Morcheeba's "Who Can you Trust" album is also a classic in this genre.
But to add to the discussion on what is considered trip-hop, hip-hop or downtempo and so on; I've noticed that these days, new music genre's are popping up left and right. It's actually kind of funny, a slight change in tempo could mean a track is a different genre! haha. I think for something to considered trip hop it has to have an element of hip hop in it. That doesn't mean just hip hop style drums. It could be a break (sample) or even the style of production or that is borrowed from hip hop along with elements of electronic music.
The discussion could go on for days, but at the end of the day, bands need room to try something different without it being considered a different genre from their previous work (i.e. portishead and massive attack). I just think there are too many genres to keep track of IMHO.
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