INART 126 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: No Vaseline, Niggaz4Life, Fuck Tha Police
Document Summary
Unit 5: the golden age of hip-hop -part two. What does it mean: stood for park side killas. West philly gang: no melodic component, backed by record scratching and a roland tr-909 drum machine, had explicit content. Say no brother (crack attack don"t do it: boogie down productions. Lawrence parker and scott sterling: only 1000 copies were pressed, rock-candy records requested that they write an anti-drug song for their debut release, name of label changed to b-boy records, song dealt with life in the ghetto. Was blunt, uncompromising, and shocking: album: criminal minded. 9mm goes bang: about how parker kills a crack dealer over a woman and then kills the crack dealer"s posse after they seek revenge, had a reggae influenced backing. South bronx: released as the first single from bdp, diss track aimed at mc shan of marley marl"s juice crew. Started the bridge wars that lasted till 1990.
