Re: What the hell???
John Schauer (john_schauer@development.uchicago.edu)
Tue, 18 Jun 96 17:58:11 CST
chris larkin <C.J.Larkin@reading.ac.uk> 6/14/96 9:25 AM wrote:
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> I disagree that trip hop is different from hip hop tho; ok, its
>newer, and it mostly comes from Bristol, but thats like saying blues is
>only blues if its from Chicago. And tell me hip hop isnt experimental and
>instrumental - or indeed that trip hop is all
>instrumental - that too is innaccurate>:)
> Chris Larkin
> 55 Lower Brook Street
> Reading Berks RG1 6BU
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On 13 Jun 1996, Tony Reid wrote:
> > Another new name is trip hop which is exactly the same as hip-hop;).
>
> this is just inaccurate. admittedly, there's probably more in common than
> proponents of either bag is willing to admit, but they're NOT identical. if
> one must think of trip hop in terms of hiphop (which wouldn't be a bad place
> to start), consider it "experimental instrumental (usually) hiphop". one's
> much more likely to find bleeps and other electronic sounding elements,
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I'd have to agree with Tony.
For those who don't think there is any difference between hip hop and trip hop,
most US hip hop consumers/listeners do recognize the huge difference. If there
were trip hop cuts on the popular NY hip hop mix tapes and or if
Stretch/Bobbito, Funkmaster Flex, or Sway/Tech played trip hop, people here
would immediately recognize the difference and change the station or put in
another tape.
If the majority of listeners recognize a difference, that seems good evidence
that one actually exists. Documenting what the difference is obviously a much
harder job.
jp