Editing G-funk (section)

==Characteristics==
G-funk, which uses [[funk]] with an artificially altered [[tempo]], incorporates multi-layered and melodic [[Synthesizer|synthesizers]], slow hypnotic grooves, a deep bass, heavy use of the snare drum, background female vocals, the extensive sampling of [[P-Funk]] tunes, and a high-pitched [[portamento]] saw wave synthesizer lead. G-funk is typically set at between 90 and 100 [[Tempo|BPM]].<ref>[http://www.hiphopmusichistory.com/subgenres/g-funk/ G funk] hiphopmusichistory.com Retrieved 20 May 2024</ref> The lyrical content depended on the artist and could consist of sex, drug use (especially [[marijuana]]), love for a city, and love for friends. There was also a slurred "lazy" or "smooth" way of [[rapping]] in order to clarify words and stay in [[rhythmic cadence]]. Many R&B and pop singles of the 1990s incorporated the G-funk sound to their music.

The trademark West Coast G-funk style of hip-hop was a very defining element of the region's music and helped distinguish it from the rivaling rap scene on the East Coast. In essence,  the smooth, slow-tempo sound of G-funk accompanied the perceived "laid-back" stereotype of Californian culture whereas East Coast hip-hop typically featured more aggressive attitudes alongside a fast-paced tempo (e.g. [[hardcore hip-hop]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcheights.com/2018/03/25/east-coast-west-coast/,%20https://www.bcheights.com/2018/03/25/east-coast-west-coast/|title=East Coast, West Coast - The Heights|first=Emily|last=Himes|website=Bcheights.com|date=25 March 2018|access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/east-coast-rap-ma0000002563|title=East Coast Rap Music Genre Overview|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>

Unlike other earlier rap acts that also utilized funk samples (such as [[EPMD]] and [[the Bomb Squad]]), G-funk often utilized fewer, unaltered samples per song.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Ethan |url=https://archive.org/details/queensreignssupr00brow |title=Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler |date=November 22, 2005 |publisher=Anchor |isbn=1-4000-9523-9 |chapter=Straight Outta Hollis |quote=[Unlike] popular hip-hop producers like the Bomb Squad, Dre instead utilized a single sample to drive a song. |url-access=registration}}</ref> Music theorist Adam Krims has described G-funk as "a style of generally West Coast rap whose musical tracks tend to deploy live instrumentation, heavy on bass and keyboards, with minimal (sometimes no) sampling and often highly conventional harmonic progressions and harmonies".<ref>{{cite book |last=Krims |first=Adam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gg8UiSodjz8C&q=%22g-funk%22&pg=PA75 |title=Rap Music and the Poetics of Identity |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-521-63447-4 |location=Cambridge |page=74 |access-date=2008-08-02}}</ref> [[Dr. Dre]], a pioneer of the G-funk genre, normally uses live musicians to replay the original music of sampled records. This enabled him to produce music that had his own sounds, rather than a direct copy of the sample.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=September 23, 2007 |title=The Dr.'s Always In |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-dre23sep23-story.html}}</ref>