Gangsta Gangsta

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"Gangsta Gangsta" is a seminal hardcore hip hop track by N.W.A that vividly portrays street life and helped define the sound and attitude of West Coast gangsta rap in the late 1980s.

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Gangsta Gangsta canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
artist N.W.A ⓘ
associatedAct DJ Yella ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eazy-E ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
MC Ren ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation seminal gangsta rap track ⓘ
era late 1980s ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hardcore hip hop ⓘ
influencedGenre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricTheme crime ⓘ
police relations ⓘ
street life ⓘ
urban violence ⓘ
movement West Coast gangsta rap ⓘ
notableFor controversial lyrical content ⓘ
influential gangsta rap sound ⓘ
vivid portrayal of street life ⓘ
parentAlbumType studio album ⓘ
partOf Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
performer N.W.A ⓘ
producer DJ Yella ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
recordLabel Priority Records ⓘ
Ruthless Records ⓘ
regionOfCulturalImpact United States ⓘ
global hip hop culture ⓘ
releaseDecade 1980s ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
soundCharacteristic funk-influenced production ⓘ
heavy drum programming ⓘ
sample-based production ⓘ
vocalist Eazy-E ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
vocalStyle aggressive ⓘ
writer Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eazy-E ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
MC Ren ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

N.W.A → notableSong → Gangsta Gangsta ⓘ
Straight Outta Compton → hasPart → Gangsta Gangsta ⓘ
Niggaz With Attitude → notableSong → Gangsta Gangsta ⓘ