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triphop

triphop is the alternative form of trip hop.

Meaning of trip hop

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

Questions about triphop

What is triphop the alternative form of?
Triphop is the alternative form of trip hop.

Words near triphop in the dictionary

  1. triphibious
  2. triphone
  3. triphonemic
  4. triphones
  5. triphonic
  6. triphop
  7. triphorid
  8. triphorids
  9. triphosgene
  10. triphosphatase
  11. triphosphatases

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