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  • noun gangsta-funk, a kind of slow, melodic hip-hop music.

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Examples

  • This year, indie (the Wombats), urban dance (Katy B; Skream) and hip-hop (Snoop Dogg) are all mined for their most party-appropriate acts, but it's probably Snoop (performing his humid, G-funk classic Doggystyle) who may best capture the mood.

    This week's new live music 2011

  • In the early '90s, the Los Angeles producer almost single-handedly crafted the new G-funk rap sound.

    Profiling the Father of G-Funk 2007

  • TONY COX, host: If you want to make your funk the G-funk, then you need to call on Dr. Dre.

    Profiling the Father of G-Funk 2007

  • Fueled by producer Dr. Dr. and his G-funk sound and artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, Death Row had brought a West Coast gangsta aesthetic of "chronic" and "gin and juice" to the music and started sell-mg millions of records in the process.

    EARL -The Autobiography of DMX Fontaine, Smokey D. 1984

  • It is the follow-up to Dr. Dre's debut album, The Chronic (1992). 2001 exhibits an expansion on the G-funk sound of The

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  • The album's synthy instrumental arrangements already sound dated (especially a G-funk take on "Time After Time"), despite respectful cameos from Milt Jackson and Stevie Wonder.

    Event Calendar Public 2010

  • A braying synth melody trills joyously/mischievously skyward (that's the G-funk in Joker), bass notes hit deeply, drums slap heartily, and liquid bells accent.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The album's synthy instrumental arrangements already sound dated (especially a G-funk take on "Time After Time"), despite respectful cameos from Milt Jackson and Stevie Wonder.

    Event Calendar Public 2010

  • The album's synthy instrumental arrangements already sound dated (especially a G-funk take on "Time After Time"), despite respectful cameos from Milt Jackson and Stevie Wonder.

    Event Calendar 2010

  • It is the follow-up to Dr. Dre's debut album, The Chronic (1992). 2001 exhibits an expansion on the G-funk sound of The Chronic, and it features gangsta rap lyrical themes such as violence, promiscuity, street gangs, and crime. 2001 debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts with sales of over 550000 units.

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