Throwback Thursday: Geto Boys, NWA and Gang Starr

Throwback Thursday: Geto Boys, NWA and Gang Starr

Today’s Throwback Thursday is about one of my longest loves, hip-hop and rap music. I love rap music. I fell in love with rap back when my little brother would bump it in his 73′ LTD with truspoke rims, blasting Sugarhill Gang or UTFO or Newcleus. I was into rock and new wave at the time but once Eric (my brother) started trying to scratch on my pops’ turntable, I knew there was something magical about the music.

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Throwback Thursday: The Chronic – Gangster Bass Lines from some highly influential Hip-Hop Albums.

 Throwback Thursday: The Chronic – Gangster Bass Lines from some highly influential Hip-Hop Albums.

Before Pedals And Effects existed, I would write about crazy bass lines via my column in the now defunct Bass Guitar Magazine. My editor, James Rotondi, was always so cool to let me do a column for him on gangster bass lines from the hip hop records I loved.

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