Crenshaw

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:41 a.m.

Crenshaw boulevard, a thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California

Categories Locations

Collocates Slauson⁵, ride³, hoe², roll², 64, cold, Compton, creep, floss, flossing, hit switches, impala, in the cut, jack, jock, rap

Region L A, West Coast

Holonyms Cali, Califas

Rhymes Impala

Timeline

1987-11-06 N.W.A. "L.A. Is The Place" feat. The D.O.C. [N.W.A. & The Posse]
The strip is a trip on south Crenshaw
1987-11-06 N.W.A. "8 Ball" [N.W.A. & The Posse]
Ridin' on Slauson, lookin for Crenshaw
1992-01-22 South Central Cartel "I Get My Roll On" [South Central Madness]
Hit Crenshaw with the front cold slammin

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Crenshaw

noun

Published on April 10, 2016, 5:41 a.m.

The Crenshaw neighborhood in southwestern Los Angeles, California

Categories Locations

Collocates back in the day, BK, chill, Compton, dip, dirty, Flatbush, gangsta, hoe, ill, Marcy, rap, regulator, roll on, Shaolin, Slauson, Y.G., yo, I'mma

Region L A, West Coast

Holonyms Cali, Califas, South Central

Related concepts Compton, CPT, Inglewood, LBC, Slauson

Rhymes Mardi Gras, super-mall

Timeline

1987-01-01 C.I.A. "My Posse" feat. Ice Cube, Kid Dee, Sir Jinx [My Posse]
Crenshaw is where I chill, never ever sick, but always ill
1988-09-01 Sir Mix-A-Lot "F The BS" [Swass]
The rap government from Crenshaw to Tupelo
1992-11-24 The Pharcyde "Oh Shit" [Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde]
Tuesday, me and my new Crenshaw cutie

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