Yet according to Heimlich, Illmatic provided an "explosive, explicit rejection of the cultural assimilation of most previous hip-hop," due to its rugged use of language and its uncompromising portrayal of crime Heimlich cites Nas' role in the resurgent hardcore movement, writing: "[Nas] came on the scene as hardcore's golden child.
It contains rough language and rugged lyrics.
Like many of his works of the last 15 years, "Three Explorations" is couched in a rugged but inviting harmonic language.
Mr. Sagala's language is rugged but not harsh, and the timbres and gestures he used here — bent pitches, quarter tones, juxtapositions of introspection and explosiveness — yielded an undeniably dramatic sound world.
Gone are the big banners promoting Euskadi — the name in Euskara, the Basque language, of this rugged region straddling the Spain-France border.
In the language of pre-fight hype, "rugged" and "determined" are generally euphemisms, applicable to any boxer, no matter how decrepit or unskilled, who is hoping to overcome a clear athletic disadvantage.
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He emerged with an incorrigibly radical musical language, at once intricate in method and rugged in manner.
The Mixe live in a rugged mountainous area and are quite traditional in culture and language.
I understand pathetically little Hindi and even less Nepali, his native language; he knows a few choice English words and speaks a rapid, rugged form of Hindi.
