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important part of the culture surrounding gangster rap.

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important part of the culture surrounding gangster rap.

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this rap is a big part of our culture today, it has influenced many new rappers. and they share almost the same style as far as beat and the importance of rhythm goes.

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the purpose was to express themselves, and vent about their problems in their everyday ghetto life.

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drums, bass. sometimes piano. others.

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"the beat and the rhyme. The beat used to be made by certain old Funk records which featured breakdowns: sections with only the drummer (and bass) playing. These sections were used to create a continuous (looped) breakbeat (see more at Breakbeat). Sampling, a technique of cutting and pasting small sounds from records"-Musicmap

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where west coast  rap originated from was California. specifically los Angeles.

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it developed through the rage of how they were treated.  they used music to make a statement about how life was back then for them. In other words they used music to express themselves.

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many artists took part in rap of this kind. the biggest and most memorable are:
N.W.A
2pac
dr.dre
snoop dogg
Easy E
sugar hill gang( the one who started it all)
those are only a small  portion of the rappers. want more? please check this website:
https://www.ranker.com/list/west-coast-hip-hop-bands-and-musicians/reference

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what dose this genre of music tell us about the culture that enjoys it? 

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what dose this genre of music tell us about the culture that enjoys it? 

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this tells us that they love the beat and rhythm of songs. and that they are likely to pay attention to those key elements of any song.

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dear momma- 2pac
https://youtu.be/rmDM2jaOR6Y