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Final Project: The history of G Funk in association to black rights.

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  Eazy- E - Real Muthaphuckkin G's, Released in 1993, Compton California. This form music does not just serve society, but furthers our societal evolution as a whole.       This is G Funk, a sub genre in early 90's rap culture known for it's connections to Jaz as well as the use of more electronic based sounds. This is theorized to be due to the influence of DJing in this era of the rap genre, which I previously discussed briefly in my last blog entry when I was discussing the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Although it was discussed briefly there is so much more to this culture and their music and why it was created and how it gained influence. This piece in particular shows a great example of G Funk, with the work comes long electronic whines which go from high to low ranges producing a fluctuation in the pitch.       The sound produced is long and overdone but on purpose as it makes the song feel lazy, like other works in the early west coast era these elements