Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: others had not yet been invented. The boom in alternative subgenres shows no signs of slowing. Because of trip-hop's novelty, its definition is vague. It is an amalgam of hip-hop, dub, reggae, acid, ambient, R&B, and soul. It has an earthy, swingy feel. It's cool, calm, and collected. It's rarely joyful, banal, or upbeat. It's the gelled-hair movie star in the black leather car coat and shades with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. It incorporates digital culture stream EXIT