Dre retaliated by forming a new company,, and while it was initially slow getting started, his bold moves forward earned critical respect.ĭre (born Andre Young, February 18, 1965) became involved in hip-hop during the early '80s, performing at house parties and clubs with the around South Central, Los Angeles and making a handful of recordings along the way. For nearly four years, G-funk dominated hip-hop, and Dre had enough sense to abandon it and Death Row just before the whole empire collapsed in late 1996. Soon, most rap records imitated its sound, and his productions for Snoop Doggy Dogg and were massive hits. in 1992, he founded Death Row Records with Suge Knight, and the label quickly became the dominant force in mid-'90s hip-hop thanks to his debut, The Chronic.
On his own, he reworked 's elastic funk into the self-styled G-funk, a slow-rolling variation that relied more on sound than content. BDP's early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang life. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-funk. Dre was responsible for moving rap music away from the avant-noise and political stance of and as well as the party vibes of old-school rap.
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