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Just Bay Area Rap
Damn the Yay can't get no love in here? The Bay is more than just Hyphy. You have alot of dope artists like The Coup, Heiro, Balance, 40 Water, San Quinn and many others in the Bay that don't even rap or style wise is not Hyphy. As far as what coast is better, that is the same crabs in a barrell BS from the 90's. You can point out the good and the bad on ALL coasts.
Nah dude is right. I dont wanna blow anyones bubbles (no homo) but for real, all the west raps about is gangbanging, bitches and weed. That's not what the world wants anymore, been there done that. Who wanna hear a Snoop or DPG or any of these self proclaimed "new west" guys in 2k7 when they can listen to some Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Joell Ortiz or UGK??Only one from the west who i think still can spit is Cube, but his last 3 albums sounded like he isn't hungry on the mic anymore, if he want he can rip songs up, but that's the problem hes too busy with other things (what i respect though, don't wanna knock anyone's hustle).Maybe Ras Kass or Ya Boy could bring any heat to the table concerning lyrics, but let's be honest, the west hasn't seen success for years now, it's time to look at the causes.+1 to the threadstarter.
Quote from: Xander. on June 20, 2007, 11:42:11 AMNah dude is right. I dont wanna blow anyones bubbles (no homo) but for real, all the west raps about is gangbanging, bitches and weed. That's not what the world wants anymore, been there done that. Who wanna hear a Snoop or DPG or any of these self proclaimed "new west" guys in 2k7 when they can listen to some Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Joell Ortiz or UGK??Only one from the west who i think still can spit is Cube, but his last 3 albums sounded like he isn't hungry on the mic anymore, if he want he can rip songs up, but that's the problem hes too busy with other things (what i respect though, don't wanna knock anyone's hustle).Maybe Ras Kass or Ya Boy could bring any heat to the table concerning lyrics, but let's be honest, the west hasn't seen success for years now, it's time to look at the causes.+1 to the threadstarter.I follow what you are saying. The problem out west is that the shine still goes to gangsta rap. I could give you AT LEAST 20 rappers on the west that can spit and most are not gangsta rappers. Now if they dropped a album today does that mean it would sell? Probably not, because their style is not felt by the execs with this companies. That is the big difference with 90's west coast rap and now. Back then you had Snoop, Cube, Pac selling but a group like Pharcyde, Alkaholiks, Heiro, Xzibit and others people consider backpack rap could succeed and would get a 2nd look because the coast as a whole had exposure. Now it's like you have to be gangsta rap to do numbers unless you are Black Eyed Peas and they changed up alot. The coast does not get behind a Planet Asia or Evidence or Sick Jacken or Sly Boogy now. They have to almost be co signed by a Snoop or Game to get shine. And it gives the appearance that we don't have mc's out here and we do.
Quote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:36:59 AMDamn the Yay can't get no love in here? The Bay is more than just Hyphy. You have alot of dope artists like The Coup, Heiro, Balance, 40 Water, San Quinn and many others in the Bay that don't even rap or style wise is not Hyphy. As far as what coast is better, that is the same crabs in a barrell BS from the 90's. You can point out the good and the bad on ALL coasts. True. But for the avg westcoast fan like myself who enjoys ppl like cube, dpg, snoop, game, dre, etc. are mostly exposed to hyphy when it comes to the bay. Unless you look deeper in (like you have) that's the impression we are going to get. San Quinn is cool, and so is Ya Boy (ain't he from the bay?) but for me, it stops there (for now, perhaps i'll look deeper in in the future). Agreed that each and every coast has it's faults.
Quote from: Lunatic 63 on June 20, 2007, 11:45:13 AMQuote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:36:59 AMDamn the Yay can't get no love in here? The Bay is more than just Hyphy. You have alot of dope artists like The Coup, Heiro, Balance, 40 Water, San Quinn and many others in the Bay that don't even rap or style wise is not Hyphy. As far as what coast is better, that is the same crabs in a barrell BS from the 90's. You can point out the good and the bad on ALL coasts. True. But for the avg westcoast fan like myself who enjoys ppl like cube, dpg, snoop, game, dre, etc. are mostly exposed to hyphy when it comes to the bay. Unless you look deeper in (like you have) that's the impression we are going to get. San Quinn is cool, and so is Ya Boy (ain't he from the bay?) but for me, it stops there (for now, perhaps i'll look deeper in in the future). Agreed that each and every coast has it's faults.Hyphy is the sound that caught on with the rest of the country. So people flock to it. When Ant Banks was doing his thing production wise his sound and other Bay producers the sound was completely different. Same with the south. If I turn on the radio or watch TV it is still alot of bounce and crunk music coming out. Wayne, T.I. and others still get that radio play though. And for the west the only style of music that seems to get attention is gangsta rap and Black Eyed Peas. Fair or not fair that is what it is. I would like to see a dope mc not on the gangsta tip out here get a proper push from a label and put together a dope album and see what kind of response they would get.
Quote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:59:29 AMQuote from: Lunatic 63 on June 20, 2007, 11:45:13 AMQuote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:36:59 AMDamn the Yay can't get no love in here? The Bay is more than just Hyphy. You have alot of dope artists like The Coup, Heiro, Balance, 40 Water, San Quinn and many others in the Bay that don't even rap or style wise is not Hyphy. As far as what coast is better, that is the same crabs in a barrell BS from the 90's. You can point out the good and the bad on ALL coasts. True. But for the avg westcoast fan like myself who enjoys ppl like cube, dpg, snoop, game, dre, etc. are mostly exposed to hyphy when it comes to the bay. Unless you look deeper in (like you have) that's the impression we are going to get. San Quinn is cool, and so is Ya Boy (ain't he from the bay?) but for me, it stops there (for now, perhaps i'll look deeper in in the future). Agreed that each and every coast has it's faults.Hyphy is the sound that caught on with the rest of the country. So people flock to it. When Ant Banks was doing his thing production wise his sound and other Bay producers the sound was completely different. Same with the south. If I turn on the radio or watch TV it is still alot of bounce and crunk music coming out. Wayne, T.I. and others still get that radio play though. And for the west the only style of music that seems to get attention is gangsta rap and Black Eyed Peas. Fair or not fair that is what it is. I would like to see a dope mc not on the gangsta tip out here get a proper push from a label and put together a dope album and see what kind of response they would get. bishop lamont lets hope
Quote from: Lunatic 63 on June 20, 2007, 12:01:28 PMQuote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:59:29 AMQuote from: Lunatic 63 on June 20, 2007, 11:45:13 AMQuote from: D~Nice on June 20, 2007, 11:36:59 AMDamn the Yay can't get no love in here? The Bay is more than just Hyphy. You have alot of dope artists like The Coup, Heiro, Balance, 40 Water, San Quinn and many others in the Bay that don't even rap or style wise is not Hyphy. As far as what coast is better, that is the same crabs in a barrell BS from the 90's. You can point out the good and the bad on ALL coasts. True. But for the avg westcoast fan like myself who enjoys ppl like cube, dpg, snoop, game, dre, etc. are mostly exposed to hyphy when it comes to the bay. Unless you look deeper in (like you have) that's the impression we are going to get. San Quinn is cool, and so is Ya Boy (ain't he from the bay?) but for me, it stops there (for now, perhaps i'll look deeper in in the future). Agreed that each and every coast has it's faults.Hyphy is the sound that caught on with the rest of the country. So people flock to it. When Ant Banks was doing his thing production wise his sound and other Bay producers the sound was completely different. Same with the south. If I turn on the radio or watch TV it is still alot of bounce and crunk music coming out. Wayne, T.I. and others still get that radio play though. And for the west the only style of music that seems to get attention is gangsta rap and Black Eyed Peas. Fair or not fair that is what it is. I would like to see a dope mc not on the gangsta tip out here get a proper push from a label and put together a dope album and see what kind of response they would get. bishop lamont lets hopeYes perfect example. As long as his image and lyrics are not altered to gain more sales.