trip-hop

British  

/ ˈtrɪpˌhɒp /

noun

1. a type of British electronic dance music of the 1990s, influenced by drug culture

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Etymology

Origin of trip-hop

C20: _trip (in the sense: drug experience) + _hip-hop

Example Sentences

Trip-hop was invented to help categorise Portishead and Massive Attack in the mid-90s, while the term Crunk was coined to onomatopaeically reflect the bass-heavy club sounds of Southern hip-hop.

From BBC

It grew out of ELO’s regal rock and Serge Gainsbourg’s loucheness, taking on bits of U.K. trip-hop, midcentury exotica, the Largo scene’s orchestral flourishes and Daft Punk’s talkboxes.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s still singing about love: Careening norteña-inspired “Embeces” sees Del Real’s voice soar over warbled trumpets, and lead single “Princesa” layers cinematic orchestration with trip-hop beats and sweltering lyrics about failed promises and proclamations of loyalty.

From Los Angeles Times

The emotions were buried under witch house trip-hop and then stuffed behind the impenetrable cool of glittering '80s synths.

From Salon

In the 90s, Massive Attack led a wave of delirious downbeat dance music dubbed trip-hop in an area that saw their two biggest hits - Unfinished Sympathy and Teardrop Back then, few people gave serious thought to the environmental impact of touring.

From BBC