Trip hop

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Trip hop is a musical genre that originated in the late 1980s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol.^[3] It has been described as a psychedelic fusion of hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound,^[4][5][6] often incorporating elements of jazz, soul, funk, reggae, dub, R&B, and other forms of electronic music, as well as sampling from movie soundtracks and other eclectic sources.^[7]

The style emerged as a more experimental variant of breakbeat from the Bristol sound scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s,^[8] incorporating influences from jazz, soul, funk, dub, and rap music.^[9] It was pioneered by acts like Massive Attack, Tricky, and Portishead.^[10] The term was first coined in a 1994 Mixmag piece about American producer DJ Shadow.^[11] Trip hop achieved commercial success in the 1990s, and has been described as "Europe's alternative choice in the second half of the '90s".^[8]