RE: the trip-hop/hip-hop thing

Dana Cobbs (DCobbs@sequiturcorp.com)
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 13:00:10 -0400

Perhaps trip-hop cant be defined, though many will try, but I CAN define
hip-hop as the culture it is, its music (rap), and the politics that go
along with it enough to draw a line between them both. Im not a judge,
and this was not a popularity contest between one and the other (who
said THAT?--I happen to like both or else I wouldn't be on this list),
just an OBSERVATION that trip-hop has its place, and hip-hop has ITS
place, and AGAIN what relates the two-- the beats mainly.('nothin
"foolish" there, the way I see it) But I doubt that the 2 will truly
evolve together....

Long live The Source!

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>From: Tyler Askew[SMTP:tyler@america.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 1996 1:57 PM
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: the trip-hop/hip-hop thing
>
>First of all, who decides the line between hiphop and "triphop"? Who
>can
>actually define "triphop" (probably no one)? so this makes this
>argument,
>as to how they relate and/or which one is better, pretty foolish...
> Secondly, the Source has turned wack...they don't even have a solid
>feel
>for the good hiphop coming out today....
>
> tyler
>
>Dana Cobbs wrote:
>>
>> I dont think documenting what the difference between the two is would be
>> too hard. Trip-hop is a spin off of hip-hop (the connection only made
>> because of the similar beats) Its NOT hip-hop taken to another level,
>> rap/hip-hop will move ITSELF to the next level.
>>
>> I agree with JP, if hip-hop and trip-hop were so much alike, Id read
>> about it (trip-hop) in The Source.
>>
>> Dane Black
>>
>