Comments on: EXTRA-COOL MUSICAL CHALLENGE!

by: Peter Flaschner

Mon, 02 May 2005 14:34:40 +0000

Dip-Hop: The natural musical bastard child of trip-hop. Those trip-hoppers who couldn’t get up after their fall now perform from a prone position, often in low natural depressions in the earth, hence the name. Fans of the genre are known as dipsters. They are famed for their ability to locate low ground.

Famous dip-hoppers include The Lieing Bastards, Gopher, and the critical favorite This Shallow Grave.

by: chris

Sun, 24 Apr 2005 01:25:42 +0000

Ugh, when my first submission got rejected and I had to rewrite from scratch, I forgot this part:

So named due to the ubiquitous use of smokeless tobacco among its performers.

Maybe that was obvious already, I dunno.

by: chris

Sun, 24 Apr 2005 01:23:01 +0000

Dip-Hop (syn: Hat-Rap), n., A form of popular music, originating in the early 21st century, characterized by the synthesis of the rhythms of hip-hop and the lyrical themes and vocal dialects of country-western. Influential practitioners of the form include 2BK, Redd State, and Beck.

by: Vidiot

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:45:02 +0000

Dip-hop, n., a little-known yet much-maligned style of hip-hop that seeks to channel the atmosphere and surroundings of a beachfront ice cream stand in Cocoa Beach, circa 1956-64.

Key tracks include “I Dream Of Jeannie (But She Hates You” by Two Scoopz, “Ice Cream Party Till We’re Dead” by Extra Chunky, “Ben and/or Jerry Drive-By At The Ron-Jon” by Sand Parade, and “Cash, Hoes, And My, Those Striped Shirts Are Swanky” by Chocolate Jimmies.

by: dw

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:14:25 +0000

Dip-hop: An amalgam of rap lyrics, hippie-folk delivery, and lounge-swank style that’s been described as “Tony Bennett channeling Nick Drake while covering a Wu-Tang song.” A Kansas City Star music reporter originally coined the term in a 2000 review of a DeShon’s White Dad performance.

“DWD, as their smoking jackets were thusly monogrammed, appeared to have real difficulty with transmogrifying their raps into anything resembling anything cool, smooth, or even musical, coming off like white geeks who can’t dance getting served by the cast of Stomp. It wasn’t hip-hop so much as dip-hop.”

Until recently, the style was only found along the I-70 corridor in Missouri, primarily in Jefferson City and St. Louis. Key artists in this geographical area include the aformentioned Deshon’s White Dad, The Cravats, Next Stop Wonderland, and River of Cool. With increased exposure from the Internet, though, strong dip-hop scenes have sprung up in West Coast college towns (Bellingham, Spokane, Sacramento, Davis). The so-called “Westside Story Dip-Hop Sound” includes bands such as SWA (Swanks With Attitude), Felt Top, A Tribe Called Quincy (not to be confused with the Bangor-based A Tribe Called Quincy M.E.), and the Scataological Scat Cats.