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Jester · 10-03-2009, 04:39 PM

I dunno, I've never really liked "trip hop" as a genre, and I still don't feel like it's really one. I understand the relation between something sounding downtempo and calling it trip hop, but (being a hip hop kid), I guess I don't like seeing something as incredible as Endtroducing... being introduced as something else, and hip hop not getting the credit it deserves.

The songs are hip hop instrumentals, just more developed; more ideas are being expressed. They are more complex than your average hip hop beat. Plus, the clashing of genres is inherently hip hop. Endtroducing... just chose to take the main focus off of soul/funk samples for vocals and gather from different genres of music.

10-03-2009, 04:39 PM	#47 (permalink)
Jester Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 752	I dunno, I've never really liked "trip hop" as a genre, and I still don't feel like it's really one. I understand the relation between something sounding downtempo and calling it trip hop, but (being a hip hop kid), I guess I don't like seeing something as incredible as Endtroducing... being introduced as something else, and hip hop not getting the credit it deserves. The songs are hip hop instrumentals, just more developed; more ideas are being expressed. They are more complex than your average hip hop beat. Plus, the clashing of genres is inherently hip hop. Endtroducing... just chose to take the main focus off of soul/funk samples for vocals and gather from different genres of music. Last edited by Jester; 10-03-2009 at 05:12 PM.