De La Soul

718

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

any of the New York City outer boroughs (Brookyln, Queens, Staten Island, the Bronx);

people hailing from or representing a New York City outer borough

Categories Locations ⋅ Numbers ⋅ Phone numbers

Collocates 212⁵ ⋅ 187² ⋅ BK ⋅ 213 ⋅ 211 ⋅ 310 ⋅ 917 ⋅ bitch ⋅ Brownsville ⋅ burner ⋅ crew ⋅ Crooklyn ⋅ fuck with ⋅ ghetto ⋅ hold it down ⋅ rep ⋅ rep ⋅ son ⋅ straight ⋅ Bushwick

Region East coast

Etymology from the telephone area code for NYC outer boroughs

Shout-outs Mos Def

Related concepts 212 ⋅ 310 ⋅ 313 ⋅ 415 ⋅ 504 ⋅ 510 ⋅ 713 ⋅ 917 ⋅ BK ⋅ Bucktown ⋅ QB ⋅ Queensbridge ⋅ Shaolin ⋅ the Bridge

1993-09-21 De La Soul "Area" [Buhloone Mindstate]
I met up with my niggas from the 718
1994-10-18 Digable Planets "9th Wonder" [Blowout Comb]
7 1 8 to omega, black motion is ocean style
1995-09-26 Das EFX "Alright" [Hold It Down]
Me get done? Never, son, I hold it down for 7-1-8

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