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Word: hops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most real teenagers probably think "Tricky Dick" is a hip-hop band. Middle-agers weaned on Oliver Stone won't find Nixon nearly malevolent enough. But those of us who remember Watergate will get many twinges seeing the White House and the presidency once again the setting for wretched comedy. In the world of black humor, however, the true Watergate story was far more hilarious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ford File and Its Surprises | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...gods of pop music like to play a little joke. Browsing the aisles of a Times Square record store the other day, Christina Aguilera got quite a surprise. Unrecognized amid the hurly-burly of fellow shoppers stood one of her heroes, Fred Durst, leader of the red-hot rock-hop band Limp Bizkit. Aguilera zeroed in, angling for an autograph, but it was not to be: her quarry slipped into the crowd and scurried away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Christina's World | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...cable television and the Internet, radio was the most efficient way to mobilize large crowds for protests and to make new converts through consciousness-raising. Activists say that despite new technologies, KPFA is still a vital element of their work. Its eclectic programming ranges from Noam Chomsky to hip hop...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Berkeley's Lesson For the Left | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

...cable television and the Internet, radio was the most efficient way to mobilize large crowds for protests and to make new converts through consciousness-raising. Activists say that despite new technologies, KPFA is still a vital element of their work. Its eclectic programming ranges from Noam Chomsky to hip hop...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA: Berkeley's Lesson For the Left | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

...This hip-hop duo, like many other hard-core rap groups, writes songs about urban violence, street bravado, felonious gunplay, "baby fathers" and friends slain young. The music beneath Mobb Deep's lyrics, however, is oddly restful. The contrast between the jagged lyrics and the smooth rhythms that propel them gives the group's new record a thoughtful quality and a hard-to-resist listenability. One feels immersed and insulated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Murda Muzik | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

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