Someone educate a NYC nikka on bay area hip-hop.

[the cac mamba]

I grew up listening to East coast groups, and some West coast acts because my dad did some articles for hip-hop magazines. But I never really knew much about the Bay and their scene until like the early 00's some one hip me.

@Ronnie Lott I know you're from the bay (I think) educate a breh.

 

[ManBearPig]

Wait the Luniz was from the bay?

U just started listening to rap yesterday?

 

[InfamousThoro]

Dru Down got some piff too

 

[kingofnyc]

The B.U.M.S.....

DAMNNNN, ain't hear this shyt like in 20 years

 

[BigL187]

psycho gangsta ballin 4 life is a must check out

 

[MrFettuccinnePockets]

E 40
The Jacka

 

[Neuromancer]

U just started listening to rap yesterday?

I'm going to assume you're being facetious. For most of my life I only cared about east coast, mainly NY centric rap. So much so that Once NY stopped producing artists in the way they used to, I walked away from rap.

 

[Neuromancer]

Man OP thanks for making this thread because man I need to know this as well.

I moved to the Bay to go to school. One thing I love about the Bay is that they show love to everyone. I'm a NYC cat and when I go out out here I always get shown love. Idk, i guess it's the chill vibes of Cali. But man, what I truly love is when I go to the clubs or parties and some Bay Area songs come out...they go CRAZY. Let some Mac Dre, Mistah Fab, e40 some Too Short come on...everyone goes crazy and gets "hyphy" or some shyt like that and start gyrating moving side to side and shyt. Idk i just love it it's like a sense of pride they have. I view it as if a Capone n Noriega. AZ, Lox, Big Pun, Nas, Mobb Deep, Biggie song comes out for us NY cats. Anyways I respect it man Bay Areaaaaaaaa

All of the artists you named were mostly all I listened to with a few snatches of west coast and when I say a few I mean death row.

 

[Juven]

saafir and dj clark kent

 

[Mac Casper]

Mac Dre >

 

[MrFettuccinnePockets]

Mac Dre >

Fax

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

@The Grendel here's a breakdown of some of the more notable names in the scene by era

80's/early 90s

RBL Posse (RIP)
415
Too $hort
The Click
Digital Underground
MC Pooh Man
Totally Insane
Sean T
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Paris
Hugh E.M.C.
APG Crew

Mid 90s

Spice 1
E-40
The Coup
Rappin 4 Tay
Ant Banks
Askari X
Conscious Daughters
Dre Dog (Andre Nickatina)
Luniz
Ray Luv
Dru Down
Cellski
Richie Rich
Seagram (RIP)
11/5
Ill Mannered Posse
Mac Mall
Celly Cel
Souls of Mischief
Casual
Saafir

Late 90s

3xKrazy
Whoridas
San Quinn
Bored Stiff
Bavgate/Steady Mobb'n
Rasco
Dan The Automator
DJ Shadow
Messy Marv
Mac Dre
Mob Figaz

Early 2000's

The Jacka (RIP)
Zion I
Yukmouth
Blackalicious
Baby Bash
Cali Agents
Equipto
Keak Da Sneak


Mid 2000's

The Pack
Taj-He-Spitz
Mistah FAB
Turf Talk
Traxamillion
Johnny Ca$H (RIP)

Ever since the mid 2000's the scene been slowly dying Only a couple names worth mentioning after 2006...

J.Stalin/Livewire Records
iamsu/HBK Gang
HD/Bearfaced ENT
Ezale
Nef The Pharaoh
DJ Fresh
Young Gully
D-Lo
etc. The peak of our scene was definitely the 90s... What an era though Can't go wrong starting with any of the above.

 

[Neuromancer]

@The Grendel here's a breakdown of some of the more notable names in the scene by era

80's/early 90s

RBL Posse (RIP)
415
Too $hort
The Click
Digital Underground
MC Pooh Man
Totally Insane
Sean T
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Paris
Hugh E.M.C.
APG Crew

Mid 90s

Spice 1
E-40
The Coup
Rappin 4 Tay
Ant Banks
Askari X
Conscious Daughters
Dre Dog (Andre Nickatina)
Luniz
Ray Luv
Dru Down
Cellski
Richie Rich
Seagram (RIP)
11/5
Ill Mannered Posse
Mac Mall
Celly Cel
Souls of Mischief
Casual
Saafir

Late 90s

3xKrazy
Whoridas
San Quinn
Bored Stiff
Bavgate/Steady Mobb'n
Rasco
Dan The Automator
DJ Shadow
Messy Marv
Mac Dre
Mob Figaz

Early 2000's

The Jacka (RIP)
Zion I
Yukmouth
Blackalicious
Baby Bash
Cali Agents
Equipto
Keak Da Sneak


Mid 2000's

The Pack
Taj-He-Spitz
Mistah FAB
Turf Talk
Traxamillion
Johnny Ca$H (RIP)

Ever since the mid 2000's the scene been slowly dying Only a couple names worth mentioning after 2006...

J.Stalin/Livewire Records
iamsu/HBK Gang
HD/Bearfaced ENT
Ezale
Nef The Pharaoh
Young Gully
D-Lo
etc. The peak of our scene was definitely the 90s... What an era though Can't go wrong starting with any of the above.

I"ll check em. I like HBK.

 

[Xerces]

Furl was flowing on this track

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

I"ll check em. I like HBK.

High-key the best thing to happen to Bay Area rap since the mid 2000's is DJ Fresh. He's a producer originally from Baltimore who moved out here (San Jose) as a child, he was heavy in the DJ battle scene until he started his Tonite Show album series where he and his production crew The Whole Shabang did albums with almost literally every notable rapper in the scene between 2005 and now. His style is heavily 80s influenced as well as East Coast and Bay Area influenced, he's been responsible for some very dope music.