Archive for the 'Youth' Category
For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop
November 7th, 2007 by nic
“Hip-hop, with its suggestive lyrics, videos and dance moves, has long been criticized by public health experts and parents, who fear that it leads to risky sexual behavior among teenagers…” READ MORE
Hip Hop Lexicon
September 26th, 2007 by nicI usually take the Q train to work from Brooklyn, today I decided to take the 5 into Manhattan, and as per usual it was crowded. A young couple no older than 21 were pushed up against me. I was listening to my tiny iPod shuffle and the next thing I heard was, “then I gave him the gas face.” I looked at the couple and gave them a polite smile. I haven’t heard anyone give someone else the gas face since I was a kid back in ’88. Is this phrase making a comeback?
Gas face is a terminology of late 80’s hip hop, it’s the look you give someone when they are saying or doing something you think is incoherent or inappropriate yo. Below is a good reference to this once used phrase back when hip hop was good party music.