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...foray into hip-hop ended just as the genre reached its cultural zenith. Hip-hop music was no longer prominently featured in WHRB’s broadcast lineup by the mid-90s—the era that saw Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and the “Gangsta-Funk” aesthetic attain success as pop music—and “The Dark Side” faded into obscurity. Jacoby speculates that the rapid chart ascendancy of rap music in the mid-90s was precisely why it fell out of favor with WHRB...
...their soul is Your best pick-up line: “PLEASE!!! I’M SO DESPERATE!!!” Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: “Baby, of course I love you.” Describe yourself in three words: Strait gangsta playamuthafucka In 15 minutes you are: Worried that no one will find my responses to these questions amusing In 15 years you are: Probably a little heavier and saggier, but still maintaining that subtle spark of sex appeal that,with luck, will eventually lead to victory in my war against...
...alluring music-video gloss and “Paid In Full” without the realness. The problem with 50’s character Marcus is the same problem I’m starting to see in 50 himself: he doesn’t add up. His grimy, nihilistic gangsta posturing does not match up with his lack of intensity, and his “me against the world” attitude is so inexplicable that it undermines any possibility of creating a sympathetic character. Despite the fact that Marcus leaves the drug life to make a new start...
...thing that sets him apart from the pack, causing Loc to look more and more like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays of the G-Unit behemoth. He also nearly spoils “Things Change,” an otherwise decent song that goes a little beyond your standard gangsta fare. But while he seems to have a hint of personality, Loc fails to diverge at all from the standard gangsta mold. Here is where I am supposed to segue into a damning invective against 50 and his crew, about how they are ruining rap music and unfairly monopolizing...
...that I’m sure I could have come up with if I had just a little more time to sit and contemplate. As part of this style, the piece de resistance of my collection is an Urban Outfitters shirt which reads “G is for Gangsta.” I’m not ashamed of the irony—this pig-tailed, rosy-cheeked girl would much rather get rich than die tryin’.A few months ago, I faced the hardest of all T-shirt statement tasks—what do you wear...