When I first heard this about the album Dogg Food, it actually had not been released yet and I remember the story being told to a group of friends in the context of heavy anticipation for the record. With that said all the artists mentioned here set in place the ground work for all of the hip hop and a lot of the popular culture that we see today. How much influence they had on the genre as a whole is undisputed but as to their individual influences on the artists who were at that time on Death Row Records is unclear. One need not look far to find groups like N.W.A and Pubic Enemy, rappers such as Ice T, and farther back to Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Dj Cool Herc, and Africa Bambaataa. The main difference, besides sounding timeless, was the resulting crossover to white and latino audiences first in the US and then around the world. The E Funk or aptly rebranded West Coast G Funk Era introduced a whole new generation to the melodies and beats, to the pioneering legacy of the artist George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic and many others who had come before. These were brutal skills on display, and despite all the controversy, it was and still is a reflection of the dreams or lack thereof…and realities of inner city minorities in overcrowded cities of the US. Truly, just stunned at how captivating they were. Dre’s – The Chronic and Snoop Dogg’s – Doggystyle when they were first released and I was blown away. Snoop Dogg Promotional Placard 1993 Doggystyle ©
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