You're listening to the wrong shit apparently.
Which rap is better...west or east coast (Poll)
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DJ mustard is decent...and DJ creep..they are solid...Dizzy Wright is my favorite west Coaster now...hes from LV area I believe...
Nah. They don't even rhyme over beats anymore, I don't really dig it. This shit today doesn't fuck with Juice vs. Supernatural.
Yea I feel ya...its not freestyling like the good ol days...There are some good schemes and punchlines..but I like when they are freestyling and using rebuttles in true original battle form..
Agreed. Generally speaking, today's rap just sucks. Wow, I sound old...one of these days I'm going to start calling people whippersnappers
Almost impossible to pick a favorite but I've definitely listened to way more west coast. Too Short, Bone Thugs, Pac, Del, CMW, NWA, MC Ren, Dre, Snoop, DJ Quik, Cypress hill, Blackalicious, Ice Cube, Ice T, Digital Underground, Eazy E, Hieroglyphics, Luniz, N2Deep, Nate Dogg, Souls of mischief, The Dogg Pound, Warren G, .....fuck way too many to list.
Favorite east coast has to be the Wu and from the south its gotta be Geto Boys.
Favorite east coast has to be the Wu and from the south its gotta be Geto Boys.
I can see I'm going to break out some East Coast history here. We'll start with
The Foundation:
SugarHill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Caz, Funky Four, Africa Bambaataa
The Evolution:
RUN-DMC, LL Cool J, Whodini, Doug E Fresh/Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Fat Boys, MC Shan/Marley Marl, UTFO
The Breakout (88):
Public Enemy, KRS-1 (Boogie Down Productions), Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane
Native Tongues - The New School:
A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Latifah, Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes), De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Brand Nubian, Beatnuts, Common, Fu Schnickens
East Coast Renaissance (Golden Age):
Wu Tang Clan, Pete Rock, Notorious BIG, DJ Premier, Boot Camp Clik, Mobb Deep, Black Moon, Jay-Z, Gang Starr, Digable Planets, 3rd Bass, Smif-N-Wesson, NAS, O.C, Organized Confusion, The Roots, Fugees
New Golden Age (Rawkus Records):
Mos Def and Talib Kweli (Blackstarr), Tommy Tee, Eminem, Pharoah Monch, Company Flow, Big L
I may continue this but it's a big subject and I just put together some quick stuff taking us to the 2000's. There's a ton of good music out on the Underground especially on the East coast but you have to forego the radio and pay attention.
I'm kind of a historian about this subject since it's basically my life and the people around me.
The Foundation:
SugarHill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Caz, Funky Four, Africa Bambaataa
The Evolution:
RUN-DMC, LL Cool J, Whodini, Doug E Fresh/Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Fat Boys, MC Shan/Marley Marl, UTFO
The Breakout (88):
Public Enemy, KRS-1 (Boogie Down Productions), Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane
Native Tongues - The New School:
A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Latifah, Leaders of the New School (Busta Rhymes), De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Brand Nubian, Beatnuts, Common, Fu Schnickens
East Coast Renaissance (Golden Age):
Wu Tang Clan, Pete Rock, Notorious BIG, DJ Premier, Boot Camp Clik, Mobb Deep, Black Moon, Jay-Z, Gang Starr, Digable Planets, 3rd Bass, Smif-N-Wesson, NAS, O.C, Organized Confusion, The Roots, Fugees
New Golden Age (Rawkus Records):
Mos Def and Talib Kweli (Blackstarr), Tommy Tee, Eminem, Pharoah Monch, Company Flow, Big L
I may continue this but it's a big subject and I just put together some quick stuff taking us to the 2000's. There's a ton of good music out on the Underground especially on the East coast but you have to forego the radio and pay attention.
I'm kind of a historian about this subject since it's basically my life and the people around me.
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Didnt Mel e Mel just have 1 diss track? That's all she came out with
Don't even think she came out with an actual album
LOL, Melle Mel is a guy and he would lose his mind if somebody didn't know his place in rap history. Guy was HUGELY important to what became rap.
Start with this:
Then read this:
Melle Mel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oh, and technically Tupac's best stuff was done where he was born....the east coast
Dear Abe,
Thank you for dropping knowledge.
Thank you for dropping knowledge.
It's my favorite subject, the pleasure is all mine. Most of these guys are still living and still doing it. We had a get together just last month at BB Kings.
Poor Flash got his car accidentally stolen just last week, lol
A New York parking garage gave away Grandmaster Flash’s car to someone else
New York City police are investigating Grandmaster Flash’s missing car after the 2014 white Dodge Charger was given away by a parking attendant on July 16.
Police told the AP that Grandmaster Flash, whose real name is Joseph Saddler, parked his car in the garage and when he returned about an hour later, the attendant said he had mistakenly given the car to someone else he thought was Grandmaster Flash.
The DJ shared photos of his car on Instagram and tweeted that the car was filled with “priceless vintage records and equipment.”
I might be a white(ish) guy from Canada, but hip hop was my life from the early 90's until about 02, and I learned everything I could about its present, it's past, and it's future. It's future is why I don't listen to it much anymore (Fuck you Timbaland) To see your breakdown flooded me back with memories though.
You might be surprised that a resurgence of the nineties sound is taking place right now. Lyricism is becoming important again. Like I said, you have to pay attention to the Underground because that's where it started and that's where it's starting again.
Guys like Joey Bada$$/Pro Era are new school versions of the nineties sound.
I'd love hearing any more of your recs in the lyrical/90s-esque vein,
@ABE FROMAN !