Word: roc
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...crushed cars before. My first was an '87 Oldsmobile station wagon that I smashed into a divider two weeks after getting my license. Since then, I've crashed into an I-Roc, a Camry and two Jeeps--which is not bad considering that I haven't owned a car in eight years. So when I was offered an opportunity to drive Grave Digger, the most famous monster truck in monster truckdom, I felt qualified...
...ongoing story lines that let characters evolve over the years have provided much of the best TV since at least Hill Street Blues. Only recently, thanks to the growth of niche cable channels, has there been room for shows like thirtysomething (Bravo), the talky, baby boom-relationship drama, or Roc (TV Land), the gritty comedy about urban African Americans. A&E and Bravo offer a virtual graduate seminar in quirky drama, from Twin Peaks to L.A. Law to Northern Exposure...
RAPPED UP The duel of the two coolest rappers was decided. Jay-Z's new album The Dynasty: Roc la Familia 2000 outsold Outkast's same-day release, Stankonia...
...dance music that was too risky for big-brother label Loaded to put its name on. Then Skint signed Norman Cook, a.k.a. Fatboy Slim, and the rest is history. Nowadays Skint is the home of major big beat artists like the Low Fidelity All Stars, Hardknox and Cut La Roc, while Loaded is still mostly unheard of outside the English club circuit...
...contribute a signature track and a Midfield General remix, but overall this is a more sparse, laid back sound. If big beat is your thing, though, Brassic Beats USA is definitely worth checking out. Of special note are Indian Ropeman's funky, sitar-infused "66 Meters" and Cut La Roc's airy, skillfully-mixed "Fallen." A- --Taylor R. Terry...