West Coast hip hop
California rap style
West Coast hip hop is a regional style of hip hop music originating in California, particularly Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
The sound emerged in the 1980s and is characterized by funk-influenced beats, synthesizer melodies, and lyrics often addressing gang culture, street life, and partying.
Artists like N.W.A, Dr.
Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur defined the genre's golden era.
G-funk, with its smooth, bass-heavy production, became the signature West Coast sound in the early 1990s.
- G-funkSynth-laden West Coast rap
- ComptonLos Angeles suburb
- lowriderVehicle with dropped chassis
- gangsta rapUrban struggle set to beats
- N.W.AInfluential gangsta rap collective
Dr. Dre · Snoop Dogg · Cali · Long Beach · palm trees · hydraulics · Watts · Kendrick Lamar · Ice Cube · laid-back · synth · funk · bounce · cruising · Cypress Hill · Inglewood · Oakland · Game
- California MusicDr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac
- American musicjazz, blues, country music, rock, country
West Coast hip hopEast Coast hip hop
Northeastern American rap style
The Notorious B.I.G. · Biggie Smalls · Dirty South · Jay-Z · crunk
West Coast hip hoptrap music
Hard-hitting Southern hip-hop style
crunk · drill · lo-fi hip hop
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Sample-based hip-hop style
trap · drill · horrorcore · jazz rap