# Is this considered HipHop (or possibly rap)?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066 "2014-11-19T14:49:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066/1 "2014-11-19T14:49:46Z")

</div>

By “this” I mean [\* Don’t\* by Ed Sheeran](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD2rhdFRehU).

For anyone who does not usually like those genres, do you like this song?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066/2 "2014-11-19T16:47:58Z")

</div>

Hmm, I’d call it trip-hop. Partly because it’s so heavily produced, and it has a groove, but it marches instead of bounces. Also, the vocals are more soul than funky, which makes me associate it with Tricky, etc.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066/3 "2014-11-19T17:11:26Z")

</div>

> [@scabpicker](#):
>
> Hmm, I’d call it trip-hop. Partly because it’s so heavily produced, and it has a groove, but it marches instead of bounces. Also, the vocals are more soul than funky, which makes me associate it with Tricky, etc.

I don’t really understand most of these words. " **scabpicker**", I get 😛

I’m not “young” or “hip”; I don’t have a “groove”; no one considers me “bouncy”.

Just kidding; I get the gist, for the most part. Is this a trend that I can look forward to hearing more of, perhaps replacing more, er , traditonal hiphop?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066/4 "2014-11-19T17:30:07Z")

</div>

> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
>
> Is this a trend that I can look forward to hearing more of, perhaps replacing more, er , traditonal hiphop?

Yes and no. Trip-hop and hip-hop have coexisted peacefully since at least the mid-90’s. The former won’t “replace” the latter anytime soon.

You can hear more of it by, well, looking up Massive Attack and Portishead and the like.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-hiphop-or-possibly-rap/705066/5 "2014-11-19T22:43:33Z")

</div>

It definitely isn’t trip-hop.

It’s a hybrid of RnB and hip-hop.