The latter of the stage name used by the greatest rapper that ever lived, Christopher Wallace, aka, The Notorious B.I.G. It stood for Business Instead of Game, after his death it was known as Books Instead of Guns.
During the period of the pre-transistor era, (45's-60's), portable vacuum tube radio receivers were produced requiring the use of 2 or 3 separate batteries. One of these batteries, the "a" battery, powered the filaments of the radio tubes. The other, called the "b" battery, powered the anode (plate) and cathode circuitry.
The radio doesn'tplay because the a batteries are dead but the b batteries are fully charged.
A nickname for a town in Long Island, New York. BRENTWOOD is the true B-wood, the Brentwood in California is a hot bed of stupid rich people and murderers who get acquitted. Brentwood, NY is a true hood worthy of an abbreviated nickname.
B-roll seller: Want B-roll of a couple walking on the beach? Want them to kiss? Maybe get a bit fresh?
You say you want Kirk Gibson with the game winning home run of the '88 world series? NO! That's too specific, that is not b-roll!!!