trip-hop

/ ˈtrɪpˌhɒp /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trip-hop¹

C20: trip (in the sense: drug experience) + hip-hop

Example Sentences

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

Portishead’s return in 2008, “Third,” was uncompromising, dissonant and volatile, bristling against the ways trip-hop had been smoothed into background music during the group’s hiatus.

From New York Times

The singer has called it a "confidently optimistic" record, inspired by her love of psychedelia, trip-hop and Britpop.

From BBC

“This one felt like it wanted to lean more electronic, a little bit more of that trip-hop influence that I’ve dabbled with over the years,” she says of her embrace of the genre which blends hip-hop and electronica.

From Seattle Times

The two have compromised on “chill hotel lobby music” such as the English trip-hop duo Zero 7.

From Los Angeles Times