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Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality of the world and street hustlers. [1][2][3] Emerging in the late 1980s, gangsta rap's pioneers include Schoolly D of Philadelphia and Ice-T of Los Angeles, later expanding in California with ...
July 30, 2004. (2004-07-30) (SE) Running time. 3.5 min. Language. English. The " Star Wars Gangsta Rap " is a parody song based on the original Star Wars trilogy. The song was later popularized as a Flash -animated music video and was the first winner of the Audience Choice Award in the Lucasfilm -sponsored Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards.
Criminal Minded is the debut studio album by hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions, released on March 3, 1987, by B-Boy Records. It is considered a highly influential hip hop album [1] and one of the first in the gangsta rap genre. [2] Since its release, the album has been sampled, interpolated and paraphrased.
Priority. Relativity. Epic. Formerly of. N.W.A. Musical artist. Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 [1] – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap".
The soundtrack, which consisted entirely of gangsta rap and hardcore hip hop music, made it to number 16 on the Billboard 200 and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Domino and Tha Chill's title track "Tales from the Hood" was the soundtrack's lone charting single becoming a hit on the Hot Rap Songs chart, where it peaked at #8. The music ...
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 ]
Regulate (song) from the album Regulate... G Funk Era and Above the Rim (soundtrack) " Regulate " is a song performed by American rapper Warren G featuring American singer Nate Dogg. It was released in the spring of 1994 as the first single on the soundtrack to the film Above the Rim and later Warren G's debut album, Regulate... G Funk Era (1994).
"In da Club" is a song by American rapper 50 Cent from his debut studio album Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003). Written by 50 Cent alongside producers Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, the song, which uses an unconventional off-beat rhythm, was released on January 7, 2003, as the album's lead single and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming 50 Cent's first number-one single.