I was pretty lucky, I went into hip hop through a good friend who was a fiend for the underground, so the first hip hop I listened to was like Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, and Wu-Tang, and from there it branched out. I never really listened to that much gangsta stuff, bit of Dre and a bit of NWA, but not really.

Can I just add........ SHABBA!!

legendary stuff.

mambo7891 said:
slightly off topic but whats everyones views on "Gangsta!" rap? is it good? rubbish? what u all think?

Peace

This for me is a touchy subject... At first, it fueled my love for Rap/hip hop. I loved Too $hort, NWA, Geto Boys, etc. After the Pioneering groups starting to get massive exposure, it seemed that Gangsta Rap turned into a gimmick to make dough. It changed the whole landscape. FUN turned into serious, dark, and money driven, dudes started rappin' about the same sh!t over and over and for me it was a huge turnoff. I, being from a suburb of a not-so-big city, didn't have access to what we call Underground Hip Hop groups because the Internet wasn't invented yet.. I mean to us back then, 2nd II None was super underground... The Mainstream movement led me to discouragement as a fan & I just let it go one day. I gave up on Hip Hop... <img src="https://www.putsonline.co.uk/forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/pfunk/icon_cry.gif" title=":'(" class="bb_smilies" />
I probably went like 6 or 7 years disliking Hip Hop, focusing more on Alt & Classic Rock & Reggae...

So as a fans of the P, y'all can imagine how I reacted the first time I heard OST's Intro where Thes says he used to be a fan at one time but lost hope, so he took sh!t into his own hands... To me this was like finding a long lost friend! I could relate to all the stories Thes & Dub kick and before you know it, I was not only reviving my love for Hip Hop, but came to realize how much music in general that I was missing out on. To this day it still blows my mind how, if it wasn't for Hip Hop, I'd not care nearly as much about our musical history and what there is out there to digest & enjoy.

Sorry for the long-winded response, but to answer your question mambo... Yes, IMO, Gangsta Rap is rubbish & played out.

@dodo.. i dont know who makes the trends now a days.. I mean, all the music sounds the same for a reason.. the fans like it (unfortunately) and I am sure the big guys are telling them what to put out there...I am sure artists like their own music but sometimes I dont think that thats exactly what they want. But who knows?? I could be wrong. I just wish there were some REAL singers out there right now. Man i just miss the passioN!

I think gangsta rap has got to the stage where it's turned into a parody of itself. I mean back in the NWA days or whatever, you could see that there was some "realness" about the artists, whatever "realness" means. I guess that I mean there was some credibility to what they were saying, whereas nowadays it's all bullsh1t innit.