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Title: Which album will bring the West back?
Post by: DPGC2001 on December 19, 2001, 02:16:44 PM
I think Snoop's next album could be the one...I mean his last album sold over 2 million and we all know Bitch Please was the joint that brought the West Coast back to the spotlight back in '99...I doubt Detox is dropping till at least late 2002, and Snoop's is rumored to be out by the summer...
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 02:23:14 PM
[size=200]NONE !!![/size] the west is dawm , they are the shadow of the east , when people talk about rap , they always talk about the east first..  i bet if snoop move on the east he'll be on the top on everyones heart. look when he move to the south . everybody was tought  snoop was wack n shit , then when he came back to the west and everybody came back on his side  fo a while . man that bullshit , u can't move like this everytime a move is made in the industry , thats whut makin the game fallin.. everybody lives from the east music... n dats the dawm truth
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Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on December 19, 2001, 02:25:17 PM
this album is not supposed 2 be out earlier...

Anywayz I Think That Dj Quik will Make Noise with Safe & Sound 2,also Knoc Turnal with his debut

But The one That will blow up is Paid The Coast 2 be the Bost
Because Snoop is  getting better and Better and he is is thing on his own...And Im sure that this album will bring alot of surprise like sumthin that everybody is waitng 4 and the production will be dope as fucc
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Post by: The Watcher on December 19, 2001, 02:42:04 PM
ya'll are doubtin the good Doctor again..
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Post by: infinite59 on December 19, 2001, 02:43:43 PM
Xzibit's next album.. Xzibit's holdin down the west
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Post by: CWalker187 on December 19, 2001, 02:59:43 PM
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Xzibit's next album.. Xzibit's holdin down the west


You guys are all dreaming. Snoop's next album isnt bringing back the west, and DJ Quik's and Knocturnals sure as hell isnt.
I personally think it will be a long time before the west coast is on top again....like maybe 7 or 8 years. And when it does happen, it wont be Snoop, Xzibit or any other DPG affiliates. It is gonna be a brand new generation of hungry rappers who will bring something new and innovative to rap.
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Post by: West Coast Veteran on December 19, 2001, 03:06:36 PM
Dr. Dre - 2001 brought the West back. Unfortunately other artists could not make albums that were up to par with it therefore the chance to take Hip Hop back faded away. Xzibit - Restless and Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal were the only West Coast albums to get major exposure since then.
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 03:13:28 PM
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You guys are all dreaming. Snoop's next album isnt bringing back the west, and DJ Quik's and Knocturnals sure as hell isnt.
I personally think it will be a long time before the west coast is on top again....like maybe 7 or 8 years. And when it does happen, it wont be Snoop, Xzibit or any other DPG affiliates. It is gonna be a brand new generation of hungry rappers who will bring something new and innovative to rap.
HA HA ... nigga pleez
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Post by: Top-Dogg2001 on December 19, 2001, 03:18:02 PM
THE ONLY PERSON WHO WILL BRING THE WEST BACK IS A NEW ARTIST


When an eastcoast fan thinks of the west, they think of dre, snoop, nate etc. Almost no one else matters to a lot of people. Alot of west coast artist have fallin off and the rest don't get any play on the radio or air time on tv.

I think someone needs to get in the game from the west and do there own thing. Start their own label do something original. The west seriously needs new faces.

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Post by: HBKid_Jr on December 19, 2001, 03:31:29 PM
What about Crooked I,  if suge has this great relationship wit ja fool,  he could get him to do a guest appearence on crooked's album,  if crooked i can get a big hit,  that all it takes.
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Post by: G2ThaV on December 19, 2001, 03:48:15 PM

Which album will bring the West back?

The Same man that had the westcoast on the top, until he left! ----> TUPAC SHAKUR !

I have alot of faith in the next double CD album coming in Feb/March! espeacially now that Suge is out , hopefully tha fat fuck can do something right an keep this album more gangsta rather thatn rnb!
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 04:08:05 PM
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Which album will bring the West back?

The Same man that had the westcoast on the top, until he left! ----> TUPAC SHAKUR !


::) pleez

so u telling me that until the ends of time bring the west back . HA HA HAH HAHAHA HA AH . hmm hmm HA HA HA HA HA
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Post by: G2ThaV on December 19, 2001, 05:27:26 PM

i was raferring to his next album , UTEOT was good but was too rnb ish , if he keeps pacs next album more gansta, an hardcore an reaL! thats what ppl wanna hear, an although pac is dead it would have more impact than any other westcoast album , until dre detox drops.
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 05:29:57 PM
past get regonize for his past shit , just like d o gg fo doggystyle.. i think the next gonna be like until the ends of time , but wasn't it supposed to be the shit with the peoms ???concreates
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Post by: Don Jacob on December 19, 2001, 05:39:10 PM
Detox-no doubt!
Man VS Machine is going to be fire as well becuase Xzibit said restless was only 1/10 of what he could do lyrically and his next album he said he's going to try to bring a 10 so that maybe also


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Post by: HBKid_Jr on December 19, 2001, 05:40:09 PM
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past get regonize for his past shit , just like d o gg fo doggystyle.. i think the next gonna be like until the ends of time , but wasn't it supposed to be the shit with the peoms ???concreates

tha rose that grew from concrete
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Post by: HBKid_Jr on December 19, 2001, 05:53:53 PM
tha problem wit tha west is that tha only person who is really holding it down is dre,  xzibit struggled to acheive platnium status,  snoop,  he does go 2x platnium but it is also a struggle,  besides that no1 is gettin much love on tha west,  dre is tha only one on tha west that can push units in to platnium success easily
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Post by: Alex_Wreck on December 19, 2001, 06:09:20 PM
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HA HA ... nigga pleez

You're a fool.
I think he's right, but just because he voiced an opinion that actually has some sort of legitimate basis, you gotta say "nigga pleez"? Ignorance.
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Post by: Don Jacob on December 19, 2001, 06:16:23 PM
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You're a fool.
I think he's right, but just because he voiced an opinion that actually has some sort of legitimate basis, you gotta say "nigga pleez"? Ignorance.



ya but you got to remember slick's mouth is perminatly attached to snoop's penis
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Post by: myrealname on December 19, 2001, 06:17:41 PM
SNOOP'S NEW ALBUM AND KNOCK'S LANDIN.
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Post by: DreSnoop00 on December 19, 2001, 06:21:34 PM
I think it might be
Snoop Dogg, I dunno nothing about this album yet or anything but it could bring it back because everyone knows snoop

Xzibit- He could bring it back as well, tight lyrics, if he busts out with a hit it could happen
and
Dr. Dre with Detox if it comes out next year, then this will do it if all the other ones fail IMO, he did it with 2001, i think he can do it again, with 2001 it all started off with "still D.R.E.", just listen to that song, dope 4 sure
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Post by: Cliche on December 19, 2001, 06:23:14 PM
i thought knoc was from NY?

anyways....

as far as "bringing the west back"... i didnt realize it left?  sales are down in general for anyone not named Ja Rule this year.  

I agree, it's gonna have to be someone totally new to make anyone outside of the west/westcoast heads appreciate the west more than they do now... Dre may bang in the clubs again with Detox, but when people are thinking about people on top right now most of them don't even mention Dre despite all his recent work.

The trouble is, just like the east a few years ago... there's only a few people doing their own thing in the mainstream... outside of Dre, Warren G, Snoop, Nate... most everyone else is busy trying to make shit that will sell, or make something that sounds like Dre.  Once that dies down again then perhaps the west will rise in prominence.
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Post by: js83 on December 19, 2001, 06:50:16 PM
The 213 album will bring the west back..fo sho.
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Post by: Big BpG on December 19, 2001, 06:54:03 PM
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[size=200]NONE !!![/size] the west is dawm , they are the shadow of the east , when people talk about rap , they always talk about the east first..  i bet if snoop move on the east he'll be on the top on everyones heart. look when he move to the south . everybody was tought  snoop was wack n shit , then when he came back to the west and everybody came back on his side  fo a while . man that bullshit , u can't move like this everytime a move is made in the industry , thats whut makin the game fallin.. everybody lives from the east music... n dats the dawm truth


Slickk... I gotta give you some damn credit for this post.  I remember when I liked Snoop's music from his No Limit days and people would tell me how hard Snoop fell... now he's back doing even better music and those same people are talking about how tight he is... then they have the nerve to call us Fudge Packers... lol ... well it's all gravy... I could care less what people think about the music I like... props Slickk

-Big BpG
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Post by: Big BpG on December 19, 2001, 06:56:04 PM
Anyway... my opinion? I don't care... it's music... but I'm very excited for Snoop's album ... surprising eh?

Why?

Because that producer named saulsberry said that Snoop is recieving high credits about his first single Whatever and that people are saying the Dogg is back on this one....

-Big BpG
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 07:50:01 PM
Thanks hommie, i really appreciate this


this album is too tight for me , everytime i try to hide some stuff. don't read about this album . don't listen to the snippet but just the single, dawm , i can't everywhere i go , i heard about it man, thats the way it is , i can't do nothing about it  ;D
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Post by: myrealname on December 19, 2001, 09:21:56 PM
A BIG SNOOP DOGG QUESTION FOR ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD:
He will gain another grammy awards in his career?
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Post by: myrealname on December 19, 2001, 09:29:05 PM
...bring the west back?
PHIL DA AGHONY is one of tightest mcs,defari too...but they are underground >:(
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Post by: Nosak on December 19, 2001, 10:21:39 PM
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A BIG SNOOP DOGG QUESTION FOR ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD:
He will gain another grammy awards in his career?

everything is possible.. but it's will be hard. n whats the grammie thang... theres the music grammy awards too .llol my badd .. i know he won one in 95 but thats it
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Post by: Dogg_Pound_Gangsta on December 19, 2001, 10:51:57 PM
i thin kthat either detox, 213 or nwa will put the west back on the map.


Peace
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Post by: Joachim on December 19, 2001, 10:57:45 PM
Cypress Hill will as soon as they drop that rock-rap bullshit vibe they on, when they return to just pure hip hop the game'll change...
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 19, 2001, 11:23:54 PM
i dont think ONE album is gonna do it. n yah, fah real i dunno if any artist out right now is gonna be tha one to swing it back tah tha west. u all know this shit work in cycles. tha prollem now is that....its gettin to tha point where....if it aint pop...it dont sell. i PRAY that tha west dont buy into that shit too much. but i could see, rather then sum1 like snoop bringin it back....maybe sum1 new who snoop signz to his label. or dre for sure. yall know dre gotta eye for talent. thing iz, dre is likely to sign people who aint frum tha westcoast anywayz. itll come back tho, soon. tha east faded alot when tha south took ova. only jay-z n ja rule type shit has kept it alive (like i said....POP). n itz true...westcoast artist DONT get play in NY. radio play or anything. they get hated on. unless they snoop or dre. look at tha reviewz they get in eastcoast rap magazines. if tha album dont live up to "Tha Chronic", or "Doggystyle" then they get no luv....n who tha FUK iz gonna live up to that!? but oh well, ima jus keep listenin to tha shit that bump. fuk tha rest. i know whas quality shit, n i know it aint necessarily whas sellin the most right now. so fukit. westcoast artist really need to stay westcoast tho, wuit all that runnin to east, n south labels. that shit dont do NUTHIN for tha west. n tha west need to bring out they own rap magazinez....so westcoast artists get tha proper ratingz and coverage they deserve....
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Post by: closetothalimit on December 19, 2001, 11:51:37 PM
The albums that could save west coast are
Dr. Dre
Knoc turn'al
213
or
a really, really big N.W.A reunion
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Post by: closetothalimit on December 20, 2001, 12:01:31 AM
lets face it, one of the only ways west coast could become as big as before is if the "2Pac Alive Theories" are true and he comes back with his dopest shit yet.
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Post by: Murrow on December 20, 2001, 12:50:22 AM
It won't be Snoop Dogg's album, we know nothing about it to say that.

I think it will be "Knoc's Landin" fo sho.  He'll open up a lot of eyes.
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Post by: CHEF_RAEKWON on December 20, 2001, 09:14:22 AM
crooked i
vapors (if that comes out this year)
xzibit (hopefully as lyrically good as a.t.s.o.l. and 40 dayz & 40 nightz,with no dre beats - he sucks over dre beats imo,i hope eswift produces the whole albumm)
and of course golden state (if x and ras and saafir gort back to the way they werein 96!
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Post by: NEW_MINORITY on December 20, 2001, 09:21:16 AM
detox, pac's next album, xzibit, snoop
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Post by: PLANT on December 20, 2001, 09:21:39 AM
just like snoop say
"you got to pay the cost to be the boss/ after all that dirt, i got to get my shit washed"

i thinkn bigg snoop dogg is gonna bring back the west once again just like he did w NLTopDogg
;D
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Post by: West Coast Veteran on December 20, 2001, 09:28:05 AM
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tha problem wit tha west is that tha only person who is really holding it down is dre,  xzibit struggled to acheive platnium status,  snoop,  he does go 2x platnium but it is also a struggle,  besides that no1 is gettin much love on tha west,  dre is tha only one on tha west that can push units in to platnium success easily


Snoop goes 2X Platinum everytime.
Xzibit went 2X Platinum too. [He actually went 1.5 but they certified him 2X Platinum.]

Does anyone know when Knoc's album is suppose to drop?
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Post by: caTASHtrophe on December 20, 2001, 09:28:21 AM
Who's gonna RESSURECT the West.

Why BONE THUGS of course. ;D :D ;)

Yeh they may be from the MID-West but hey they live on the west and have done SOO many collabs with west coast artists. making them practurly(sp) west coast artists

HaHaHAH haha

THE REAL RESSURECTION.

BTNH early 2002 8)
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Post by: LyRiCaL_G on December 20, 2001, 10:25:17 AM
Man i think its gone yhave to be someone fresh to man, i mean there some good west coast cats out there like knoc n hittman, but they probablu gone have west coast rappers n producers on there albums so it aint gone help in bringin the west back, but i think knock gonna get peeps checkin him out.

but i think its gonna have to be some no name west coast cat with fire man which will get peeps in other coasts raisin a eyebrow or two. i mean like a album which will represent he from the west, tell peeps the west is the best coast. bringin fire n contraversy on his album man. None of that i got luv for east n south shit, but some new shit where its only cats from the west on it n where he telle peeps exactly where he from. then when he made his name n he in his late 20s, early 30's then he can start sayin shit like he down with all east and west coasts cats.

but i think the most consistant n illest rapper on the west gotta be xzibit at the moment.

peace
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Post by: LyRiCaL_G on December 20, 2001, 10:26:37 AM
yo soz but that was meant to be east coast cats n producers on knocks n hittmans albums
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Post by: HNIC on December 20, 2001, 11:08:58 PM
for that gangsta shyyt it's hittman no doubt. hittman is the west coast version of jadakiss, jada didn't push mad units but he got respect as a mc in the east - and that blew up his name. if hittman carries on where he left off on dre2001 then the east are gonna be on his nutz. flex would drop bombs.

next is xz. this man is the greatest rapper from the west period.

crooked i can cause some choas as well if he is used right.

snoop is over. another tired lp *yawn*.

dre is the man who always brings back the west guaranteed!
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Post by: Nima - Dubcnn.com on December 21, 2001, 05:09:26 AM
dre, snoop, xzibit or 213 but they need something fresh
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Post by: D1G1T4L on December 21, 2001, 08:37:34 AM
how come no one is mentioning eminem? hehe


anyways i think reunion of NWA or new Ice Cube or Dre cd will bring the West to the top
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Post by: The Big Bad Ass on December 21, 2001, 03:12:11 PM
I don't think 1 artist can really do it. If Dre, Snoop, Cube, and Xzibit all put out decent albums within a year, that could do it. Or even the new Westside Connect, NWA, or 213 albums were to drop, in any combination, it would bring the focus back to the west, and open the door for Daz, Warren, Nate, Kurupt, Ras Kass, Crooked I, or any other cats not gettin the attention they should have. I'm not hatin on the east coast, cause I like ALOT of artists from the other side, but I'm tired of BET, MTV, The Source, or any radio stations around here (midwest) ridin only the east coasts dick. It's time to give some of the light to the west coast. There is some really good music that will never be heard thanks to politics.
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 21, 2001, 09:49:03 PM
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how come no one is mentioning eminem? hehe


ummm...i dunno....maybe, cus he aint frum tha west ??? LOL
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Post by: .: God Is One :. on December 21, 2001, 10:42:39 PM
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ummm...i dunno....maybe, cus he aint frum tha west ??? LOL


2Pac wasnt from the west either, but he was labeled as an West Coast artist, right!?

To me, Eminem are as much west as Tupac was(RIP)
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 21, 2001, 11:34:21 PM
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2Pac wasnt from the west either, but he was labeled as an West Coast artist, right!?

To me, Eminem are as much west as Tupac was(RIP)


u gotta be jokin?? u cant be frum kali. i aint neva in mah life hearda muhafucka out hea claim eminem was westcoast. therez a BIG difference in pac bein BORN in tha east. n eminem bein from detroit. eminem repz detroit. pac repped kali. pac stayed in kali. i mean, kurupt iz from philly. but, hez str8 westcoast when it comes down to it. eminem, is STR8 detroit. tah say eminem gonna BRING BACK THE WEST, thas a slap in tha face to all tha westcoast artist that are ACTUALLY frum tha west. eminem iz tight n all, but he rep hiz own shit...out hea in kali, we dont claim him as bein westcoast.
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Post by: .: God Is One :. on December 22, 2001, 12:32:36 AM
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u gotta be jokin?? u cant be frum kali. i aint neva in mah life hearda muhafucka out hea claim eminem was westcoast. therez a BIG difference in pac bein BORN in tha east. n eminem bein from detroit. eminem repz detroit. pac repped kali. pac stayed in kali. i mean, kurupt iz from philly. but, hez str8 westcoast when it comes down to it. eminem, is STR8 detroit. tah say eminem gonna BRING BACK THE WEST, thas a slap in tha face to all tha westcoast artist that are ACTUALLY frum tha west. eminem iz tight n all, but he rep hiz own shit...out hea in kali, we dont claim him as bein westcoast.


"Swedish-G" does that sound "Kali" to you?

Which coast do u put Em in then? Wich COAST?

Doesnt Em record his albums on the westcoast!?

To ME, thats Westcoast, say whatever u want.

Peace
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 22, 2001, 01:41:16 AM
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"Swedish-G" does that sound "Kali" to you?

Which coast do u put Em in then? Wich COAST?

Doesnt Em record his albums on the westcoast!?

To ME, thats Westcoast, say whatever u want.

Peace


it dont matter where u record. that dont determine whetha u eastcoast, westcoast, down south. itz where u frum. shit, jayo felony n south central cartel used tah be on def jam. does that make them eastcoast?? hell naw. all im sayin iz, im frum tha westcoast, kali....n in NO WAY doez eminem represent where im comin frum. hez detroit. well....jus outside detroit LOL
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 22, 2001, 01:44:17 AM
oh yah, one mo thing. u asked if yo name sounded "kali". shit, theas swedish people in kali.  ;D
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Post by: .: God Is One :. on December 22, 2001, 01:53:43 AM
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oh yah, one mo thing. u asked if yo name sounded "kali". shit, theas swedish people in kali.  ;D


Sorry homie, i didnt mean to disrespect u.

Do u know any swedish people were u live?
If you do, then whats their names and were in sweden r they from??? If they are girls, tell them this: "jag vill knulla dig"

Peace
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Post by: ToNe1904 on December 22, 2001, 02:00:13 AM
naw i aint know any swedish people. i mean, i met sum folks before. but tha way kali iz, itz almost like NOBODY was born hea....everybody jus ended up hea lol. so itz people frum all ova up in thiz muhafucka.
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Post by: 4 KiN L on January 02, 2002, 12:30:11 PM
a lot of albums are gonna be topsellaz...but y'all talking about artists still with the game...come backs could sell a lot too...like ice t and coolio!
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Post by: 4 KiN L on January 02, 2002, 12:36:29 PM
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how come no one is mentioning eminem? hehe


anyways i think reunion of NWA or new Ice Cube or Dre cd will bring the West to the top


cuz em iz in it wit west iz he regarded as a westcoast rappa? there aint gonna be a runion with nwa for a while dre says cos they all have movies to do and he wants to spend as much time on the album as he does with his own...he says if it aint gonna be great and all gonna be quick...then there won't be an album at all...ice cube says he has put his greatest hits out cuz he wants to do more acting and he has like 4 films comin up....warren g said the 213 alum hasn't been talked about properly though work is begginning soon! thats why no-one is mentiong these peeps, get with time b4 u run ur mouth homie! u diggin' ppl for not mentioning these guys when u don't know whats happening...
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Post by: yung-g on January 02, 2002, 04:35:53 PM
the crooked i "untouchable" could bring the west back, wit the right promotion & production. techniec is hella tyte, but aint never got promotion. but basically the west needs to promote its underground & stop dependin on these old niggaz like snoop, & dre to drop new albums. half of our underground artists got hella talent, but nobod is promotin them, so they never get heard. and i can tell that some of the west coast underground is waaaaaay better lyrically than jay-z, dmx, & all them niggaz from tha east.
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Post by: Quadruple OG on January 02, 2002, 05:35:28 PM
the way that the west coast can come back is with fresh faces, which for some, sadly means that the West Coast Monopoly (Dre, Snoop, Nate Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube) should take the year off by not releasing any albums and limiting themselves to a few guest appearances, or in Dre's case, producing.  They should let the new faces in the west (Crooked I, Baby S, Eastwood, E-White, Knoc-Turnal, Shade Sheist) and those who've been overshadowed by the West Coast Monopoly (Dj Quik, WC, Jayo Felony, Ras Kass, The Luniz, C-Bo) prove that they deserve the spotlight as much as the West Coast Monopoly has.  Also, the west coast producers that have been overlooked (Crazy Toons, Darren Vargas, Big Hutch, Quik) need to get their work showcased as well.  It's not gonna be one album, it's gotta be a bunch of albums from people to prove that the west coast isn't just Dre, Snoop, Nate, Xzibit, and Ice Cube.  It's also gotta make big waves in the east.  Some people forget that there is a east coast and that if you can sell records over there, it'll help their career greatly.