that go harder (are more aggressive looking)
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12. @Breyionna
"@bboy1022 REALLY??? Lol So "Beefin' It Up"
in the ATL doesn't look just as stupid!? Haaaha All of these dances look crazy,
but they do what they're suppose to do: Keep everybody crunk when they're doing
them! Lol"
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13. @KrissyJayful
".iilove thiis dance... but iits hella hard... iidont
know how to do iit... YET xD"
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In the contest of this comment, the word "hard" in
this comment means "difficult to learn and/or to do" and not "very good"
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14. @justinj601
"There is some true HATIN' posted on this! If you can't do
the dance cool! Don't hate on the one's that can! Go MISSISSIPPI!!!! That's a
DOPE dance!!!!!"
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2012
"Holdinm it downn for the coasttt,, biloxi MS"
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16. @MeHeDiedfor
"I dont know why this dance is so popular...."
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17. @taytaystar98
"That's how we do it in mississippi"
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18. @esteban321htx
"Ayee finna start doin this sh-t* in houston tx bOy!!!"
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"Ayee" = popular contemporary African American exhortation that is found throughout the United States, but probably came from the South (if not from West Africa) .
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19.
"im from NYC and this goes TOO HARD!!!!!"
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"Too hard" is a compliment.
2020
20.
"Mane these was the days bruh..."
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"Mane"= one contemporary African American spelling for the word "man"
"bruh"= one contemporary African American spelling for the word "bro" ("brother") .
2022
21. @RESTINPEACE12345678
"These were the days lol today doesn’t compare to this"
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DISCUSSION THREAD #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Z4fr6E7HY
"FullHouseEntMS | Mo Head Swagg Starz Promo Video to T LO "All
Day", published by Full House Entertainment, Aug 28, 2011
Full House Ent / Mo Head Swagg Starz promo video to T
LO "All Day
2006
1. @kaliph4424
"WOW this song came out in 2011 and now we all know
about it. love it"
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2. @trav2404
"better late than never"
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3. @michealwolf2536
"this song came out in 2008"
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4. @cedfri, 2020
"The dance style call “Mo Head” strarted in Moorhead,
MS by a dude called Hard Head in the 2000s and took off across Da Sipp..."
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2012
5. @destinymoore2423
"Respresentin Mississippi All Daee .. ErrDaeee!"
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2013
6. @lilggio12
"representin mississippi with a louisiana song. lol
they goin hard tho."
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7. @IamtheSantana
"can u swag like us?"
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2016
8. @lollismith3225
"im glad this aint hit in Arkansas. they look like they
finna start twerkn any moment lmao.."
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9. @ashlewis237, 2023
"😂😂😂😂"
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10. @MaCanikel
"this form of dancing should be called
"possesion" lol. image they are possessed and watch it. lmfao. they
did good though"
-snip-
This is similar to a comment about jiggin that I read that said that that dance was like the Holy dance that Black people do in church (I'm paraphrasing here since I didn't retrieve that comment and can't find it now.)
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11. @JonathanLipinskibiotch
"I nvr heard of mohead swagg"
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12. @queesmyth1710
"What!! I'm From WISCONSIN And I Heard Of The MoHead
Swag Movement In 2011... Now The Rest Of The Country On it in 2018
LOL........"
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2017
13. @jaliviabrownlow3773
"yeah Morehead that's me all day"
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2018
14. @paulwarren7201
"My girlfriend work at bar and when this song come on
they move out the way because nobody can f—k* with her doing
this dance"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
I added this comment because it appears (from the YouTube
videos and comments) that this dance is almost always performed by males.
Read the comment on that subject that is given below as Discussion Thread #5, comment #2.
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2019
15. @triciaphillips3031
"This dance so
easy"
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2021
16. @wuwu2litt
"Mississippi people tryna dance like use 😂😂
Louisiana all day everyday"
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Correction: "use"= "us"
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17. @LadyG556
"Boy
please"
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18. @wuwu2litt
" @LadyG556
Louisiana all day"
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2023
"Shouts out n 2023 still skakin up somthin"
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DISCUSSION THREAD #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aGnP9qCFNQ Level - MoHead
Aint Dead (Official Music Video), Sept. 29, 2018
“From Louisiana to Mississippi, we jigging the Mohead…”
2019
1. @RUTHE1ONE
"Is there a clean version for radio"
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This comment has no replies (as of Sept. 2023).
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2. @jerrellronnie9355
"Dis bih feel like "08-12" 🔥🔥🔥"
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In standard English this comment is something like
"This record feels (sounds) like August 2012.
The African American Vernacular English word "bih" is a shortened form of the word "bit-h". This particular vernacular use of that word (in this comment (and in many other Mohead Swag/Jigg discussion threads) may have originated with African Americans in Mississippi where it is used as a catch-all, substitute referent for places and things (The same way that the word "jawn" is used by African Americans in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) .
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2020
3. charleshandshaw85
"This been on here a year and I'm just finding it. I
should be supporting the rappers from my state more smh but I'm banging this
from Biloxi"
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Biloxi is a city in the state of Mississippi.
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@SuperPrayingman, 2022
4. "He from the boot"
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The word "he" probably refers to the recording
artist.
"The Boot" = the state of Louisiana.
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5. @TheMessyJagOf225
"Who is Mo Head? He dead fr? What he died from? Im from
Baton Rouge and never heard of this cat."
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6. @cedfri
"The dance style call “Mo Head” strarted in Moorhead,
MS by a dude called Hard Head in the 2000s and took off across Da Sipp..."
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2022
7. @TrulyTruley
"MoHead Ain’t Dead💯 MISSISSIPPI IN
HERE"
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DISCUSSION THREAD #4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zlae8p8R9c&t=272s
"Mohead Dance Session Jiggin"
published by WaveyWuan Tv, Jan 17, 2021
#moheadaintdead #memphisjookin #ayoandteo
2021
1.@Therealjayywavyy
"Marte my favorite dancer that man know how to
jigg"
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2. @therealmccoy2004
"Mohead aint dead!!
#Mississippi"
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3. @louisianabiggdogg1154, 2023
"Looks like jiggin to me"
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4. @therealmccoy2004, 2023
"@louisianabiggdogg1154 it literally says it on the title!!!"
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2022
5. @carlsmith8799
"They not even doing it the real way cuz it's a baton
rouge thing but y'all ok tho"
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6. @WaveyWuanTv
"Ni--a* ain’t nun Louisiana bout this video y’all love
trying to discredit what we y’all scared or some we gone out do y’all y’all
jigg we Mohead"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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7. @lahkooky504westside3
"Mohead been here just as long as jigging. But I think
jigging has been here longer. But I will say jigging wasn't always so
energetic. I think mohead has sum influence on modern day jigging. But
Mississippi dudes be using baton Rouge songs to mohead 2. so both dances has
influence on each other"
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8. @freedomisthechoicesyoumake8594
"Mississippi doesn't have music of their own so they
use our music from da boot.....lmfao So now you know jigging originated in
Louisiana."
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9. @WaveyWuanTv
"you are completely right Louisiana music is better
nobody makes it from here and what we do is called swain"
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10. @WaveyWuanTv
"swaggin"
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11. @brando7748, 2022
"How about “african american”music stop tryna
divide"
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12. @msboys1000,2022
"Divide and conquer let them folks have fun"
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13. @msboys1000, 2022
"That’s the sister state goofie"
SHOWCASE VIDEO #5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_CzwkAUlkc,
2011
1. @NattyBug21
"ION APPRECIATE THESE DUDES FROM TENNESSEE CALLN THIS
DANCE THE *HARDHEAD* WHEN CLEARLY ITS THE MOHEAD!!!!! I SEE YA HARD HEAD..
MOFOS JUS CNT LET THE SIPP SHINE I SEE!!!!!!!"
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"ION"= typo (?) for "I don't"
"A go to swaggin before the party at YouTube thanks
rate video comment to"
3. @Toosieroll22
"mo head swagg...mane i wanna learn dis dance
This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series on Mohead Swagg..
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