Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

To spit in the general direction of

French translation:

to freestyle/rap using them as background

Added to glossary by RHELLER
Aug 31, 2005 10:31
18 yrs ago
English term

To spit in the general direction of

English to French Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Musique
Contexte : Brochure promotionnelle d'un logiciel de musique.

"He's lent his lips to the "Godfather of Soul" and spit in the general direction of LL Cool J, Run DMC, and even the great Ray Charles."

Discussion

Dr Sue Levy (X) Aug 31, 2005:
I think it's a "cleaned-up" version of this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I Fart In you... Apparently a common French expression, lol!
Non-ProZ.com Aug 31, 2005:
De fait, le net est plein de cette expression... Je ne l'avais jamais entendu pour ma part.

Proposed translations

6 hrs
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not for grading

I don't know how to say it in French but this is what it means:
he uses a lot of soul music as his background. This guy performs with computerized background and does the effects/beatboxing- which sends saliva flying

I like it to be just me and my mic and the footwork. I use a good ol' Shure SM58 microphone - when you sling as much saliva as I do, you need a mic that can take punishment.

Kid B has shared the stage with James Brown, Ray Charles, LL Cool J, Spearhead, the Neville Brothers

godfather of soul = James Brown

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Note added at 6 hrs 59 mins (2005-08-31 17:30:22 GMT)
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to spit = To freestyle/rap. A slang used in the hood, or ghetto."Yo dawg, spit a rhyme for us"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spit

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Note added at 7 hrs 0 min (2005-08-31 17:31:20 GMT)
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beatbox

To create musical beats with ones mouth and vocal chords. To immitate a drum with ones mouth. To immitate unusual noises within a beat.Selector got on the mic and busted a beatbox while Gofer busted some fat rhymes
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He's lent his lips to the "Godfather of Soul" and spit in the general direction of LL Cool J, Run DMC, and even the great Ray Charles. Of course it's musical spit we're talking about here - the kind of juice used to fuel the lips, breath, and vocal stylings of San Francisco's own Kid Beyond (aka Andrew Chaikin).
http://www.ableton.com/content-frame/artist-kid-beyond/kid-b...
Peer comment(s):

agree RHELLER
6 hrs
Thanks!
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2 hrs

dénigre calmement

spit in > show great disrespect for
general direction > casual attitude in doing so > calmement, sans en faire trop attention
Peer comment(s):

neutral RHELLER : sorry, not here
4 hrs
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5 hrs

faire un petit pied du nez à l'intention de......

ça rend le sens de l'anglais, sinon l'image ! Une possibilité
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