Different Types Of Rap

[DrRapid]

I would like to know the different types of rap like gangsta rap and I suppose G-Funk too, what else is there? And what's the difference? I can't even explain what gangsta rap is in my own words.

[J Won]

Well, all the Rap I know of is West Coast & East Coast (Royce 59, Dr. Dre, O. Trice, Nas...), Gangsta Rap (Snoop Dogg, Dr.Dre), Snap (which really shouldn't belong), and ... that's it. That's all I know of.

[AspirinE]

I can only thin of this too add.
East side -oldschool (the east version of g-funk, only it was more uptempo and the rhyming was more complex)

the rest really cant be put in a category. At least i wouldnt. The best way to explore different styles is by "eras", like explore more deeper donw the timeline then youll hear how it progressed.

[DrRapid]

Well I've only heard of gangsta rap and g-funk which dr. dre supposedly invented. What else is there? Or do they all just changed as you say Asp by era?

[AspirinE]

Well I've only heard of gangsta rap and g-funk which dr. dre supposedly invented. What else is there? Or do they all just changed as you say Asp by era?

Yeah,theres some "styles" that kind of gotten "cool" at some periods so they are labeled to a group, but rap is rap,it shouldnt really matter what style it is. Just look through them by era's ull see some patterns fo yourself when u listen.

[DrRapid]

I've read in wikipedia even that for some of you seem to think it's not to be trusted that there's the:

Old School Hip Hop describes the some of earliest hip hop music to come out of the block parties of New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is preceded by the Roots of hip hop from the early 1970s to the late 1970s, hip-hop formative period.

Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop, which developed during the late 1980s. After the popularity of Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip-hop. Since then some former gangsta rap artists have moved towards a more pop-friendly mainstream sound.

G-funk, or "Gangsta Funk", is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. G-funk (largely derived from slowing the tempo down of funk music) incorporates multi-layered and melodic synthesizers, slow hypnotic grooves, a deep bass, background female vocals, the extensive sampling of p-funk tunes, and a high portamento sine wave keyboard lead—a feature that became the genre’s notable trademark. Additionally, unlike other rap acts at the time (such as EPMD or The Bomb Squad) that sampled heavily, G-funk often utilized only one or two samples per song.

Hardcore hip hop is a form of hip hop music characterized by confrontation and aggression in its subject matter, heavy beats, raw sampling and production, or any combination thereof. The term can refer to similar musical sensibilities that encompass several related genres, including gangsta rap, Mafioso rap, Horrorcore, rapcore, political hip hop, and alternative rap.

There's even more but it doesn't seem to explain in some of them.

[AspirinE]

as i said, its a matter of opinion..

I been listening to hip hop for a decade and i still don't know how people categorize "hardcore" rap.

Every good rapper has his own style and the style of the music depends on what music they sample for beats and the pace they use for drums.

I still don't know what is it you want to know.

[DrRapid]

I still don't know what is it you want to know.

Well I pretty much got the answer. I wanted to know the difference and how the styles change in between different types of rap but they can change over the years.

[AspirinE]

I still don't know what is it you want to know.

Well I pretty much got the answer. I wanted to know the difference and how the styles change in between different types of rap but they can change over the years.

Yeah, i mean theres still g-funk out there, there are still rappers rhyming to beats that are "old school", it doesn't really permanently change, like as if they update hip hop from V1.0 to V2.1