Riggidy, or more broadly the suffix "iggidy" is derived from the insertion of syllables to fill a
beat or bar while emceeing. E.g. I'm gonna riggidy rip your face off.
Popularized by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest and their contemporaries, and latterly adopted heavily by
British drum n bass
MCs, iggidy comes in many forms, but riggidy has been adopted as a semi-universal term meaning
anything loosely "drum n bass". It is often used to convey agreement in a very drum n bass fashion. For example if someone were to say to you;
"Was that some serious bad
boy shit or what?"
An appropriate response would be;
"Riggidy",
"
Well Riggidy"
or "Full Riggidy"
However the meaning of riggidy is very
loose and can be used interchangeably with almost any term. For example, one could alternatively replace the question with a riggidy based term, e.g.;
"Riggidy Bo?"
And again an appropriate response would be;
"Riggidy",
"
Well Riggidy"
or "Full Riggidy"
The usage of riggidy can also extend beyond the field of drum n bass and be used interchangeably with many day to
day non-drum n bass based terms.
In this context, the closest analogue to the term "riggidy" is the term "forget about it" used by the Italian mafia to
mean almost anything depending on the context of the conversation. The film "Donnie Brasco" has a scene with an excellent explanation of the term "forget about it".
The main difference between these two terms is found in the
way when used in a day to
day fashion, to some extent they also convey a subtle notion of familiarity with nuances of the social niches from which they are derived.