un B & Friends attend his “2 Trill” album preview party at Spotlight Live March 4, 2008 in New York “to promote the manshake”
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Greeting urbanites, I salute you. If you notice from the pictures we have an unique way of greeting each other and it may differ depending on whether you’re from the north south east or west. Yes I’m talking about the Manshake.

One of the fatal flaws of the man-shake is that sometimes in all of our creative efforts we make them too long. You’ll find yourself standing there playing man patty cake instead of looking cool. You might look like a giant wuss w/ a beard if you’re playing Miss Mary Mack in the middle of the street so keep it short.

The most basic shake is the shake and turn, also the shake turn & Pound and the infamous shake turn and snap. For extra flare you may as a lean back or sound effect. But sometimes it gets too carried away. Here’s an example.

So I’ll close with when in doubt. K.I.S.S. it [Keep It Simple Stupid]