I miss when rap was more segregated in the 90s

[observe]

Back then you could tell the difference between west coast rap and east coast rap. New York had the soul/jazzy type of beats with the thick New York accent. The west coast had those funky bass driven beats with the smooth flow..now it's all globalized and all the regions sound the same..rappers biting each other..beat makers biting..back then you had creativity and used the elements from your local surrounding..nowadays I can't tell the difference between east coast rap and west coast rap..

 

[FRIED MASON]

I agree...

You heard French Montana? That nikka sounds like he from Miami/Atlanta...

 

[Mandarin Duck]

I think during the 90's people stuck to their region. If you were from the west you listened to west coast music and east vice-versa. With the internet it it gives people access to music from regions outside of their own. You would think this would make for some unique sounding music, but all that led to was a bunch of unoriginal ass nikkas copying the south

 

[observe]

I think during the 90's people stuck to their region. If you were from the west you listened to west coast music and east vice-versa. With the internet it it gives people access to music from regions outside of their own. You would think this would make for some unique sounding music, but all that led to was a bunch of unoriginal ass nikkas copying the south

Not true..I still heard other regions..if you were listening to hip hop back then you didn't discriminate as long as it was dope..

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Not true..I still heard other regions..if you were listening to hip hop back then you didn't discriminate as long as it was dope..

you can't deny that in Cali during the 90s a majority of people listened to only west coast artist. What im saying is MOST people from whatever region stuck to their own kind. Not everyone was as cultured as you nikka

 

[daze23]

you telling me he was listening to mobb deep?

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Are you reading my entire post? or nitpicking at what im saying? So a majority of people from the west during the 90's DIDNT stick to only west coast artist?

 

[observe]

Haha true..I don't know how anyone can not ever listen to other regions back then when we had The Box and radio play..naughty by nature, heavy D, redman, keith murray, craig mack and 100 other east coast rappers were huge on the west and vice versa..

 

[Mandarin Duck]

You said artist used their local surroundings to create music, then agree with a person who shows you evidence of west coast artist biting during the 90s? So what side are you on?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Are you reading my entire post? or nitpicking at what im saying? So a majority of people from the west during the 90's DIDNT stick to only west coast artist?

No, they didn't. I was stationed out in California during the early 90's and the clubs out there played stuff from the East Coast as well as the West, Midwest and South. Only went up to the Bay like twice, but in the Southland it was mostly East Coast tracks you'd hear.​

 

[observe]

You said artist used their local surroundings to create music, then agree with a person who shows you evidence of west coast artist biting during the 90s? So what side are you on?

SCC bit the names, not the sound..SCC beats and style are the grass roots to true LA gangsta rap..

 

[mortuus est]

 

[Wacky D]

theres still a lot of regionalism in rap actually.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

Asap & French don't represent the average NY'r, whether they b backpackers or regular street kids doing they thing.

 

[diggy]

you dont know how many times I went to the cd store back in the 90s and picked up one of these albums off the rack on accident even tho I knew the group should have said mobb deep