MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: South Los Angeles, The Bomb Squad, N.W.A
8 Sep 2016
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Run-dmc first said a deejay could be a band . Hip hop in the 1980s and 1990s. Gangsta rap and commercial success: sensationalism and the media o. From the late 1980s into the 1990s: commercial ascendance of hip hop. Initially circulated as a product of south central los angeles, long beach, and. N. w. a. (1986 - 1991: lyrics featuring graphic violence, sex, anger, urban realism in popular music. Rhymes that describe the violent challenges of urban living (brackett. Critiques of social institutions and systemic racism. Gangsta rap: keeping it a little too real . Gangsta rap continues its popularity in hip hop. New rappers emerge in new york city. East coast revival/renaissance: modifying elements of west coast style: The idea that your neighbourhood block is the centre of the world . Biggie smalls clique, bad boy (east coast) Tupac shakur (2pac) - hit em up (1996: deliberate diss track against east coast rap scene, especially biggie and bad.
