G-Funk
G-funk is a smooth, funk-based style of West Coast gangsta rap from early 1990s Los Angeles, marked by slow grooves and whining synthesizer leads.
Producers replay or sample 1970s Parliament-Funkadelic records, adding deep bass, high-pitched synth melodies, sung hooks and a relaxed, drawled delivery. Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic set the template, and Snoop Dogg and Warren G followed with major hits. It is slower and more melodic than the harsh, sample-collage gangsta rap that came before it.
Artists it is known for: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg.
- Family
- Hip-Hop & Rap
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- Los Angeles, early 1990s
- Also called
- g funk, gangsta funk
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 5%
About 3,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have g-funk among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
G-Funk artists
2Pac
Dr. Dre
Snoop Dogg
Ice Cube
N.W.A.
Eazy-E
Bone Thugs-N-HarmonyThe g-funk artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
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