Word: hops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...replaces the guitar-driven riffs of regular rock with synthesized sounds, isn't new--R. and B. dance remixers have drawn on it for years. However, the form is bustling with activity these days. Electro visionaries such as Tricky, Goldie and Carl Craig are pushing its boundaries; youthful trip-hop bands such as the Sneaker Pimps and Morcheeba and the promising avant-dance group the Prodigy are giving what has largely been instrumental music a voice, fresh faces and heart; and rock vets like Eric Clapton (with his new band T.D.F.) and David Bowie are tapping into it for inspiration...
Bono: It's a wasp thing. It really is. It's Anglo-Saxon. It's Teutonic. Crashing into each other is just not as evolved as real dancing. I mean as angry as people in hip-hop can get, even in gangsta rap, they still have hips. [Rock] has fallen behind...
...house. And, of course, the show closed with the SAA dancers' signature piece, their modern version of the bhangra. One of the characteristics that often startles firsttime viewers of classical Indian dance is the resemblance of the stylized motions, frozen poses and jerky dance steps to today's hip-hop. Glowing in costumes of basic black highlighted by bright flourescent and primary colors, the cast seamlessly integrated into the forms of classical bhangra elements of hip-hop, funk dance, acrobatic elements and even a flash or two of tango...
...train last week from Anhui, one of the poorest provinces. All day he searched in vain for construction work, then collapsed on a bag of clothing in front of the station. He considered whether to take a room for $2.50, a price he considers usurious, or hop a train in search of work elsewhere. "I wonder how people here get so rich," he says...
...investors like Marie Kordus have become increasingly scared to look down. You could call it verti-Dow. "I try not to watch the market every day because it will make me crazy and I'm afraid I'll make the wrong decisions," says Kordus, 41, who runs a hip-hop radio station in Los Angeles and has built a portfolio of stocks that have jumped about 25% in value in the past two years...