tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post6137116574261769230..comments2024-03-29T08:48:14.872-04:00Comments on pancocojams: What "Half Steppin" And Other Vernacular Terms Mean In Big Daddy Kane's 1988 Hip Hop Classic "Ain't No Half Steppin'"Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-16533530746694732632017-05-23T15:22:39.945-04:002017-05-23T15:22:39.945-04:00Here's a comment exchange from the discussion ...Here's a comment exchange from the discussion thread for Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin" track that is showcased in this pancocojams post:<br /><br />From <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2O-JOXG_I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2O-JOXG_I</a><br />Naomi King, 2016<br />"Love this joint! I miss good rap music! Ain't no half steppin"<br /><br />**<br />Reply <br />kashio modashio, 2016<br />"only full stepping 100"*<br /><br />**<br />Bahasa guna cakap, 2016<br />"Trapers now a days are only 1/4 not even half step"<br /><br />**<br />Naomi King, 2016<br />"Yeah I love this joint he kilt it and yes his bars is on point lol""<br />-snip-<br />*The term "full stepping" wasn't and isn't actually used. <br /><br />"Trapers" is used as a derogatory referent for wannabe rappers (This may be a contemporary term for "sucker Mcs" which I don't think is used anymore.)<br /><br />The number "100" in that comment means "100%".<br /><br />In the context of Hip Hop music, "joint" means "track"/"song" and "bars" mean lyrics/rhymes. "Kilt" (killed; also given as "murdered") means did something exceptionally well.<br /><br />"On point" means "tight", everything performed exactly the way they should. <br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-11854859305168220712017-05-23T15:10:58.144-04:002017-05-23T15:10:58.144-04:00"Half stepping" isn’t the same as “slow ..."Half stepping" isn’t the same as “slow walking” although slow walking could be one way that a person is half stepping. <br />-snip-<br /><br />From <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slow%20walk" rel="nofollow">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slow%20walk</a><br />"slow walk<br />To slow walk is to perform a task slowly on purpose so as to drag out the time taken, usually in order to delay what the subject believes will occur next.<br /><br />"Quit slow walking me!" - Quote from the TV show "Prison Break" (a prison guard instructing the prisoners to hurry up with their work, the prisoners were delaying as they used work-time as a cover for their escape)". <br /><br />Whilst a child might "drag his heels" when eating his dinner because he doesnt like it; an adult might be said to "slow walk". <br /><br />Whilst workers might be said to be on a "go slow", that might be more of an organised event involving more than one person. Slow walking would more typically be one person slow walking another rather than an institution.<br />#slow walking#drag your heels#go slow#pick up the pace#hastily"<br />by Savalkan May 27, 2008<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-58396890571825777052017-05-23T15:06:10.336-04:002017-05-23T15:06:10.336-04:00Here's another urban dictionary.com entry for ...Here's another urban dictionary.com entry for the term "half step"<br />From <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=half%20step" rel="nofollow">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=half%20step</a><br />"half step<br />Just aggreeing. The word appears in an A Tribe Called Quest song on the album "The Low End Theory."<br /><br />"I never half stepped because I'm not a half stepper.<br /><br />by Julian April 07, 2005<br />-snip-<br />The Tribe Called Quest track that is mentioned in this comment is <br />"Buggin' out" [1991]<br />Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com