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Word: spose (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found himself buying a stack of hip-hop records in order to understand Atlanta in the '90s for his best-selling book A Man in Full. In several sections of his novel, Wolfe offers his own sly parodies of today's rap styles: "How'm I spose a love her/ Catch her mackin' with the brothers," Wolfe writes in a passage. "Ram yo' booty! Ram yo' booty!" Most of the characters in A Man in Full are a bit frightened by rap's passion. It's Wolfe's view that "hip-hop music quite intentionally excludes people...

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

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