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This month I decided to do a column on
something that people really don’t understand.
Rap music. Rap music really hasn't been fairly
judged. People judge it by the rapper's image,
not Dy the actual music. Rap music is
composed of bass beats, extreme melodies, and
outgoing lyrics.
Early rap music can be traced to the 70's
with funk music. Many of today's hot rappers
credit their success to George Clinton and the
P-Funk All Stars. George Clinton had a unique
style of music that had the right amount of
spark to start a revolution. Later in the 80's a
group called the Sugar Hill Gang made the first
music labelled Rap. They had a one of a kind
street lyricism that struck a nerve in America's
youth. Later in the 80's a group of DJs became
known as the Wrecking Crew, later known as
the World Class Wrecking Crew. The WCWC
was made up of Grandmaster Lonz, DJ Yella,
Cli n Tel, and Dr. Dre. This group was a
skyrocket for Rap music. Ditching out hits after
hits, In 1987 NWA was formed Dy Dr. Dre, DJ
Yella, M.C. Ren, ICE Cube, Eazy E, Lay-law, and
The D.O.C. They broke all the boundaries in
popular music. Being banned from the radio
they had no way to make their music known,
except for the publicity about them getting
banned from all radio stations. They were in
the spotlight of the music industry with their
explicit lyrics and booming bass. N.W.A. had a
hit-packed debut album straight out of Compton
with many hits including the title song ‘‘Straight
out of Compton".
Today in 1995 three of the seven people
from N.W.A. are the center pieces of Rap
music. Dr. Dre made a double platinum album,
"In The Chronic", featuring D.O.C., Snoop Doggy
Dogg, the Dogg Pound and The Lady of Rage.
He also has started his own record company
that produces some of the top names in Rap,
such as Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Dogg Pound, and
his half brother Warren G. Dr. Dre also
directed and produced a movie known as
"Murder was the Case", and the soundtrack
featured the remix of the title song by Snoop
Doggy Dogg. Dre and ICE Cube made a song
entitled "Natural Born Killers". ICE Cube has
made several solo albums such as "The
Predator", "America's Most Wanted", and
"Lethal Injection". Eazy E has been extremely
successful in rapping and producing. He
produces Bone Thugs In Harmony, and has
made two or three albums.
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