Who Are The Legends Of West Coast Hip-Hop? ...let the debate begin

[acbaylove]

tq aint a legend but he does good music, but e40 aint do anything good he aint a legend

E-40 is no doubt a Bay Area legend, so it's not that dumb to add him somehow in a West Coast Hip-hop legends list, c'mon.
Too $hort, E-40, Spice 1, Yukmouth, C-BO, Mac Dre, 4Tay.. we can consider them all Bay Area legends for damn sure! No doubt about it.

[BigBDrugStores]

tq aint a legend but he does good music

that's what i'm saying... he does have a legendary song though

but any word on gemini?

[mauzip]

the song Make Dat Money off his new mixtape is a Gemini cut

[Machiavelli]

WestCoast Legends are people who are influential to WestCoast Hip-Hop

 2pac
 NWA - all including The DOC
 Snoop Doggy Dogg
 DJ Quik
 Ice-T
 Mix Master Spade & Toddy Tee
 King Tee
 Too $hort
 Above The Law
 E-40

 
 

[Makaveli R.I.P.]

2Pac
Warren G
MC Ren
Eazy-E
Dr. Dre
E-40
Ice-T
DJ Quik
Snoop Dogg
Too $hort
Frost
MC Eiht
WC
Ice Cube

[Wild_Elmo]

theres no point in people naming the same people over and over.....

[ExZit]

to keep the artists to a minimum i would say..

Ice-T (the first MC to get respct on the eastcoast)

NWA (the founders of gangsta rap)

Kid Frost (the godfather of chicano rap)

Too Short + E-40 (the godfathers of bay area rap)

2pac + Snoop (for bein the commercial symbols of gangsta rap thru the 90's)


then of course there are a few others that brought their 2 cents to the game, but IMO theese are the most important!

[Machiavelli]

to keep the artists to a minimum i would say..

Ice-T (the first MC to get respct on the eastcoast)

NWA (the founders of gangsta rap)

Kid Frost (the godfather of chicano rap)

Too Short + E-40 (the godfathers of bay area rap)

2pac + Snoop (for bein the commercial symbols of gangsta rap thru the 90's)


then of course there are a few others that brought their 2 cents to the game, but IMO theese are the most important!

yeah thats a good list...But I would add DJ Quik. Hes a legend for being the first producer/rapper(well dre, but he doesnt write his own rythms and his first album came out in 1992 while quiks came out in early 91. Also, for basically pioneering the funky sound that the Westcoast and Deathrow is famous for...

[Juronimo]

to keep the artists to a minimum i would say..

Ice-T (the first MC to get respct on the eastcoast)

NWA (the founders of gangsta rap)

Kid Frost (the godfather of chicano rap)

Too Short + E-40 (the godfathers of bay area rap)

2pac + Snoop (for bein the commercial symbols of gangsta rap thru the 90's)


then of course there are a few others that brought their 2 cents to the game, but IMO theese are the most important!

yeah thats a good list...But I would add DJ Quik. Hes a legend for being the first producer/rapper(well dre, but he doesnt write his own rythms and his first album came out in 1992 while quiks came out in early 91. Also, for basically pioneering the funky sound that the Westcoast and Deathrow is famous for...

[ColdManey]

tq aint a legend but he does good music, but e40 aint do anything good he aint a legend

You trippin for real, blood. He got so many classics I cant even name em all, plus he pioneered the independent game the way its run today. There were others before him but he changed the way it was done. Independent hustle tycoon. Plus he has contributed a plethora of slang and trends to the world (fasheezy and every variation of it, even snoop will tell you that, poppin collars, etc, etc, etc) Anyway, here is just a few of his unfuckwitable hits, you need to get on this hype.

1. Sprinkle Me
2. Million Dollar Spot
3. Doin Dirt Bad
4. Captain Save A Ho
5. Hurricane (The Click)
6. Rapper's Ball
7. Hope I Dont Go Back
8. Practice Lookin Hard
9. Da Bumble
10. Sidewayz
11. Doin The Fool
12. Rep Yo City
13. Til The Dawn
14. Nuttin Ass Nigga
15. Dusted & Disgusted
16. One Luv
17. Ring It
18. I Got 5 On It Remix
19. Circumstances
20. Nigga Shit
21. Sho Nuff
22. I Hope You Get This Kite
23. Show & Prove
24. Beware Of Those
25. Rollin 100's

And the list goes on and on. You aint gotta like him, but to not recognize him as a legend and a pioneer and a true innovator is ridiculous.

Oh yeah, and I need to add One Drop Scott and Tone Capone to my producers list.

[BigBDrugStores]

no hes not a legend, hes nobody

[ColdManey]

no hes not a legend, hes nobody

If only he was doin it movin like those atlanta legends at big nest records. maybe one day if he grind hella hard he'll be as big as them.

[BigBDrugStores]

why you hatin before the cd is even finnished. BIRDSNEST

[mauzip]

just because you dig an artist for several years, that doesn't make him a legend

e-40 is a veteran in the game, but he's not a legend...

legends are rare and the way you guys seem to make it look is like every single artist you're feeling is a legend

[acbaylove]

I said he's a BAY AREA legend. Period.