Popping Bottles and Other Hip Hop Cliches I’ve Never Heard of

I’m no filthy rich hip hop mogul, so it’s no wonder why I’m not popping bottles. Heck, I never knew what popping bubbles meant as well as many of these other hip hop cliches.

• “Play my/her favorite song”
• “I like it”
• “Duece/Dueces”
• “Animal” or “cannibal”
• “Swagger” or “swag on”
• “808’s”
• “In the club”
• “Turn it up” or “Turn it loud”
• “Put your hands in the air” or “put your hands up”

I’d only disagree a bit with 808’s. Maybe it is a type of drum, but if we’re talking Kanye West’s 808’s and Heartbreak, I have to think Hawaii (area code 808 and where Kanye recorded) had some influence.