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Regional subgenre of hip hop music

West Coast hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop electronic music soul dancehall funk
Cultural origins	Late 1970s, Los Angeles, California, U.Due south.
Fusion genres
Hyphy G-funk Mobb Music
Local scenes
California: Oakland San Francisco Vallejo Los Angeles Sacramento Compton Long Beach San Diego Washington: Seattle/Tacoma Oregon: Portland Nevada: Las Vegas Arizona: Phoenix
Other topics
East Coast hip hop E Coast–West Declension hip hop rivalry Golden age hip hop hip hop (subculture) listing of artists list of record labels list of Los Angeles rappers

West Declension hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast region of the United states of america. West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of Thou-funk and the emergence of tape labels such equally Suge Knight and Dr. Dre'south Decease Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records and the continued success of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, and others.

History [edit]

Early years [edit]

Several events laid the foundations for West Declension Hip-Hop, long earlier the emergence of Due west Coast rappers such equally Mellow Man Ace, Eazy-E, Ice-T, Kid Frost and Too Short. Co-ordinate to geniusrap.com,^[one] "a cataclysmic event helped give ascension to information technology out W: the Watts riots of 1965." In 1967, Bud Schulberg founded a creative space entitled Watts Writers Workshop, intended to assistance the people of the Watts neighborhood and provide a place for them to express themselves freely; one group to emerge from the workshop was the Watts Prophets.^[2]

The origins of West Coast Hip-Hop trace dorsum to the belatedly 1970s in Los Angeles when Alonzo Williams, a young disc jockey from Compton, California formed a partnership with another DJ named Rodger Clayton from Los Angeles, California who created a promotion company called Unique Dreams that would rent Williams to DJ at local events.^[iii] The two eventually went their divide ways: Williams started a grouping called the World Grade Wreckin' Cru and became the house DJs at a local nightclub called Eve'southward After Dark while Clayton launched what would mayhap be the foremost successful mobile DJ crew in the region by the proper name of Uncle Jamm'southward Army that would host parties by top DJs for thousands of people at large venues.^{[3] [4]} Other smaller DJ and party crews emerged around this time, hoping to establish themselves in the area.^[iv] Unlike their East Coast counterparts, the Hip-Hop sound emerging from Southern California was more fast-paced and influenced by electronic music.^[5] This could exist largely credited to the fact that the local West Coast Hip-Hop scene revolved more effectually DJing than rapping.^[v] A localized dance sub-civilisation later came out of this political party scene, which was highlighted on a national scale on such motion pictures as Breakin'.^[2] Breakdancing, popping and locking gave the Los Angeles music scene some of its earliest credibility outside the region.^[2] Farther attention came to the West Coast as Uncle Jamm's Army began inviting such well-known East Coast Hip-Hop acts such as Whodini and Run-DMC to their functions.^[2]

Another early landmark occurred in 1981, when Duffy Hooks launched the commencement West Coast rap label, Rappers Rapp Records, inspired by Sugar Hill Records in New York.^[2] Its first deed was the duo of Disco Daddy and Captain Rapp, whose debut single was "The Gigolo Rapp" which was also released in 1981. The vocal became a minor success but failed to gain much radio play. Many other Hip-Hop songs recorded in California were released during the early 1980s, but many of them received little or no radio play.^[2] Captain Rapp created the classic Due west Coast song released in 1983 chosen,"Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)", which is a politically witting response to Grandmaster Flash'southward "The Message" arranged by the legendary production duo of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Rich Cason.^[6] Clayton'due south group, Uncle Jamm's Army, released their commencement single, "Dial-a-Freak", and in 1984 Egyptian Lover released his On the Nile anthology, which includes the popular 12" single "Arab republic of egypt Egypt". Members of Uncle Jamm'south Army and the World Class Wreckin' Cru, including Dr. Dre, The Unknown DJ, Egyptian Lover, Ice-T and Kid Frost would subsequently go along to assistance define the early West Coast Hip-Hop audio throughout the 1980s.

Bay Area rapper Likewise Short

In the same period, the Compton-based former locking dancer Alonzo Williams formed the World Class Wreckin' Cru, which included future N.W.A members Dr. Dre and DJ Yella. Williams also founded Kru-Cutting Records and established a recording studio in the back of his nightclub, Eve's Afterwards Dark, which was founded in 1979. The society was where local drug dealer Eazy-Due east and Jerry Heller decided to starting time Ruthless Records and where Dr. Dre and DJ Yella met the group CIA, which included future N.W.A member Ice Cube, Laylaw, Dr. Dre'south cousin Sir Jinx and K-Dee.

During this period, one of the greatest factors in the spread of West Declension Hip-Hop was the radio station, 1580 KDAY, which was the first radio station in the U.S. to play rap and Hip-Hop 24 hours a day, and radio DJ Greg "Mack Attack" Mack.

Late 1980s and 1990s [edit]

Ice-T is known as one of the pioneers of West Coast Hip Hop and gangsta rap, with songs such equally "6 in the Mornin," released in 1986, demonstrating the unique style of the west declension.^[7] In 1988, Ice-T released the R&B striking "I'm Your Pusher", and As well Short released album "Life is ・・Besides short".^{[eight] [9]} In 1988, N.W.A'due south landmark album Direct Outta Compton was released.^[10] Focusing on life and adversities in Compton, California, a notoriously rough expanse which had gained a reputation for gang violence, it was released by group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records. As well as establishing a footing for the popularity of gangsta rap, the album drew much attention to West Coast Hip-Hop, peculiarly the Los Angeles scene. In item, the controversial "Fuck tha Police" and the ensuing censorship attracted substantial media coverage and public attention. Following the dissolution of Northward.W.A due to in-fighting, the group's members Eazy-Eastward, Dr. Dre, Water ice Cube and MC Ren would later become platinum-selling solo artists in the 1990s. Ice Cube released some of the West Coast's most critically acclaimed albums, such equally 1990'due south AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and 1991's Death Certificate, likewise as making film and television appearances such as in John Singleton's Boyz due north the Hood in 1991.

The early on 1990s was a period in which Hip-Hop went from strength to forcefulness. Tupac Shakur'south debut album 2Pacalypse Now was released in 1991, demonstrating a social awareness, with attacks on social injustice such as racism, police brutality, poverty, crime, drug, and teenage pregnancy. This anthology featured 3 singles: "Brenda'due south Got a Baby", "Trapped", and "If My Homie Calls". 2Pacalypse Now was certified Gold past the Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA) on April 19, 1995.^[11] Shakur'due south music and philosophy was rooted in diverse philosophies and approaches, including the Black Panther Party, Black nationalism, egalitarianism, and liberty. Tupac sold over 75 million records, being regarded every bit 1 of the greatest rappers of all time and a pioneer of West Coast rap.^[12]

As well in 1991, Suge Knight founded Decease Row Records. In 1992, Dr. Dre released his solo debut, The Chronic; this marked the birth of the G-funk audio that became a hallmark of the West Declension sound in the 1990s, with the album's pb single "Nuthin' simply a 'G' Thang" peaking at #two on the US Billboard Hot 100. Other Decease Row releases such as Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle (1993), Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food (1995), and 2Pac's All Eyez on Me (1996) became huge sellers and were besides critically acclaimed. 2 Pac gained hits California Love" and "Live and Die in LA". Many rappers such as MC Eiht and Compton's Most Wanted, To a higher place The Low, D.O.C., Yo Yo, Da Lench Mob, WC & the Maad Circle from LA, Likewise Short, Ant Banks, Spice i from Oakland, Due east-40, B-Legit, Celly Cell, Khyree, and Ray Luv from Vallejo released rap CDs.^[13] Also in the early-to-mid 1990s, the group Cypress Hill fabricated a big touch on the scene with their albums such as their debut studio album of the same name and Blackness Sunday. They are considered to be among the principal progenitors of Due west Coast rap and Hip-Hop. Other popular artists and groups from this menses include The Pharcyde (known for their albums Baroque Ride 2 the Pharcyde and Labcabincalifornia), Souls of Mischief (known for their anthology 93 'til Infinity), Ahmad (known for his vocal Back in the Twenty-four hour period), Xzibit (known for his album At the Speed of Life), and Ras Kass (known for his album Soul on Water ice).

The popularity of Hip-Hop was undoubtedly assisted by the ensuing feud betwixt Death Row Records and the East Coast's Bad Boy Records, fronted by Puff Daddy and The Notorious B.I.One thousand. The eastward–west feud gained detail traction when Shakur was shot on Nov 30, 1994 exterior Quad Recording Studios in New York, coincidentally where Biggie Smalls and Puff Daddy had been recording that twenty-four hours, which led Shakur to accuse them of setting him up. Tensions rose to their highest at the Source Awards in 1995, with artists from both sides making indirect comments almost the other.

The drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur on September vii, 1996 which led to his expiry almost a week after due to his injuries on September thirteen, 1996 was a major turning point for Hip-Hop as a whole. Shakur had been ane of the West Coast'southward well-nigh popular rappers and amid the most critically acclaimed. After his expiry and Suge Knight'due south incarceration, Death Row Records - once home to the bulk of the West Coast'south mainstream rappers - roughshod into obscurity in 1997. The death of the Due east Coast rapper and onetime Tupac adversary, The Notorious B.I.G, concluded the west–east feud that had riddled Hip-Hop throughout the 1990s. The Due west Coast scene slowly started to fade from the mainstream, and rap fans moved towards the E Declension and Southern scene. Fans loved 1990s rapper such as Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan. In addition, Southern hip hop acts like Chief P and Three six Mafia reached the mainstream in the early 2000s and, arguably, Atlanta's rap scene became the most popular in the country with the rise of crunk in 2003–2004.

2000s and 2010s [edit]

West Coast Hip-Hop'south position in the mainstream dwindled greatly in the belatedly 1990s and 2000s, with a few notable exceptions such as Dr. Dre's 2001, Xzibit's Restless, Snoop Dogg's No Limit Top Dogg and Tha Last Meal albums. However, the trend soon inverse. Although gangsta rap was all the same popular on the Westward Coast in the 2000s, the West Declension sound became more designed for nightclubs with the ascension of the Bay Expanse's hyphy scene, featuring flamboyant raps and explicit references to sex activity and drugs. A central artist in the genre was E-40, who establish a substantial audience with his 1995 album In a Major Way; he found even greater success with the song "Tell Me When To Go" in 2006, featuring Oakland rapper Keak da Sneak.

Bay area rapper Also Brusk, already well known for his collaborations with artists such as Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G, found a new lease on life with the hyphy scene, his 16th studio album Blow the Whistle in 2006 debuting at number 14 on the Billboard 200. The Game as well brought attention dorsum to the West Coast with his double platinum anthology, The Documentary, as did Xzibit's platinum certified Restless album, and golden certified albums Man vs. Car and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Artists from the 1990s such as Snoop Dogg and Water ice Cube and groups such as the Tha Dogg Pound and Westside Connection continued to release albums throughout the 2000s and had success only did non garner the same level of fame as they had experienced in the 1990s. Throughout the 2000s, a number of peripheral West Coast Hip-Hop artists such as Ya Boy, Glasses Malone, Juice, SKG (Suge Knight Girl) Helecia Choyce, Crooked I, 40 Glocc, Slim the Mobster, Bishop Lamont and Mistah F.A.B. collaborated with big-name artists such equally Dr. Dre, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, The Game, E-40 and Snoop Dogg.

In the early on to mid-2010s, the West Declension had too seen a resurgence with hyphy every bit well as a transition to an uptempo and society-oriented type of Popular Rap.

Producer DJ Mustard had pioneered the "ratchet" music movement, a production style that has snowballed into the mainstream.^{[fourteen] [15] [16] [17]} DJ Mustard played a part in bringing Due west Coast Hip-Hop back to national attention through the 2010s. He gained huge popularity throughout 2011 to 2014, producing a number of popular artists' singles, including Tyga'due south "Rack Metropolis", 2 Chainz'due south "I'one thousand Different", Young Jeezy'south "R.I.P.", B.o.B'south "HeadBand", YG's "My Nigga" and "Who Exercise You Love?", Ty Dolla Sign's "Paranoid", Child Ink'south "Bear witness Me" and Trey Songz's "Na Na". Mustard likewise released his debut mixtape, Ketchup, in 2013, farther solidifying his ratchet sound, which follows its M-funk and hyphy predecessors.^{[18] [19]}

Other more peripheral acts that achieved moderate, cult following success in the mainstream include Lil B, who built a strong fan base via social media outlets such as Twitter, YouTube and MySpace, and has recorded both solo and with The Pack.

As a effect, with the resurgence of hyphy and the progression of the ratchet movement through the 2010s, the West Coast has spawned commercially successful rappers such every bit G-Eazy, Tyga, Jay Stone, Droop-E, Sage the Gemini and Iamsu! of The HBK Gang, YG, Kid Ink, Nipsey Hussle, Dom Kennedy, Ty Dolla Sign, DJ Male monarch Assassin, Dizzy Wright and Problem. During the same time, alternative rap acts take also begun to gain traction along the West Coast Hip-Hop scene such as Tyler, the Creator and his Odd Time to come commonage. In addition, Hip-Hop artists who are more socially conscious and focus more on the lyrical aspects of Hip-Hop have also risen from crews such as solo acts Hopsin and group acts such equally Black Hippy, entering the mainstream and releasing a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums.

Odd Hereafter achieved success with their anthology in 2012 called, The OF Tape Vol. 2, which peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and #one on both the The states Billboard Independent Albums and Meridian R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Artists from the group such as Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Body of water also achieved solo success with their ain albums with Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean getting nominated for multiple Grammys.

That same yr, Black Hippy'due south own Kendrick Lamar 2012 release, Skillful Child, M.A.A.D City, was met with rave reviews and was featured on many critics' cease-of-year lists.^[20] The album was nominated Album of the Year at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, marking the offset time any West Coast Hip-Hop was nominated for award.^[21] In 2014, Schoolboy Q debuted at no.1 on the Billboard 200 with 139,000 copies sold. YG's My Krazy Life debuted at #two on the US Billboard 200 with 61,000 copies sold.

In 2018, a multiple Grammy nominated artist nether Aftermath named Anderson .Paak, released his third studio anthology called, Oxnard, which achieved success and peaked at #11 on the US Billboard 200 and #half dozen on the United states of america Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

See also [edit]

• Culture of California
• Music of California
• Music of Washington
• Music of Oregon
• Music of Nevada
• Music of Arizona
• Due east Coast vs. West Coast feud
• Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest
• List of West Coast hip hop artists
• List of West Declension hip hop record labels

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