West Coast Hater

[Low Key]

Thanks for the help everyone! I really appreciate it. I can probably put together a double disc with all of the good songs. I'm going through the thread right now giving everyone props.

[jeromechickenbone]

Give him Souls Of Mischief.  Their style is more inline with an east coast sound.  Put him onto some Pharcyde too.  They're both intelligent, great production, and totally not about gang bangin and bussin caps n shit.

East Coast heads shold be able to get into them easily.

[Tanjential]

Just get him these albums:

Soul On Ice,
 - "Etc", "If/Then", "Nature Of The Threat", whole CD

Death Certificate
 - "Us", "A Bird In The Hand", "True To The Game", whole CD man

AND:

The D.O.C is Texan, period.
So just because he has a CD with Dr. Dre, he's westcoast? Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana have a duo-CD coming out, I guess they'll be switched up regionally too. Dre's production sound now isnt what you'd expect from a stereotypical westcoast producer though. Opposingly, D.O.C isnt the stereotypical southern rapper either, but bare with me. The guy is still relevent here in his home city, still involved with our( Dallas') rap scene and everything. (Yes we have a "rapscene". My dad produced for a funk-inspired dallas group on Profile Records in the 90's. THEY ALMOST went on a tour with DJ Quik, but Profile was bought out by Arista near that time.) Guy's done more for Dallas than he has ever done for the Westcoast period, he's texan alright. He's the first rap artist from this city to blow, first Southern based rapper to work with Dre, (Prior to Devin) and one of the FIRST to actually get a critically acclaimed 5 star album. They werent even giving southern artists those type of ratings. (Outkast of all groups, couldnt even get a 5 star from anyone and musically Outkast is fucking with anybody.) His debut had a trail of funk production (Dr.Dre) and generalized eastcoast lyricism and flow, -- the album was disguised and thats why a lot of people cant or dont credit D.O.C as southern. Even though, thats how we communicate in hiphop, influence of predecessors regardless of the region! Majority of the guys proteges are actually from Dallas as opposed to California. Pretty Black, Six-Two, etc. Go ahead and bring up Lil Eazy, and I will bring up more Dallas Locals. DOC's even had a baby with Eryka Badu. (Who, in case you didnt know - Is a Dallas superstar). Dont get me wrong though, HE IS Dre's righthand man. Thats quoted straight out his mouth. But theres a reason why he has that "segregated father from the mother and rest of the family" relationship to Dallas' rapscene. Because fucking with Dre period, is a podeium in the industry. Regardless if you are behind the scenes (Doc) or blatant (Scott Storch). No one Willingly leaves a highpoint like that to go back and re-establish themselves as solo solo artists (ala Game still TALKS about Dre, and Scott is STILL with DRE) with new resources when they already have ample enough resources. Thanks for your time.

LOL, damn man, you got legitimate passion. that's what's up. dope post. I did not know Eryka Badu was texan, do you know the story of them? Them being two dynamic artistic individuals, I'd imagine it to be a somewhat dynamic and artistic story...?

-T

[MIAMI4LIFE]

Give him Souls Of Mischief.  Their style is more inline with an east coast sound.  Put him onto some Pharcyde too.  They're both intelligent, great production, and totally not about gang bangin and bussin caps n shit.

East Coast heads shold be able to get into them easily.

forgot about them, they re both dope

[Tha Psycho Hustla]

Play Him Some 90`s Left Coast Hip-Hop

[4108]

LOL, damn man, you got legitimate passion. that's what's up. dope post. I did not know Eryka Badu was texan, do you know the story of them? Them being two dynamic artistic individuals, I'd imagine it to be a somewhat dynamic and artistic story...?

-T

haha thanks, and I kind of figured it'd be dynamic and artistic too. I mean, thats the way her and Common hooked up in a nutshell. But other than the fact he has had a baby with her, I havent found much info on them being together.

[XaNdEr]

I mean, thats the way her and Common hooked up in a nutshell. 
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[Tanjential]

how did her and common hook up? what's that story?

she doesn't have a baby with common right? isn't ms.jackson about her, didn't andre3000 have a kid with her too?

crazy, D.O.C. and Andre3000 are both Geminis.

common's a pisces though.

-T

[RZARECTA]

Have you thought about playing him some underground artists like Murs, Hieroglyphics, Zion-I, The Grouch, etc. If you want I can make a list of underground Cali rap I like and up it for you. Let me know.

best suggestion yet.......based off of what you said he was into.........

   hook me up   need some insight start a thread underground west coast hip hop

[PICA$$O]

Tha Alkaholiks are sure to give him that proper insight 

its hella tight party music plus they westcoast, anyone should be able to appreciate that, if not you suck at life, imo 

yea, play some of Tha Liks 4 ur homeboy, and gots 2 be Quik, Suga Free, Snoop, some of dat smooth shit, huh?

E40's need album could be safe, or maybe some Eazy?

[PICA$$O]

oh, I know, he cant hate on Thug Life, dat shit is da bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Tanjential]

explain to him that 1994's Regulate is to west coast production what 1994's illmatic was to east coast lyricism and then play him 'and ya don't stop'

-T

[PICA$$O]

4 real, introduce him 2 Nate Dogg and Warren G

[Juronimo]

I work with this guy who hates west coast rap and I'm looking for some tracks that might change his mind that the west coast is more than pimpin' bitches and killing people. He's 30 years old and big into Fu Schnickens, old school Wu-Tang, pretty much everything from the late 80s and early 90s east coast era. The only west coast rappers he knows/likes are Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, 2pac, and the ones from the Menace II Society soundtrack, which is the only west coast CD he has. PLEASE NO DOGG POUND! I've already tried. lol

So far I have:

Planet Asia - Everyday Ritual
Masta Ace - Da Grind
Sly Boogy - Ridiculous
Frontline - Black Jack (the ones signed to E-A-Ski's label, not the ones from LA)
Ras Kass - It Is What It Is
Ras Kass - The End
Crooked I - Leave Us Alone
Celly Cel - It's Goin' Down Tonight
3X Krazy - Keep It On The Real
D.O.C. - The Formula

If you have a copy of WC And the MAAD Circle - Ain't a Damn Thing Changed, play that for him.

I remember showing this cd to a New York hip hop head and it changed his mind on west coast music.

[Tanjential]

surely SOMETHING in this huge thread could help but the question is...is your co worker willing to give anything a listen after your previously unsuccesful attempts?

-T