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Word: rhythms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were a little bit off rhythm tonight," Roby said. "The way we started the game didn't help because we had to play uphill all day. You have to give Brown credit. They came out ready to go. That was obvious from the start...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Brown's Truck Steamrolls M. Cagers | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...genre that got its start as renegade street music back in the mid-1970s. Turned off by the blandness of disco and the slickness of rhythm and blues, disk jockeys in black dance clubs began manipulating their turntables to blend instrumental riffs from different songs, dragging the needle across a record to create an even harsher sound. While these brash mixes played, M.C.s, or rappers, would exhort the crowd with chants: "When I die, bury me deep;/ Put two speakers at my feet,/ A mixer at my head,/ So that when you close the casket/ I can rock the dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Yo! Rap Gets on the Map | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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