Memories Of The 1980s Wop Dance & Other Comments From Two YouTube Videos' Discussion Threads

UPROXX Video, July 19, 2009
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Throughout this video of Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew's Hip Hop rap "All The Way To Heaven" which was released in 1986 are scenes of African American women and men people dancing the Wop.\
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Hat tip to @aliciaburbank9962, a commenter in discussion thread #1 below, for mentioning this video. Also, hat tip to the other commenters who are quoted in this post who mentioned other 1980s records and other media products that mention or feature scenes of people doing the Wop.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - June 18, 2026

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series about the 1980s/1990s Hip Hop "Wop" dance.

This post presents selected comments from the discussion threads for two of the YouTube videos on the 1980s "Wop" dance that are showcased in Part I of this series.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/12/examples-from-youtube-of-ways-wop-was.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases two film clips of 1980s footage of the Wop dance. This post also showcases one instructional video of the Wop and one video performance of this dance by a man who remembers it from the 1980s. 

The Addendum of that post showcases two TikTok compilations that document some ways that the "Wop" is danced in 2023.,,

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes. I'm particularly interested in documenting the comments that refer to mention of or scenes of people dancing the Wop in 1980s records and in 1980s mass media. 

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks 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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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/12/timeline-of-wop-records-significant.html for my editorial comment in the Addendum to that post that presents my theory that the origin of the dance name "Wop" comes from about the word "doo-wop". 

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THESE VIDEOS' DISCUSSION THREADS
with numbers added for referencing purposes only

DISCUSSION THREAD #1 - How to Do the Wop | Hip-Hop Dancing
Howcast



Howcast, Sep 22, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzmhNJ4ASbg    How to Do Hip-Hop Dance Moves

"Okay. So we got the Wop we're working on now. Another dance from a little back in the day, right? So we're going to start, feet apart, knees bent. The Wop, we're going to just get the groove first. The Wop has an up groove, right? So we're going to accent up. Accent up. Just bending my knees but the stronger motion's up. Up, up, up, up.

Tricky thing is you're arms are opposite. So you go down, arms come up. You go up, arms go down. Swing, like you're swinging a baseball bat, kind of. And, and, and, and you get your head in the game. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You can move your feet. You can step. Step, step, step, step over, and back. Back, and over.

That's the Wop. That's the Wop with a partner you can slap hands. There you go with the Wop. Let's try it with some music.

There you go. Wop it out. Wop it out."

[Comments]

2013

1. @peridot29
"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!  Thank you.  This is the WOP!!!!  Can't tell me nothing on the dance floor when I rocking this.  Learn young whippersnappers,,,LEARN."

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2. @jakestarr4442
"yes it is...the wop was a dance move before it was a dance"

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3. @CalladaTormenta
"Umm yes, it is. That's the wop from the 80's, not the new one with the song that you're thinking of."

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4. @TheTruthSayer90, 2021
"is the new song that you think you are referring to is by J Dash? J Dash also did a wop."

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5. @WadeEvansMusic
"aka the vine national anthem dance"

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6. @mizzkizzy09
"What the hell? This is not the wop!"

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7. @broinator2641, 2019
"It's the original wop, not the "new" wop"

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8. @alehiasavage1554, 2021
"Now it’s wap"

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9. @unworldlychaos
"It's the real one! If u want Miley's she did a different thing I bet"

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10. @funktavious
"Finally somebody showing people how to do the real wop.  All these commenters saying that this isn't the wop needs to do some research.  This is the wop.  The new dance that everybody else is doing goes by the same name but is not the original"

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2014

11. @rb7007
"This is the Old Skool Wop, seen in Bell Biv Devoe, Bobby Brown, Salt n Pepa videos.. (not that twerking cr@p they do today) Lol!

Loved this dance back in the day.

Anyone remember the reverse wop we used to do in the Raves in the UK? Really speeded up,...it was hilarious!

Great memories."

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12. @HarkeningGodsVoice
"Thank you for doing the "real" wop..not that new song that the kids today think it is.  Just like when those Harlem shake vids went viral and everyone forgot that an actual Harlem shake move had long since existed!"

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13. @54mensababe, 2015
"+HarkeningGodsVoice I feel you on tat one. The original Harlem Shake had class and style and not just a bunch of jumping around."

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2015

14. @painlessrisen9787
"this is the ORIGINAL Wop"

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15. @54mensababe
"+painlessrisen For real. I don't know what those other Wop videos are all about. smh"

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16. @NoHippieBBQCooking
"46 years old.. My generation knows this dance.. You nailed it.. Even got the hand on the hip at the end.. If people aren't older than lets say 42 they can't really understand"

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17. @majikle
"+No Hippie BBQ & Cooking exactly - these young cats think this "wop, wop, wop, wop" ish... is the real wop... they need to learn somethin' lol"

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18. @enluv2
"That is not the DC Wop from the 80s. I don't know where these people are getting their dance lessons from. What's missing is moving her hips. It was with a jelly roll, front to the back. It was a work out and it was fun. 1983 was the year so many iconic dances from back in the day came out.  Backin the day, we would do the Snake and could drop to the ground and come back up in one smooth move-. The Michael Jackson. The Smurf. The Cabbage Patch. The Wop. It was great."

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19. @54mensababe
"+enluv2 This is the way we were doing the Wop in DC in the 70's. North East side."
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Notice this commenter wrote "the 70s". This is the first time I've come across any reference to the "Wop" in the 1970s. I wonder if this is a typo and that commenter meant to write "the 80s".

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20. @scoobydoo6330
"Ah the 80's if you wasn't born or live this decade this was a dance that we use to do back then whether it was at a house parties or a club I use to it do it now go or learn how to do this dance move much memories long live the 80's"

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21. @sandramayes8679, 2023
"Since you brought up house parties, that's where I first saw this dance, was on House Party... Sydney and Sharane  was doing it, I'll never forget that, lol"

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2016

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2017

22. @rogercobbs4297
"what was name of the wop song from 80s"

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23. @macben3266
"Roger Cobbs woppit by B Fats"

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24. @ivargas220iv
"Thank you so much. Too many of today's kids do it different and I just can't with that.....thank you for keeping it old school"

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25. @PPikes
"wop is a derogatory term for Italians, I've always been leery of saying this lols! but this is dance from my childhood"

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2018

26. @shartricboyd9197
"This the REAL WOP!! '86!"

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27. @aliciaburbank9962
"I know she did this a while ago but it really brings back memories. Not sure about the negative comments but i usually see these when ppl don't know their history. Please check out Doug e Fresh's "all the way to heaven" video if you're confused. You're welcome."

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2019

28. @rachellemcadams1438
"Back in the day we called this one the NY wop because there was a different variation called the DC wop."

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29. @tatum8499, 2022
"Brings back memories from DC gogo"

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30. @xavierwilliams2228
"Didnt vanessa do this on the Cosby show intro?"

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31. @RoyalGrean, 2020
"And the sister on Coming to America"

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2020

32. @alexandernegron3128
"Wop Wop Wop Wop dont stop

Right first put yo left hand on top

WOP WOP WOP WOP 🕺"

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33. @christmasdevil6415
"I looked up wap now I'm here"

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34. @maren5056
"ah this is what the WAP comes from

only gen z will know what I mean"

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35. @gracehuynh_
"Gen Z be like "I thought it said wap not wop"

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36. @Dozzzzy
"I didn’t come here looking for the WAP dance..."

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37. @MarisaXO
"Anyone else look this up due to watching rainbow do the wop on mixed-ish? 😅"

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38. @Charmedsas1
"1st time I saw the wop was on a different world when I watched it a few years ago.

I'm not from the us😄

Who's here from 2020?"

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39. @ninamaechen3142
"I said WAP not WOP 😂🤦🏻‍♀️"

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40. @ryanilagan3
"I came for the WAP 😏. This ain't it tho"

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2021

41. @curtiswhiteheadjr1322
"I was there in ‘86 when B Fats dropped this joint with his dance. Thank you, Queen for respectfully representing. ✊🏽💯"

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42. @MrBones2020
"OG wap right there"

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43. @chucku.1745
"These kids don't know hip-hop culture. History repeats itself."

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2022

44. @PatinaEdochie
"Righttt that oldschool 80s/90s WOP I knew in childhood 🔥"

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45. @troystewart2909
"80' teens know the real Wop and Harlem Shake. Memories at the skating rink .... (sigh)"

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2023

46. @geterdone2023
"She ain't doing it hard enough you suppose to break yo neck."

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47. @angelam.haigler9695
"Best tutorial I've seen of this. Great job! I was there when it originated, lol."

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48. @colt45northtexas
"Are the Beastie boys known to do this?"

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49. @dbspaceoditty
"im literally here because i just listend to intergalactic like

 "he didnt just say what i think he did, no way, wanna watch beastie boys do the wop just like i did" "

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50. @merledixon6674
"This always reminds me of intergalactic by beastie boys! "I've been known to do The Wop!" "

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51. @frederickcohen955
"Yeah you Wopping,  but slow down Ma you gotta finesse it.  Real B Boys/Girls had a smooth cool flow..   They actually had a record called" Woppit" by B Fats  when that dance hit the scene..  Original B Boy"

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DISCUSSION THREAD #2:  "Tony - The Wop, The Cabbage Patch & The Prep"

published by DJ Tony Vito, Apr 20, 2007

Yes, that's me, kickin' old school moves .... 80's lives on!  The third step in this video is a dance we used to call the Raindance at Bentleys on 40th and Madison;  I've since found out that it is better known as The Prep.

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2007

1. @avp0713
"the video is a split-second ahead of the audio... but you get the idea..."

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2008

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2009

2. @Tallcocoa
"That was so smooth! You took me back on the dance floor 1990 kick'n it with you!"

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2010

3. @kenswift12345
"Love the prep moves. Brings me back to my youth!"

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4. @SMC799
"Honey, I'm 40 and grew up in NY and we did those dances and they were FUN! You did your thang! Loved it!"

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5. @mookeychase0907
"LOL,Dats right Tone bring dat 80s ish back homeboy!"

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6. @chakalh2
"what the name this song ?? please"

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7. @avp0713
"@chakalh2  - POISON by Bell, Biv, Devoe"

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8. @peridot29
"Great....Rep the OLD School... or should I say, "OLD SKOOL!!!"

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9.@missVeemack
"@avp0713 oh your not white? Well on this video you look white. Deosnt matter though your old school moves are on point."

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10. @avp0713
"@kingsphatgirl  - white?  ok, well I guess if Obama's white, then i'm white too, thanks though."

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11. @avp0713, 2012
"@gigga143 - People tend to forget that black people come in sooooo many shades.... my little brother doesn't even had a dark or olive skin tone at all.. my sister is white color with light blue eyes.... do we actually need to wear a sign that says "WE ARE BLACK TOO" "..  
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2011

12. @Afrodesiahhh
"Hey...not many can bust out this little known move. You can Prep almost as good as me!  Down South we added a sweet little move to it though...maybe I'll post a vid doin' the do with the complete choreography ; )   Your wop...priceless."

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13. @mothball50
"But can you do the smurf, robocop, and gallop? I was diggin the wop btw. It was big in Cali."

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14. @phinchy007
"THAT WAS FUNNY......GREAT JOB. THE PREP WAS MY DANCE......"

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2012

15. @avp0713
"@rinny02852 - Yes I've seen the "new" whop and I can bust that out too.  I put up all these old school dances a few years ago, but I do all the new dances too...  Sometimes when I DJ I have to get out there and break it down for the audience.... lol.

We had so much fun doing the wop;  there were a few different ways to do it."

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16. @brooklynbaby2100
"I remember when my older brother taught me how to do this when I was still in Brooklyn I hate the new wop and Im only 16

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2013

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2014

17. @HarkeningGodsVoice
"Thank you for doing the "real" wop..not that new song that the kids today think it is.  Just like when those Harlem shake vids went viral and everyone forgot that an actual Harlem shake move had long since existed!"

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18. @royaldigitalmedia
"Where's the wop?"

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19, @avp0713
":33 to :55 but that is the '80s WOP.  They came out with THE WOP again in like 2008, but it's a sequence of steps.  I can do that one also,  but this vid is about '80s throwback dance moves."

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2015

20. @NoHippieBBQCooking
"46 years old.. My generation knows this dance.. You nailed it.. Even got the hand on the hip at the end.. If people aren't older than lets say 42 they can't really understand"

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2016

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2017

 21. @creativequeen8371
"Thank you, Tony! This PROPER instruction on how to do the wop and those other brilliant old skool moves I try and buss (ailments allowing lol) in my house or when out with my equally old skool friends, just for the sake of old times. Not seen but one video that comes close to this. I love the wop move where you make a fist and throw you hand up, really slow, behind your head and bring it back down through the air slowly, but with force, eyes shut - to really show  you are feeling the music. Now THAT'S old skool. Love it!"

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22. @ivargas220iv
"Thank you so much. Too many of today's kids do it different and I just can't with that.....thank you for keeping it old school"

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23.  @ofudgems
"Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy that's what I'm talkin' 'bout right there! Yeah, those were the days man! Respect!" 

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2018

24. @zippieslugdelafluor9038
"Man...I could wop with the best of them back in the day. I still dig that one out when I dance. None of that twerking for me. Lol"

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2019

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2020

25. @leorionj
"Finally, the only video I found of the cabbage patch being done CORRECTLY! Get it, Tony!"

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How The Hip Hop Dance "The Wop" Was Danced in The 1980s/1990s & How It Was Danced In The Early 2020s , Part I

Max, Jan 13, 2018

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - title change June 21, 2023

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the 1980s/1990s Hip Hop "Wop" dance.

This post showcases two film clips of 1980s footage of the Wop dance. This post also showcases one instructional video of the Wop and one video performance of this dance by a man who remembers it from the 1980s. 

The Addendum of this post showcases two TikTok compilation and one YouTube video short that document some ways that the "Wop" was danced in the early 2020s. 

The titles of some 2020s videos also document how the dance name "Wop" has been changed to "Drop it ti the floor" or "Drop it ti the floor and lean"). Those words are lyrics in the "Wop" dance track and reflect the portion of that song that is used in those abbreviated YouTube and Tik Tok clips. Also, since at least 2022, I've come across a few TikTok compilations and YouTube vido shorts that use the word "Wap" instead of "Wop" for this dance.

I believe that these changes to the name of this dance reflect people's desire to distance that dance name from the fact that word "wop" is a pejorative referent for Italians. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/12/memories-of-1980s-wop-dance-other.html  for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a 1986 video of Hip Hop artist Doug E. Fresh that include scenes of people doing the Wop. That post also presents selected comments from the discussion threads for the two YouTube videos of 1980s "Wop" that are showcased in Part I of this series.

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural 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 all those who are quoted in this post and thanks 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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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/12/timeline-of-wop-records-significant.html for my editorial comment in the Addendum to that post that presents my theory that the origin of the dance name "Wop" comes from about the word "doo-wop. 

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ADDITIONAL SHOWCASE VIDEOS OF HOW THE WOP WAS DANCED IN 1980s /1990s

SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - B FATS WOP DANCE



David Huie, July 7, 2017

B FATS the WOP DANCE live at Tbe Apollo for Eric B and Rakim 30th Anniversary celebration at the Apollo Theater in NYC
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SHOWCASE #3 - How to Do the Wop | Hip-Hop Dancing

Howcast, Sep 22, 2012  How to Do Hip-Hop Dance Moves

Okay. So we got the Wop we're working on now. Another dance from a little back in the day, right? So we're going to start, feet apart, knees bent. The Wop, we're going to just get the groove first. The Wop has an up groove, right? So we're going to accent up. Accent up. Just bending my knees but the stronger motion's up. Up, up, up, up.

Tricky thing is you're arms are opposite. So you go down, arms come up. You go up, arms go down. Swing, like you're swinging a baseball bat, kind of. And, and, and, and you get your head in the game. Boom, boom, boom, boom. You can move your feet. You can step. Step, step, step, step over, and back. Back, and over.

That's the Wop. That's the Wop with a partner you can slap hands. There you go with the Wop. Let's try it with some music.

There you go. Wop it out. Wop it out.

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SHOWCASE #4 -  . Tony - The Wop, The Cabbage Patch & The Prep

DJ Tony Vito, Apr 20, 2007

Yes, that's me, kickin' old school moves .... 80's lives on!  The third step in this video is a dance we used to call the Raindance at Bentleys on 40th and Madison;  I've since found out that it is better known as The Prep.
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DJ Tony responded to the question "Where's the Wop?" (in this video) with the time stamp of .33 to :55.

DJ Tony Vito is a light skinned African American. For the socio-cultural record, I included some discussion thread comments on his race that other people wrote and Tony Vito responded to in Part II of this pancocojams series.  

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ADDENDUM  - EXAMPLES OF WAYS THE WOP IS DANCED IN 2023

EXAMPLE #1: Drop It To The Floor Then Wop Challenge Dance Compilation #dance #tiktok #challenge

One Challenge, Sep 26, 2023

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EXAMPLE #2 - The Wop Dance - Best TikTok Dance Compilation 



Tik Tok Dance, May 24, 2022

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EXAMPLE #3 - 
 

@MarieBustinMoves, September 8, 2023

Evolution of dance. The Wop tells you what to do, so dance how your body allows you to move. #life
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The words on the screen indicate that this is a mother/daughter duo.

The mother wearing white clothes does the old school (1980s/1990s) Wop while her daughter does the 2022/2023 moves for that dance.

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Six YouTube Videos That Feature J. Dash's Hip Hop Dance Record "WOP" (from 2007 to 2023)

J. Dash, September 7, 2008

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Latest Revision - December 5, 2023

This pancocojams post presents information about J Dash's "WOP" record and showcases six YouTube videos that feature that record.

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 J Dash for this record and thanks to all those who are featured in these showcase videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos.
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EXCERPT ABOUT THIS RECORD

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wop_(song)
" "Wop" (stylized in all caps) is a song by J. Dash featuring pop rapper Flo Rida. First recorded in 2007, it was released in 2011 to serve as the lead single for J. Dash's album Tabloid Truth, released in 2012.

Upon the release of the album, "Wop" became a minor hit on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but received renewed attention in March 2013 after pop singer Miley Cyrus posted a viral video of herself twerking to the song. The popularity of the video, along with parodies and responses made by fans, influenced its re-emergence on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2013, peaking at #51 on the Hot 100, and #14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Background

"Wop" was the name given to a hip hop dance that J. Dash and his friends had done to other songs at nightclubs. The song itself was created after he felt that they were "missing the track to go with our steps".[1][2]

Release and history

"Wop" was initially posted on J. Dash's YouTube channel in 2007; however, as the song began to go viral through user-posted videos of people performing its associated dance routine, he pulled the song and began work on a revised version to be released as a single,[3] followed by an official music video featuring fellow rapper Flo Rida in January 2011. The song would chart near the bottom of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and by March 2012, at least 437,000 digital downloads of the song had been sold, and the video had reached 5.7 million views.[4][5]

The song would re-emerge to mainstream exposure on March 20, 2013, when Miley Cyrus posted a video on Facebook which featured her twerking to "Wop" while wearing a unicorn onesie. While Cyrus had previously shared her fondness for the song with J. Dash and suggested that they make a video together, these plans never came to fruition. J. Dash was initially unaware of the video's creation, but would learn of the video from his personal friends and Cyrus herself while he was sick in bed with a stomach virus. He declared the video to be the moment that twerking became a mainstream phenomenon, and jokingly suggested that he and Cyrus should get matching unicorn tattoos.[1][5]"...
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That Wikipedia page doesn't mention the renewed interest in J. Dash's "WOP" record in 2022 and 2023 thanks to a clip of its audio being used in numerous TikTok and YouTube short dance challenges, dance trend videos. 

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - WOP (Official iTunes Version) by J. Dash ft. Flo Rida - iTunes



Stereofame, Jan 7, 2011

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Miley Cyrus Twerk to "WOP" by J. Dash - OFFICIAL Compilation #MCTWERKTEAM



Stereofame, March 24, 2013

14,828,636 views • Mar 24, 2013

Music Video of Miley Cyrus TWERKING and WOPPING to "WOP" by J. Dash. Can anyone do it better?
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Wop Vines -- Best Compilation of Wop Dance Videos from Vine

 

The Technical Trading Lab, Oct 8, 2013

Just over three minutes of the best wop dance videos from the pp vine

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Gabi ♡May 18, 2022  #WopWopWop #Dancing #Dance

Gabi ♡May 18, 2022  #WopWopWop #Dancing #Dance

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SHOWCASE VIDEO #6-Wop J. Dash TIKTOK DANCE

Eby Channel, September 11, 2023

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ADDENDUM - WHERE DID THE HIP HOP DANCE NAME "WOP" COME FROM? 
by Azizi Powell, written 2014, updated in 2023 
The term "Wop" in the 1980s/1990s dance "The Wop", the song 2007 titled "The Wop" and the 2012 song titled "Da Wop" probably all come from the syllable "wop" that is used to as a referent for and lyrics in the ub-section of Rhythm & Blues music called "Doo-Wop". In that music the syllables "doo wop" are used to imitate the sound of bass instrumental music.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop
"Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a genre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s,[2] mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.[3][4] It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, sung by a lead vocal over background vocals, and often featuring, in the bridge, a melodramatically heartfelt recitative addressed to the beloved. Harmonic singing of nonsense syllables (such as "doo-wop") is a common characteristic of these songs.[5] Gaining popularity in the 1950s, doo-wop was "artistically and commercially viable" until the early 1960s, but continued to influence performers in other genres."...
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Little Richard's now classic song "Tutti Frutti" is among other 1950s Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll songs that include the syllable "wop". The refrain to that song is "Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!" although in earlier versions of that song Little Richard sang it as "Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam bam!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM1khne_sg

The word "wop" that refers to music and dances may have been coined simply because of its percussive sound, and the images it might evoke of forcefully gyrating your hips and butt from side to side.
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The syllable "wop" as a referent to a form of R&B music and as titles to Hip-Hop dances or songs has nothing whatsoever to do with the pejorative referent "Wop".

My guess is that the name "Wap" which some people use for the "Wop" dance in a small number of TikTok dance online dance challenges (since around 2022 ?) is an attempt to substitute a more socially correct name for that dance. However, it appears to me that most people still refer to this dance as "Wop", probably because that is the title of J Dash's record that is still being used for those dance challenges.

Here's some information about that pejorative referent "Wop" from
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wop
"wop

noun
often capitalized

offensive

—used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a person of Italian birth or descent

Word History

Etymology

Italian dialect guappo swaggerer, tough, from Spanish guapo, probably from Middle French dialect vape, wape weak, insipid, from Latin vappa wine gone flat"

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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Old School Hip Hop Dance Video (Demonstrating the Smurf, The Prep, the Reebok, The Wop, The Cabbage Patch, The Happy Feet, and the Fila Dances)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the YouTube video entitled "Hip Hop Old School Dictionary".

That video shows Buddha Stretch and Henry Link from Elite Force Crew demonstrating how to do seven old school Hip Hop dances from the 1980s: the Smurf, The Prep, the Reebok, The Wop, The Cabbage Patch, The Happy Feet, and the Fila.

A few selected comments from these YouTube videos are also included in this post.

Thanks to the unknown creators of these old school dances, and thanks to Buddha Stretch and Henry Link for demonstrating these dances. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to COSMOSUKR, the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/02/youtube-instructional-videos-of-four.html "YouTube Instructional Videos Of Four Old School Hip Hop Dances: The Running Man, The Roger Rabbit, The Reebok, & The Cabbage Patchto see the differences between how these men do "the Reebok" and "the Cabbage Patch" and how the dancers from Howcast do those dances.

Click the tags below for more pancocojams posts on old school Hip Hop dances.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
After reading the comments in this video's discussion thread and similar comments in the pancocojams post entitled "YouTube Instructional Videos Of Four Old School Hip Hop Dances: The Running Man, The Roger Rabbit, The Reebok, & The Cabbage Patch" whose link is given above it occurs to me that while there are basic steps for specific old school Hip Hop dances, those steps may differ (within the same period of time, the same racial population [which created that dance] within the same nation) depending on where a person lives. Also or the same basic steps (movements) for a specific Hip Hop dance may have a different name or names (within the same period of time, the same racial population [which created that dance] within the same nation) depending on where a person lives.

Further complicating this is that it's possible that a specific old school (and new school?) Hip Hop dance may have a different name even within the same geographical location (city/state) in same period of time, and the same racial population within the same nation.

Also, a specific old school dance may be renamed by people in other decades before or after it becomes popular at a certain time. And a contemporary dance may be given the name of an older dance even though it doesn't have all or any of the basic steps of that older dance.

However, it seems to me that correct name of dance isn't as important as the skill, creativity, and flair that dancers demonstrate while performing that dance.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Hip Hop Old School Dictionary



COSMOSUKR, Dec 26, 2010
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Check out YouTube for more Hip Hop Dictionary dance videos.

Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

1. anewbginN, 2012
"props...ya'll hittin' all the OS Dances"

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2. Dreamtime, 2012
"this is a VERY dope vid.
needs more views *shared*"

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3. IIISugarShortsIII, 2013
"that's a dope ass beat, bro."

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4. Maria S, 2013
"Haha. I used to do all of those except the Smurf. And I thought the Fila and Reebok were switched. I might be mistaken though."

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5. yohann dubuisson, 2014
"LOL the smurf is the most important basic step.."

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6. sergio orduña colina, 2014
"Fila is rambo..and Reebok is gucci..i think"

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7. 37janie, 2013
"You remember ....??
Well....Junior Boogie said,that Link told him that the reebok isnt the reebok, but its the gucci.... then Link taught it at his workshops.... and I even asked him myself,just to be sure, and he made it clear. But you know....if you think you know better......"

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8. 37janie, 2013
"Everybody tells us smthing different...so confusing. Last week at the Street Dance Kemp in CZ Henry Link taught that the Reebok is actually the Gucci. Just sayin for those who want to learn.
Yo and the 'Mike Tyson' move(which is not in this video but I dont mind mentioning it) is just a variation of a running man.
Peace yall #Always a student"
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"Street Dance Kemp in CZ= Street Dance Camp in The Czech Republic,
Click https://www.sdkeurope.com/en/ for information about that camp.

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9. Ksenia Chaynikova, 2013
"I remember that at the SDK Link said that reebok is not Gucci, maybe I'm not right, but these steps (for me) look different. And the story of their creation isn't the same.=)"

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10. BD, 2013
hahah awesome ! some real swag up in here !"

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11. rifdaddy7676, 2013
"Fella's Say HOOOO! Ladies Say OUWWWW!! Nice Post Homiez. Ya'll kilt' it!"

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12. Jessica Sun, 2015
"smurf 0:11 | 3:58
prep 0:44 | 4:16
reebok 1:21 | 4:56
wop 1:51 | 4:29
cabbage patch 2:29 | 4:43
happy feet 3:01 | 5:23
fila 3:31 | 5:08

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13. julanie moreno, 2015
"he did the happy feet wrong,the happy feet was what the ronald mcdonald clown did back n the 80 movin your feet side by side but dope."

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14. EssentiallyFunky, 2015
"You do know those guys are the creators of hiphop dance?"

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15. 818ValleyRiderz, 2016
"Thanks For Old School Dance Moves Guys"

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16. Jolly Bot, 2016
"Pure culture. Killin' it with the Reebok and The Prep is mind blowing to see in it's original pre Janet Jackson cheerleader routine form. Thank you."

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17. higher self Alonso, 2015
"so drill these until you can build off the steps and add your own original style to them right ?"

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18. REPLY
Dobrob, 2018
"yes, yes you can. This is just the foundation"

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19. enmaxus, 2015
"In the south we did the smurf, reebok and the cabbage patch differently. The way you did the cabbage patch is what we called the reebok."

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20. nigel Zulu, 2016
"really needed these grooves for my freestyle..thanks for posting"

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21. michaelusam1, 2016
"+COSMOSUKR Hey... I was just wondering... Can somebody please tell me the name of these two dancers???"

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22. Koh Yamada, 2016
"michaelusam1 What!? You don't know these guys? These guys are pioneers of Hip Hop dance!

Buddha Stretch and Henry Link from Elite Force Crew :)"

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24. Lawrence Worrell, 2017
"Yeah, you get the moves down, then make up your own variations using the "theme" of the move. Wicked vids though. These are basic moves for the style. Add your own flavour though. Say for example reboking with one foot. Any ways these guys are the real deal, pay attention."

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25. Anthony Wooten, 2017
"Now we know how the dab got its influence from the fila...."

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26. GrowingDownUnder, 2019
"I think the dab came from soulja boy crank dat, after that was a lot of moves which came from songs like whip, nae nae, dougie, hit da quan, stanky leg, etc"

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27. Jordan Alexander, 2019
"He later said that Reebok was not called and that it's called the Gucci"

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28. Jordan Alexander, 2020
"And that cabbage patch is called Reebok"

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29. spicy1ize, 2020
"That's Not the Cabbage Patch"

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30. Michael Johns, 2020
"That wasn't how we Smurfed? Totally different? I learned in Jersey!"

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31. medaswho, 2020
"These are the dances nino brown did during the club scene on new Jack city"

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32. Disco 6000, 2020
"That's not the cabbage patch and definitely not the FILA . Still brought back good memories."

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33. jv Nas, 2020
"Bring back memories! Ya know it old school even has the nyc empire state building in the back ground! 😎"

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34. Rob 380, 2020
"Shout out to the dancers and shout out to the old school these guys kept it real👍🏽"

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African American Cultural Influences On Koo Koo Kanga Roo's "Gobble Gobble Turkey Wobble" Video, Song, & Dance

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases the children's holiday dance video "Gobble Gobble Turkey Wobble" by Koo Koo Kanga Roo and notes how Koo Koo Kanga Roo models their video of this song as well as some of its dance moves after certain African American originated Hip Hop dance craze (novelty/fad) videos, songs, and dances.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Koo Koo Kanga Roo for this entertaining song and video. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these embedded videos and thanks to the producers of these videos on YouTube.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
As the title of this post indicates, I believe that Koo Koo Kanga Roo's "Gooble Gooble Turkey Wooble"'s video, song, and some of its dance moves are modeled after certain African American originated Hip Hop dance craze (novelty/fad) videos, songs (speaking/rapping styles), and certain dances moves. That said, I don't believe that it is a parody video or an example of cultural appropriation.

Here are two excerpts from this song that can serve as examples of what I mean by "African American Hip Hop speaking/rapping" styles:
1. the introduction to that song (as given in that video)

"All right, this right here is called the Gooble gobble turkey wooble
You’re gonna wanna be woobling right now.
Get your wooble ready."

2. lyrics from the song (rap) itself (such as)

"Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice
Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice"

I also believe that Koo Koo Kanga Roo's "Gooble Gooble Turkey Wooble"'s video was modeled after the style of "filming multiple clips of people doing a line dance and other dance moves" that is found in a number of Hip Hop dance craze videos (including the four examples that are showcased in this pancocojams post: Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", "Mr C The Slide Man - Cha-Cha Slide", "the Wobble", and Silentó - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) "YouTube video that are embedded below.

Furthermore, some of the dance moves that are performed in Koo Koo Kanga Roo's "Gooble Gooble Turkey Wooble"'s video (such as the Whip and the Nae Nae) originated in African American Hip Hop culture.

This post serves as documenting what I believe are the above mentioned African American cultural influences on this song and dance as well as publicizing and sharing a fun video for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Gobble Gobble Turkey Wobble (Dance-A-Long)



Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Published on Nov 22, 2016

[...]

Koo Koo Kanga Roo's Gobble Gobble Turkey Wobble from their holiday record "Celebrate This!"
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Here's the introduction to that song as given in the video's captions; (with the spelling of the word "you're" corrected)
"All right, this right here is called the Gooble gobble turkey wooble
You’ re gonna wanna be woobling right now.
Get your wooble ready."
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Here's that song's lyrics:
You put your foot out
and you flap those wings
bring your foot back
and you shake that thing
You put your foot out
and you flap those wing
bring your foot back
and you shake that thing
put your arms out to the side right side
put your arms out to the side left side
put your arms out to the side right side
hey flap it out, flap it out, flap it out
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We gob-gob-gobble
Wob-wob-wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We gob-gob-gobble
Wob-wob-wobble
Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice
Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice
You put your foot out
and you flap those wings
bring your foot back
and you shake that thing
You put your foot out
and you flap those wing
bring your foot back
and you shake that thing
put your arms out to the side right side
put your arms out to the side left side
put your arms out to the side right side
hey flap it out, flap it out, flap it out
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We gob-gob-gobble
Wob-wob-wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We do the gobble gobble
We do the turkey wobble
We gob-gob-gobble
Wob-wob-wobble
Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice
Lets hear a whoo whoo
You gotta whoo whoo
I like that whoo whoo
Give me a whoo whoo
And thats nice, Oh so nice


from Celebrate This!, released October 6, 2017 license
all rights reserved

Source: https://kookookangaroo.bandcamp.com/track/gobble-gobble-turkey-wobble-2

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THREE EXAMPLES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIP HOP DANCE CRAZE (NOVELTY/FAD DANCES) VIDEOS
Example #1: Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)



Soulja Boy, Published on Nov 22, 2009

Best of Soulja Boy Tell'em: https://goo.gl/V4M688

Music video by Soulja Boy Tell`em performing Crank That (Soulja Boy). (C) 2007 ColliPark Music/HHH/Interscope Records

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Example #2: Mr C The Slide Man - Cha-Cha Slide



MrCTheSlideManVEVO, Published on Jun 16, 2009

Music video by Mr. C The Slide Man performing Cha-Cha Slide. (C) 2000 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Example #3: Wedding "Wobble"



SpB2Studios, Published on Aug 21, 2010

I'm so glad Marquita & Jerry chose me as there photographer for there wedding. They could have sold tickets for that wedding cause it was a blast. I think everyone including my self will agree that they are meant for each other.

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Example #4: Silentó - Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) (Official)



SilentoVEVO, Published on Jun 25, 2015

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What Do "Juju On That Beat" And "TZ Anthem" Mean? (information, comments, videos)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post provides information about the latest viral Hip Hop dance record "Juju On The Beat" (also known as TZ Anthem), with special emphasis on what the term "juju on the beat" means.

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

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Zay Hilfiger and Zayion McCall, the creators of the song "Juju On The Beat". Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and those who are featured in these embedded videos. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECORD "JUJU ON THE BEAT"
"Juju On That Beat" (TZ Anthem) is the currently viral Hip Hop dance routine (from August 2016 to date). Like "Hit The Quan", dancers pantomime what the rapper says and perform certain Hip Hop dance moves that the rapper calls out. (In this post, I refer to these dance moves as "calls"). For example, when the rapper says "walked in this party", the dancers imitate walking and when the rapper says "you know my hair nappy", the dancers gesture to their hair -regardless of whether their hair is nappy or not.* Also, for example, the dancers do their version of the old school (1986/1987) Hip Hop dance "The Running Man" when the rapper calls out that dance in that record.
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*The lyrics "you know my hair nappy" are part of the rapper's "getting his swag on" (bragging about how good he looks) at a party. That comment inspired me to do some online research about African Americans 9and other Black people's) changing attitudes about the word "nappy". Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/changing-attitudes-among-african.html for Part I of a four part pancocojams post about this subject. The other links to those posts will be included in each post in that series.

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WHAT DOES "JUJU ON THE BEAT" MEAN? [Revised July 10, 2017]
In the context of this Hip Hop record, I believe that there are two possible definitions for the term "juju on the beat":

1. "Juju on the beat" means to do a certain Hip Hop dance move (or do certain Hip Hop dance moves) on the beat (to the record's beat)

I'm not sure whether there's any firm agreement on what dance move or moves are called "the juju" (or "juju on the beat").

Just as there's a specific dance that is done when the rapper says "Do the Running Man" - there may be a specific dance move or series of dance moves that dancers are supposed to do when the rapper says "juju on the beat".

2. Juju on the beat means to "be or act "turnt up" (i.e. to really give something all you’ve got, to go “all in”, to really go all out, to really get down, to "go wild" with just a few or with no inhibitions).

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EXPLANATIONS FOR DEFINITION #1 AND DEFINITION #2
From watching a number of those videos and from reading many of the comments in those video's discussion threads, it seems to me that many of the dancers who post challenge dance videos for "Juju On The Beat (TZ Anthem) base their dance moves on those performed by the Fresh The Clown duo*. But those dancers and others still tend to substitute their own pantomime and dance moves for some of those that the Fresh The Clown duo perform. In the beginning of the routine for the command" (call to) "juju on the beat", the duo leaned forward and then leaned back while moving their shoulders up and down to the beat.

However, Zay Hilfiger's comment (given in Excerpt #3 below) indicates that he "started saying “JuJu” in 2014. Also read my transcription of Zay Hilfiger's response to television host Kelly Ripa's question "What does Juju On The Beat mean?". Zay said that ["juju on the beat" is] "my arch ego. It’s like I’m the height... turned up...I don’t care." That transcription is found after the video given as Example #5.

I believe those comments support the second definition that is given in this post for the term "juju on the beat". However, I think that this is an earlier meaning that Zay Hilfiger had for "juju" and not most often used definition for that word in the context of that Hip Hop record.
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If Fresh The Clown's video actually is the prototype for "juju on the beat" routines, the way that dance move appears to be performed isn't the say way that Zay Hilfiger, the primary creator of this record, performed it in a video that he published on YouTube on August 15, 2016. That video shows him and a female friend performing a dance routine to his record.

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More comments about Definition #2
Here are two definitions for the African American Vernacular English term "turnt up" ("turned up):

WARNING: urbandictionary.com pages often include profanity, sexually explicit content, forms of the n word, and racist content.

From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Turnt+Up&page=2
"Turnt Up
ADJ.
1. A state of euphoria brought about by having an extremely good time
2. the act of dancing excitedly to popular music
3. an energetic feeling brought on by upbeat music, highly felt emotions, or positive events

When Young Thug's new song came on, the crowd became turnt up!
by Writeordiechick May 07, 2016

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"turnt up
phrase coined by Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa that basically means to go HAM at a party, usually while intoxicated.
Brian: "What's up? Did you go to Dave's party last night?"

Zack: "Hell yeah, man I was so turnt up!"

#turnt #up #turn #party #go #ham"

by mr1o3 June 23, 2013
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Note that there are other-much older meanings- for the word "juju". Here's a brief excerpt of that Wikipedia article:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B9j%C3%BA_music
"Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes from a Yoruba word "juju" or "jiju" meaning "throwing" or "something being thrown." Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which "is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or witchcraft common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South American nations."....
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It's possible that Zay Hilfiger came up with the term "juju" to refer to being "turnt on" or having a heighten sense of himself from the definition that "juju" means a fetish, or an amulet for magic.

*Read the transcription for the portion of the video of Zay and Zayion on the American television show Live With Kelly (given as Example #5 below).

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WHAT DOES "TZ ANTHEM" MEAN?
My guess is that "TZ Anthem" means two Z's ("Zay Hilfiger and Zayion McCall)'s anthem. Or "t" might stand for "the" Z's (Zay and Zayion) anthem.

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ARTICLE EXCERPTS ABOUT "JUJU ON THE BEAT" (TZ ANTHEM)
These two excerpts are given in no particular order. The excerpts are numbered for referencing purposes only.
Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juju_on_that_Beat_(TZ_Anthem)
" "Juju on that Beat (TZ Anthem)" (also known simply as "Juju on that Beat",[1] "Juju on the Beat"[2] and "Juju on dat Beat"[3]) is a song by American rappers Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall. The song and the music video on McCall's YouTube channel* went viral and has attracted more than 17 million views and resulted in a number of fan-made versions of the music video.[2][3] The song is a freestyle over the beat of the song "Knuck If You Buck" by American hip hop group Crime Mob featuring Lil' Scrappy.[4]

The single charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 11.[5]

The duo appeared on Live with Kelly on October 19, 2016, performing the song and giving an instruction of its dance moves.[2]...

Single by Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall from the album Why So Serious? Released September 30, 2016"...
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The "Juju on the Beat" sound file was posted to Zayion McCall's YouTube channel on August 11, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSMpXARQYbg. That sound file has 21,203,173 total views as of 10/25/2016 at 2:41 PM.

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Excerpt #2:
From http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/what-is-the-tz-anthem-dance-challenge.html
"Everything You Need to Know About the TZ Anthem Challenge and the 15-Year-Old Who Created the Viral Dance That Took Over the Teenage Internet" by Madison Malone Kircher, September 12, 2016 6:31 p.m.
"Zay Hilfiger....[is the] 15-year-old .... behind the #TZAnthemChallenge, in which participants undertake the entire sequence of dance moves performed by Hilfiger in the official video. Dance challenges are the frequent and popular subject of YouTube videos, but TZ Anthem seems to have some particularly limber legs: It’s currently taking over living rooms, cafeterias, locker rooms, high-school parking lots — which means it’s also taken over Vine, Snapchat, and Twitter. Just ask the nearest teenager you can find.”...

Hilfiger’s song has taken off online over the past month, but the Detroit teen explains the song’s origins date back a few years. “I made the song during summer 2014, but it wasn’t even a real song then,” Hilfiger told me. “I was just with my friends playing around, you know. This is when dances like the Nae Nae and the Whip were hot, so we just started saying ‘juju,’” (The Juju is one of several moves in the corresponding dance to “TZ Anthem.”) “As the summer [2016] went over, I came up and was like, I want to make this a real song,” Hilfiger said. “I didn’t really expect it to do what it did.”

He posted the track to SoundCloud, but says since he didn’t promote the song, he wasn’t anticipating a wide audience. “I just made it, put it out there, and it was alright,” Hilfiger explained. “People would say, This is a good song, and take it to their friends.” But when a performing group he belongs to, called Fresh the Clowns, shared a choreographed dance to the song to their over 100,000 Instagram followers, the viral lift began.”....
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Italics are added here to highlight this sentence.

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Excerpt #3:
From http://genius.com/Zay-hilfigerrr-juju-on-that-beat-tz-anthem-lyrics verified Commentary by Zay Hilfiger and Zayion McCall
"About Juju On That Beat - Created by WriteNProppa September 2016

A breakout hit for Detroit rappers Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall, “TZ Anthem” is a viral song in the same vein of previous tracks like “Hit The Quan,” with lyrics centering around various dance moves.

Zay and Zayion rap over the beat to Crime Mob’s 2004 classic “Knuck If You Buck,” and interpolate a portion of that record.

“TZ Anthem,” or “JuJu on That Beat,” went viral after the dance troupe Fresh the Clowns posted their #TZAnthemChallenge video. That led others to make their own clips, and the dance craze blew up.

Why is this song popular?

The success of “TZ Anthem” is largely a product of social media. Dance videos synced to the song were virally shared on Twitter, causing the song to sky-rocket in popularity.

What inspired them to make the song

ZAY HILFIGERRR :
It actually started when I came to Zayion’s house and I was just playing around. I kind of made the song in 2014, I started saying “JuJu” in 2014. I didn’t have no lyrics, it was just a thing.

And then I just wanted to do it and I went to Zayion house and told him to turn on the “Knuck If You Buck” beat and I just freestyled.

All of this was random.”…
How did the #TZAnthemChallenge take off?

ZAY HILFIGERRR :
The Co-CEO of Fresh the Clowns called me like “Zay your track hot, I saw the dance and I want to start a trend.”

At the moment the song wasn’t poppin’, but we shot a video and the next day it blew up. It had like 18,000 views in one day and then it hit 100,000 and it was on all these dance pages. After a week it was popular.

As far as the #TZAnthemChallenge that came from everybody doing it, Fresh the Clowns, little kids.

The main three people were Fresh the Clowns, Hannah and then this 9-year-old little caucasian girl.

Then we started seeing cheerleaders doing it, then IG celebrities and then actors. After LeBron’s son did it, we knew we had something."
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"Hannah" may be the young woman who is dancing with Zay Hilfiger in the video given as Example #2 below.

"The 9 year old Caucasian girl" may be the girl that is dancing in the video given as Example #3 below.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are given in chronological order based on their publishing date on YouTube, with the oldest dated video given first.

Example #1: Fresh the clowns tzanthem 🔥🔥🔥



DAEDAY Fresh Published on Aug 7, 2016

Follow our ig pages @freshboyira

@daedayfresh_ @zayhilfigerrr
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The flames icon means that the video publisher considers this video to be "fire" ("on fire", "hot", "very very good".)
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Here's the portion of this record's lyrics that is usually used for the dance challenges:
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"[Verse 1: Zay Hilfiger]
Walked in this party
And these girls lookin' at me
Skinny jeans on and you know my hair nappy
Hey, hey, hey
Okay, okay
I want y'all do it, do this dance now

[Hook: Zay Hilfiger]
JuJu on the beat
JuJu on that beat
JuJu on that, JuJu on that, JuJu on that beat
Now slide, drop
Hit dem folks, don't stop, aye
Don't stop, aye
Don't stop, aye
Running man on that beat, aye
Running man on that beat, aye
Running man on that beat, aye
Running man on that beat
Now do your dance, do your dance, do your dance, aye
You ugly
You your daddy's son"...

Source: http://genius.com/Zay-hilfigerrr-juju-on-that-beat-tz-anthem-lyrics Zay Hilfigerrr, Featuring Zayion McCall, Produced By Lil Jay (Crime Mob), Album Why So Serious?

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Example #2: The Creator : JuJu On Dat Beat : #TZAnthemChallenge ( Official Dance Video ) @ZayHillfigerrr



Zay Hilfiger, Published on Aug 15, 2016

Download JuJu On That Beat - http://smarturl.it/DownloadJuJu
Stream JuJu On That Beat - http://smarturl.it/StreamJuJu

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Example #3: little white Girl dances on juju on that beat song, black dance moves :D



3896841, views Published on Aug 23, 2016
amazing

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Example #4: Juju On That Beat Dance Challenge [TZ Athem] #jujuonthatbeat #tzathem



One Challenge, Published on Sep 24, 2016

Juju On That Beat Dance Challenge [TZ Athem] #jujuonthatbeat #tzathem #tzathemchallenge

Best musical.ly, dubsmash, instagram and flipagram Juju On That Beat Dance Challenge Compilation or TZ Athem, urban dance, hip hop dance and lit dance.

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Example #5: "Juju on That Beat" Dance Lesson



LIVE with Kelly Published on Oct 19, 2016

Hip hop duo Zay teach Kelly and Ciara how to do the "Juju on The Beat" dance.
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Here's the transcription when Kelly asks Zay Hilfiger what "juju on the beat" means: (.045-.054 of this video)
Kelly- “What does it mean? Is it dirty? Are we…[Zay interrupts her and she says] okay…
Zay- No Juju is like me.
Kelly – Okay
Zay -It’s my....it’s my arch ego. It’s like I’m the height (said while repeatedly mimicking lifting something up with both hands], turned up...I don’t care...
Kelly – Oh okay.
Zay – That’s the type. It’s like my beads. That’s me.
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I wrote these words in italic font to indicated that I’m not sure of this transcription. “It’s like my beads” refers to the fact that Zay is wearing his short natural hair in a hairstyle that isn’t worn by other males – i.e. braids with pink beads at the end. This hairstyle signifies (represents) his uniqueness.

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"Do Tha Ratchet" Dance Videos (with information & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part series on the slang term "ratchet".

Part II provides an overview about the slang word "ratchet" and showcases two YouTube videos of the Ratchet dance. Selected comments from these videos' discussion threads are also included in this post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/what-ratchet-means-how-its-slang.html for Part I of this series. Part I provides definitions of and comments about the slang word "ratchet". This post also includes a partial chronology of the slang use of the word "ratchet" by various recording artists and YouTube videographers.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/10/emmanuel-and-philip-hudson-ratchet-girl.html for Part III of this series. Part III showcases the 2012 video "Ratchet Girl Anthem" and provides the lyrics and explanations for some other African American Vernacular English terms from those lyrics.

The content of this post is presented for etymological and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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OVERVIEW OF THE SLANG WORD "RATCHET"
The earliest record that includes the slang word "ratchet" was released in 1992 (the Hip Hop song "I'm So Bad" by UGK (Underground Kingz). In that record-which is full of profanity and what is commonly known as "the n word"- UGK uses "ratchet-ass" as an insult.

Notwithstanding that information, most articles and post credit Shreveport, Louisiana as the birthplace of "ratchetness". Indeed, a nickname for Shreveport is "ratchet city". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_Louisiana.

Here's some information about Shreveport and the word "ratchet".
From http://www.nappyafro.com/2012/05/23/lets-get-ratchet-the-origin-of-ratchetness/ Let’s Get Ratchet: The Origin Of Ratchetness, by Short-T, May 23, 2012
"During my adolescent years at Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, I learned a new word for “ho”. “Ratchet” described my peers who participated in extra-curricular activities after school and on the weekends in backseats, someone’s mama’s bedroom, or in a movie theater. I remember in middle school we used to joke and call them, “Go Livers”. The new slang was born when the soon-to-be-King of Louisiana, Lil’ Boosie, collaborated with the local record label Lavahouse and its owner, Mandigo and made the song that would later teach everyone in Louisiana “Ratchet”, as a dance and a true meaning behind the local movement that would gain momentum...

I have heard the word that describes my small Louisiana city, used by major artists like Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and many other people who have probably never tasted gumbo or peeled crawfish in their lives. The worst offenders have been DJ Mustard, the producer of “Rack City” and Def Jam signee, YG. They have done several interviews describing the music landscape of the youth in California, using the same descriptions Hurricane used to explain the Shreveport lifestyle. The biggest slap in the face was the claim of creating Ratchet Music. I really did not see myself getting upset over a word that means ignorant and accurately describes the people that live that life, but not giving credit to the originators actually upsets me and anyone else that know the origin story. It obviously means a lot to some people if you are willing to claim ownership of something you did not create."...
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Read more information about the word "ratchet" in Part I of this series.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Examples #1: My Cuzin Doin The Ratchet



charde06, Uploaded on May 30, 2006
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In the beginning of this video, a female voice says says "Hey y'all this is my cousin (cuzin) finna to do (getting ready to do) the ratchet".

Here's selected comments from this video's discussion thread.
1. Dinene Hussain, 2006
"you taught us how to do the ratchet! Thanks! :)"

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2007
2. passphrase
"go on gurl...pop dat colla"
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Here's some information about the term "pop dat colla" from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Poppin%27%20ya%20collar
"Poppin' ya collar
A phrase generally used in the hip hop lexicon. It describes not only an action, but also a general attitude. The term was originally used in this sense by the rapper E-40. When used by E-40, and many other hip hop artists including Three 6 Mafia in their song Poppin My Collar, the term refers to the act of pulling one's collar, or the clothing where one's collar would be (as when wearing a t-shirt), with the thumb and fingertips. One then releases the clothing in varying degrees of flamboyance. Used in this sense, "poppin' ya collar" is more about the attitude and message of confidence portrayed in so doing than any clothing style (see upturned collar). E-40 immortalized the term (and the accompanying attitude), in his song Pop Ya Collar from his album Loyalty and Betrayal....
by Mr. Pompo October 24, 2006
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Read my comment for #4 below about being "hard".

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3. martino7468
"LIL Momma tight. She the best i seen on you tube."
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"Lil momma" - an affectionate referent that some (but not all) African Americans use for females from babies to pre-teens.

"tight" = doing something very well (in this case - dancing very well)

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4. FLiiPSTaaR
"she the game face on lock an load... she lookin like "im killin it you know im killin it so ummm...please hate" she kilt it though 5*
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A number of commenters referred to the dancer having a "game face". "Game" here refers to a sports competition. "lock an load" (getting ready to shoot; in this sense from the beginning of her dance). "she lookin like "im killin it you know im killin it so ummm...please hate" means that she confident that she is doing very well (killin it) so her face and demeanor is saying "I dare you to criticize me (hate on me). "She kilt it through 5" probably refers to the five stars rating system that YouTube used to have = with 5 being the highest (best) score.

Read the comment below about having a "stank face" (a serious expression on one's face). Making a "stank face" might be done to convey the persona of a female who is "hard" (someone who isn't supposed to be messed with).
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This face and demeanor points to the play acting that's an integral part of a lot of Black girls' recreational play. (Dancing is a part of recreational play). For instance, when Black girls chant confrontational foot stomping cheers such as "Hula Hula" (who think they bad), they aren't really looking for a fight or warning someone off. It's all part of an act.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/examples-of-hula-hula-who-think-they.html for a pancocojams post on "Hula Hula" cheer.

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5. Iccees Strahan
"lil mama was GETTIN IT!!!! That was hot!!!"
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"Gettin it" = doing the dance very well

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2010
6. Faye Wilson
"i used to do the rachet like dat"

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2011
7. TehudiDG07
"killin it i know you be gettin loose in the club"
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"Getting loose" means "to dance very well" maybe because one way that people can dance very well is to be loose (and not stiff).

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8. Marquez West Jr.
"You killed it bit you wiz making dat stank face"

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9. Lashai Mo
"To cute!! She dance like me & I'm 31yr old with her head up..Do that!!!!"
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I"m 31yr. with her head up may mean "31 year old self-assured adult."

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10. Jai Baxter
"I love this video because she got that confidence in her face. Even her cousin said 'The face'...LOL. She better do that. I ain't mad at her."

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2012
11. david broussard
"that song is the truth we do all got some ratchet in us!!"

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12. david broussard
AWSOME!!, UGOGURL!!
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UGOGIR!! - "You go girl" is a statement of admiration.

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demond adams
13. "ooo she kno she go HARD"
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"To go hard" evidences a "tough girl" demeanor (according to Black urban culture standards).

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14. ceeeluvv, 2013
"ummm, ths ain't nothin but the Gangster Walk from about "92"

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WARNING: Parental discretion is advised for this video.

Examples #2: Do Da Ratchet' music video Lava House feat. Lil Boosie



Adetiba 'Super-Director', Uploaded on Oct 10, 2006

'Do Da Ratchet' music video produced by Adetiba/Texas Best Productions for Lava House Records. Shreveport Louisiana aka 'Ratchet City'
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Here's a description of this dance from http://latinrapper.com/blogs/?p=8810
"In the original music video for “Do Da Ratchet” you can see clubgoers and others doing the ratchet dance, and moving their arms in circular ratcheting motions. And true to the dance term’s double meaning as something hood or ghetto, at the 1:24 mark in the video** you can see what appears to be a pregnant woman holding a bottle of beer as she dances in the club."
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Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
The comments are given in chronological order with the oldest comments given first except for replies. Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.

1. Tehran Bertrand, 2013
"just like twerkin, cheeky blakk came out with that dong twerk something in the early 90ls in new orleans and now everybody talkin bout twerk this and twerk that

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2. 1975COREY, 2013
"why is this girl in the green pregnant and drinking? really?"
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"Really" here infers criticism of a pregnant woman dancing and drinking at a nightclub.

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3. cedric lee, 2013
"Ratchet city 318 in the built we start it dirty south Louisiana."
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"in the built" = in the building (meaning "is here"). We start it etc. = "We (Louisiana) started the "dirty South" [culture].

Here's some information about the term "dirty south" from https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-term-Dirty-South-originate-from-and-what-does-it-mean by
Christopher Lin, English, [profanity deleted] ! I speak it!, Written May 14, 2010
Dirty South refers to a subgenre of Southern rap characterised by heavy bass beats and bouncy rhythms good for dancing in clubs. The lyrical content usually focuses on sex, parties, nightlife, conspicuous consumption, and Southern culture, and the delivery is characterised by a relaxed drawl.

The genre grew out of the club scene in the southern U.S. during the late 1980s, in particular the Miami Bass style, and gained mainstream prominence with the rise of OutKast and the success of their 1994 album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. The term itself originates from the song 'Dirty South' by Goodie Mob on their 1995 debut album Soul Food. The Dirty South style remains a strong influence in lots of contemporary mainstream party-oriented hip-hop (at least, until this weird craze of Eurodance-inflected hip-hop completely takes over)."

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4. ken town, 2013
"Shteveport started the rachet now the whole world hollin rachheet was up Texas Lousian!!! We in here!!"

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5. Nura Fountano, 2013
"Maaan.... I'm so glad this has a time date stamp of when it was uploaded. I swear Texas and Louisiana culture is jocked the hardest. Just like them lil dudes made a come up off of teach me how to dougie. A dude out a Dallas started that dance. Well Dougie Fresh first of course. But Dallas dude did pay homage to the originator. But the world recognizes the Cali dudes for starting it. Just a shame."

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6. lataviajones12, 2014
"So true LOUISIANA been on the ratchet and twerking but i guess that's what happens when you stay in a small state."

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7. 228allday, 2015
"On everythang they be stealing the souths slang"

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8. ceeeluvv, 2014
"this just the old gangsta walk sped up"

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9. mgtaduran2 years ago
"only 500k views and over a million people say ratchet now"
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This video has a total of 655,345 views as of the date of this post's publication.

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