trip-hop

noun

ˈtrip-ˌhäp 

: electronic dance music usually based on a slow hip-hop beat and incorporating hypnotic synthesized and prerecorded sounds

Examples of trip-hop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Explore Mexican Institute of Sound See latest videos, charts and news Karen y Los Remedios became a captivating revelation in Latin indie with their 2023 nine-track debut album Silencio, a darkly poetic blend of eerie cumbia rhythms and subtle trip-hop influences. —Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025

Essential Portishead Album Dummy (1994) is the quintessential trip-hop masterpiece. —Darryn King, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025

Her eclectic compositions—one of which features a very modern dose of Auto-Tune—evoke film noir, trip-hop, and Lovers Deluxe-era Sade. —Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024

On their debut full-length, Latin Mafia — comprised of siblings Mike (producer), Emilio (singer) and Milton (singer) De La Rosa — excavates its roots while experimenting with indie rock, grunge, and ethereal trip-hop, all meshed with thrilling unpredictability. —Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024

Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet. —Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024

The serpentine trip-hop track lives somewhere in the haze between haunting and euphoric, with a warmth and sensuality that permeate the spectral space beneath pinku’s soft, siren-like voice. —Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024

Its blend of drum and bass, trip-hop and other electronic music genres found a fan base in different parts of the world. —Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024

Her work over the years has ranged from pop, folk-rock, trip-hop, electronica and reggaeton to cumbia, ranchera, mariachi, bolero and banda. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

probably blend of trip entry 2 (high from a psychedelic drug) + hip-hop

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trip-hop

• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop
• blacktop
• bookshop
• clatsop
• desktop
• eavesdrop
• estop
• hardtop
• hilltop