A primer on Bay Area hip-hop lingo

02/05/2006 06:33:00 PM
The Bay's answer to Southern "Crunk", Hyphy is regional sound making impressive inroads on commercial radio in California and on the playlists of forward-thinking hip-hop djs nationwide. While the sonic qualities of "Yay Area" Rap can be hard to pin down, one thing the scene is known for is some impenetrable slang. Thanks to the East Bay Express, the unitiated can now make some sense about what these dudes are talking about. Undersmell me?
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