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Word: thugs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perfect pitch and perfect rhythm. His improvised melodies and singing could be as lofty as a moon flight or as low-down as the blood drops of a street thug dying in the gutter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TIME Centennial News Quiz | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...money now" sentiment that seems to have infected every other major hip-hop artist; Nas has started wrestling with the issues at the core of life in places like the Queensbridge Projects, where he grew up. This is not to say that he has completely abandoned mindless thug banter, such as the "Kill, Kill, Kill/Murder, Murder, Murder" refrain of "Shoot 'em up," but he has certainly clawed his way into hip-hop's most elite circles of lyricism. Any doubters should check out "Project Windows," a track with Ron Isley that might make even Rudy Giuliani weep for the less...

Author: By Franklin Leonard, | Title: Album Review: Nas, Nastradamus | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...think that [thug] was the real Tupac. Not the Tupac I've known from reading his books or poetry. He was actually a very quiet and introverted person. In public he was just out there; thug like this thug like that...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Throwing a Curve Ball: FM Asks the U.C. Presidential Candidates Questions They Never Expected. | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

Rappers have been scaring up huge sales lately, mostly by brandishing their thug-life credentials. Just ask DMX, Dre or Master P. But Smith borrows a page from Puffy's handbook: You can lure more folks to a party than to a rumble. Willennium is a sample-happy pop-rap smorgasbord that draws on the jiggier hits of the Clash, Michael Jackson and, believe it or not, Tito Puente. Smith throws a few elbows at rappers who call him soft--"Yeah, Microsoft," he answers. But Willennium really has one thing on its mind: G-rated fun. And it delivers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Willennium: Will Smith | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...interestingly enough, The Limey also manages some much-needed humor. In a minor role as a streetwise thug, Nicky Katt provides most of the film's slick comic relief. And when Wilson gets his first glimpse of Valentine, crashing the producer's house party, the results are priceless...

Author: By Diane W. Lewis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soderbergh's Sweet Revenge | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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