The best "West Coast song" by a non West Coast artist......

[R-Tistic]

What is your favorite "West Coast sounding song" by an artist who's not from California, but may roll with a West Coast crew, or either used a heavy West Coast influence on their song? It can even be argued that tracks like "Juicy" and "Big poppa" from Biggie had a "West Coast sound" because of the G-Funk sound at the time and how these songs had that influence versus the East Coast gritty sampled sound that NY was doing at the time.

Some people in L.A. may even think that The DOC, MC Breed, and Masta Ace were from California. Everybody knows Biggie and JD are from NY/Atl, but a lot of people thought Da Brat was a West Coast rapper when she dropped...my cousins in the south swore she was Snoop's sister back in 94, LOL.

You can even place a song from Bone Thugs in here...even though their sound was a bit different, it was still influenced by the West, and Ruthless was primarily a West Coast label. I wouldn't mention 50 or Em's songs, even though many of them had the 2000 Dre sound, and most people in California never identified with them or their songs as being "West Coast."

[Bot]

Da Brat...Funkdafied

[M Dogg™]

Breed.. I tried not to vote for him, but fuck it... that song was hard old school Cali.

[mlk93]

the all Da brat album ant the kriss kross album too was sounding westcoast But that Da brat album was tight and very west

[Antonio]

the all Da brat album ant the kriss kross album too was sounding westcoast But that Da brat album was tight and very west

[Jin]

Biggie - Going Back To Cali
Sounds crazy when you bump it in your car.

[G.F.G. Records]

bring california bakk - bigg ray.mp3 - 6.50MB

[MOBNigga06]

Does Ludacris - Spur of the Moment count? It's produced by Quik, but Luda ain't west.

[slauson boy]

jadakiss shine wit snoop and quik off kiss of death
havent heard it in awhile..but i think jellyroll was on the  hook

[knowldge]

Master P - Ice Cream Man

[GimmeYourShoes]

It has to be Going Back To Cali by Biggie Smalls. Watch Dem Niggas by Nas is my 2nd candidate. That beat is so fucking smooth. Hearing this single song was enough to convince me to purchase the whole record.

[Suga Foot]

Voted for Breed.

But one of my favorite albums in 94 was Kriss Kross' Da Bomb (I was 11). 

[Fatdodger]

D.O.C The Formula

[Fatdodger]

Bone Thugs For The Love Of Money

[R-Tistic]

Yeah, I forgot to list "Goin back to Cali" up there...that song is definitely a West Coast song period...even though everybody in L.A. raps the lyrics different when we hear it..."if I got to choose a coast, I gotsta choose the WEST!!"

Kris Kross last album actually had 3-4 HEATERS that were completely West Coast....basically, everything JD did in that era and even some of his 2001 era sounded VERY West Coast influenecd. Kris Kross' tracks "Some cut up" "Live and die for Hip Hop" and "Tonight's the night" were all borderline classic songs to me.