cold lamp 

To have a cold lamp is to be insufficiently high from a drug, particularly after having recently been sufficiently high. A coke- and/or crackhead with a cold lamp is one who hasn't had another line or hit recently enough, or took a bump or hit of insufficient quantity. Can also be used as a verb.

"Yo, how's your lamp?"
"My lamp's cold, man, real cold. I got a real cold lamp over here."

cold lamp by Boblowlaw June 21, 2006

cold lamping 

Hanging out/chilling. Pioneered by Hip-Hop legend Flava Flav, of Public Enemy, who encouraged us all to start cold lamping with him.

Let's go cold lamping with Flava Flav!

cold lamping by Robert Nugent June 19, 2003

cold lampin 

Synonymous with lampin. Layin' low, chillin' in the crib, not doing much of anything.

"...I'm lampin, I'm lampin, I'm cold cold lampin'" -Flavor Flav

cold lampin by the snazz April 15, 2004

cold lamper 

One who lamps. The term literally means to hang out under a street lamp but can be applied to any sort of chilling. While anyone can cold lamp, the proper noun "Cold Lamper" can only be applied to Flava Flav, member of the seminal rap group Public Enemy.

Flava Flav is the Cold Lamper. He straight up chills, yo.

cold lamper by Joe Davola December 29, 2004

cold lampin' 

Tapping into the electrical wires of a street light to power DJ and MC equipment, and sound system, for the use of underground hip-hop performances and battles.

This term was popularized by the Flavor Flav / Public Enemy song of the same name, but since the term is not defined in the song, many assume the phrase to have other meanings.

"Aiyyo, power from the street light made the place dark!
I know a few understand what I’m talkin’ about"
- Mos Def (refering to the practice of cold lampin')

cold lampin' by HoWheels February 19, 2007

cold lampin' 

chilling, relaxing

i aint doin nothin but cold lampin'

cold lampin' by Anonymous September 28, 2002

Cold Lampin 

Standing on the sidewalk with your friends under the street light. Not doing anything but leaning against the lamp post. Absolute meaning of this term in the early-1980s.

Powering DJ equipment by the lamp wires did happen, but is not “doing nothing” which lampin represents.

The use of “cold” is like “being cool.” It doesn’t refer to temperature at all. In the early 1980s you could say, “I was cold walking down the street when she came up to my face and dissed me.” Cold, meaning, disconnected, unaffected, cool as a cucumber, not involved in drama, etc.

I was cold chillin, doing my homework before class when…

Cold Lampin should not have any confusion, it means you and your friends were doing nothing but standing under a street light in the dark

We were outside, cold Lampin, when a car drove up with that bumpin bass

Cold Lampin by Go Go D December 28, 2021