When you are the first, or one of the vanguard, to do something, get into somewhere, or rock a particular style, you let everyone around you know by shouting, "Early!" Cooler than "first!" which is for lame internet people.
*Kid from Harlem breaks down fence at Nas concert and is first of a mob of people top bust inside and see show for free before security come and start beating people down*
Kid from Harlem: Early!
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T: Yo, I hear the new G.I. Joe movie is going to be dope son.
H: Yeah, I already saw it on bootleg.
T: Word?
H: Early!
A time so early that it is almost too early to know what time it is.
I gotta get up early early tomorrow morning...
Slang term originated in Philadelphia, aslo used in the NYC.
ACTUAL MEANING DUMBASSES: prompt(being ready and quick to act); this term is used as an after thought, to portray the urgency of a sitaution.
That nigga betta have my shit, or Ima fuck his ass up! EARLY!!
The opposite of belated. Existing or appearing BEFORE the normal or proper time.
I knew I would forget to wish him Happy Birthday, so I wished him a be-earlied happy birthday.
You use it after a sentence to emphasize what point you're making...In some sentences it's kinda like saying "How Bout It" or "Forreal"...
Tell ya bul to stop drawlin or get his azz beat!!! Early!!!