Trip Hop · GenresWhat is trip hop?
Trip hop is a music genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes.
About trip hop
It is often rejected as a term by those artists to whom it is applied. It has also been described as "Europe's alternative of choice in the second half of the '90s", and a fusion "of Hip-Hop and Electronica until neither genre is recognizable.
From Last.fm, where 20,328 listeners have tagged music as trip hop.
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ShabrangTrip Hop songs
- Kill Bill by SZA
- Pistol by Rebecca Black
- Doin' Time by Lana Del Rey
- Headphones On by Addison Rae
- Backstage Baby Interlude by Rebecca Black
- Betrayal by Madonna
- Times Like These by Addison Rae
- Salvatore by Lana Del Rey
- Starburster by Fontaines D.C.
- Doves in the Wind (feat. Kendrick Lamar) by SZA
Trip Hop on Risocast
MezzanineMassive Attack, Elizabeth Fraser · 1998
Summer's OverJordana, TV Girl · 2021
D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>LPanchiko · 2000
Swim GoodFrank Ocean · 2011
Gotta Get Thru ThisDaniel Bedingfield · 2002
Beats and Breaks from the Flower PatchKitty Craft · 1998
BeatBowery Electric · 1996
FauxllenniumTV Girl, George Clanton · 2024
AngelMassive Attack
Better in the DarkJordana
Neighbouring genres
In the ambient & downtempo family. All genres
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- What is trip hop?
- Trip hop is a music genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop and house scenes. It is often rejected as a term by those artists to whom it is applied.
- Who are the best-known trip hop artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Ashe, Sevdaliza, FKA twigs, Portishead, Karma Fields and Tricky.
- What genres are similar to trip hop?
- On Risocast it sits with ambient, downtempo, chillwave, dark ambient, ambient pop and ambient house.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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