limp-wristed
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limp-wrist·ed
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adj. inf.,
1. weak; ineffectual.2.
derog.
(of a man, esp. a homosexual) effeminate.
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Rap Hip-Hops to Head of the Grammy Class.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...dollars make. In 1989, many of the hip-hop artists nominated in the first...Academy body. "Until members of the hip-hop music community started becoming...inside the system." Of course, hip-hop's inarguable mainstream appeal...
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Hip-Hop Summit Implements Strategies To Foster Its Growth, Strengthen Its Impact.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 7/2/2001; 700+ words
; Hip hop has become one of the most influential...large. During the first "Hip-Hop Summit: Taking Back Responsibility...came together to examine hip hops impact. "Were not here to clean...Industry Adoption of Hip-Hop Mentoring Programs Def Jam introduced...
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VH-1 hip-hops through genre's surprising past surprising past.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...WORTH, Texas _ And they said it wouldn't last. Hip-hop's takeover of the pop marketplace has not only...anything, "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop" explodes the myth that hip-hop's a fad, a break-dancing b-boy blip...
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Farm Crew hip-hops to a different groove
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...wanted a name that was as far from hip-hop as possible, and then we threw 'Crew" on the end, because everything in hip-hop has 'a crew.' " So, Farm...d make anything even close to a hip-hop classic, but "Some Other Now" is...
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Smooth Bilal hip-hops over to flip side of soul.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 5/6/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Maybe the only one not surprised that hip-hop/neo-soul upstart Bilal will be...game. Now everybody's correlating hip-hop with bebop. "It seems that every...something that sounds a little bit like hip-hop. Those influences are definitely...
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Fairview teacher hip-hops kids through ABCs
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 12/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...week!" students respond. This is Hip-Hop Scholastics. Garcia, who teaches...founded the program as a way for hip-hop music to serve as a bridge between...remember the words to these garbage hip-hop songs, then I'm making a mistake...
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VOICES OF YOUTH DOCUMENTARY `RHYME & REASON' HIP-HOPS ACROSS A CULTURE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/5/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Who's it for? Those interested in hip-hop music. If you don't know the difference between rap and hip-hop and you're unsure about where...person in the projects. For many, hip-hop provides a way of earning respect...
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Hip-hop's biggest stars descending on Miami
Newspaper article from: Miami Times; 10/14/2003; 502 words
; ...2003 This year's Source Hip-Hop Music Awards have found a home...burgeoning mecca for hip-hop culture. The star-studded...some the Super Bowl of hip-hop, the Source Awards are an annual nod to hip-hops best and brightest. The show...
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Excellent Novel Questions Hip-Hop and Explores Its Origins
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 1/24/2001; ; 370 words
; ...2001 Excellent Novel Questions Hip-Hop and Explores Its Origins...origins with the origins that hip hop manifested. Using oral tradition...Freedom" Huson is the hottest hip hop producer in New York City that...drum being a key element to hip hop music. In Africa the ...
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Hip-hop, hype ... and hope NBA players know it's all about image
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...highest-paid entertainer in the hip-hop industry. That may not sound...defying image tied in with the hip-hop (read young, urban, African...was like," says Boozer, whose hips- -not hip-hops--are ruined from hoops. Everywhere...
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Music: Hip-Hop Trends
Book article from: American Decades
Music: Hip-hop Trends During the 1990s massive changes...concerned with holding to the roots of hip-hop culture began to call themselves hip...his Bad Boy Entertainment group. New hip-hop artists such as Black Star, the Jurassic...
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Hip Hop
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Hip Hop Hip hop is a bundle of cultural practices that coalesced during the 1970s...including most prominently De La Soul and the Native Tongues movement. Hip hop ’ s audience crossed boundaries with time, and it is suggested...
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Hip-Hop Culture
Book article from: American Decades
HIP-HOP CULTURE Background During the late 1970s an underground urban movement known as "hip-hop" began to develop in the South Bronx...break dancing, rap music, and fashion, hip-hop became the dominant cultural movement...
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hip-hop
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
hip-hop Rap music and its associated culture, originating in New York in the early 1980s. The music is characterized by a strong drumbeat, percussive ‘scratching’ of vinyl records, and rap vocals.
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RZA
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...composer Few people have shaped hip-hop as directly and profoundly as RZA...they were fighting to the rhythms of hip-hop. It was this fusion of hip-hop...Wu-Wear became a centerpiece of hip-hop fashion. Like the rest of the Wu...
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