Has the bay area contributed more to hip hop than any individual borough of New York?
- Thread starter BrothaZay
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Breh hip hop was invented in the Bronx and you're questioning its importance
What is wrong with these people
ehhh, it was Jamaican culture that was started in a park that happened to be in the Bronx.... location means nothing..
chicken or the egg
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
U trying way to hard to disdain.
Yeah Nas just some rapper who dad happens to have in NY... So what
El Vato
Pro
lol don't get me going on lecry james lol
Bay Area legends:
GOAT
E40
Too Short
Mac Dre
Luniz
Rappin 4 tay
MC Hammer
etc
Their influence:
GOAT- Your fav rappers favorite rapper
E40- Slang and style. Started fuccin with the south before it was cool to do so. Make 9 figures before Jay z
Too Short- Independent album hustlin. Showd u aint need no major label to get on. Still has people BEGGING him for features in 2016
Mac Dre- 10 albums 6 years. Pioneered hyphy movement. Loved in hoods across the country despite never having big radio play.
Luniz- I got 5 on it. made the term hater popular which everyone uses.
Rappin 4 tay- Drake stealing his bars 20 years later to create a billboard hit
MC Hammer- First rapper to go diamond.
Bay Area influence as a whole:
-Started black panthers
-The first ones to sip lean
-Made sideshows/car events hot in the hood
-Dreads
-Made gold teeth popular
-Being an independent artist
El Vato
Pro
at least we never tried to sport pink LOL..you can have that LOL and I was wondering when you'd show up
nikka i been discussin lil j since the
days,,...aint shyt gone happen to u..whats is known is known...
i had family who put in work for em...held em down etc...
back then he was mystery ...his guard has been down for yrs...
back in the 90s u would never see him out there like this... if his same enemies was around ..he could easily be touch nowadays..out of the 40 goons he got nowadays only 4 of em been around since the 90s...these nikkas around em are fans...let 1 off in the air they runnin for cover...
he has replaced plenty of his new circle over time jus off the strength they not war ready like it was before..nikkas were boppaz...when they are around celebs..when the old team didnt give a fukk about who u were...
when pimp was still alive...he saw it..nikkas would run up on pimp all the time...pimp had it out with j...bout his safety...nikka ran up on pimp at the wrong time durin sxsw ... kb da kidnappa from street military put em to sleep
j been slippin for yrs..
back in the gap this photo was rare to the hip hop world..
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El Vato
Pro
true...I'm not scared of him at all...it's just sht on the side I got going on and he's doing his thing. That's all it is.
What has the Bronx created in 30 years?
Afrika BamSanduski?
Fat Joe?
Peter Gunz?
u gonna post a top10 better than this
- krs
- melly mel
- grandmaster caz
- big pun
- slick rick
- kurtis blow
- cl smooth
- kool keith
- fat joe
- lord finesse
El Vato
Pro
LOL we didn't try to make a movement nikka lol
El Vato
Pro
you hold the L for yaself lol
Cel 510 kid ados forever
Veteran
Mine is pac nas em ice cube too short. Three from California one from DetroitA lot of cities contributed to Hip Hop.
The top 5 MCs are always Biggie, PAC, Nas , Jay-z, and Rakim and all of then got New York birth certificates. So what does that tell you.