Is it safe to say Dr Dre’s The Chronic is responsible for hip hop going mainstream?

[Xtraz2]

Dre’s introduction of the g-funk sound made the gun talk and disrespect of women more digestible to the masses, you had people saying I don’t care what they saying it sounds good

 

[get these nets]

No

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

No

 

[Karume]

No it's not safe to say that

 

[Ashtrey]

MC Hammer dropped in 1990 and went diamond.

 

[Pimp]

Actually i would say Dre because NWA + The Chronic made it cool to be gangster and on Radio

 

[Xtraz2]

MC Hammer dropped in 1990 and went diamond.

good point, “you can’t touch this” utilized the synth sound that became synonymous with g-funk before Dre did

although an argument can be made it was more of a pop/dance record than hip-hop due to its content

 

[big bun]

No.

 

[TripleAgent]

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[JMD]

yeah I would say groups like Run DMC and Salt N Pepa back in the 80's

Tone Loc as well with Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina

 

[valet]

Dre’s introduction of the g-funk sound made the gun talk and disrespect of women more digestible to the masses, you had people saying I don’t care what they saying it sounds good

It made gangsta rap digestible to the masses yes. People were smoking weed forever but it made it way cooler. Heck, Dr. Dre was anti-weed at first. So I get what your saying. I just think it's more specific.

 

[Da King]

West coast g funk elevated hip hop considerably

 

[KingsOfKings]

No

 

[The War Report]

How absurd. Run DMC took Hip Hop to the next level. They did a cross over song with fukking Aerosmith. And EPMD introduced funk to Hip Hop.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

MC Hammer dropped in 1990 and went diamond.

exactly. That was Hammer with Please Hammer don't hurt 'em. Even after that album, hip hop wasn't played constantly on mainstream radio during the day, but they started playing more songs, maybe 2 an hour. Hammer opened those doors.