East coast hip hop

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The East Coast hip hop or East Coast Rap is a flow within the hip-hop , which in the 1980s on the east coast of the United States developed. Its beginnings correspond to those of hip-hop as a whole, which developed on the east coast of the USA especially in New York City through musicians like Grandmaster Flash and established itself through Kurtis Blow , LL Cool J , Slick Rick and other artists. It was only when West Coast hip-hop emerged as a countercurrent in Los Angeles in the late 1980s that the term East Coast Hip Hop was used to distinguish one coast from the other.

In the late 1980s, Public Enemy became the most popular act in American hip hop. They stood out for their very critical lyrics and an aggressive style that influenced other bands, especially the artists who formed the Native Tongues Posse , including De La Soul , A Tribe Called Quest and Queen Latifah . But the metal band Anthrax was also influenced by Public Enemy, they recorded the track I'm the man in 1987 . This is how the crossover music genre was born . This also led to a joint tour in 1991 and the joint recording of the Public Enemy title Bring the Noise in crossover style.

East Coast vs. West coast

Main article: East Coast vs. West coast

In the early 1990s, the American hip hop scene was characterized by a strong rivalry between the West Coast and the East Coast. On the side of the West Coast stood the successors of the band NWA , who made West Coast hip-hop popular as aggressive gangsta rap with their " Straight Outta Compton " (1988) . It was mainly the former NWA members Dr. Dre and Ice Cube , who influenced development in the west. The hip-hop war culminated in the murders of the two rappers Tupac Shakur (West Coast) and The Notorious BIG (East Coast). On the east coast, the Wu-Tang Clan and solo artists such as Nas and Jay-Z emerged who fought against the pop- influenced successes of Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Records .

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