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trip hop

UK/ˈtɹɪp.hɒp/US/ˈtɹɪp.hɑp/

trip hop noun: a genre of slow electronica combining elements of hip hop with melodic, often psychedelic, sounds and impressionistic lyrics.

Noun

trip hop (uncountable)

  1. A genre of slow electronica combining elements of hip hop with melodic, often psychedelic, sounds and impressionistic lyrics.
    • Trip-hop, on the other hand, takes the opposite approach. The genre can be described as a slower and dub-influenced reworking of African American hip-hop, aptly described by writer Phil Johnson as “dubbed-up hip-hop derived music...beats whose customary urgency is deconstructed into dreamy, erotic...2013, Michael Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, page 235

Forms of trip hop

alternative formtriphop
alternative formtrip-hop

Origin of trip hop

Journalistic coinage as a blend of trip (“drug-induced hallucinations”, alluding to psychedelic music) + hip-hop.

Questions about trip hop

What does trip hop mean?
Trip hop means a genre of slow electronica combining elements of hip hop with melodic, often psychedelic, sounds and impressionistic lyrics.
What part of speech is trip hop?
Trip hop is a noun.
How do you pronounce trip hop?
Trip hop is pronounced /ˈtɹɪp.hɒp/ (UK).

Words near trip hop in the dictionary

  1. trip cords
  2. trip flare
  3. trip from the tongue
  4. trip hammer
  5. trip hammers
  6. trip hop
  7. trip log
  8. trip logs
  9. trip meter
  10. trip meters
  11. trip odometer

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