[Ads-l] Antedating of "Phat" (Of Music)

Bill Mullins amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 20 02:02:41 UTC 2025


>   phat (of music) (OED 1992 December)
>
>   1992 Daily Illini 28 Aug. 26/3 (Newspapers.com)
>
>   By producing authentic hip hop sounds with live instrumentation instead of sampling,
>   the Brand New Heavies offer a rhyme experience that's definitely more than heavy — it's p-h-a-t "PHAT."
>
>   Fred Shapiro


1992 Los Angeles Sentinel 16 Jan B10/6

So, until next tyme, keep ya beats phat, ya grooves fon-kee and ya samples on the low key side -- and I'll see ya on the charts!

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1992 Los Angeles Sentinel 7 May C5/1

Songs like "Best Friend's Girl" andand "Waitin' For My Break," which loops Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz It's Christmas," are weigh phat!


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