It's Gangsta Rap week!
 

Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip-hop, more specifically hardcore hip-hop that first gained commercial attention in the 1980's. It focuses heavily on violence and other, often controversial, subject matter.

Other members could do a much better job writing this one up than I could so i'll just start everyone off with a few obvious examples.







Reading Materials
RYM
Wiki

Im just gonna throw a heap of Bone Thugs at everyone here!

- Notorious Thugs ft Biggie
- Crept and We Came
- No Surrender

For Gangsta rap it doesn't really get much better than Bone Thugs in my opinion.

Dre's beats are unbelievable, G-funk is the real deal!

How a little RBX? Great gangsta stuff that I don't think gets enough credit:

C.R.E.A.M.


Master P - Time To Check My Crack House


the OG (i think Ice T has to be mentioned)


Easy E (just to counter the Dr Dre :) )

Does Public Enemy count as Gangsta Rap? I love them!

No.

My kinda thread...let me represent for Chicago

Psyco Drama - uh huh


Do or Die - Kill or Be Killed


Crucial Conflict - To the Left


Twista - Death Before Dishonor

I can't post links yet cause i dont have enough posts... but someone should post Incarcerated Scarfaces by Raekwon. I LOVE that ****... Need to get some Big L up in here too!