Word: tuffs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...coolest new additions to the Marley catalog is the just-released CD Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong/Island). The album features duets with Marley and some of today's best hip-hop performers, including Lauryn Hill and Busta Rhymes. The hip-hoppers supply new vocals, while Marley's are drawn from alternate takes in decades-old recording sessions. "We got the idea, well, from Daddy basically," says Marley's son Stephen, who served as executive producer. "It was one of his dreams to get to the urban youth of America...
...Hill isn't out to create bourgeois hip-hop lite; she constantly strives to connect her message to the street. The album veers from rapping to singing, from hip-hop to neosoul, from African-American argot to Jamaican patois. Part of the CD was recorded in Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, where reggae rebel Bob Marley recorded...
...Thomas saw early on that as a liberal he would be just another face in the crowd, but as a conservative he would have special value. The personal motives of their allies do not matter to the enemies of black America so long as their policies are served. JACK TUFF New York City...
Well-lit and inviting, the cafe space is located next to the magazine display. Publications ranging from Backwoods Home Magazine ("Practical Ideas for Self-Reliant Living") to Tuff Guys--a body-building monthly--indicate the diversity of the Coop's clientele...
Boutique labels like FUBU, Naughty Gear, Phat Farm, Pure Playaz, UB Tuff and Wu-Wear can legitimately claim--as they do, over and over--closer connection with street fashion than Hilfiger has, even though their clothes look a lot like his. But that street cred, along with their funky logos, is helping them gain ground. FUBU, which means "for us, by us," began in 1992 when Daymond John, at 24, started selling tie-top hats on the streets of New York City. The hats caught on, so he drew up some ideas for coats and shirts and asked...