I love trip hop music. listen, I GOTTA talk everywhere about how much I LOVE trip hop as a concept and a music style. I'm talking quintessential trip hop that encapsulates everything about 90s experimental music. massive attack, hooverphonic, DJ shadow, portishead; as someone who is a HUGE fan of nu-jazz (which is arguably a close cousin of trip hop, perhaps even in some ways a modern revival of the genre?) I always can't get over how much electronic music did for genres like jazz, funk, and swing.

when I listen to trip hop I feel SO empowered. people who are creatives, storytellers and comic artists especially, and those who are huge into sci-fi I think benefit a whole ton by exploring trip hop music. the main characteristics of pure, raw trip hop embody everything to do with things like film noir, spy movies, movie soundtracks in general, existentialism, dramatic downtempo & catchy beats, and, in my opinion, female vocalists. my favorite trip hop always involves women singing the vocals--trip hop can be an extremely powerful celebration of femininity that I think is overlooked in some places, but it stands out once you've listened to enough, I feel like.

listen. if you think you might be interested, I PROMISE you it is worth it to explore the world of trip hop. it may have reached its peak in the 90s/early 2000s, but I truly don't think that it's dead yet; even if it were there is so much good trip hop out there from its peak days, it's unbelievable. this is such good character-building music & music to imagine dramatic movie scenes to and I NEED to spread the good word of trip hop, especially to other creators.

some of my favorite trip hop tracks: glory box rabbit in your headlights (and lonely soul) six days dissolved girl (and the entirety of mezzanine, honestly, i could link the whole album) nr 9 a prayer for england once upon a time

i love portishead.. massive attack and dj shadow are awesome too. it's always so nice to find women in an industry dominated by men ✌️