LunaticVillage415
All Star
True indeed. People forget that it took years and years for records like Illmatic and Reasonable Doubt to go plat. Anybody who old enough to remember the whole 90’s know that the West had the rap game on lock in terms of sales. L.A. was like the ATL of the 90’s. It was so bad that East Coast rappers had to switch they style by taking elements of Cali rap to actually sell. Biggie blew up because his singles were basically G-Funk records (i.e. “Juicy”, “Big Poppa”). NY hardcore rap in the early to mid 90’s was a direct artistic response to Cali gangsta shyt.
Quik was huge in Cali. But he never had the machine behind him to the level Dre did. The FBI warning on the NWA album is what really captured white America’s attention with Dre and they never stopped paying attention after that. NWA’s controversy kept them in rebellious white peoples ears.
Dre roster was no more talented than Quik roster. If you know Cali rap like that, you know Snoop got his whole style from 415 from Oakland.
Like blatant style copying. And a Snoop even admitted he based his style off them. It’s just the machine pushed Death Row harder. They made it seem like Dre invented the wheel when he really just popularized the sound and style that was going in Cali at the time. He might have upped the ante, but he didn’t create the wave. 
