| 释义 |
gangsta, n. and a. orig. U.S. (esp. among African-Americans).
Brit. |ˈgaŋstə|, U.S. |ˈgæŋstə|
[Alteration of gangster n., probably to reflect African-American pronunciation.]
A. n.
1. A gang member.
1988‘Ice Cube’ et al. (title of song) Gangsta gangsta. 1992Vibe Fall (Preview Issue) 80/2 Gold is generally worn by only two types of people: retrograde, out-of-touch B-boys and hard-core gangstas for whom a blatant display says, ‘I'm so fuckin' large, don't even think about takin' it.’ 1994New Yorker 10 Oct. 76/3 It did occur to me sometimes that I was..not a gangsta with my gat in my pocket. 1997Touch May 32/1 In the twenty four hours that follow we meet..a gallery of wannabe London gangstas. These aren't the high-rolling macks who control the scene, you understand. These are small-time chancers, and all the more vicious for it.
2.
a. slang. = gangsta rap n. at Compounds.
1991Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 17 May e19 Whether you love or loathe the loud, abrasive and confrontational rap style known as ‘gangsta’, its influence and popularity cannot be denied. 1993Atlantic Oct. 106/3 Musically, the difference between gangsta and alternative is that alternative tends to be more playful, both in its rhymes and in its sampling. 1996Entertainm. Weekly 2 Feb. 54 By last year, the bells had begun to toll for gangsta, and not merely as a result of public pressure from moral crusaders and opportunistic politicians. 2000W. Shaw Westsiders 50 By the time gangsta had emerged, it had already distanced itself still further from what had gone before.
b. slang. = gangsta rapper n. at Compounds.
1993Village Voice (N.Y.) 12 Jan. 63/3 W-N-E taunt former Guy singer Aaron Hall, talk a lot about their dicks.., and use the right words: skins, frontin', fuck, Jeep, New York, crazy. It's clear they're sympathetic with gangstas, especially from the casual way Aqil associates sex with female pain in ‘Knock-N-Boots’. 1994Rolling Stone 16 June 108/2 Reinventing the blues, G. Love arrives with a message that's far more eloquent—and bone-chillingly funky—than anything the gangstas have said in ages. 1999L.A. Weekly (Nexis) 14 May 45 A morass of shit-talkin' gangstas and Puffyesque poseurs. 2001Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 26 Jan. 24 Some of Xzibit's work is as silly as other West Coast gangstas, yet..there is beauty in his poetic delivery.
B. adj.
1. Of or relating to gangs, gang members, or their actions.
1989Los Angeles Times 26 Mar. 68/2 Rap music—from the zany pop-culture escapades of New York's De La Soul to the gangsta scenarios of Compton's N.W.A. 1992i-D July 16/1 Yardie's hypercelerating impact derives from its accumulation of detail. Crack manufacture, its intersection with dancehall culture, gangsta runnings, exile, all are narrated in a dense seat of a thriller stretched taut by the urgency of economic migration. 1994Q. Tarantino & R. Avary Pulp Fiction iv. 150 If she comes home from a hard day's work and finds a bunch of gangsters doin' a bunch of gangsta' shit in her kitchen, ain't no tellin' what she's apt to do. 1996Time Out N.Y. 14 Feb. 44/3 If you're that one in a million who can stand another ghetto flick, then you'll probably get a kick out of seeing all the gangsta clichés rolled into one. 2000Independent 28 Mar. ii. 1/1 He's a street-talking parody of young white men who adopt black American gangsta affectations in order to appear cool.
2. Of or relating to gangsta rap, its followers, or performers.
1990‘Lil' Nation’ & ‘M. C. Ren’ Ballad of Menace (song, perf. ‘C.P.O.’) in L. A. Stanley Rap (1992) 51, I roll cold in my 'lac Pumpin' sounds that I gained doin' a jack move As I groove to gangsta melody Passin' crack to a nine-year-old And I've been told Pimpin' hos is a felony. 1994Ticket Aug. 22 Three years ago, AD were a novelty, a Southern, rural, peace-preaching rap outfit in a marketplace dominated by rip-roaring gangsta poses. 2000Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 June He is now respected as a top producer, known for combining smooth melodies with hard-edged gangsta beats and launching mainstream careers of his hip-hop buddies.
Compounds. gangsta rap n. a style of rap music, originating in south-central Los Angeles, featuring aggressive, often misogynistic lyrics, typically centring on the violence of gang culture; cf. earlier-attested gangster rap n. at gangster n. Additions
1990Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. 67 Dr. Dre, producer/member of N.W.A.—the controversial ‘*gangsta rap’ group—and producer of the D.O.C. said, ‘I don't want to be known as Dr. Dre, the rap producer.’ 1994Guardian 8 Jan. 10/1 Ms Tucker has launched a campaign to boycott record shops that sell the work of gangsta rap artists whose lyrics glorify violence and denigrate women. 1997Source Oct. 76 Today, nine years after N.W.A's battle cop impacted the masses, gangsta rap continues to flourish in hip-hop's ever-changing, chaotic times.
gangsta rapper n. a performer of gangsta rap; cf. earlier-attested gangster rapper n. at gangster n. Additions
1990Los Angeles Times 30 Sept. 69 New Kids on the Block aren't the only popsters making money off merchandising these days. Check out *gangsta-rappers NWA's new EP ‘100 Miles and Runnin'’. 1996Independent 21 Feb. ii. 3/2 Legions of gangsta-rappers hymn the violent ‘gang-banger’ lifestyle. 1999C. Werner Change is gonna Come iv. xlv. 249 The gangsta rappers, who sold as many albums to white fraternity brothers as they did to the boyz in the hood, were down with it.
Derivatives. gangstaism n.
1993‘Geto Boys’ in Till Death do Us Part (title of song) Straight *gangstaism. 1993N.Y. Times 28 Nov. ix. 11/2 There is no evidence of gangsta-ism in his music; no apparent influence from Tupac Shakur, who has been arrested for shooting at police officers and sexual assault. 1996San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 28 Mar. (Entertainment: Night & Day) 10 Not to take anything away from them, but hip-hop isn't just gangsta-ism or misogyny. |