Author Topic: Is The West Coast making a comeback? (Read 709 times)

d-nice · « **Reply #30 on:** October 31, 2006, 02:31:49 PM »

Quote from: MediumL on October 31, 2006, 02:22:41 PM

The early 90's was a time when the west was at it's best but at the momment there isn't much on offer. Compared to say the east which has a lot of old and new cats making good albums. I'd like to see what happens with hyphy but tbh it sounds to similar to crunk for it to really take off. Hope someone like Dre can come up with a new west coast sound...

The east coast for a while there seemed like it was going through a indenity crisis. Not meant to be a diss, there are alot of east coast artists that keep it true, but for a while alot of east coast artists were using the west coast sound and now alot are on the south's sound. All coasts borrow different elements from others, we even have west coast mc's that sound east coast. But it seems like rappers from the west and the east want to swing the attention back to their coasts.

Mr. O · « **Reply #31 on:** October 31, 2006, 02:45:12 PM »

I haven't been feeling west for long time...and I don't think I'll ever listen to current west music for while...
Obviously gangsta rap just died back in late 90s...and west is still hanging on to something from the past....
Same ol sound but worst.... I'm hoping west be doing something else beside gangsta rap.... because without that...west ain't shit.
I don't feel snoop is anything special...ain't no different than many west rappers these days.

d-nice · « **Reply #32 on:** October 31, 2006, 02:54:10 PM »

We really need a artist that is not gangsta rap to blow up. Black Eyed Peas if they were to have the success they have now without compromising the music they would be a good example. People will support west coast music but it is almost expected that 1) It has to have Snoop on it or Dre to be tight, 2) Dre has to produce at least half of the album and they all have to be singles.

Mr. O · « **Reply #33 on:** October 31, 2006, 04:41:00 PM »

Quote from: d-nice on October 31, 2006, 02:54:10 PM

We really need a artist that is not gangsta rap to blow up. Black Eyed Peas if they were to have the success they have now without compromising the music they would be a good example. People will support west coast music but it is almost expected that 1) It has to have Snoop on it or Dre to be tight, 2) Dre has to produce at least half of the album and they all have to be singles.

well, it's not about being "non gangsta" rap.... but i'm talking about being more original... like game..he ain't orginal...he just walking mascot of nwa...
i'm talking about something that will have us step outside of this "gangsta rap" box.