Was Atlanta influenced by the West Coast in the early 1990's
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IllmaticDelta
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funk is actually southern-->then mid west----->.then west coast
the funk that was in the north east was more disco-funk outside of P-funk who were funk rock.
Philly
Baltimore
Newark
Boston
And you realize people drive in New York right
The idea that all black people live in projects in NYC is
BmoreGorilla
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ive heard Snoop say plenty of times that Slick Rick is one of his main influences along with Big Daddy Kane. But he definitely wasn't a Slick Rick clone in the same regard Da Brat was a Snoop cloneNot sure what you hearing. Even Snoop would tell you who fathered him
What is the earliest “southern” funk song you got an example of? When I think about it most examples are midwest acts or at most what you could call Midsouth.
I moved to ATL in the 90s with my parents and the answer is yes. They were influenced especially by the Bay. Too Short was living here and had alot of Bay Area cats repping. When i was in middle school 93-94, cats was listening to Rappin 4tay and Spice One. nikkas in ATL was bumping Oakland music and booty shake from Miami like Jam Pony and Uncle Al. They had old school Impalas and Chevy's on vogues. On the fashion side, nikkas was wearing dikkie Suits, Kangols and chucks. ATL always been a weird mixture of Florida and Oakland up until recently.
BmoreGorilla
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Most black folks in NY never lived in Manhattan tho except for Harlem. You can find houses with yards in Queens, BK and the Bronx
Nobody lives in those cities you named because they want to brehPhilly
Baltimore
Newark
Boston
And you realize people drive in New York right
The idea that all black people live in projects in NYC is
Never seen someone in my life say “breh im moving to baltimore” because they want to.
Most of those Ohio funk bands were influenced by James because King records (his label) was based in Ohio. Bootsy , Fred Wesley and them were actually in James Brown band.
@BmoreGorillaNobody lives in those cities you named because they want to breh
Never seen someone in my life say “breh im moving to baltimore” because they want to.
Philly and Bmore have always had significant black communities
And all those cities have made important contributions to black music
From a historical context as far as NYC in concerned is Harlem NOT the AA epicenter of NYC?
BmoreGorilla
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Yup. Especially Philly during the 70s@BmoreGorilla
Philly and Bmore have always had significant black communities
And all those cities have made important contributions to black music
BmoreGorilla
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True but its not like there aren't other historic black enclaves in NYC. Harlem was just the most famous and that was most likely due to its Manhattan location
Pit Bull
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This is like saying Kobe was influenced by MJ. It's not an earth shattering revelation. It's just a fact of life. Everyone was influenced by the west coast in the 90s.