What got you into West Coast Rap?

[Noname]

I been listening to rap music for about 7 years now, from the age of 13. West Coast rap first got my attention thanks to Pac. I heard a couple of songs from him and i thought ''damn that dude is dope, wheres he from?'' So i started to check him and his group the Outlaws. But at that time i just started to get into internet and internet was still though the phone, you remember? You pay per minute. So i didnt really find any good music from them. So i mostly listened to commercial rap, and stuff i could find easy on the internet (cuz westcoast music wasnt really big in Holland) .
But then i bought my first music album ever, Dre's 2001 album. I listined to that album at least a couple of 100 times. And the West really got my attention from there. So i started checkin where Dre and Pac came from, and they both came from Death Row. So from there i started checkin the Death Row music. I was already 15 or 16 at that age. And i loved All eyez on me, Doggystyle and especially The Chronic. I loved the whole G-Funk thing. Thats why i never really got into East Coast rap. To dark for me, i like that summer vibe. But when i started to get into music forums, and especially this one, it was all West for me. Here i learned the West wasnt only Death Row it was much more then that. So i started checkin all the old classics. But im not finished yet, im still checkin new west coast albums which i havent heard yet, and it still dont bore me.

I just love the sound. I cant explain it, you have to be a westcoast fan yourself to know it.

So what (or who) got you into West Coast rap? And why do you prefer West Coast rap?

[West Coast Veteran]

Living in Lakewood, California in the late 80's and the whole L.A. was going crazy for N.W.A.

I listened to Run DMC and Michael Jackson only before that.

I didn't get really serious into Hip Hop until about '91 when Cypress Hill, N.W.A., Cube, Quik and all them was runnin' shit.

[rik]

Growing up in Los Angeles Killafornia.

[CRAFTY]

The first West Coast rap record I ever bought was R U Still Down. After that, I started checking for more Tupac music. That was in 1998. In 2000, when I had an Internet connection, I started buying albums off of Amazon.com from artists who were featured on Pac's albums - Dru Down, Spice 1, etc... - and gradually I got to know more and more West Coast artists. In about two years time, I had gotten to know artists like Mack 10, W.C., Jayo Felony, and so on because they were all featured on each other albums.

And what I like about West Coast rap is the funk-influences and bass lines.

[Noname]

Living in Lakewood, California in the late 80's and the whole L.A. was going crazy for N.W.A.

I listened to Run DMC and Michael Jackson only before that.

I didn't get really serious into Hip Hop until about '91 when Cypress Hill, N.W.A., Cube, Quik and all them was runnin' shit.

Growing up in Los Angeles Killafornia.

why do you prefer west coast rap over east coast rap for example?

[rik]

Living in Lakewood, California in the late 80's and the whole L.A. was going crazy for N.W.A.

I listened to Run DMC and Michael Jackson only before that.

I didn't get really serious into Hip Hop until about '91 when Cypress Hill, N.W.A., Cube, Quik and all them was runnin' shit.

Growing up in Los Angeles Killafornia.

why do you prefer west coast rap over east coast rap for example?

I think it's by default. The first rap CD I ever listened to was "Safe + Sound' and I fell in love with the sound. So I started to look for music that had a similar sound. Then not long after that "All Eyes On Me" came out and blew me away. I perfer West Coast music more than East Coast because I could relate to it more. The stuff and streets they're rappin' about I seen. Don't get me wrong though I also like East Coast music I just like West Coast music better. Gotta support the WEST. Another reason was my older brother had a lot of cd's so I would listen to his.

[MontrealCity's Most]

Mine came in different stages.
When i was about 8 i saw boyz n da hood and i loved ice cube's acting in there. I then saw New jack City with ICe t. I listened to rap here and there till13-14 but not into that hard i was in a rock band but i listened to rick and Wutang biggie were big during this time das efx too and boot camp. Then i heard a Eazy e record got that on tape, then i heard bow down in 96 and bought the record and that was it for me i was full fledge westcoast.

[Gangstauu]

Tq - Westside, saw this on tv when i was young and my dad called it rap.... so thats how i got into wescoast rap

[Machiavelli]

I grew up in so california and my step-brother had rythm-al-ism back in 99 when i was 9 and i was hooked. I got Balance & Options also. I didnt start to listen to Quiks other cds until later...After that I picked up 2001 and I was a 2pac  groupie up until the age of 13 then i started to listen to other types of hip-hop but mainly westcoast after I left califronia.

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Snoop Doggy Dogg

[salkku]

Ice-T - colors

[Danté Williams]

Warren G.

[Westcoastfanatic]

N.W.A

[HD]

when my cousin played Doggystyle

[east bay funk]

too short and m.c. hammer