When you say "downtempo, headz style trip hop" i think of stuff like Red
Snapper, Portishead, Morcheeba, Howie B and Akasha. I really dont see
how you can use Dj Honda as an example here.. Honda is hiphop, nothing
more and nothing less. Theres loads of hiphop out there that are really
laidback and sometimes alittle avant garde or abstract..but its still
just as much hiphop as Pete Rock & CL Smooth or Hieroglyphics is.
As for if its dead or not, all the hype is over. The media are obviously
bored by "trip hop" and have moved on to "bigbeat" and "drill'n'bass"
(hah, now thats ridiculous) + is it just me or is afro-cuban jazz (in a
90's packaging ofcourse) blowing up? Im just glad that it happened..the
whole "trip hop" thing was just irritating.. if i were dj shadow or dj
krush id be REALLY pissed off whenever some retarded journalist called
my music "trip hop"...
recomended (slow?) hiphop that doesnt neccecarily fall into MTV's
definition of what hiphop is 'sposed to sound like:
***Anyone from the Living Legends crew, their producer Elusive is pretty
damn abstract at times.
***Orco The Psychotic Alien.
***Dj Vadim, Mark B, Part 2 and everyone else from Jazz Fudge/K'Boro.
***Animal Pharm, Live Poets and Black Eyed Peas.
***Abstract Tribe Unique, CVE, Aceyalone and Ellay Khule... *defenetly*
not "trip hop" but atleast its downtempo;
***Peanut Butter Wolf, Rasco, Persevere and Fanatik.
***Automator, Babu, Rhettmatic and Cut Chemist
***Dj Krush
***Dj Shadow, Blackalicious and Latyrx.
***Siah & Yeshua Dapo Ed
***Dr.Octagon/Kool Keith/Big Willie/Mr.Clean/Aligatorman or whatever he
calls himself this week.
***Sentient Wanderings. My crew will drop a tape this summer, defenetly
off the beaten path as far as both beats and rhymes are concerned...
peace!
-Beside