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imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones would shock parents everywhere. my, how times have changed. >> i see hustling. i see killing. thats what i rap about. >> you can take me out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me, though. >> its a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. >> boom, there it is, platinum record. >>...

A look at the diverse music of the 1990s, from Nirvana to Dixie Chicks to Tupac. Songwriter with an ability to scream almost in tune. It just gave an intensity that was really unique. I kill you, im not gonna crack nirvana gave the record industry a wakeup call and said, here is your new audience. So, start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. I would go to the clubs and see bands like cat butt and bands lik...

People money. its my turn. ♪ tonights the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasnt a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record label, which became death row records. >> knight, a 63", 330-pound former bodyguard has become one of the most feared men in the music business. >> you got dr. dre, who probably makes beats better than anybody. this guy delivers a hit. >> dre put out his first solo albu...

And hook up a good beat that we feel will go good with the rap and boom, there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. ♪ [ bleep ] the police ♪ >> first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. that was pretty much the attitude initially of most people who were part of the hip-hop world. ♪ dre ♪ ♪ step to the door and get [ bleep ] up ♪ >> the east coast kind of felt like, well, we invented hip-...

>> shes going to be big -- well, she already is a big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, kids. do you like primus ♪ ♪ want to see me stick nine inch nails through each one of my eyelids ♪ >> when em came we sat back like this. whats this white boy doing? and then i really listened -- ♪ but i cant figure out which spice girl i want to impregnate ♪ >> i was like, whoa! ♪ s...

Four ♪ ♪ snoop doggy dog and dr. dre is at the door ♪ >> ooh, boy. snoop doggy dog and dr. dre at the door. its crazy. they knocked the door down, baby. ♪ g thing baby ♪ were crazy >> 70% of rap music, including gangsta rap, was purchased by whites. >> growing up in st. paul, minnesota, my friends and i thought compton and south central must be the coolest places in the world based on this music. >> other music is more like a fairy tale story. where now we can hear somebody elses histo...

Brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> renn and ice cube, they write the rap, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. >> first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. that was pretty much the ...

>> "the miseducation of lauryn hill." >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might have been thinking. >> this is crazy, because this is hip-hop music. you know what i mean? >> shes going to be, big -- well, she already is a big star. you get five grammys you are. >> a lot of people think shes going to really redefine the connections among hip-hop, pop, for everybody. ♪ hi, kids. do you like primus ♪ ♪ want to see me stick nine inch nails through each on...

Going to be rap music, gangsta rap music, whatever. >> nwa was always too hot to hold. it had to splinter. and the first person who walks away is ice cube. ♪ tried to kill me >> same reason ice cube left the group is the reason i left. you know, tired of making other people money. its my turn. ♪ tonights the night i get in some -- ♪ ♪ deep cover on the incognito tip ♪ >> suge knight, who wasnt a real gangster, got into cahoots with dr. dre and said, dre, we should start our own record ...

Brown ♪ >> the group nwa is the harshest most in your face of the gangsta-style rappers. one song blasts the police in the most obscene terms. >> renn and ice cube, they write the rap, right? me and my boy yella get together and hook up a good beat we feel will go good with the rap and there it is. platinum records. >> nwa at that point is the biggest hip-hop band there is. >> first time i heard nwa i was like that ice guy is all right but the rest of this is garbage. that was pretty much the ...