It might be spelled 'gee', not sure, but it gets mentioned an awful lot.
― mei, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:24 (nineteen years ago)
Seriously? It's "gangsta", though I guess it can also refer to a gram (as in "two grams of cocaine").
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:26 (nineteen years ago)
groin.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:27 (nineteen years ago)
Yes seriously.
It can't be gangsta can it? I'm sure I've used it in a context that would rule that out.
If it is gangsta, is it just used generically, like 'niggah' or 'bitch'?
― mei, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:28 (nineteen years ago)
gay
― blueski, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:28 (nineteen years ago)
I mean, I'm listening to a hilarious Hip-Hop only station now where ther chorus is:
"Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch"
but even they couldn't with a straight face call each other gangsters, when they're not?
― mei, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:29 (nineteen years ago)
gangsta andy partidge, obv.
― King Boy Pato, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:30 (nineteen years ago)
Er... not to be rude, but if you're asking what it means, you probably shouldn't be using it.
― Richard Wood Johnson, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:30 (nineteen years ago)
poster didn't say they used it, holmes.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:32 (nineteen years ago)
4 posts down, homie.
― Richard Wood Johnson, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:44 (nineteen years ago)
thats right, scholesy
― Filey Camp, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:45 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah, it really does mean "gangsta". Can't think of any other rap meaning for it, if it refers to a person. And yeah, it's a generic term, it doesn't necessarily mean a big-time criminal.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:50 (nineteen years ago)
G can also refer to a thousand dollars. Or Gilbert.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 12:53 (nineteen years ago)
It is etymologically linked to the word "gangster", but like the word "douchebag", it has come to mean something quite different from its lexicological progenitor.
― Richard Wood Johnson, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 13:11 (nineteen years ago)
"lex"
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 13:57 (nineteen years ago)
lol gangsta
― will, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:00 (nineteen years ago)
Welcom to ILM, friend.
― Wrinklepaws, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:19 (nineteen years ago)
g golly gosh.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:28 (nineteen years ago)
(as my grandad used to say, before i bust a cap in his ass for using the word "golly").
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/c/c4/Ice-T-O.G._Original_Gangster_(album_cover).jpg
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:32 (nineteen years ago)
g whiz.
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:33 (nineteen years ago)
Thread should have just been a picture of Ice-T and then locked by an admin.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:50 (nineteen years ago)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1334/537088073_02613b02ab.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)
is that what yours stands for?
― mark s, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 14:57 (nineteen years ago)
And in the context of Fifty Cent, it can mean guerilla.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:00 (nineteen years ago)
"they"
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:08 (nineteen years ago)
Gertrude
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:10 (nineteen years ago)
It really means 'Gorelick'
― sous les paves, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)
I think perhaps that in the "Outtie (Audi) 5000, G" era, G could mean either "guy" or "girl." Lo these many years later, of course, it is almost certainly gangsta.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:37 (nineteen years ago)
Grimlock
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
It is a whole step lower than A, and higher than F, just like in other music!
― m bison, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 15:42 (nineteen years ago)
government
― RJG, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 16:00 (nineteen years ago)
so g-funk is gangsta-funk? i just assumed it was named after warren g...
― CharlieNo4, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 16:37 (nineteen years ago)
What is a "muthafucka"?
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)
Gorgonzola (west coast rappers are known for their cheese connoisseurship)
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:06 (nineteen years ago)
ain't nothing but a cheese thang
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:10 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.bbeoj.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/wwgd.jpg
― Roz, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:13 (nineteen years ago)
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b0/250px-G-Men_movie_1935.jpg
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)
"so g-funk is gangsta-funk? i just assumed it was named after warren g..."
Harding.
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:48 (nineteen years ago)
Was Warren Harding inducted into the KKK while in office?
― Richard Wood Johnson, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 17:58 (nineteen years ago)
g=grand ($1000)
― Heave Ho, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:04 (nineteen years ago)
Edward "G" Robinson
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:06 (nineteen years ago)
^ dat realness
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:14 (nineteen years ago)
william "G" stewart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/peoplesquiz/images/173_full/william.jpg
― grimly fiendish, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:24 (nineteen years ago)
A letter that is usually silent when it appears at the end of words in in hiphop songs ("Steady Mobbin'," "Nothin' But A G Thang," etc.).
― mike a, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:27 (nineteen years ago)
In fact, the "g"s referenced, are those extra g's left off of contractions in the black vernacular.
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:28 (nineteen years ago)
Trick question! There is no 'g' in hip-hop. Try using a dictionary, people!
― dad a, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 18:35 (nineteen years ago)
g was used as short for 'guy' (I think) in Damon Runyon stories about NY lowlife as far back as the twenties.
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 21:00 (nineteen years ago)
Joke's on Mei -- his made-up song in the beginning is clearly "Trill!"
― nabisco, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)
50 new answers joke's on ilm dude. not even counting tuomas' posts.
― tremendoid, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)
I dunno I think the Damon Runyon bit was good to know.
― Jon Lewis, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 21:53 (nineteen years ago)
gnip-gnop?
― Bob Standard, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:01 (nineteen years ago)
Damon Runyon had a lot of NYC street cred, for a guy from my hometown
― nabisco, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:05 (nineteen years ago)
He hung out with mafiosos and everything!
oh god.
― luriqua, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:30 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.bazzworks.com/an/animeflag.gif
― luriqua, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 22:32 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.bazzworks.com/an/bazzworks/awe2007/Aug07.gif
― sanskrit, Thursday, 16 August 2007 01:58 (nineteen years ago)
I mean, I'm listening to a hilarious Hip-Hop only station now where ther chorus is:"Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch Niggah Bitch"
YSI anyone?
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 16 August 2007 02:37 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.absolutelynuts.com/Photos/036607%20Gorp.jpg
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 16 August 2007 02:53 (nineteen years ago)
Niggah
?
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 16 August 2007 04:11 (nineteen years ago)
I'm anxious to hear this innovative new pronunciation for myself.
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 16 August 2007 05:13 (nineteen years ago)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7749/14598840hd3.gif
i hope u all have seizures
― luriqua, Thursday, 16 August 2007 05:43 (nineteen years ago)
Show us some Pokemans
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 16 August 2007 06:05 (nineteen years ago)
If Tuomas can answer your hiphop questions, you need to go to remedial class.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 16 August 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)
what happens if Jagger answers them
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 16 August 2007 23:39 (nineteen years ago)
That gorp has no granola in it. It's not even orp.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 16 August 2007 23:46 (nineteen years ago)
― luriqua, Thursday, 16 August 2007 23:48 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/penqbar.gif
― marmotwolof, Thursday, 16 August 2007 23:53 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah, there wasn't anything good on gis.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 17 August 2007 00:17 (nineteen years ago)
what is a 'skeet' in hip-hop
― marmotwolof, Friday, 17 August 2007 00:19 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Screen/5208/gigi.jpg
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 17 August 2007 00:47 (nineteen years ago)
G can mean several things, actually.
Usually, it means 'gangsta,' and connotes an individual whose early life was spent 'on the streets,' or 'in the hood.' This individual may have spent his formative years 'in a gang,' or 'slanging drugs on a street corner,' indicating an intersection of two ghetto streets.
Often, however, g indicates a middle-class individual whose parents went to UCLA. In these cases, g still means 'gangsta', but the individual spent their early life 'on the cul-de-sac', or 'in The Grove.' These individuals are 'gangstas,' in that they call themselves such, and they have a in-depth knowledge of the LAPD, whose members they employ as private security guards.
― humansuit, Friday, 17 August 2007 01:05 (nineteen years ago)
um, GORP stands for GOBS OF RAISINS and PEANUTS. granola was only added after granola came into the lexicon in the 70s-- trust me, my grandma has been calling it GORP since she was popping babies out.
― the table is the table, Friday, 17 August 2007 23:58 (nineteen years ago)
http://jj.am/gallery/d/28451-1/GonGitRaped2.jpg
― the table is the table, Saturday, 18 August 2007 00:08 (nineteen years ago)
"GonGitRaped2.jpg" Yes, I knew it would be "worth" hitting up Properties on that one.
― marmotwolof, Saturday, 18 August 2007 00:18 (nineteen years ago)
I always thought it was "gentleman".
― peepee, Saturday, 18 August 2007 16:04 (nineteen years ago)
"I do not have a cell-phone with which to photograph this damsel. May I rest my arm against your inner thigh?" "You may."
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Saturday, 18 August 2007 16:24 (nineteen years ago)
Best caption this latest time increment!
― peepee, Monday, 20 August 2007 17:45 (nineteen years ago)
It might be spelled 'gee'
― buzza, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:06 (fifteen years ago)
great out of character tuomas post itt
― The Reverend, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)
Pretty in-character by my lights.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:33 (fifteen years ago)
guggalo
― Varèse Garagebande (kkvgz), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)
TUOMOUS WAS ABLE TO ANSWER THIS???
― 15-60-77 (S-), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)
― luriqua, Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:43 PM Bookmark
^^unheralded hof luriqua post
― The Reverend, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)
stickin' to the "gee" code IMO^
― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:38 (fifteen years ago)
Ha do you guys even read Tuomas' posts? He's pretty up on things.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:40 (fifteen years ago)
obviously not.
― 15-60-77 (S-), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:46 (fifteen years ago)
Before we married, Tuomas served in the WACS in the Philippines.
― Varèse Garagebande (kkvgz), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:56 (fifteen years ago)
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bworm.jpg
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 1 November 2010 17:58 (fifteen years ago)
GUNT
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Monday, 1 November 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)