to really give something all you’ve got, to go “all in”, to really go all out, to really get down, to "go wild" with just a few or with no inhibitions).ĮXPLANATIONS FOR DEFINITION #1 AND DEFINITION #2įrom watching a number of those videos and from reading many of the comments in those video's discussion threads, it seems to me that many of the dancers who post challenge dance videos for "Juju On The Beat (TZ Anthem) base their dance moves on those performed by the Fresh The Clown duo*. Juju on the beat means to "be or act "turnt up" (i.e.
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Just as there's a specific dance that is done when the rapper says "Do the Running Man" - there may be a specific dance move or series of dance moves that dancers are supposed to do when the rapper says "juju on the beat".Ģ. I'm not sure whether there's any firm agreement on what dance move or moves are called "the juju" (or "juju on the beat"). "Juju on the beat" means to do a certain Hip Hop dance move (or do certain Hip Hop dance moves) on the beat (to the record's beat) In the context of this Hip Hop record, I believe that there are two possible definitions for the term "juju on the beat":ġ. The other links to those posts will be included in each post in that series. Click for Part I of a four part pancocojams post about this subject. That comment inspired me to do some online research about African Americans 9and other Black people's) changing attitudes about the word "nappy". *The lyrics "you know my hair nappy" are part of the rapper's "getting his swag on" (bragging about how good he looks) at a party. For example, when the rapper says "walked in this party", the dancers imitate walking and when the rapper says "you know my hair nappy", the dancers gesture to their hair -regardless of whether their hair is nappy or not.* Also, for example, the dancers do their version of the old school (1986/1987) Hip Hop dance "The Running Man" when the rapper calls out that dance in that record. (In this post, I refer to these dance moves as "calls"). Like "Hit The Quan", dancers pantomime what the rapper says and perform certain Hip Hop dance moves that the rapper calls out. "Juju On That Beat" (TZ Anthem) is the currently viral Hip Hop dance routine (from August 2016 to date). INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECORD "JUJU ON THE BEAT" Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and those who are featured in these embedded videos. Thanks to Zay Hilfiger and Zayion McCall, the creators of the song "Juju On The Beat".
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This post provides information about the latest viral Hip Hop dance record "Juju On The Beat" (also known as TZ Anthem), with special emphasis on what the term "juju on the beat" means.