Knight excluded Griffey, and reportedly "Deep Cover" as album track was replaced by a newer song, "Bitches Ain't Shit." The Chronic Īssisted by Daz and by Warren G on drum programming and sampling soul and funk classics, Dre shaped a new sound, and new aura: gangsta funk, G-funk. Death Row gained Warner Music distribution via Interscope Records. But soon, outrage at " Cop Killer," heavy metal, by Ice T's band Body Count, repelled Sony, as "Deep Cover" had similar theme. In April 1992, SOLAR issued their first rap song, " Deep Cover," which hit drew Sony's interest in Death Row. Starting Death Row Records with their manager Suge Knight, they drew Dick Griffey, whose SOLAR Records had the office space, recording studio, and major distributor Sony Music. ĭre wanted to only produce, but his N.W.A. Freed from N.W.A's brash persona, Dre held creative control and preeminent industry cachet. Despite scarce radio play outside the County of Los Angeles, and despite two, early departures over money-secondary record producer Arabian Prince in 1988, then primary rapper and ghostwriter Ice Cube in late 1989 -N.W.A advanced gangsta rap to platinum sales, but disbanded in 1991 once primary record producer Dr. Forming in early 1987, the group N.W.A recast gangsta rap into a grim, menacing presentation. In 1986, Ice T's song " 6 in the Mornin'," diverting from electro rap and "funk hop" some fanfare in the Los Angeles area's rap scene, was gangsta rap's inaugural anthem, reaching gold sales. The song proved controversial, due to prevalent themes of misogyny. The song's popularity was a major contribution to the success of The Chronic's sales. Though never a single, "Bitches Ain't Shit" was a huge underground hit.
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