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Word: gotta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like Sugar Hill and Tommy Boy. Then in 1979 came Rapper's Delight--the first rap song most people remember. Grandmaster Flash warned, "Don't touch me 'cause I'm close to the edge." Then there was Run-D.M.C. rocking the house, and the Beastie Boys hollering, "You gotta fight for your right--to party!" and Public Enemy saying, "Don't believe the hype," and Hammer's harem-style balloon pants. Then gangsta rap: N.W.A. rapping "F____ tha police"; Snoop drawling "187 on an undercover cop"; and Tupac crying, "Even as a crack fiend, mama/ You always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hip-Hop Nation | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...Golden Staters: Life in the Big Apple sure is different. They have rats the size of Volkswagens. Yesterday I choked one who disrespected me, and he choked me back. Playing for the Knicks rocks: as far as thugs go, I'm not even in the starting lineup. Gotta go--I'm meeting Spike for pregame nachos. XOXO, Latrell

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...couple of bros silk-screening T shirts and writing invoices on brown paper bags can quickly grow into a multimillion-dollar business. When that happens, it gets a little harder to take the afternoon off to go surfing. "If you want to grow," says Danny Kwok of Quiksilver, "you gotta give away a little bit of your life-style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Killer Profits In Velcro Valley | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...which Tommy Pickles finally gets a little brother (Dylan--"Dil"--Pickles) and goes on an arduous adventure with his pals Chuckie, Lil and Phil, has been focus-grouped and marketed to contain hooks for consumers of all ages; you need only be old enough to shout, "Mommy, I gotta see it!" and young enough to work your walker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Will Rugrats Rule? | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...another engagement, say that you are not are not interested. If you can't bear to do that, say that you have a lot of work or give some other suitably vague excuse such as "I cut my foot earlier and now my shoe is filling up with blood. Gotta...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYING NO TO LOVE | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

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