What got you into West Coast Rap?

[chunkc85]

My brother got me into rap when  I was like 8 years old. He had real muthaphuckkin G's on tape and I was hooked.

[eazye]

N.W.A., Too $hort and The Chronic.I simply loved the funky beats and explicit lyrics.Although I'm listening to more East Coast Hip-Hop now, the West Coast is what I enjoy more and I can't forget that it got me into Hip-Hop in general

[Paul]

me livin in scotland ther isnt much people out here tht are into it, but about 10 years ago my friends big brother stuck on the chronic and kurupt and RBX caught my attention then tht was tht untill now. i still much prefer west coast to east

[Digital Pimpin']

when my cousin played Doggystyle

no shit eh

same here

Same here

He played me Murder Was The Case OST (it had just come out then) too, and I've been hooked ever since.

[AfterMathematics]

The first west coast rapper I started listening to was Sir Mixalot and some other Seattle rappers (like Kid Sensation, ECP, E-Dawg) back in the late eighties before Mixalot got famous with Baby Got Back. I used to bump SWASS, Seminar, Rollin' With Number One, etc when Seattle actually had a rap scene. But I think the Chronic was the album that got me hooked onto west coast rap as we know it today.

I notice the beats before I appreciate the lyrics, and that g-funk shit was more melodic and smooth than the east coast stuff. Better to bump in your car too - it's like Cali rap is meant for people cruising around in their cars, whereas NY rap is for dudes listening to it on their headphones in the subway.     

[Noname]

The first west coast rapper I started listening to was Sir Mixalot and some other Seattle rappers (like Kid Sensation, ECP, E-Dawg) back in the late eighties before Mixalot got famous with Baby Got Back. I used to bump SWASS, Seminar, Rollin' With Number One, etc when Seattle actually had a rap scene. But I think the Chronic was the album that got me hooked onto west coast rap as we know it today.

I notice the beats before I appreciate the lyrics, and that g-funk shit was more melodic and smooth than the east coast stuff. Better to bump in your car too - it's like Cali rap is meant for people cruising around in their cars, whereas NY rap is for dudes listening to it on their headphones in the subway.     

Yeah i agree with you on that. For me beats and flow are more important then lyrics. Thats the big difference i think between East and West Coast rap.

[Lil White Azz]

well....it started when I listened to Dr. Dre's 2001, my friend had it (later he gave it to me for a another cd cause he wasn't really diggin the sound, weird  ).....then I noticed snoop in there, so I bought Tha Last Meal....after that I saw that Kurupt had released Space Boogie and I remembered him from dre's album, bought the album.....and the final step was when I bought death row's greatest hits.....gin & juice, nuthin but a g thang, I just looooved the sound....after that I started checking other west coast artists like bad azz, daz dillinger, nate dogg, goldie loc & tray dee, warren g etc......after that I saw that all those dope beats were usually done by dre, warren g, fredwreck, daz, battlecat, soopafly, dj quik etc......so I started checking their productions, and that way I was introduced to many other artists.....step after step 

to me, it has been always the music, the melody, the sound of west coast rap....I didn't care about the lyrics, I was just listening those dope azz beats.....nowadays I appreciate lyrics waaaaayyyy more, but I still don't care about the lyrics so much when it comes to these west coast veterans 

[Mygla]

A friend of mine had a tape called "Mega Dance Rap" or something like that... it was mostly crap, but Digital Undergrounds "No Nosejob" and DJ Quik's "Tonite" caught my attention... I was prolly about 7-8 years old at the time, so from that point it was mostly the big singles that got my attention (I Got 5 On It, Gangstas Paradise, Regulate++), but in 96-97 i got into 2pac because of California Love, bought the albums, and from All Eyez On Me, i expanded my horizont. "feat. Dr. Dre, well I better get me a Dr. Dre album then, feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dru Down, C-Bo, Rappin' 4-Tay ++++", so I got my hands on albums from the other artist on the album, and it wasn't long before I didn't listen to anything but westcoast rap

[Ms BattleCry]

Beastie Boys opened my eyes, but working with J-Dee from Da Lench Mob was instrumental in getting me really interested...

[King Tech Quadafi]

deep cover/always into something introduced me

the chronic welcomed with open arms