West Coast hip hop

E75386
music genre regional style of hip hop music

West Coast hip hop is a regional style of American rap music that emerged primarily from California, characterized by its laid-back funk-influenced beats, street-oriented lyrics, and artists such as Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, and Snoop Dogg.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
West Coast rap culture 2
West Coast hip hop culture 1
West Coast hip hop scene 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre ⓘ
regional style of hip hop music ⓘ
associatedMovement Golden age hip hop ⓘ
associatedRecordLabel Aftermath Entertainment ⓘ
Death Row Records ⓘ
Priority Records ⓘ
Ruthless Records ⓘ
associatedScene Bay Area hip hop ⓘ
Los Angeles hip hop ⓘ
associatedSubgenre G-funk ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
contrastWith East Coast hip hop ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin early 1980s United States ⓘ
late 1970s United States ⓘ
developedIn Compton, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Compton

Long Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Oakland NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
hasInfluenced Chicano rap ⓘ
Hyphy ⓘ
West Coast G-funk sound ⓘ
surface form: West Coast G-funk

mainstream hip hop ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableArtist DJ Quik ⓘ
Digital Underground ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eazy-E ⓘ
Hieroglyphics ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
Ice-T ⓘ
Kendrick Lamar ⓘ
MC Hammer ⓘ
N.W.A ⓘ
Snoop Dogg ⓘ
The Game ⓘ
Too Short ⓘ
Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Warren G ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1990s ⓘ
mid 1990s ⓘ
primaryRegion California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
region West Coast of the United States ⓘ
stylisticOrigin G-funk ⓘ
electro ⓘ
funk ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
theme gang culture ⓘ
party lifestyle ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
urban street life ⓘ
typicalFeature funk-influenced production ⓘ
gang-related themes ⓘ
heavy basslines ⓘ
laid-back beats ⓘ
melodic synthesizer lines ⓘ
party-oriented themes ⓘ
street-oriented lyrics ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tha Doggfather → associatedWithGenre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
BODR → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Coolaid → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
DJ Quik → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Death Row Records → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Doggumentary → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Doggystyle Records → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Dr. Dre → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Drop It Like It's Hot → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Ego Trippin' → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
From tha Streets 2 tha Suites → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Ice Cube → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Kendrick Lamar → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Malice n Wonderland → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
No Limit Top Dogg → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Snoop Dogg → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tha Dogg Pound → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tha Last Meal → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
The Game → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tupac Shakur → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Warren G → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
YG → genre → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast rap
Malice n Wonderland → mainSubject → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast rap culture
Tha Last Meal → mainSubject → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast hip hop culture
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. → movement → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tupac Shakur → movement → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
West Coast G-funk sound → musicRegion → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tha Dogg Pound → partOf → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast hip hop scene
West Coast G-funk sound → stylisticOrigin → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
Tha Doggfather → usedInContext → West Coast hip hop ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Coast rap culture