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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Lincoln on August 02, 2003, 09:29:10 PM

Title: is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Lincoln on August 02, 2003, 09:29:10 PM
what do you think? i think Gangsta rap has gotten boring in the last few years. nothin really interesting has come out, people who were deep with it (like Spice 1) have become boring with no depth.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on August 02, 2003, 09:32:06 PM
what do you think? i think Gangsta rap has gotten boring in the last few years. nothin really interesting has come out, people who were deep with it (like Spice 1) have become boring with no depth.

I agree.....I wish it was still alive and kickin', but like you said, the originals back in the day (that are STILL doing gangsta rap) have become boring with the shit.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Lincoln on August 02, 2003, 09:35:24 PM
what do you think? i think Gangsta rap has gotten boring in the last few years. nothin really interesting has come out, people who were deep with it (like Spice 1) have become boring with no depth.

I agree.....I wish it was still alive and kickin', but like you said, the originals back in the day (that are STILL doing gangsta rap) have become boring with the shit.

yeah i was thinkin about it & Above The Law became a little boring too with Forever Rich Thugs (their knew one looks promising tho)
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Skindiana bon3z on August 02, 2003, 09:52:52 PM
It's been dead for awhile... :-\
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: T.J. on August 02, 2003, 10:17:45 PM
put it this way..... its on "life support"  ;D
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Citizen-Y on August 02, 2003, 10:20:02 PM
Eazy's death marked the death to gangster rap.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: LAZY on August 02, 2003, 10:52:33 PM
i dont think its dead.... i still like it... the newest Daz album i think is a Gangsta Rap CDi think the new Eastsidaz is gunna b a Gangsta rap cd 2
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: IKON on August 02, 2003, 10:59:13 PM
its not dead, it just changed with the times, just like G Funk

It was still better in the past though, ive come to know that it will never go back to like it was again

Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Black_Smoke on August 02, 2003, 11:31:17 PM
Gangsta Rap aint dead

Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: CRAFTY on August 03, 2003, 01:47:17 AM
It's not dead...just wait for the new Boo Yaa Tribe album, the new Eastsidaz album, the IV Life Records albums, that will be G-shit.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: T-Dogg on August 03, 2003, 02:06:55 AM
Gangsta rap has left too many influences to modern rap to ever be dead... Cussing is alright now, not so special if somebody mentions guns & killing in their raps etc...
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: R-Tistic on August 03, 2003, 02:15:54 AM
Well I'll put it like this...

In California, Gangsta Rap isn't as big as it was in it's prime of 89/91/93-96...but it is still pretty big here.

Outside of California, 75% of the population isn't feeling gangsta rap or g-funk anymore. Therefore, no matter how tite people from Cali may think our rappers are, if they are comin gangsta, it's a very very very small chance that they will blow up in the industry at this point because Gangsta rap isn't as big as it was, so unfortunately most of these rappers people on this site love missed their turn.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Nightfall on August 03, 2003, 06:43:00 AM
Eazy's death marked the death to gangster rap.


why?!


as long Ice-T's around, gangsta rap wont be dead hes the only one keepin it alive
ice-T=the originator and he wil keep on doin this like it should:
raw
real
original
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: js83 on August 03, 2003, 07:05:58 AM
Well I'll put it like this...

In California, Gangsta Rap isn't as big as it was in it's prime of 89/91/93-96...but it is still pretty big here.

Outside of California, 75% of the population isn't feeling gangsta rap or g-funk anymore. Therefore, no matter how tite people from Cali may think our rappers are, if they are comin gangsta, it's a very very very small chance that they will blow up in the industry at this point because Gangsta rap isn't as big as it was, so unfortunately most of these rappers people on this site love missed their turn.

but the thing is 50 cent is making that gangsta shit...rappin bout drugs, killing people, bitches, etc...and he sellin like a muthafucka right now...
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: R-Tistic on August 03, 2003, 05:44:21 PM
Well I'll put it like this...

In California, Gangsta Rap isn't as big as it was in it's prime of 89/91/93-96...but it is still pretty big here.

Outside of California, 75% of the population isn't feeling gangsta rap or g-funk anymore. Therefore, no matter how tite people from Cali may think our rappers are, if they are comin gangsta, it's a very very very small chance that they will blow up in the industry at this point because Gangsta rap isn't as big as it was, so unfortunately most of these rappers people on this site love missed their turn.

but the thing is 50 cent is making that gangsta shit...rappin bout drugs, killing people, bitches, etc...and he sellin like a muthafucka right now...

Well they consider 50 more "Thug rap" than Gangsta Rap. As far as West Coast gangsta rap, people in NY aren't feelin it...they like all the thug rap shit such as 50, Beanie, D-Block, etc. but they don't like the west coast gangsta shit
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Don Jacob on August 03, 2003, 10:22:02 PM
gangsta rap died when 2pac died
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: o g s u e s o n e on August 04, 2003, 12:40:04 AM
its not near dead! damn we got daz, eastsidaz, 4life, mack 10, eiht, relativez... they still drop some nice westcoast gangsta shit!
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: mauzip on August 04, 2003, 01:14:08 AM
it's not dead. it's just not the same as before.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: HHH on August 04, 2003, 01:38:11 AM
it's not dead. it's just not the same as before.
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Cliftone_Santiago_909 on August 04, 2003, 03:14:20 AM
Not Dead, Just not as popular as it used to be.  I figure, as long as you there is gangsters, or better yet, street gangs, there will be Gangsta Rap.

I agree, alot of tha Old School cats got played out... the whole message and concept of Gangsta Rap got played out to me... but there's still poeple out there "Bangin Tha Streets" that relate to that type of music so be it... I dont knock it.



Eazy May have Started it but he didn't finish it... not at all... Today it's not as easy to come across that Gangsta shit though.. they dont play it on TV or Radio nomore... it's all Underground indy shit... Biggest Buzz I'm hearing about Gangsta shit nowadays is from X Raided/Brotha Lynch/C Bo type shit.. all them Sac/Yay niggaz.... and then you got tha Chicano Rap scene poppin off which is just a Chicano version of Gangsta Rap... Version 1.5, or 1.3... whatever...  



50 Cent still got paid off that Gangsta Shit... But gangsta rap dont need to sell to stay alive.. and you need talent to keep gangsta rap alive either... You can make a Gangsta Rap using plain'ol 123,ABC, rhymes...

I mean, I've met real Gangsters, from gangs who bump mixtapes or whatever that their own homeboys put together... shit you can't even buy... They just listen to it cuz they like to rep their shit, or they just like hearing their hood's name out tha 12'' speakers.. So I figure Gangsta Rap wont be gone till tha Gangsta's are gone...
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Nightfall on August 04, 2003, 04:00:11 AM
Eazy May have Started it but he didn't finish it...


but he didnt, the first person mc who used this gangsta concept for the first time was skooly D in 1982

the first true gangsta rapper was Ice-T, ever heard "6 n the mornin"? thats the first gangsta rap song ever..and it was released in 1983

boyz 'n tha hood was released in 1985, wen ruthless records just started, thats like 2 years after "6 n the mornin"


why wont people recognize  ice-T as the inventor of gangsta rap?
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Cliftone_Santiago_909 on August 04, 2003, 04:43:18 AM
Yeah... I recognize homie..

Dont know about Skooly D but Ice T definatly gets his props..


But not even Ice T will tell you he INVENTED it... he was just tha first foo' who was able to put it out there... and Ice T went off and did his Rock thing, went through his pimp phase... But Eazy E, along with NWA, man they took it to tha next level. He kept that Gangsta image from begining to end (even though that was a short time)... something not even tha Rest of tha NWA members have done... He started the label... RUTHLESS!... maybe not tha inventor but he deserves his title as Godfather Of Gangsta Rap...



Skooly D... I dont know, Maybe he was spittin some street shit but Gangsta Rap couldn't have started in the East Coast... might have been some Ghetto tales but they weren't Tales from Tha Hood cuz that's out here...
Title: Re:is Gangsta Rap dead?
Post by: Nightfall on August 04, 2003, 04:52:15 AM
Skooly D... I dont know, Maybe he was spittin some street shit but Gangsta Rap couldn't have started in the East Coast... might have been some Ghetto tales but they weren't Tales from Tha Hood cuz that's out here...


i dont remember wich song it was, but skooly d definetly contributed somethin to gangsta rap