Juju or Ju-Ju is a word of either West African or French origin[1] used previously by Europeans to describe the traditional West African religion.[2] The term Juju refers to the use of such objects and other things to perform a form of witchcraft.[3]
An object of any kind superstitiously venerated by West African native tribes, and used as a charm, amulet, or means of protection; a fetish. Also the supernatural or magical power attributed to such objects, or the system of observances connected therewith; also a ban or interdiction effected by means of such an object (corresponding to the Polynesian taboo).[4]
The term juju, and the practices associated with it, travelled to the Americas from West Africa with the influx of slaves and still survives in some areas, particularly among the various groups of Maroons, who have tended to preserve their African traditions.
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- Notes
- ^ https://dictionary.reference.com/browse/juju
- ^ Imperial Africa: the rise, progress and future of the British possessions in Africa, Volume 1 - Google Books
- ^ For a good referenced discussion of the main meanings and origin of the term
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary. (1971). Oxford University Press.
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Juju (singer)
Juju (ジュジュ) (stylized as JUJU) (born February 14, 1976) is a Japanese jazz singer. She is represented by Sony Music Associated Records Inc.
Biography
She currently resides in New York City. She dreamed of being a jazz singer while growing up in Kyoto, and participated in all sorts of music-related activities. At age 18, she left for the US alone. While in New York, she was very taken with the "New York sound," including jazz, R&B, hip-hop, soul, Latin music, and house. Around 2001, Juju began to be featured in a number of works by other artists. In 2002, she provided music for the film Kyōki no Sakura. In 2004, she debuted with her first single "Hikaru no Naka e". The same year, concurrent with her musical activities in New York, she started performing live in Japan. When her third single, "Kiseki o Nozomu nara", was released, it topped the USEN charts and remained on the chart for a record length of 22 weeks. At this point, while she received support from a small group of listeners, she remained mostly unknown. On August 23, 2008, with the release of "Kimi no Subete ni", a collaboration between Spontania and Juju, she broke out onto the Japanese popular music scene, with the single receiving over 2.5 million downloads. Again, on November 26, 2008, another collaboration with Spontania named "Sunao ni Naretara" earned her even more fame, with the song receiving 2.2 million downloads.In 2010, Juju released her third album called Juju and it won the Excellence Album Award at the 52nd Japan Record Awards.
Juju (disambiguation)
A Juju is a supernatural power ascribed to an object.
Juju may also refer to:
Places
Music
Performers
Albums
Songs
People
People Named Juju
People Nicknamed Juju
Podcasts:
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by Demigodz
The Demigodz
by: Demigodz[woman talking]
Ya know what?
I'm sick of motherfuckers talkin about my niggaz The Demigodz
Y'all just mad cuz we don't walk around with our thumbs
in our asses like the rest of y'all jokers...
[Apathy]
You need a calvary squad to battle these Godz, when Apathy rocks
To even the odds, you need cops after me with gats cocked
I'm livin proof that we're rulin with ease
Coolin with cheese, schoolin all you foolish emcees
Whether talkin to a chick or poppin off at the lip
I'm always thinkin 'bout you rappers in a coffin and shit
Scientists don't try to document how often I spit
To estimate the average body count when squashin a click
Rappers are gettin wrecked due to lack of respect
Cuz y'all couldn't get signed if you was the back of a check
It's obvious, you little sucker motherfuckers copy this
Like my styles were files, he faked saved to floppy disk
(So why did they even try?) I haven't got the foggiest
But I turn fags into punchin bags Rocky hits
On some Miagi shit, split you with karate kicks
Draggin you through the pits of H-E double hockey sticks
[Chorus x2]
The Demigodz - will crush your click (crush your click!)
The Demigodz - will fuck your bitch (fuck your bitch!)
The Demigodz - don't give a fuck (we don't give a fuck!)
The Demigodz - cuz your shit sucks (it sucks!)
[Celph Titled]
I am the feature presentation, your rhymes are just a segment
A bitch could just look at me, and get herself pregnant
I make bustin a gat look good cuz I hold it well
In second grade I brought a live grenade to class for show-and-tell
It's obvious there ain't no right, go look up "crazy motherfucker"
in the dictionary and find a picture of Celph Titled
I'm accurate when I terrorize, I am unique
Fuck around and be in a wheelchair as a paralyzed amputee
(Can't you see?!) I'm like Chuck Norris swingin his nunchucks
Bitch-slappin these young sluts, spillin guts outta you dumb fucks
Spit flames in battles, leave you cooked in ashes
Illiterate son of a bitch you couldn't read a book of matches - faggot!
You know my steelo, I be bringin niggaz the best beats
Niggaz'll test me, get so shook they diagnosed for epilepsy
I spit trife when I rip mics, nigga I been nice
Fill you up with bulletholes and play the flute witcha windpipe
Slice into two pieces and you still ain't half a man
Take cover while I'm throwin rocks at you like cats in Pakistan
Slap you with my gat-packin backhand, you have that rap man
When my track jam, even the preacher sayin, "God Damn!!"
[Chorus x2]
[Apathy]
You ain't the man shinin, you need a hand witcha rhymin
I'll blow ya fuckin head off like a dandelion
I jump in the arena and stand up to the lions
Expand like a DNA strand in man science
Former old scrolls, to gold on Spanish islands
Pirate of the Caribbean brandishing iron
Incredible, my rap is like a chemical drug
Thugs buzz like metal touchin electrical plugs
Even skepticals accept the skill is factual proof
Spit my raps through the mic and fracture the glass in the booth
And when it's time to spit, fuck that complex shit
I'd rather get crunk and fuck a project chick! (beyotch!)
[Celph Titled]
We blast cats with the artillery cannons
Attached to the back of the black van me and Ap' caught damage in
Brandishin weapons with anolitical tactical technicians
Calculatin coordinates to guide missiles at victims
For no apparent reason, we could leave you bleedin
in a bathroom stall until the custodian comes and scrubs the walls
Niggaz is assed-out like blackbeats winkin
I know you ragweeds been speakin, my tribe is like the Last Mohicans
[Chorus x2]
[Apathy (Celph): singing to the beat]
I'll take your girl - and get her in the shower
Molest her with a shampoo bottle - for half an hour
You know how we do - when Apathy and Celph Titled come through
Your wife's a slut - she better watch her stuff
(Niggaz jockin my beats - why don't you beat your meat?)
[woman talking]
Man y'all some bitch-ass fuckin niggaz
Runnin around listenin to that fuckin soft-ass rap music
We won't never be soft.. y'all should be ashamed of y'all self
Soft-ass scallywag mothefuckers.. we 'bout to clown y'all this year