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GANGSTA RAP: EMERGENCE AND
CULTURE
What Rap Was
Not lyrical technique, rather good times
Will Smith, LL Cool J, Tribe Called Quest
Always urban, never violent
Emergence of Gangsta
Late 80’s, early 90s
Ice T, Beastie Boys, NWA,
Violence, profanities, sex, drugs Gangsta
FBI involvement NWA, Fab Five
Gangsta Rap Culture
A way of life Dress, language, ideas
Affected everyone, not just gangstas
Lyrics became real life actions
Trust me, I’m a Dr.
Born Andre Young
NWA (Eazy-E, Ice-Cube, Mc Ren, DJ Yella)
Producer Aftermath Entertainment
Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Eminem, Nas
RIVALRY
the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition
Sports
Yankees vs. Red Sox
Duke vs. North Carolina
Ali vs. Frazier
Federer vs. Nadal
Music is no different
Some slight differences…
No such thing as a playing field or court
Always game time
Career: Make or break
Improves quality of music
Drawbacks outweigh benefits
East vs. West (1991-1996)
Producers: Suge Knight and Sean “Diddy” Combs
Legends: Tupac and Biggie
Present Greats: Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z
Where do I stand?
Right in the middle…
Stay out of the hostilities, nonsense
Black on black crime
Keep it real, positive, and fresh
Don’t discriminate
East Coast West Coast Killaz
“Cacaphony of small talent rappers, claimin a coastover instrumentals, ain't got no real street credentials”- KRS-One
“While childish MC's battle over coastal fronts I come with no fronts and smash in monkey fronts” - RBX
Suge Knight
Born Marion Knight Jr Co-founder of Death Row Records (1991) Hometown: Compton, California Members of Death Row:
Tupac Shakur Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg
Producer, not a rapper
Death Row Diss
Where each side stands
West Coast• Changed the sound of hip-hop• Made music more universal• Once N.W.A. came on the scene, LA became new hot spot for West Coast rappers
East Coast• Credited with starting the music revolution that was hip hop• Hip-Hop started in the streets of NY• First record companies and rappers came to East Coast to perform
Diddy
Born as Sean Combs New York
Originally started at Uptown Records Started his own company- Bad Boy Records Signed the likes of
Notorious B.I.G. Craig Mack Faith Evans
Rapper Known as Diddy, Puffy, Puff Daddy
Didn’t Want This
Never wanted to feud His rappers = “Be above it” Saw it all coming, but still had to produce
music Since has collaborated with all artists
Death Row Diss (1:05) RIP Biggie
2Pac
Born Lesane Parish Crooks Born in East Harlem NY Grew up in Marin City California Started rapping (officially) in 1988 Signed with Death Row Records Shot in November of 1994 – accused Notorius
B.I.G. and Sean “P-Diddy” Combs of being involved in shooting
Started rapping against East Coast and Bad Boy Records
Murdered in September 1996 at age 25
The Shot Heard Round The World Biggest Contribution to rivalry, release of
song “Hit Em Up”
This was a response to Biggie Small’s song which was released months after 2Pac was shot in Biggie’s recording studio “Who Shot Ya”
Hit em up
Notorious B.I.G.
Born- 1972, New York, New York Died- 1997, Los Angeles, California Signed to Bad Boy Records 1992 Before rapping Drug Dealer At Quad Studios when Tupac was shot but
innocent
Also known as Biggie and Biggie Smalls
Sometimes Things Are Bigger Than You
“Who Shot Ya”= B side to “Big Poppa”
Originally supposed to be on Mary J Blige’s album My Life
Admittedly, it was a bad time to be released
Tried to listen to Puffy, but it was more than that
Hardly affected by Pac’s death
Snoop Dogg
Born Calvin Cordozar Bradus Jr.
Born in Long Beach California
Began rapping in 1992
Signed with Death Row Records in 1993
Snoop Dogg - Changing the Game Came out with “New York, New York” to call
out the famous home of Bad Boy Records Still rapping today Has since denounced the coastal feud
between East and West and has since collaborated with other artists who are outside of the West Coast
Performed at 2005 VMA’s with Sean Combs Snoop-Biggie Tribute
Jay-Z
Born Shawn Carter in Brooklyn, New York Started rapping in 1996 when he founded
Roc-A-Fella Records Associated with
Notorious B.I.G. Kanye West Beyonce
Jay-Z – Pay Your Respects
Relationship with the Feud Associated with Biggie Mentioned in west coast songs Two “diss” songs= “Brooklyn’s Finest” and “22
2’s” Barely classify
Now associates himself with both coasts Does a Biggie and Tupac tribute at each
live concert
The Aftermath
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