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Tag: West Coast Rap

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Sunshine Rap

mreeves February 17, 2019 No Comments Indie RapJurassic 5West Coast Rap

Revisit a time when West Coast rap musicians embraced chunky funk and soul loops while rejecting the corporatist “bling” era.

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Bay Area Mobb Music

mreeves November 27, 2016 1 Comment 90s rapE-40mobb musicWest Coast RapYay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area rap scene’s most crucial development took place during the 1990s. This was the golden age of West Coast G-funk…and mobb music.

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Kendrick Lamar, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

mreeves July 26, 2015 No Comments 2015BLMKendrick LamarWest Coast Rap

Last Sunday night, Kendrick Lamar briefly crashed the Internet by issuing To Pimp a Butterfly a week early on iTunes and multiple streaming services. His…

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Nas, “New York State of Mind” (from Illmatic)
Meek Mill, “Dreams and Nightmares (from Dreams and Nightmares)
Lil B, “B.O.R. (Birth of Rap)” (from 6 Kiss)
Gang Starr, “You Know My Steez” (from Moment of Truth)
Ghostface Killah, “Nutmeg” (from Supreme Clientele)
GZA, “Liquid Swords” (from Liquid Swords)
OutKast, “2 Dope Boyz in a Cadillac” (from ATLiens)
Public Enemy, “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” (from Fear of a Black Planet)
Deltron 3030, “3030” (from Deltron 3030)
DJ Screw & ESG, “Sailin’ the South” (from 3 ’N the Mornin’ (Part Two))

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