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In the early days of hip hop, funk music was widely used as a source of samples. This continued to a lesser extent in more recent years. This continued to a lesser extent in more recent years. Pages in category "Funk-rap songs"
G-funk, short for gangsta funk, (or funk rap [5]) is a sub-genre of gangsta rap that emerged from the West Coast scene in the early 1990s. The genre is heavily influenced by the synthesizer -heavy 1970s funk sound of Parliament-Funkadelic (aka P-Funk), often incorporated through samples or re-recordings. [ 4 ]
"Fakin' the Funk" is a single by hip hop group Main Source, released on May 19, 1992, [1] from the soundtrack White Men Can't Rap. It features an uncredited guest appearance by rapper Neek the Exotic and contains a sample of "Magic Shoes" by The Main Ingredient. [2] The song's lyrics were directed at hip hop acts who were perceived to be ...
This list is of songs that have been interpolated by other songs. Songs that are cover versions, parodies, or use samples of other songs are not "interpolations". The list is organized under the name of the artist whose song is interpolated followed by the title of the song, and then the interpolating artist and their song.
Dan Cairns of The Sunday Times has described "The Message"'s musical innovation: "Where it was inarguably innovative, was in slowing the beat right down, and opening up space in the instrumentation—the music isn't so much hip-hop as noirish, nightmarish slow-funk, stifling and claustrophobic, with electro, dub and disco also jostling for room in the genre mix—and thereby letting the lyrics ...
Phonk (/ f ɒ ŋ k / ⓘ) is a subgenre of hip hop and trap music directly inspired by 1990s Memphis rap.The genre is characterized by its use of vintage Memphis rap vocals, chopped and screwed production techniques, and samples from early 1990s hip hop, often combined with samples from jazz and funk.
[2] Both songs feature the rap parody in their intros, which satirizes the standard oath taken in sworn testimony, “Do you swear to give me the funk, the whole funk, and nothing but the funk...I do” The single was released in the summer of 1994 and quickly became a hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B ...
"The Motto" was also nominated for Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards. [15] A music video was released on February 10, 2012, and features cameos from Bay Area rappers E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. as well as including an introduction from the mother of Mac Dre, Wanda Salvatto. Salvatto has also said, in a 2016 interview with Complex Media, that ...