The Development History of Gangster Rap

1970s-Slang

As early as 1973, the members of Horst Congress, Ligtinin' Rod and Joran Clark, chose the lyrics of street life, drug abuse, prostitution and so on and wrote them into songs. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, the last poet, also incorporated swearing and slang into songs, which influenced later hip-hop bands, such as public enemies. Tracy Marlowe and MacDrey also wrote Iceberg Slim, a writer and pimp, in the lyrics at this time to strengthen the influence of their songs. Rudy Ray Moore's upright comedy laid the foundation for his film Dolemite about pimping and running brothels, which also influenced Gangsta rap, and it is still a classic sample source of gangsta rap.

Finally, the films about the exploitation of black interests in the 1970s vividly described the underground life of black people and greatly encouraged them. For example, the name of Snoop Dogg's Dogg Pound is taken from the famous bathtub scene in 1972 "Super Fly", and the nickname of the notorious B.I.G is also taken from the movie "Do it again". In fact, people familiar with streetball games also know that there is a nickname "Biggie Littles" for players who are only 5 feet 3 inches tall. It can be seen that the influence of bl exploit is far-reaching.

Get ready for

After Run DMC launched a new school rap, violence in the city quickly became the biggest theme of Gangsta rap separated from hip-hop music on the west coast. This is all in Schoolly D's song Gangsta Boogie (1984), P.S.K What do you mean? /Gucci time (1985) and Saturday night (1986), as well as the album "Criminal Psychology" like the production of Boggie Down. At this time, all the conditions for the formation of gangster rap have been met, waiting for the emergence of a blockbuster. Creation -ICE-T and school d.

1986, Tracy Marlowe from Los Angeles released the song "6 am", which is usually considered as the first gangster rap song. The song has been repeatedly mentioned by later generations in the song, and it is worthy of being a gangster classic. In fact, Tracy Marlowe became a host in the early 1980s.

When Tracy Marlowe was interviewed by Prop magazine, he said:

Let's look at the real order: the first album with such lyrics is Schoolly D's P.S.K I used syncopation when I made 6 am, and the sound was the same. ... p.s.k is creating' green',' ...' At six o'clock in the morning, the police are in front of my house'. When I first heard this album, my feeling was: Oh, shit, then I'm going to bury it. My album is not like P.S.K, but I like it. He told the story of a gangster killer, but it felt too far away. This is the difference between me and academic d ... one by one, I'm going to knock them down. Everything he did was to show Gangsta on the album, so he made an album about guns and shooting, just like 6 am. At the same time, the production of overnight fame released the criminals' hearts. This album is based on the gangster. It's not a message or something to learn, but a real gang. The following is the exact time sequence of events: the first record was Schoolly D's "P.S.K", and then I used the synchronous operation of this rap at 6 o'clock in the morning. The sound is the same. ... P.S.K is creating green ... at six o'clock in the morning, the police are at my door. When I heard that record, I was like, Oh, shit! Call it a bite or whatever you want, but I looked through that record. My record doesn't sound like P.S.K, but I like his style. P.S.K is talking about the killer by the park, but it's vague. This is the only difference. When Schoolly does this, it's ... one by one, and I'm going to knock them down. All he did was represent a gang on the record. I wrote a record about holding a gun, beating people, and all these things, all at 6 am. At the same time, my single "overnight fame" was released, which is an album with the theme of gangs. In the following 10 years, Tracy Marlowe continued to release some of his albums. For example, his "Yun Fu", "Power" and "Iceberg/Freedom of Speech" ... just look at what you said and other albums. Among them, his lyrics have a strong political flavor, and he has been wandering between the gangster rap with mixed praise and criticism.

Production is stagnant.

Boggie Down Production (BDP for short) released their first album Say No Brothers in 1986. Later, South BornX/P was free, and 9mm went to Bang. Three songs called the most gangster at that time. At the same time, Krs-one began to boast that he shot and killed his collaborator (Krs called it self-defense). And put the gun on the cover of 1987' s album criminal thoughts. Shortly after the release of the album, DJ Scott Larlock of BDP was shot dead. In subsequent albums, BDP will try to delete some improper reasons.

make a name for oneself

Undoubtedly, the earliest masterpiece is 1988 N.W.A's Straight Out of Compton (full name "nigger with attitude"). This album was released on 1988. After the release of this album, the dynamic type of West Coast hip-hop was established, and Los Angeles became a hip-hop center for a long time. Fuck the Police in this album caught the attention of the FBI, which triggered the first extensive debate on the lyrics of hip-hop music. Milt Ahlerich, assistant director of the FBI, expressed the police's indignation at this song. It should be considered that Tracy Marlowe and the northwest region remind people of the West Coast phenomenon. Although the production on the east coast has gradually taken shape due to difficulties.

After the blockbuster, ice cube influenced gang rap with his hardcore for a long time. His solo with political style in the album hinted at the young people in the city and asked them to participate. N.w.a's later album Efil4zaggin even broke the strange circle of not ranking first in the United States after the release of rap album, and bravely climbedNo. 1.

other

Besides N.W.A and Tracy Marlowe, people like Too Short, Kid Forst and Latino rapper Cypress Hill from the South have also become pioneers of West Coast rap. Above the Law's album Livin' Like Husiters makes Gangsta Rap more influential in the United States, and this album is almost comparable to Efil4zaggin. At the same time, it also paved the way for Dr.Dre's later album The History.

Beast Boy was the first organization that thought it was a gang. His album is full of sex, drugs, guns and violence (according to Rolling Stone magazine). Rolling Stone magazine thinks they are the cornerstone of the development of gangster rap. The same technique is also used in the single "Carthief", in 1989, Beasite Boy's album "Paul's Boutique" and "Overlooking the Gun". As early as the underground rap period, Los Angeles group C.I.A covered some songs of Beasite Boy, such as My Posse and Ill-Legal, and N.W.A's early albums were also influenced by Beasite Boy. It can be seen that the influence of Beasite Boys is great. Run DMC, a rap group in new york, popularized hard core and lyrics about confrontation in their songs. They are dressed in gorgeous gangster-style clothes. The way they make music has become the capital of gangster rap. After that, the popular rap chose the political and aggressive style, which had a great influence on the gangster rap. For example, there are some East Coast rappers in ice cube, such as Lakim, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap, EPMD, Bigg Daddy Kane and Slick Rick, which also reflect the development trend of hip-hop in the late 1980s, with strong sense of aggression, political style and offensive lyrics, violence, poverty and street shooting.

Founded in the late 1980s, Geto Boys from Houston was deeply influenced by N.W.A He wrote many songs boasting about violence, including many lyrics describing murder in detail. This is much earlier than Mafia rap and Scarface, a song about cocaine and the murder of rival gang members. Geto Boys is also famous for being the first rap group to try the sound of the movie Scarface. Later, the film did make many mafia rappers repeat the sampling. Tracy Marlowe

Tracy Marlowe released a special album O. g. original gutter at 199 1 This heavy metal band, founded by Tracy Marlowe, released the album Death Count of the same name on 1992. They attracted a lot of media attention with their single "Police Black Boy".

The release of the second album "Life and Death" was postponed to 1994 due to social disputes. This album was his most politicized one at that time. After that, he left Warner Bros. His subsequent albums all returned to the gangster style, but they never reached the popularity of the previous albums. He gradually alienated his core audience after his participation in Metal. When G-Funk became popular, he used the beat of uptempo bomb squad and turned his attention to his political views. In 1994, he published a book: ice's opinion: who gave it to the fuck? .

Fear and death row

1992-, a former member of the American Women Singers Association, Dr.Dre released the album "Chronic". This 3-platinum album proves that Gangsta Rap can also produce better effects than mainstream rappers such as MC Hammer, The Fresh Prince and Tone lūc not c This album is recognized as the symbol of Gangsta Rap, Death Row and Dr.Dre on the West Coast, and it also shows the strength of the new generation of Death Row singers.

Another function of this album is to create a style: G-Funk. This slow, leisurely and arrogant style dominated the hip-hop world in this period. It extensively sampled the music of some P-Funk bands, such as Parliament and Funkadelic. G-Funk's voice is multi-layered, but it is relatively easy to make. It expresses the problems in life, such as guns, alcoholism and marijuana. Most people who like this kind of music are teenagers. Dr.Dre's single "Nuthing but a G thang" created a humorous style.

Another successful G-Funk album was The Predator of ice cube, which was released at the same time with the chronic diseases of Dr.Dre and 1992. This album sold more than 2 million copies with the single "It's a Beautiful Day". Although ice cube is not a singer on death row.

The style leap in this period began with the energetic and partisan songs sung by Dr. Derry's disciple Snoop Dogg, such as Gin and Juice. 1996,2 2pac signed a contract for death row and released a double platinum album All Eyez on me. But not long after, he was shot. His death not only made headlines in national newspapers, but also made his posthumous album Don Kiriminati: The Seven-Day Theory (released under the pseudonym of pac Makaveli, with the cover of 2pac fixed on the cross) among the best in the United States.

Mafia rap

Mafioso Rap is a branch of hardcore hip hop, which was founded by Kool G Rap in the late 1980s. It is regarded as a pseudo-extension of hard-core rap on the east coast, and it draws lessons from G-Funk rap on the west coast seriously. Mafia rap is characterized by self-promotion, luxury, boasting and quoting thugs and gangs, materialism, organized crime, expensive champagne and drugs. Although Mafia rap declined in a few years, Lei Quan, a member of Wutang family, released a successful and crucial solo album "Only Four Cuban Links were Built" in 1995 ... After Nas disciple AZ released the album Doe or Die, Mafia rap was gradually brought into the mainstream genre. Its creative inspiration has also influenced many East Coast singers, such as Nas, the infamous B.I.G and Jay-Z, who have created some albums with the same theme: it is written, life after death and rational doubt. Although Mafioso Rap was inevitably out of the mainstream in the late 1990s, Jay-Z's American gangster Ghostface Killah's scales were deeper than Rick Ross's Rap, and only four Raekwon Cuban Linx II were built, which still gave Mafioso Rap some hope.

Similarly, recently, some rappers, such as T.I., Jadakis, jim jones and Cassidy, also used lyrics describing the gangster lifestyle in the city to safeguard the dignity of mafia rap.

The hatred between the hard core and the east and west coasts

At the same time, many singers and bands from new york, such as Wu Tang family, Oynx, Mobb Deep, Nas, notorious B.I.G and "L.O.X", launched a "tough voice" called East Coast hardcore hip-hop. Wu Tangbang, Biggie and some bad boy singers paved the way for regaining the advantage from the west coast. 1994, in an independent interview with GZA, a member of Wu Tang Gang, he commented on things related to gang rap and its groups:

Our music is not gangster rap. That's not true. This is what we call the limit created by the media. We just express the fact of cruel life, and the target is young black men. Snoopy has four platinum records, and he earns more money than the president. So these people hate gang rap, so you can hear "no! Forbidden! " We aroused people's emotions and brought them real life performances. Like I said, passion. Our music is not gangsta rap. There is no such thing. This label was created by the media to restrict our speech. We just convey the facts in a popular way. Young black men are the target. Snoopy Dogg sold four times as much platinum and earned more money than the president. They don't like that, so you hear' ban this, ban that'. We attack people's emotions. This is a real live performance, showing people's inner nature. As I said, the fierce words, the East-West Coast War, which is widely rumored that death row vs bad boy, directly led to the shooting of death row 2pac and the infamous B.I.G of bad boy. Even before that, the death row began to disintegrate, and Dr. Dre left at the beginning of 1996. After 2pac was shot, Sugar Knight, the owner of death row, was sent to prison for his excessive words. Then, with Snoopy's departure, the death row was dissolved more quickly. Dr.Dre even declared at the MTV Music Video Awards (VMAs) that "gangsta rap is dead". Although P. Diddy's Bad Boy performed better than the rival of West Coast, it finally lost its support and prestige at the end of the century.

Due to the pursuit of mainstream voice, more challenges come from Atlanta and New Orleans, and Master P's "Unlimited" record is especially based on this popular rapper.

Gangster rap in the south and midwest

Gangsta Rap has become a powerful commercial weapon after the death of 2pac and BIG and the great attention of the press. But most of the big brands have closed down, disappeared and are in chaos. During this period, new brands began to rise.

Atalanta has already launched Ortecast, Ludacris and Goody Mobs. They all gained excellent reputation at the turn of the century. There are people like Gucci Manet, T.I. and Young Jeezy in Atlanta. Jermaine Dupri, a record producer and talent scout in Atlanta, succeeded in monopolizing the rising stars of music after discovering Kris Kross performing in the hall, and made a long list for his label So So Def. Although he prefers pop rap&; R & Its singers are like Da Brat and himself.

Master P's Unlimited Brand is headquartered in New Orleans. Although it lacked some key successes, it still made up for it with rappers like Mystikal in the late 1990s. The success of unlimited rise and becoming a recognized pop brand depends on Master P's own album "Slumdog is going to kill me! There are also two experts, silk Shuka and C. Murder. It is also based on New Orleans, which is a huge economic effect brought by the unchanging music style and some brands whose quantity exceeds quality in the late 1990s.

Memphis' hypnotic thought, led by the March 6th Mafia and the Pat project, pushed gangster rap to a darker extreme. People are familiar with DJ Paul and Juice J, the energy of hypnotic mind, aggressive beat and uncompromising savage lyrics. However, in the middle of the first decade in 2000, the brand finally became mainstream because the single "It's hard for pimps to be here" in the album "36 Mafia" won an Oscar.

Gangsta Rap (gangsta rap in central and western China rose in the mid-1990s and developed in 2 1 early century. Gangster rap in the Midwest was unique at the beginning with its unique fast pace. This is evident in the early albums of gangsta rappers in the Midwest, such as Twista in Chicago and Bone ghosts-n-Harmony in Cleveland. Bone Thugs, who is famous for his unique fast style and super-fast handover, achieved great success with the album E 1995 Eternal, which was selected as the song of Grammy-winning film Tha Crossroads.

In the late 1980s, the violent and disturbing stories told by Geto Boys gradually entered the whole country, and later their member Scarface also copied their success.

In Houston at the beginning of 2 1 century, it was also called the third coast. Houston broke out in the front line of southern rap, and people like mike jones, UGK, Slim Mob, Lill Flip, Cha M and Paul Wall all achieved great commercial success. UGK calls Houston their hometown. In fact, they are from Port Arthur and Texas. This was actually thought out by Bun B and pimp C, because the underground rap legend in Texas lasted until the end of 1980s.

Chopped and Screwed is a style developed by DJ Screw in Houston, and it is a style with a long history in this area. DJ Screw did a lot of tentative experiments on this style, and later made some slow-paced songs, and created a sub-style of Screwed Up Click. This southern rap career has provided many experts, such as Da Mo, Lille Flip, E.S.G, UGK, Lille Tangke and Z-Ro. Similarly, this has greatly improved their reputation.

Mainstream times

Gangsta Rap before the end of 1990s, as a highly profitable rap style, is also considered as a rap style based on outside the mainstream. The inner city lifestyle represented by these singers has never been on the mainstream sales list. However, the rise of bad boy brands, especially the chorus album No Way Out released by their leader, P. Diddy. Diddy) in 1997, followed by the filming of 2pac and the infamous B.I.G, aroused widespread media attention and became a great change in Gangsta's rap style (as did East Coast rap and hardcore hip-hop. Gangsta Rap has gradually evolved into a Hip-Hop style, which is more acceptable and profitable in business. Earlier, some controversies made Gangsta Rap gradually become a popular hip-hop style in the late 1990s, because of the popular Gangsta Rap Jin Song and Juice. Another example is the notorious B.I.G' s 1994' s Ready 2Die to 1997' s Life after Death. All the voices in it have changed from dark, desperate and paranoid to clean, lazy and popular because of popularization.

R & at this time; B-type sampling can easily identify soul music and pop songs from 1970s to 1980s. All these are obviously reflected in the fluffy late album that there is no money, no problem, and I feel so good in Mase that I can get a street dream of Jay-Z and Nas that doesn't belong to bad boys. Similarly, Master P's Unlimited brand in New Orleans has achieved similar success with a similar voice. The nouveau riche Cash Money has achieved similar success in New Orleans.

Singer, The B.G, has captured many mainstream views for the mainstream Hip-Hop since the popularity of Bling-Bling in the late 1990s, and popularized popular words in 1999. In the past, Gangsta rapp accused the city of being dirty, but in the late 1990s, Gangsta rapp went even further. Women, materialism, hedonism, wine and beautiful clothes have all become the close themes of Gangsta rapp's lyrics and MTV. However, many singers have achieved mainstream gangster rap in the 2nd/Kloc-0th century, such as DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent and G-Unit. The tenacious voice originating from the west coast has been strongly influenced by the notorious B.I.G, Wu Tang Gang and Nas. Jin Yong and Mase's typical leisurely style and free flow have become the standard of popular gangs. Compared with DMX and Eminem, they achieved great commercial success in the late 1990s, because they described more and more terrible violent death stories. In order to maintain business ties, attempts, subversion and arguments also led to the rapid development of Horrorcore Rap in the mid-1990s. 1986 p.s.k. What do you mean? It was released together with Schoolly D's album of the same name, which was considered by Tracy Marlowe as a reference prototype of gangster rap.

1986 The classic gangster rap song "Morning 6" was released together with Tracy Marlowe's other single "Wax Dog".

1987-11-04 ice-t's "Yun Fu" album was released. 1987-11-06n.w.a released the first album in cooperation with Qingxin Fila.

1988-01-31tooshort is the most popular and highly rated album ever released.

1988-08-08 N.W.A's second and most influential album was released.

1989-03- 12 Scarface's first album after joining Geto Boys! On the other hand, release.

1989-03-14 kool grap's first album "The Road to Wealth" was released.

1991-03-14 ice-t The most classic album was released by O. g. original guggar.

1990-03- 16 release of ice cube's most wanted man album.

199 1-05-30 N.W.A's album Efil4zaggin was released, and N.W.A was dissolved soon.

1992-12-15 dr.dre's album "Chronic" was released.

1993-01-12dr.dre released the single "but a 'G' Thang" with Snoopy Dogg.

1993- 10-25 Eazy-E released the song Real Muthaphuckkin G's to attack the Diss of Dr.Dre and Snoop Dogg (followed by it's on and down 2 that last roach and Wu You Do insulting the whole death row company).

1993-11-23 Snoop Doggy Doggy's classic album Doggystyle was released.

1994-09- 13 Biggie's best album Ready 2 Die was released.

1995-03- 14 2pac's most classic album "I Against the World" was released.

1995-03-23 The first official album "Mysterious Stylez" of Sanliu Mafia was released.

1995-03-26 Eazy-E died of AIDS.

1995-07-25 Bones -N-Harmony's highest-rated album E 1999 was released forever.

Curio Gangster Paradise 1995-08-09 released.

1996-06- 14 2pac's classic Disssong-Hit 'em Up was released together with another single, How U Want It.

1996-09-07 2pac filmed in Las Vegas.

1996-09- 13 2pac passed away.

At the speed of life, the first album of1996-10-01xzibit was released.

1997-03-09 You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You was shot and died the next morning.