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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Krump / Crunk

Posted by on June 23 at 16:56 PM

My post on Krump-dancing (see Tuesday, below) raises an important question, at least for this white boy: Now that I know what Krump is, what is Crunk?

I posed this question to Charles Mudede, who performed for me an amazing reenactment of the Crunk, which I wish I could post for all to hear. Alas, Wikkipedia’s definition will have to suffice for now:

Crunk (or krunk) is a specific type of hip hop music, based out of the southern United States, particularly Atlanta, Georgia. While most crunk-style music could be called “Dirty South” or southern rap, the reverse is not necessarily true. Eightball & MJG for example have a more “Southern funk” sound.

Not incredibly enlightenting. Anyone want to school me further on the nuances of Crunk?