#music
81 words tagged “music”
Impressive, tough, or excellent — especially music or a look.
Your home or place — where you live and chill.
A sound-system DJ who selects the records
Stylish, attractive, and effortlessly cool — looking good and knowing it.
Patois pronunciation of 'tune' — a track, especially a banger.
Jamaican word for feeling good, at peace, and everything being alright.
The messy, flash-photo, hipster party aesthetic of the late 2000s — American Apparel, eyeliner, and disco-grime.
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To disrespect or insult someone — a put-down, often in a song.
Excellent, cool, and top-quality — a hip-hop term of high praise.
Excellent, amazing, or extremely good.
"Let's get it" — a hype ad-lib popularized by Lil Uzi Vert.
A K-pop group's new release era — not a return from a break, just the next drop.
Piano — 'the old joanna'.
Curvy, attractive, and fabulous — coined by Destiny's Child.
Venezuelan-derived Christmas folk music
Dancing Pepe emote for vibing to good music.
To praise, hype up, or give respect to someone — a shout-out, Jamaican style.
The catchy, repeated part of a song — usually the chorus — that hooks you and gets stuck in your head.
Vybz Kartel's camp/fanbase (Portmore Empire)
Impressive, hard, or sick — high praise for skill, especially in music.
The guys, especially musicians and people who are hip to the scene.
The mood, feeling, or atmosphere of a person, place, or thing — "good vibes" means good energy.
An expression of agreement or 'I hear you' from 80s hip-hop culture.
A small impromptu house party or dance.
A subgenre of hip-hop, or slang for a place where hustling happens.
Groove, swagger, rhythmic vibe (PR)
Wild, exciting, and amazing — so good it's out of control.
The slime-green, messy-confident party aesthetic from Charli XCX's 2024 album — chaotic, hedonistic, unbothered cool.
To denounce / bring down through song
A large dance party with electronic music, often running all night.
The archetypal East End pub sing-along and dance.
A composed, stylish, in-the-know man — the very picture of beatnik cool.
A rival sound-system operator (often derogatory)
Orthodox Rasta order; its drumming/gathering
A big dancehall party or rave — also a term for dancehall music itself.
Loud, lively, and full of energy — usually about music or a scene.
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Flashy, expensive jewelry — the sparkle of chains, rings, and diamonds.
To party (Cuba)