G Funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. G-funk (which uses funk music with artificially lowered tempos) incorporates multi-layered and melodic synthesizers, slow hypnotic grooves, a deep bass, background female vocals, the extensive sampling of P-Funk tunes, and a high portamento sine wave keyboard lead, a feature that became the genre’s notable trademark. Additionally, unlike other earlier rap acts that also utilized funk samples (such as EPMD or The Bomb Squad)
Dr. Dre is an American rapper and producer central to G-funk and West Coast hip hop, with landmark solo and production work.
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