re: early 90s ganster rap

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I was obsessed when Snoop and Dre and NWA hit the scene

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Whoa, whoa. Which and whose acclaim is first? They didn;t all "hit the scene" at the same time."

First of all, Dre was a part of NWA that produced "Straight Outta Compton", "****z4life", and the EP "100 Miles and Runnin'" and that was all them...little competition.

"Eazy-Duz-It" was released in 1988 and then "5150" was released after the breakup.

Then, Dre made the Chronic album which was platinum. E made a comback at that album with "It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa" in 1993.

As far as others who were "hitting the scene at that time":

Ghetto Boys and Scarface (solo)
UGK
Mobb Deep
Schooly D
Boogoe Down Productions
Big L

^Those dudes each carved out gangster rap in separate/different territories. Snoop came soon after, but he is not part of the NWA stuff.