| G-Funk | |
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Stylistic origins |
Funk, Gangsta Rap, P-Funk, Contemporary R&B, West Coast hip hop, Psychedelic Funk |
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Cultural origins |
Early 1990s, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Typical instruments |
Turntables, Synthesizer, Woodwinds, Keyboard, Drum Machine, Strings, Rapping, Background Vocals, Talk box |
G-funk, or gangsta-funk, is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. G-funk production consists of highly synthesised and heavily sample driven sounds, predominantly sampled from Parliament-Funkadelic records. Cold 187um, Dr. Dre and Warren G are the producers credited with pioneering g-funk.