The golden age of the hip hop hop goes hand in hand with the 90's. There is a widely accepted theory that the four elements of hip hop culture, including B-boy, DJ, graffiti and MC, existed on both the East Coast and the West of the United States simultaneously during the mid-1970s This theory runs contrary to the universally accepted conviction that all the fundamental elements of hip hop were born and cultivated exclusively on the East Coast, especially in New York City however West Coast rap took the world by surprise when first Raised to commercial and critical prominence in the late 1980s. West Coast rap was defined by lyrics that drew attention to the realities of violence and drugs present on the streets of the west side. West Coast rap inspired a new sound and a new generation of rappers from the West Coast who left and continued and continue to fulfill the spirit set by early artists of the genre.
WEST COAST
The West Coast hip hop scene began in 1978 with the formation of Uncle Jamm's Army, which began under the name of Unique Dreams Entertainment. In 1980, Uncle Jamm's Army became the biggest party promoters in LA . In 1983, the leader of the group Roger Clayton, under the influence of the album of Funkadelic "Uncle Jam Wants You" changed the name of the group. 1984 was the year that Uncle Jamm's Army released their first single, "Dial-a-Freak", in concert with Egyptian Lover's release of their album "Nile". In the city of Compton, former dancer Alonzo Williams formed the World Class Wreckin 'Cru electro hop group along with future members of NWA Dre dre and Dj Yella. Williams founded Kru-Cut Records and created a recording studio at the back of his Eve's After Dark nightclub. The club was the place where local camel Eazy-E and Jerry Heller used to go, as well as other rappers.
EAST COAST
The East Coast hip hop is sometimes referred to as "New York rap" because of its origin and development in the block parties organized in New York City during the 1970s. According to Allmusic, "At the dawn of the hip era Hop, all rap was East Coast rap. " Among the first artists of the genre are DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Jam Master Jay and Run - DMC, East Coast hip hop pioneers during the first rap development. As hip hop developed, the lyrical theme evolved thanks to the work of East Coast musicians such as Native Tonques, a collective of hip hop artists associated with generally positive themes, afrocentric, and cohesive thanks to the figure Scored by Afrika Bambaataa.
In the early 1990s, some of the most talented MCs in Los Angeles came to the Good Life Cafe to test their skills and develop their art. Musicians such as Del the Funky Homosapi in, Abstract Rude, Ahmad, Freestyle Fellowship, Jurassic 5, The Pharcyde, Skee-L or a pre- The Dogg Pound and many others played there on Thursday micro- The eighties until the mid-nineties
The rivalry between rappers on the West Coast and the East Coast was an enmity that began in the early 1990s between rappers from WEST COAST and those from EAST COAST from the United States. The focus of this rivalry was on Tupac Shakur and his Death Row Records label on the West Coast, and The Notorious BIG and his record label Bad Boy Records on the East Coast, which were killed.
The fight between Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG began when Tupac was shot in his studio in 1994. Tupac said that Biggie knew everything and did not warn him.
Shortly after leaving jail, Tupac responded with the song that would become the most famous dis (song of dissatisfaction) in history: Hit Em Up. In it attacks several times Biggie Junior MAFIA and other enemies of Death Row . In this diss, Tupac also claims that Biggie's motive for success was that. Shakur ridiculed Notorious once again on track 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
Both founders of the record labels Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records, Suge Knight and Puff Daddy had a history of fights. Obviously, with the dispute Tupac and Biggie the two record companies would eventually enter into commercial and personal rivalry on both sides. What will really start the rivalry between the West Coast and the East Coast is that Death Row was the most collectible label, and Bad Boys was approaching it.
Tupac always stated in interviews that the war that involved the West Coast and the American East Coast was something invented by the media while saying that there were different ideas among rappers on both coasts, because according to Tupac, the West Coast Lived and believed in a different ideal from the East Coast.
Meanwhile a fight that began between the two discográficas took a huge proportion causing that involved diverse rappers. Tupac believed that he should prevent this fictitious war from becoming real. For that, he had planned to launch a disc called One Nation to demystify all that history, but the rapper died ahead of schedule.
This rivalry, which in the eyes of many hip hop fans was just a great marketing scheme, had a tragic ending with the death of both Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, when both sides entered a peace agreement, as much of it Of that rivalry centered in the fight of those two rappers. Rap fans were shaken, primarily, by the death of NWA member Eazy-E, and the death of Tupac and Biggie caused an even greater commotion, and that is why these three rappers have become some of The most influential icons in the history of rap, to this day.
