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west coast rap

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Description

West Coast rap, also known as West Coast hip-hop, is a subgenre of hip-hop music that originated in the West Coast region of the United States in the 1970s. West Coast rap is known for its laid-back, funky beats, and its lyrics that often touch on themes such as gang violence, street life, and urban culture. Some of the most well-known West Coast rap artists include Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur. The West Coast rap scene has had a significant impact on the development of hip-hop music as a whole, and it continues to influence contemporary rap music today.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
60		1972	Various Artists	Menace II Society	soundtrack west coast rap
73		1987	Ice-T	Rhyme Pays	west coast rap
91		1988	N.W.A	Staight Outta Compton	west coast rap gangsta rap
86		1989	Young Mc	Stone Cold Rhymin'	rap west coast rap
51		1990	King Tee	At Your Own Risk	gangsta rap los angeles west coast rap	los angeles # 75
94		1990	Digital Underground	Sex Packets	west coast rap alternative hip hop	alternative hip hop # 52
89		1990-06-27	Too $hort	Short Dog's In The House	west coast rap
4		1991	AMG	Bitch Betta Have My Money	rap west coast rap
48		1991	Ice-T	O.G. Original Gangster	gangsta rap rap west coast rap
82		1991-07-01	DJ Quik	Quik Is The Name	gangsta rap west coast rap	g-funk # 22
9		1991-07-01	Digital Underground	This Is An E.P. Release	west coast rap
15		1991-10-15	Digital Underground	Sons of the P	hip-hop west coast rap
74		1992	RBL Posse	A Lesson To Be Learned	bay area gangsta rap underground rap west coast rap	underground rap # 19 bay area # 93
14		1992-04-21	Kid Frost	East Side Story	g-funk west coast rap	g-funk # 48
58		1992-06-01	N2DEEP	Back to the Hotel	chicano rap hip-hop west coast hip hop west coast rap	west coast hip hop # 63 chicano rap # 97
46		1992-09-29	Compton's Most Wanted	Music To Driveby	gangsta rap	gangsta rap # 1
44		1992-11-17	Ice Cube	The Predator	gangsta rap rap	gangsta rap # 95
36		1992-12-15	Dr. Dre	The Chronic	gangsta rap	gangsta rap # 91 g-funk # 93
21		1993	Bloods & Crips	Bangin on Wax	gangsta rap west coast rap
43		1993	Ice-T	Home Invasion	west coast rap
55		1993-07-20	Cypress Hill	Black Sunday	hip-hop rap	hip-hop # 12
52		1993-11-16	MC Ren	Shock Of The Hour	gangsta rap west coast rap
30		1994	Rappin' 4-Tay	Don't Fight the Feelin	bay area gangsta rap san francisco west coast rap	bay area # 81 san francisco # 86
70		1994	Mac Mall	Illegal Business	west coast rap
87		1994-02-04	Snoop Dogg	R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece [Explicit Version]	g-funk gangsta rap hip-hop rap west coast rap	g-funk # 83
99		1994-06-07	Warren G	Regulate… G Funk Era	west coast rap
37		1994-07-12	Above the Law	Uncle Sam's Curse	g-funk west coast rap	g-funk # 61
68		1994-09-13	Rappin' 4-Tay	Don't Fight The Feelin'	bay area g-funk gangsta rap hip-hop oakland rap san francisco underground rap west coast rap	underground rap # 24 g-funk # 73 bay area # 91 san francisco # 94 oakland # 99
18		1995	Brotha Lynch Hung	Season Of Da Siccness	gangsta rap	horrorcore # 33
33		1995	Sicx	Dead 4 Life	black metal gangsta rap horrorcore rap west coast rap	horrorcore # 13
42		1995	Eazy-E	It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa	gangsta rap	gangsta rap # 77 g-funk # 85
92		1995	2Pac	Me Against the World	rap gangsta rap	los angeles # 45 west coast hip hop # 58 gangsta rap # 87
95		1995	Eazy-E	Eternal E	rap west coast rap	g-funk # 78
69		1995	Celly Cel	Killa Kali	gangsta rap west coast rap
62		1995-01-24	Too $hort	Cocktails	oakland west coast rap	oakland # 98
49		1995-02-21	DJ Quik	Safe & Sound	g-funk west coast rap	g-funk # 69
79		1995-02-28	Tha Alkaholiks	Coast II Coast	west coast rap
11		1995-03-14	2Pac	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	rap gangsta rap hip-hop	west coast hip hop # 68 los angeles # 70
57		1995-10-10	Souls of Mischief	No Man's Land	bay area oakland underground hip-hop underground rap west coast rap	underground rap # 29 bay area # 88 oakland # 97
1		1995-10-31	Tha Dogg Pound	Dogg Food	g-funk	g-funk # 91
59		1996	Westside Connection	Bow Down	gangsta rap	gangsta rap # 52 g-funk # 88
24		1996	E-40	Hall Of Game	west coast rap
88		1996	Xzibit	The Greatest	rap west coast rap
80		1996-06-04	Delinquent Habits	Delinquent Habits	west coast rap	chicano rap # 87
84		1996-10-01	Ras Kass	Soul On Ice	hip-hop rap underground rap west coast rap	underground rap # 10
93		1996-10-01	Xzibit	At The Speed Of Life	rap west coast rap
8		1996-10-29	E-40	Tha Hall Of Game	west coast rap
22		1997	Warren G	Take A Look Over Your Shoulder	g-funk gangsta rap rap west coast rap	g-funk # 72
25		1998-04-28	WC	The Shadiest One	g-funk west coast rap	g-funk # 56
16		1998-07-21	Nate Dogg	G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2		g-funk # 65
50		1998-10-06	Cypress Hill	IV	hip-hop	hardcore rap # 28
81		1998-11-10	DJ Quik	rhythm-al-ism	west coast rap	g-funk # 20
78		1998-11-17	Ice Cube	War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc)	west coast rap
97		1998-11-24	2Pac	Greatest Hits	rap	gangsta rap # 4 rap # 15 los angeles # 53 west coast hip hop # 70
56		1999-05-11	Snoop Dogg	No Limit Top Dogg	g-funk gangsta rap rap	g-funk # 89
5		1999-07	Ice-T	Gangsta Rap	west coast rap
40		1999-11-16	Dr. Dre	2001	hip-hop gangsta rap rap	hip-hop # 36 west coast hip hop # 47 g-funk # 92 gangsta rap # 97
90		1999-11-16	Kurupt	Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha	gangsta rap west coast rap
71		2000	Snoop Dogg	Doggystyle	g-funk rap gangsta rap hip-hop	gangsta rap # 89 g-funk # 100
64		2000-02-01	Tha Eastsidaz	Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz	g-funk gangsta rap rap west coast rap	g-funk # 71
2		2001-11-28	Warren G	The Return of the Regulator	g-funk rap west coast rap	g-funk # 41
53		2001-12-04	Mack 10	Bang Or Ball	west coast rap
41		2002-09-10	Shade Sheist	Informal Introduction	west coast rap
85		2002-10-01	Xzibit	Man Vs. Machine	rap
6		2003	Roscoe	Young Roscoe Philaphornia	g-funk gangsta rap west coast rap	g-funk # 44
31		2003	Eazy-E	Impact of a Legend	g-funk west coast rap	g-funk # 58
20		2003	2Pac	Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2	west coast rap
38		2003-03-11	Bad Azz	Money Run	west coast rap
77		2003-04-22	Andre Nickatina	Conversation With a Devil	bay area west coast rap	san francisco # 83 bay area # 95
13		2004	Hollow Tip	Takin' No Shortz	gangsta rap west coast rap
67		2004-08-13	213	The Hard Way	west coast rap g-funk	g-funk # 62
47		2004-12-14	2Pac	Loyal To The Game	rap hip-hop gangsta rap	los angeles # 44 west coast hip hop # 96
27		2005-05-31	Layzie Bone	It's Not a Game	gangsta rap rap west coast rap
12		2005-09-27	Mack 10	Hustla's Handbook	west coast rap
7		2006	Andre Nickatina	Bullet Symphony: Horns and Halos #3	bay area underground rap west coast rap	bay area # 69 underground rap # 81
3		2006-01-27	Digital Underground	Playwutchyalike: The Best Of Digital Underground
83		2006-03-14	E-40	My Ghetto Report Card	rap west coast rap	bay area # 48
96		2006-06-06	Ice Cube	Laugh Now, Cry Later
66		2006-08-08	DJ Quik	Born And Raised In Compton: The Greatest Hits	west coast rap
75		2006-11-11	The Game	Doctor's Advocate	gangsta rap hip-hop rap	gangsta rap # 33
61		2007	South Central Cartel	Cartel or Die...S.C.C.'s Most Gangsta	west coast rap
72		2008	Cypress Hill	Greatest Hits	hardcore rap west coast rap	hardcore rap # 82
76		2008	Snoop Dogg	Ego Trippin	rap west coast rap
39		2008-01-28	Cypress Hill	Collections	west coast rap
28		2008-12-02	Scarface	Emeritus	gangsta rap houston rap southern rap texas west coast rap	southern rap # 53 texas # 75 houston rap # 95
17		2009	Fashawn	Freedom / Our Way	west coast rap
63		2009-02-25	TiRon	Ketchup (mixed by DJ Low Key)	west coast rap
32		2009-10-20	Fashawn	Boy Meets World	rap
23		2010-06-21	Kero One	Kinetic World	hip-hop west coast rap
100		2010-09-14	Kendrick Lamar	Overly Dedicated	hip-hop west coast rap	underground hip-hop # 86
98		2011-07-02	Kendrick Lamar	Section.80	hip-hop conscious hip hop jazz rap west coast hip hop	west coast hip hop # 12 hip-hop # 49 jazz rap # 89 conscious hip hop # 96
10		2012-10-21	Kendrick Lamar	good kid, m.A.A.d city		west coast hip hop # 15 conscious hip hop # 89
35		2012-10-22	Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid M.A.A.D City (Deluxe Edition)	hip-hop west coast rap
54		2014-03	Domino	Domino	gangsta rap west coast rap
65		2015	N.W.A	EFIL4ZAGGIN	hip-hop west coast rap
45		2016-01-06	2Pac & The Outlawz	Still I Rise	gangsta rap west coast rap
26		2017-12-11	Tyler, the Creator	Flower Boy		west coast hip hop # 6 rap # 7 alternative rap # 37 jazz rap # 41 experimental hip hop # 42 alternative hip hop # 46 alternative rnb # 74 neo-soul # 96
19		2021-01-28	Alchemist	Chemical Warfare	bay area dirty south east coast rap gangsta rap hip-hop jazz hop los angeles new york rap soul southern rap underground hip-hop west coast rap	jazz hop # 31 dirty south # 33 southern rap # 43 new york # 54 los angeles # 60 bay area # 72
29			Compton's Most Wanted	Straight Checkn 'em	west coast rap
34			Compton's Most Wanted	It's a Compton Thang	west coast rap

Related genres

• gangsta rap
• rap
• hip-hop
• bay area
• underground rap
• g-funk
• chicano rap
• oakland
• hardcore rap
• san francisco