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When did G Funk's first album release?

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G Funk's first album Welcome 2 California released on January 1, 2009.


G Funk, or gangsta-funk, is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged from ​good kid, m.A.A.d city Album Review in the early 1990s. G-funk production consists of highly synthesised and heavily sample driven sounds, predominantly sampled from Parliament-Funkadelic records. Cold 187um, Dr. Dre and Warren G are the producers credited with pioneering... Read More
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