"Icnorante" is a searing single, a highly-pressurized meeting of Blaze Kidd's defiant, rapidfire flow with an assertive dembow beat and spine-itching strings.
The music spanned old-school blues-rock boogie and more recent material with assertive dance beats and pealing U2-style guitar, as the rasp in Mr. Followill's voice kept the songs earthy.
JILL SCOTT Passion and anger, smooth wind-chime soul and assertive hip-hop beats share Jill Scott's album "The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3," which juxtaposes detailed lusty encounters and social consciousness.
It's also the case that Niles simply isn't cut out for the role of triumphant lover, which requires a degree of assertive masculinity and chest-beating protectiveness he can't plausibly summon up.
Countries such as South Africa, India and Brazil have managed to beat the odds, grow their economies, become assertive and ambitious; but most Muslim nations remain backward, oppressive, resentful and hopeless.
Gasol has grown stronger and more assertive, showing a sharper edge in helping the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic last June in the finals and in persevering in a tough series against the Suns the past two weeks.
"But when Libre charges into its arrangements, which unite three trombones, Dave Valentin's nimbly assertive flute, two singers and a sizzling rhythm section," Mr. Pareles wrote, "those categories are lost in the beat".
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She made a greater splash several months later with the single "I Kissed a Girl," an assertive ode to sexual curiosity backed by a hard-edged electro-pop beat.
I think if Rafa wants to beat Djokovic on Friday, he'll need to be more assertive in his play and find the lines more often.
