Word: golden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This one kid I know recently claimed in one of those infamous dining hall hip hop conversations that we are currently in the "Golden Age of hip hop." "There's so much variety," he said ever-so-dreamily, "so much experimentation, so many opportunities to get involved in the rapidly growing industry...." I just sat and smiled, waiting for the heated response I knew would come from one of my boys. You should have been there for the screams and shouts--and my peripheral laughter. But on the real, all jokes aside, my man dropped science...
...interlocutor, the Golden Age advocate, responded that there are still quality rap acts today that wouldn't be able to gain as much exposure as they do if hip hop culture did not garner such global fascination. Good point. If there's anything I would like to see happen in the industry as it stands now, it's that groups like Black Star and The Roots go at least platinum. (By the way, I can't believe Things Fall Apart is only gold! And Black Star has barely hit the 200,000 copies mark....Shame on you, readers and consumers...
Before my boy's obvious old school knowledge, the other cat's golden age stance was silenced. Instead he changed the subject to whether Slick Rick's British accent was authentic...
During the year, they audit courses and participate in weekly discussion groups. More than 50 former fellows have won Pulitzer Prizes, and three have earned the Golden Pen, the highest international honor for writers...
...keeping up with the Joneses became more important in the "Golden Era" of the 1950s and into the 1960s, spending more time and money on lawn maintenance (and on golf, if you had the credentials to get accepted by a club) became obligatory. [Ed. Note: For those currently striving to fit in, check out the Harvard-insignia golf balls currently democratically available at the COOP for a mere $XXX]. Lawncare became a major summertime preoccupation and a major moneymaking industry. Lawn culture is now the stuff of American iconic legend: through shows like "King of the Hill" and films such...