Genres: Gangsta Rap, G-Funk, West Coast Rap Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: February 18, 1965 in South Central, Los Angeles, CA
George Clinton, Zapp, Parliament, Boogie Down Productions, Ice-T, Too $hort, Afrika Bambaataa, Funkadelic, Cameo, The Egyptian Lover, Schoolly D, The Ohio Players, Leon Haywood, Rodney O, Gigolo Tony, L.A. Dream Team Warren G, DJ Quik, Compton's Most Wanted, Nate Dogg, Timbaland, L.T. Hutton, Soopafly, Daz Dillinger, RC, Westside Connection, MC Eiht, Tha Dogg Pound, Mack 10, Meech Wells, DJ Pooh, Ant Banks, Spice 1, CPO, Cypress Hill Meech Wells, Eminem, Ant Banks, Kurupt, Cellski, Soopafly, Pharrell Williams, J. Dubb, Tha Dogg Pound, Celly Cel, DJ Squeeky, Freekbass, Doggy's Angels, E-40, J.R. Rotem, 5th Ward Boyz, T.W.D.Y., Pazdat, Mack 10 |  |
More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions as well as the party vibes of old-school rap. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-funk. BDP's early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with N.W.A. celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang life. Dre was never much of a rapper -- his rhymes were simple and his delivery was slow and clumsy -- but as a producer, he was extraordinary. With N.W.A. he melded the noise collages of the Bomb Squad with funky rhythms. On his own, he reworked George Clinton's elastic funk into the self-styled G-funk, a slow-rolling variation that relied more on sound than content. When he left N.W.A. in 1992, he founded Death Row Records with Suge Knight, and the label quickly became the dominant force in mid-'90s hip-hop thanks to his debut, The Chronic.
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Release: March 30, 2010
Label: Radely
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Release: December 8, 2009
Label: Radley
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