Westcoast artists not focused on guns, money, redundant gangsta bullshit

[The Ultimate Pianist]

props for starting and posting in this thread...discovered many artists.

[Laconic]

Dre-Day hooked me up with this album today;
T-K.A.S.H. Turf War Syndrome

http://www.amazon.com/Turf-War-Syndrome-T-K-S-H/dp/B000EJ9NZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206836302&sr=1-1

Only listened to the album a couple of times,but I like what I heard so far.
Check this track out,it features Boots Riley from The Coup. Dope shit!!!
16 American Nightmare Long Version (Feat The Coup).mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?xaigcyew3gh

Great song.  Album is solid but lacking in the production a bit.  Regardless, T-KASH can get down on the mic.

[Chad Vader]

Chad brought up the Jacka and the Mob Figaz, who have a lot of gangsta songs,
but especially Jacka and Fed-Ex have a different way of rapping about it, and a lot of references to being Muslim and spiritual.

The Jacka is hella underated and Rob Lo´s beats is some soulfull shit.
The real problem is generic gangster rap,not gangster rap itself.
There´s some generic bullshit alternative rap too,so don´t act like everything is good on "your" side of the fence. 

The Team has a few gangsta lines and a lot of club songs and stuff, but they had a different sound going that has some nice appeal.

Personally I don´t feel them,but to each his own you know 

Frontline is also pretty nice, their last album "Lock & Left" had no promotion or buzz, but it was pretty solid.

Shit was ok 

Andre Nickatina have an alternative vibe to his music

^^^^yeah  alternative it is,bugged out 
I feel him,he´s funny.

I didn't see Chace Infinite mentioned, another L.A. cat who is nice on the mic.

I did,he´s a member of Self Scientific 



How about checking out Shock G?

Shock G; Fear of a Mixed Planet

1-02 Cherry Flava'd Email.m4a featuring Ant D.O.G of the Link Crew
http://www.mediafire.com/?cgdkzmmmczm
1-04 Cinnamon Waves.m4a Featuring Ray Luv
http://www.mediafire.com/?37uwnnddl99

Use the dubCC search engine for the rest of the album 

Have bumped this album for the last couple of days;
Visionaries - Pangaea Mear WCA did the cover 


Must say the beats is banging,the whole Technicali click is dope.

I just finished checking two albums that suprised me. 
I had them in my radar for a minute,but was a little reluctant. 
RBX is featured on both albums,but this is FAR from gangster rap,just straight up Hip Hop.
Here´s a couple of tracks from the albums,check them out and leave comments. 

Visionaries; We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For)

Visionaries - Need to learn (features RBX,Brotha J (X-Clan) and Sadat X (Brand Nubian)) interesting combo 
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8881303307c8b5/
02-visionaries-in_the_good_(ft._ariano).mp3 
http://www.mediafire.com/?mgw9f5yansz

LD and Ariano; A Thin line

5. Father Time is Ticking feat LMNO & RBX
http://www.mediafire.com/?lujgtntge4x
06 The Price Of Freedom 1.m4a
http://www.mediafire.com/?olaslm5b04f


Dre-Day hooked me up with this album today;
T-K.A.S.H. Turf War Syndrome

http://www.amazon.com/Turf-War-Syndrome-T-K-S-H/dp/B000EJ9NZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206836302&sr=1-1

Only listened to the album a couple of times,but I like what I heard so far.
Check this track out,it features Boots Riley from The Coup. Dope shit!!!
16 American Nightmare Long Version (Feat The Coup).mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?xaigcyew3gh


^^^
the album is produced by Paris right?

[Laconic]

^Yep Yep

[HimselfTheMajestic]

I used to fuck with a lot of "backpacker" west coast shit but eventually, i just got tired of it. The only artist's i still fuck with are the hiero crew(specifically del, even though his new shit was whack), scarub, murs, and luckyiam, 2 mex (he's really hit or miss though).

I just don't feel  a lot of it because it gets so abstract and corny that it almost doesn't even resemble hip hop anymore. Like they try and mix in too much bullshit, and lyrically, their later stuff gets as redundant as most gangster rap. They lose that hard edge that hardcore hip hop is supposed to have.

other then that, i fuck with a lot of psycho realm/sick symphonies and what not, Planet Asia of course, always on point.

I give bishop lamont alot of props for kinda trying to marry both styles together. I kinda see him as a harder version of murs with better production and a lazier flow.

also, any of yall remember that beneath the surface album that came out a bit back? it basically had the whole project blow'd family plus a bunch of other cats from all over LA and i think the bay too on it. that was some serious abstract production/rhyming type shit. i used to stay bumping that shit.

[Chad Vader]

And I definitely agree about there being plenty of garbage alternative rap and all that,
but I was just trying to make it relate to this topic.

  sure,cats blame everything on gangster rap. 
Just because you like alternative it doesn´t mean it´s better than gangster rap.....
It´s all the same,you find dope and wak shit in both camps.

I think Rob Lo's beats are incredibly underrated,
and would like to see him work more with some other sounds outside of the Mob Figaz just to get more variety and exposure.
I think Fed-X is really talented too, he sounds like he puts so much effort into his rhymes and has a nice style.

Rob Lo is hella tight,people is really sleeping on him.
He shold produce album for Too Short or something,get him off that hyphy shit 

Also, I don't think this was mentioned, but the Prophets of Rage, and especially, Rico Pabon.
Sometimes he rhymes in Spanish which really isn't my thing, but he has some good music.
I actually found out about him at a concert through my college music class, so that was really cool.
I'll try to up something in a little bit, but check him out because he is talented and has a cool sound.

Only heard their names,but not familier with their music.

I used to fuck with a lot of "backpacker" west coast shit but eventually, i just got tired of it.
The only artist's i still fuck with are the hiero crew
(specifically del, even though his new shit was whack), scarub, murs, and luckyiam, 2 mex (he's really hit or miss though).

I just don't feel  a lot of it because it gets so abstract and corny that it almost doesn't even resemble hip hop anymore.
Like they try and mix in too much bullshit, and lyrically, their later stuff gets as redundant as most gangster rap.
They lose that hard edge that hardcore hip hop is supposed to have.

Well,you seem to mix up Hip Hop with alternative rap...
I know all these (sub) generes can be confusing,since some of these artists mix them up. 
But I get and understand what you´re saying though 

[J Bananas]

Oh shit, I forgot I started this thread with one of my aliases. nice

[eazye]

I'm still really behind on most of the artist that have been discussed, but I will change that in the future

I really like Murs, he's really dope, and I ain;t even checked half of his material

I've heard some loose tracks from the Hiero crew and thought they were dope, but nothin' really special.I really REALLY like Extra Prolific tho, his 1994 album Like It Should Be is GREAT (I plan on making a thread about it), and I don't really know why he was kicked out of the crew

Paris is the shit too

[MediumL]

Pharcyde 

[K.Dub]

I've heard 6-7 tracks from that LD & Adriano. It's real tight!