All things considered, from the earliest moments of Rap History to today, which region is strongest?
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QB it's own region
2 greatest rappers of all time and the GOAT producer.
Pac was born in Queens? I thought harlem
This is because NY had a stranglehold on Rap media and narrative until the Internet came into fruition.
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QB it's own region
2 greatest rappers of all time and the GOAT producer.
G Rap and Pharoahe Monch
Biggest Producer of All Time - Dr Dre
Most Important Writer of All Time- Ice Cube
Biggest Rapper of All Time - 2pac
One of the biggest names in hip hop history - Snoop Dogg
Best record label of all time - Death Row
Best Diss song of all time - Hit Em Up
Best album of past 10+ years - Good Kid Maad City
Most Influential Rap Group of All Time - NWA
Best hood movies of all time - Boyz in tha Hood
its really not up for debate..
Most Important Writer of All Time- Ice Cube
Biggest Rapper of All Time - 2pac
One of the biggest names in hip hop history - Snoop Dogg
Best record label of all time - Death Row
Best Diss song of all time - Hit Em Up
Best album of past 10+ years - Good Kid Maad City
Most Influential Rap Group of All Time - NWA
Best hood movies of all time - Boyz in tha Hood
its really not up for debate..
Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
Those are two I disagree with.
Gonna say FishScale for best album of past 10+ years and best diss song is No Vaseline
But tbh most of that is on point. Shows West Coast dominance when it really matters. Still voted East though.
honestly, West Coast interests me the most...just the sound and diversity in styles. from 2pac to Pharcyde, from Spice 1 to Too Short
but of course N.Y. defaults bc it was the birthplace
but of course N.Y. defaults bc it was the birthplace
West Coast wins this easily. West coast not only birthed our own style, own culture and never dikkrode other regions to be accepted. We kept inventing new sounds a d never adopted the next regions sound in order to be relevant *coughs East Coast*
West coast started the independent grind, didn't rely on majors or radio play. Didn't dikkride dj's and play the payola game. Started gangsta rap, g funk, hyphy, turf, horror core, mobb music, jerkin, ratchet, pimp rap etc
the west coast's claim to fame is gangsta rap, which was a spin on philly's schooly d, who was also the first independent star.
g-funk was great while it lasted, but even with that, you can say that EPMD was the blueprint.
the rest of this stuff never really caught on. but I personally like mob music a lot.
its not even close.
the south hasn't even surpassed the west coast for second place. when the west coast was on top, they carried a certain level of respect within the culture.
the south's mainstream run was great from say '96 to the early '00s. but once crunk hit, the south became a joke with a few gems sprinkled in here-n-there.
and the east isn't envious of the south's commercial success. the south doesn't really sell like that in general. other coasts just want their spins.
get that Kendrick chit out of there.
I can rock with the rest of this.
the west coast had a great 9 or 10 year run. but they lost their way after that. they gotta bring more to unseat the east.
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MidnightMercenary
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Can't disagree with much of these besides best diss song ("No Vaseline") and best album of past 10+ years (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy personally). But I'd put TPAB over GKMC :/
Loud Records is mostly an East Coast label but you can't wrong with a label with Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep together
they're up there with the best
Its true
Swisha House, 3-6, Goodie Mob, Geto Boys, CM, NL , etc never got their due acclaim because NY media was only focused on propping up boring ass NY artist
media always propped up goodie mob & geto boys.
its not about east coast. its about the journalists' tastes(usually native tongue stylings & '90s boom bap). goodie mob fell in line with native tongues.