backpacker
n.— «Much or most of what i really like these days would be considered “backpacker” stuff anyway. but i wouldn’t call the stuff i don’t like not hip-hop. it’s all hip-hop. pop fans saying atmosphere isn’t hip-hop bothers me as much as backpackers saying that chingy isn’t hip-hop.» —“Re: Nas Threatens 50 over Lopez Track” by suntzu Usenet: alt.rap Dec. 20, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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