Timeline Of "Wop" Records & Significant Video Dates For WOP records (with YouTube videos)

 


The Storm Family Channel, April 5, 2022 (dancing to J. Dash's "WOP")

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a  YouTube video short (looping video) of a large family dancing to  J Dash's "WOP" record. 

This post also presents a time line (year) that indicates when that particular "Wop" (Hip Hop record) was  released. The official YouTube video for most of these records are included with that release year.*

*A video of two women dancing to J. Dash's first release of his record is showcased for that year.

* WARNING. Two of these records contain explicit lyrics. Those records are given without their video or a hyperlink and the words "explicit lyrics) are given after the title of those records.

The Addendum to this post presents my theory about the origin of the "WOP" dance name.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the composers of these songs and thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube..
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This is part of an ongoing pancocojams series on African American dances with the name "Wop". Click the tag below for other pancocojams posts in this series.

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TIMELINE OF WOP RECORDS

(additions and corrections are welcome)

1986: B Fats - "Woopit" 

Max, January 13, 2018

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2007 - J. Dash



J. Dash, Sept, 7, 2007

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2011:  J Dash - :"Wop" (second release)

WOP (Official iTunes Version) by J. Dash ft. Flo Rida - iTunes

 

stereofame, Jan. 7, 2011

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2012: Lil Chuckee - "Da Wop" (explicit lyrics)

2023:  Lil Vada- "Wop It"   (explicit lyrics)

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OTHER SIGNIFICANT TIME STAMPS FOR "WOP" DANCES

2013 - Miley Cyrus dancing in a unicorn suit to J. Dash's WOP record



BIGHAITI - March 20, 2013

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2013 to 2017 ? - Vines* of people dancing to J. Dash 's "WOP"

 

The WopDance, July 12, 2013

* Here's information about "Vine" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_(service)
"Vine was an American short-form video hosting service where users could share six-second-long looping video clips. It was originally launched on January 24, 2013, by Vine Labs, Inc. Bought by Twitter, Inc. in 2012 before its launch, the service was shut down on January 17, 2017,[1] and the app was discontinued a few months later.[2]" 

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[earliest date April 2022 ?  to present (December 2023), and beyond ?- Tik Tok dance challenges, dance trend videos/compilations] 



Tik Tok Dance - May 24, 2022
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This isn't the earliest TikTok dance challenge/dance compilation. The earliest date
that I've come across for a TikTok compilation or YouTube video short of The WOP is April 5, 2022.
(The Storm Family Channel video that is given at the top of this pancocojams post.)

If you know of an earlier date for a, please share its link in the comment section below. Thanks!

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ADDENDUM -MY THEORY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME "WOP" FOR THIS DANCE
Azizi Powell, 2023
I believe that the word "Wop" when it is used as a dance title or verb ("wopping") comes from the syllable "wop" in the African American music genre "doo-wop".

Unfortunately, the word "wop" is also a pejorative referent for Italians.

That may be the reason why the  dance name "WOP" is often capitalized and/or the titles "Wap" or "Drop It To The Floor Then Wop" have been used for a small number of "WOP" video clips in Tik Tok challenge/dance trend compilations (since around 2022).

Stereofame, the publisher of the official 2011 YouTube "WOP" video by J.Dash featuring rapper Flo Rida, wrote in that video's discussion thread in 2012 that "WOP stands for With Out Prejudice. Check out J. Dash's Facebook page. FacebookDOTcom/TheRealJDash"
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I believe that "With Out Prejudice" is an example of a meaning for an abbreviation or word that is made up after the fact. Those types of word or abbreviation meanings are called "backronyms"
Here's some information about from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
" A backronym is an acronym formed from an already existing word by expanding its letters into the words of a phrase. Backronyms may be invented with either serious or humorous intent, or they may be a type of false etymology or folk etymology. The word is a portmanteau of back and acronym.[1]

A normal acronym is a word derived from the initial letters of the words of a phrase,[2] such as radar from "radio detection and ranging".[3] By contrast, a backronym is "an acronym deliberately formed from a phrase whose initial letters spell out a particular word or words, either to create a memorable name or as a fanciful explanation of a word's origin."[1] Many fictional espionage organizations are backronyms, such as SPECTRE (special executive for counterintelligence, terrorism, revenge and extortion) from the James Bond franchise."...
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I think that J. Dash may have thought a backronym was particularly needed for the dance name "WOP" because of the pejorative meaning of the word "wop".

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