When did "release" become "drop"?

[Feral Feline]

I missed the memo, so can somebody please tell me how long it's been since "releasing" a recording became "dropping".

It's like not noticing any VW bugs in your locale, then somebody points one out to you and suddenly you see one on every street corner.

It seems like overnight (okay, a week, maybe a month maximum for me) I noticed that "dropping", "dropped", "drop" etc. became the hip slang term for releasing a record.

"That band is hot, they're about to drop a new record."
"We just dropped a new album and sales are already through the roof!"
"We're skipping vinyl and CDs, we're just going to drop our latest on iTunes"

etc.

 

[two fingers]

Two words. Hip Hop.

 

[elgecko]

Probably about the same time the "pound sign" became "hash tag".

 

[Feral Feline]

Thanks Two Fingers, I sorta guessed Hip Hop, but when did it start to permeate the vernacular of other genres?

ElGecko: "Hash tag" has a different meaning to me than what all the twatter folks use it for.

Cheers,
FF

 

[Wolffgang]

Probably about the same time the "pound sign" became "hash tag".

To a lot (most?) of the world, your 'pound sign' has always been a hash.

But yes, I'd also be inclined to blame hip hop and 'urban' culture.

 

[Rockin Mike]

Drop sort of makes me think of something gross.
I like "Release" better.

 

[dalahorse]

Probably about the same time the "pound sign" became "hash tag".

I'm apparently behind the times. Hash tag, eh? That's just silly.

 

[Wolffgang]

Thanks Two Fingers, I sorta guessed Hip Hop, but when did it start to permeate the vernacular of other genres?

ElGecko: "Hash tag" has a different meaning to me than what all the twatter folks use it for.

Cheers,
FF

When Beethoven's Eroica dropped, all dem wenches got crunk.

I'd say maybe it's a regional thing, but you know, the internet... I don't know, I didn't notice it happen suddenly, I thought it had been happening since the 90s, but that might just be my mind trying to fill in the blanks and protect me.

 

[MostlyBass]

Of course this is after Beethoven renamed his third symphony to Eroica.

 

[AaronVonRock]

"Drop" is an industry term. I first heard it used in the 90s.

 

[pacojas]

drop it like it's hotttt, drop it like it's hotttt!

 

[Wolffgang]

Of course this is after Beethoven renamed his third symphony to Eroica.

As an electric bassist, I demand credit for knowing Beethoven isn't a dog, and not spelling it Erotica.

 

[spz8]

I thought "drop" referred to a deuce, but what do I know?

 

[Marial]

Since the 80s, at least.

 

[quiltkitty]

When Beethoven's Eroica dropped, all dem wenches got crunk.

LOL!

To me, "drop" makes me think of giving birth, as in "My sister is about to drop another kid and dat b!tch still ain't married!" (I grew up in a rural area and regularly heard sentences like that). "Release" is more like setting something free - nice and relaxing.

Having "dropped" a baby and found that it hurt and was pretty gross, I also prefer "release". However, I am not really the target audience for albums that "drop".

 

[quiltkitty]

Probably about the same time the "pound sign" became "hash tag".

When I see a hashtag on Twitter (or wherever), I think someone is trying to define a multi-dimensional array of data!

 

[Wolffgang]

LOL!

To me, "drop" makes me think of giving birth, as in "My sister is about to drop another kid and dat b!tch still ain't married!" (I grew up in a rural area and regularly heard sentences like that). "Release" is more like setting something free - nice and relaxing.

Having "dropped" a baby and found that it hurt and was pretty gross, I also prefer "release". However, I am not really the target audience for albums that "drop".

Dude, you've totally blown this thing wide open! You get to 'drop' a baby once; it's out of you, it's yours, you get to keep it, everyone's impressed. But, if you drop it again, it gets taken from you by people who barely understand what it is, but consider themselves more capable than you to do what's best for it.

 

[quiltkitty]

Dude, you've totally blown this thing wide open! You get to 'drop' a baby once; it's out of you, it's yours, you get to keep it, everyone's impressed. But, if you drop it again, it gets taken from you by people who barely understand what it is, but consider themselves more capable than you to do what's best for it.

OK, I had to read that twice before I got it. LOL!

It reminds me a story my science teacher told me about how her son was crying, as a new mother she rushed to pick him, and missed her shoulder, and her sailed past her head and hit the floor. Her comment was, "I didn't know they could bounce!"

 

[RockNRollAl]

So "dropping the bass" really means, "releasing the bass"?

 

[karl_em_all]

I don't know. A band 'dropping' a record? What are they doing crapping it out?