It also suggests that the art of sampling previously recorded or familiar musics found in hip-hop began long before the genre and is not exclusive to the male-dominated genre. This exchange begins to explain how black musical style is learned (rather than biologically transmitted) at a young age through oral and kinetic practices (by word of mouth and body) that teach syncopation, call-and-response, percussive uses of non-verbal expressions, and the social dance moves needed to be competent and masterful in performing вЂњmusical blacknessвЂќ later in young adult settings.

I trace evidence of the music between the sexes to 1958 with Little Anthony and the Imperials recording вЂњShimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Pop.вЂќ The hook can be found in a contemporary popular black girlsвЂ™ game-song known as вЂњDown, Down BabyвЂќ also known as вЂњHot Dog.вЂќ The game-song features a significant swivel- or snake-hip gesture that seems to also been the shimmy of the dance that accompanied the 1958 hit. Perhaps it would diminish reception of female artistsвЂ™ musicianship, which is always in question in male-dominated genres. GirlsвЂ™ musical chants have actually informed the making of pop chart hits by men while male recorded hits often inspire new chants among the youngest generation of black female music-makers.ДЇemale artists, or perhaps their male-oriented producers, seem to disregard their younger counterparts musical expression altogether. The music between the sexes I speak of is not found in the sexually explicit videos of MTV or BET and girlsвЂ™ chants are not some secondary form of expression to menвЂ™s. GirlsвЂ™ vernacular forms of popular music culture will never be assigned copyright no royalties for the song-makers of double-dutch.Д«ut their musical games reflect the exchange of music between the sexes, specifically between girls and men, that can be traced through recorded songs by male artists for over 50 years. When we think of the music that drives the popular culture of African Americans, our first thought is not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes, stepping out with snatches of song and dance that animate their torsos and release their tongues with laughter. Just in time for WomenвЂ™s History Month, ethnomusicologist Krya Gaunt gives us a brief tour of a musical genre thatвЂ™s right under our feet. Specifically, there are complicated rhythms in the double-dutch jumprope games of African-American girls. It still makes me cringe when I hear it, however, just as I do when people use 'irregardless'.There is music in the games of girls. Conversely, being 'up for that' was an open acknowledgement of your agreement or participation it was not private, and no secrecy was implied or conveyed.Д«ecause English is English, and slang moves into the mainstream if it gets enough attention, they now mean the same thing. 'On the down low' shares some of the same connotation, where you are describing/referring to something out of the public eye, unknown to the wife/girlfriend, or otherwise a secret.Д«eing 'down for that' implied not only that you agreed with someone, but that you would keep your involvement a secret. It meant that you were involved in something seedy, or had inside information on something. Years ago (and the number of years is unclear to me) being 'down with something' had a different meaning on the street, or amongst those who were less. I thought the speaker was confused, at first, until I heard it repeated in different contexts and came to understand that 'up for that' and 'down for that' have approximately the same definition to most people. It shocked me the first time I heard it (sometime in 2013, if I remember correctly). It is common in chat rooms and other online social hangouts, but does not often appear in writing. Stating that you are 'down for that' appears to be a relatively recent phrase coming from slang. If you are addressing someone directly who is presently seated, you could use a command: up with you! (stand up.) (In case it's not clear, 'I am up to something' means 'I have an ulterior motive I don't wish to reveal.') Although you could say I am up to something, you sneaky little devil, you. Or: up with ice cream! (Yay! Ice Cream!) You would never say I am up with something. up with the king! - meaning hey, that king is pretty great. To be up with something is only used in the imperitive, eg. You could also speak of having a disease, sometimes preceded by the verb to come if the sickness hasn't yet fully taken hold. I'm down with science means 'I am familiar with science' or 'science is a good thing.' To be down with something is a slang phrase, and not terribly common in formal speech or writing. If you are down with something it means that you have knowledge of something or are in agreement with it.

Baby are you down down down down girl