So......what does Adrock mean?

[Jitters]

I've always wondered about it from time to time.

We all know what MCA means and the name Mike D is self explanatory but what about Adrock?

Is Ad supposed to stand for Adam or something?

Somebody drop some knowledge on me :D

[camo]

A Dope Rhyme Over Chopped Kuts

jus kiddin'

[Justin]

don't ask me...cause I JUST DONT KNOW!...(know)

[Kid Presentable]

Is Ad supposed to stand for Adam or something?


Are you serious?

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Adam Rock, something to that effect would be my guess.

[dave790]

Are you serious?

(lb)

[AdRockGRL]

I think that at the beginning was a short version to say "Adam Rocks!"....but it did not dounded very nice, so he cut it in "AdRock"....and he added "King" to encrease the importance of his character :)
Well...this is my theory... I dunnow exactly the meaning of AdRock and I never asked it to myeself 'cause it sounds damn good!

[Otis Driftwood]

It's a wordplay, Ad hoc is latin for freestylin' (or something very similar, meaning you have to quickly react to an unforeseeable situation).

[Kid Presentable]

It's a wordplay, Ad hoc is latin for freestylin' (or something very similar, meaning you have to quickly react to an unforeseeable situation).
You're a lunatic.

[Laver1969]

It's a wordplay, Ad hoc is latin for freestylin' (or something very similar, meaning you have to quickly react to an unforeseeable situation).

Actually, I'll always thought it was a wordplay reference to the Bad-Rock Bed and Breakfast. (http://www.badrock.com/) :eek:

[Nerd Fight]

It's a wordplay, Ad hoc is latin for freestylin' (or something very similar, meaning you have to quickly react to an unforeseeable situation).

that makes sense. I don't know if it's true but it makes sense.

[Jmoney77]

yea r u serious?

[gorilla]

He stole the name from Adrock TMT, late 70's train bomber.

[kleptomaniac]

the AD is for adam and the ROCK is for what it is...

but i wonder, is he talkin' igneous or sedimentary?

another great mystery... :rolleyes:


edit: yeah, just throwing that in there, since horovitz looks much like my environmental science teacher....so you know....and we're studying rocks right now too, so there we are...

and away i go...

[Funkyfreshgrape]

who cares...

you're like sayin' like what does bridget mean???

adrock is just a name that he thought of, thats all!:p

oh and AD stands for Adam and Rock stands for... mmmmmm... dunnow

[kleptomaniac]

yeah there's not really a cryptic message hidden in there or anything :rolleyes:


...or is there?



well, nah not really, but the topic of the origin of his name does come up a lot,
so people care obviously. or just curious. :P

[Funkyfreshgrape]

ok who ever NEEDS to know what AdRock means then do something about it! ASK HIm MAYBE!:p lol!

[Otis Driftwood]

You're a lunatic.
Coming soon: Kid Presentable - The adventure game :cool:

[ggirlballa]

adrock means illness:cool:

[M.C. Guevera]

I believe the answer is that King Adrock is a play on the Run-DMC song, "King OF Rock". In fact, Adrock borrows the opening line of "King Of Rock" on "Putting Shame In Your Game", but twists it a bit.

"I'm the king of boggle
There is none higher!
I get 11 points off the word quagmire!"

[Pootytang]

Rumor has it that Adam a fan of Wham and George Micheal back in the day. He was such a huge fan that he was almost nicknamed the "King Adwhammy".

[M.C. Guevera]

Now I'm picture Adrock dancing like George Michael in the "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" music video. Disturbing.

[HiPlnsDrftr]

Adam is a mathamatical genius and Adrock has a better flow than subtractionrock so they stuck with it.

[brendan]

ad is for adam. rock was a very common hip hop name in the early eighties...scott la rock, rock steady crew, etc...

[Lex Diamonds]

We all know what MCA means and the name Mike D is self explanatory but what about Adrock?

Is Ad supposed to stand for Adam or something?
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MESSAGE BOARD?!

[chrisd]

you know when you gotta go really really bad and you like got no place to go, then you got adrock

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Okay, here's the deal with Adrock,

Back in the 70s and early 80s MCs and hip hoppers in general used all types of common names and combined them with their initials or nicknames.

For instatnce, a lot of people used "ski" at then end of their names, like "Lovebug Starski" "Kool Ski" or "Normski" or "Rip Ski". You also had Kool Herc, Kool Moe D, The King Cool Cee, etc., or Easy Mike, Easy AD, Eazy E, etc.

Well, adding "Rock" to the beginning or end of your name is like that. There was "Flip Rock", "CharlieRoc", "TT Rock" "Rock Master Scott" "DJ Dr. Rock", "Sha Rock", and "Adrock", among others.

There were also a lot of people who put "King" in fron of their name, or "Kid" in front of their name, or "Grandmaster", Cutmaster", Grandmixer", Grandwizard", etc.

So "Ad" just stands for Adam and King and Rock were used by tons of other people in combination with different nicknames and intitials.

So that's where the "King Adrock" comes from.

[Otis Driftwood]

And since he wanted a wordplay on ad hoc he didn't name himself Adam Rock! :cool: I'm soooo good!

[Sir SkratchaLot]

And since he wanted a wordplay on ad hoc he didn't name himself Adam Rock! :cool: I'm soooo good!

If by "soooo good" you mean "soooo wrong", then yes, you are soooo good. :D

[Otis Driftwood]

That was when I was talking about how baaaaad I was! :cool:

[Knuckles]

Mickey is a mouse. Dondald is a duck. Pluto is a dog.

What the fuck is Goofy?

[jackrock]

Goofy is a mutt too. but what i don't get is that Pluto sleeps in the dog house, while Goofy has a house! they're both dogs!

I guess Pluto is Mickey's dog, so Mickey is the son of a bitch that won't let his dog own his own house or sleep inside with him

[Junker]

Goofy is a mutt too. but what i don't get is that Pluto sleeps in the dog house, while Goofy has a house! they're both dogs!

I guess Pluto is Mickey's dog, so Mickey is the son of a bitch that won't let his dog own his own house or sleep inside with him

I think Pluto's a retarded dog. Thats why he doesnt speak and walk like Goofy!

[YoungRemy]

Mickey is a mouse. Dondald is a duck. Pluto is a dog.

What the fuck is Goofy?


Pez...
Cherry flavored Pez...



Sick Balls Chopper...

[BBboy20]

What the fuck is Goofy?
Somebody who acts goofy?[/Goofy]

[Knuckles]

Pez...
Cherry flavored Pez...



Sick Balls Chopper...
I know the fat lady who barfs in her purse.

[alleyezonme6198]

I have a question, does anyone know why both adams came up with mc names for them selfs but mike just left his as his name mike d?

[jackrock]

Mike D is his MC name

[Bobtwi]

Im eating hotwing pizza.

[Kid Presentable]

What's up Bobtwi?

[Junker]

Mike D is his MC name

Yeah....thats what I always thought so.

[alleyezonme6198]

Mike D is his MC name

I know but i just wondered why he didnt use something else like adam h used adrock and yauch used MCA why didnt he come up with one instead of just his first name and the initial of his last?

[kleptomaniac]

I know but i just wondered why he didnt use something else like adam h used adrock and yauch used MCA why didnt he come up with one instead of just his first name and the initial of his last?

the Mike stands for money and the D is for diamonds

alternate definition: the D is for dirty deeds done dirt cheap!


there you go.
mike d could never be anyone else but MIKE D :D

[wrongwayandugg]

Im eating hotwing pizza.

Niiiice.

[A7BGrl]

Whoever said "I believe the answer is that King Ad Rock is a play on the Run-DMC song, "King OF Rock"." is correct. (y)

Adam just substituted "AD" (for Adam) in the place of the "OF" making his full mc name "The King Ad Rock"

I had a whole scrapbook of old interviews when they first came out in 1986-ish (i was in the 6th grade, lol), and in an interview Adam answered that specific question. (Also in the interview, they all talk about how they wouldnt be here if Run DMC hadnt taken them under their wing.) You'll notice that all over Liscensed to Ill Adam refers to himself as "The King AdRock".

Also, if you listen to Run DMC's song, The King of Rock, you'll notice that it sounds like some of Adam's rhymes. (or vice versa)

so, there ya go.

[Lex Diamonds]

Also, if you listen to Run DMC's song, The King of Rock, you'll notice that it sounds like some of Adam's rhymes. (or vice versa)
That's simply cuz Darryl and Joe ghost-wrote a lot of their rhymes on LTI.

[Jitters]

That's simply cuz Darryl and Joe ghost-wrote a lot of their rhymes on LTI.

I believe it since they were so tight at the time but is there anyway you could prove it?

[Lex Diamonds]

I believe it since they were so tight at the time but is there anyway you could prove it?
Read DMC's book. (y)

[laurie_hammy]

Dictionary meaning of Adrock = King Of All Kings

[Space]

i had a dream about "my elvis" the king adrock last night.

actually i just woke up from the nightmare.

Hope all is well.


peace,
BC

[yooooo]

I believe it since they were so tight at the time but is there anyway you could prove it?

slow and low is a run dmc song

[Kid Presentable]

Whoever said "I believe the answer is that King Ad Rock is a play on the Run-DMC song, "King OF Rock"." is correct. (y)

Adam just substituted "AD" (for Adam) in the place of the "OF" making his full mc name "The King Ad Rock"

I had a whole scrapbook of old interviews when they first came out in 1986-ish (i was in the 6th grade, lol), and in an interview Adam answered that specific question. (Also in the interview, they all talk about how they wouldnt be here if Run DMC hadnt taken them under their wing.) You'll notice that all over Liscensed to Ill Adam refers to himself as "The King AdRock".

Also, if you listen to Run DMC's song, The King of Rock, you'll notice that it sounds like some of Adam's rhymes. (or vice versa)

so, there ya go.
That explains 'King Adrock' but not 'Adrock'.

[Jitters]

Read DMC's book. (y)

Oh cool, I think I saw it in stores way back about a year ago, I would buy it but reading scares me :D

[ggirlballa]

i haven't seen DMC's book but i did see a book about run dmc at the rcord store & i read a few pages & it mentioned the b-boys a lot...it was an interesting read

[Justin]

Dont hate on Goofy!:mad: