Gangsta Rap Pt. III – Verge Of Extinction

If you missed the first two parts in this 3-part series click the links below…

Part 1 

Part 2

Gangsta Rap today is almost non-existent. Quick, name 5 current *fairly well-known* gansta rap artists…

Ice Cube

Snoop Dogg

The Game… Um?

Who else? 

And don’t say G-unit because just the cover of their new album T.O.S. screams corny wanna-bees.

Don’t say Lil Wayne. The only way this guy could be more pop while still being considered hip hop is if he was P Diddy.

Wu Tang Clan is still active and of course they are legendary but I wouldn’t classify them in that genre.

Dre is a producer that raps but doesn’t write his own rhymes and Ice T plays a cop on TV… that’s that for those two.

Another one people say is Jay Z or Nas, who I originally included in one of my posts as “gangsta rappers”. After thinking about it Jay and Nas aren’t gangsta rap, they could be, but their content and choice of production excludes them. With a Kanye West produced album in his discography, (The Black Album, which happens to be a classic) there is no way Jigga should be considered gangsta rap.

So what does that come to, 3?

Three representatives in the mainstream for a whole sub-genre isn’t exactly dominant. Plus two of these named rappers are questionable. Snoop Dogg’s albums in overall have been declining, and The Game being a gangsta rapper is debatable. He is or was part of a gang but his recent bitchassnezz toward being kicked out of G-Unit constitutes a loss of respect. Also his lyrics are more bragging about “how good he is” or how much money he has than the hood where he grew up.

So Ice Cube is takes up the position of leader and poster boy for gangsta rap. 

*Keep in mind Ice Cube also makes children’s movies*

I Rest My Case.