I miss when rap was more segregated in the 90s

[LunaticVillage415]

You got it backwards doe. Havoc and Prodeje been out longer than Mobb Deep. They were members of the South Central Cartel who been out since 91'.

And anyone who really know West Coast shyt knows that Mobb Deep was heavily influenced by Cali Gangsta music.

"Years ago when we was younger seemed the hood took us under"

- Prodigy of Mobb Deep on "Temperatures Rising"

"Hood took Me Under" is a classic Compton's Most Wanted song. The whole East Coast hardcore movement of the early to mid 90's was blatantly inspired by West Coast Gangsta Rap, both underground and mainstream.

 

[FreshAIG]

LOL @ west coast rappers not listening to NY in the 90s

Snoop and Nas both talk about how they ran into each other in Cali in 1993 a whole year before Illmatic dropped and Snoop told him how dope he thought he was.

 

[the cac mamba]

You got it backwards doe. Havoc and Prodeje been out longer than Mobb Deep. They were members of the South Central Cartel who been out since 91'.
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so this is it? cuz i remeber readin that mobb stepped to those dudes about the names once

either way, two of them are fukkin clowns

 

[Jone2three45]

Is that album cover real?

 

[SuckaFreeTee]

I can agree to a certain degree....Mainstream rap yeah but overall? Nah... I just believe in dope music fukk all this segregation/regional shyt

 

[observe]

You got it backwards doe. Havoc and Prodeje been out longer than Mobb Deep. They were members of the South Central Cartel who been out since 91'.

And anyone who really know West Coast shyt knows that Mobb Deep was heavily influenced by Cali Gangsta music.

"Years ago when we was younger seemed the hood took us under"

- Prodigy of Mobb Deep on "Temperatures Rising"

"Hood took Me Under" is a classic Compton's Most Wanted song. The whole East Coast hardcore movement of the early to mid 90's was blatantly inspired by West Coast Gangsta Rap, both underground and mainstream.

Prodigy has been out since 90..he was featured on a hi 5 song called "too young"..a year later him and havoc formed a group called poetical prophets ..SCC bit them

 

[Crakface]

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..

No one wants to hear back in the day stories from old ass nikkas. You gotta get with the times.

 

[Truality]

I miss segragation in life too

 

[observe]

No one wants to hear back in the day stories from old ass nikkas. You gotta get with the times.

 

[Wild self]

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

Most kids look like Drake nowadays.

 

[The_Third_Man]

Is there anything the coli don't love about the 90s? Is there anything you love about now?

same fukking thread every other hour

 

[AB Ziggy]

Most kids look like Drake nowadays.

So every kid you see today is light skin and singing?

 

[Wild self]

So every kid you see today is light skin and singing?

Many kids are mixed raced now and they are on that alternative/ emo shyt.

 

[Truality]

Is there anything the coli don't love about the 90s? Is there anything you love about now?

same fukking thread every other hour

then fix the now bytch

 

[LunaticVillage415]

LOL @ west coast rappers not listening to NY in the 90s

Snoop and Nas both talk about how they ran into each other in Cali in 1993 a whole year before Illmatic dropped and Snoop told him how dope he thought he was.

Rap nikkas from everywhere are more studious of the game than you think. Rappers from different areas of the country fukk with each other too and know who to holla at when they go to different cities. If you a rapper, you don't have an automatic pass just to slide through any city. Plus rappers always wanna go to the hood and get the insider experience when they go to different cities and states. Snoop said that he wouldn't go to NYC without hollering at the right nikkas. Case in point, rappers from my old hood in Lakeview in SF like Cellski know everybody in the damn industry and everybody fukk with dem when they come to the Bay from Curren$y to 2Chainz to Jeezy to Wiz Khalifa to Jim Jones etc. But you know that real street nikkas who rap don't be on TV everyday and dressing gay on that mainstream Illuminatti shyt.

You right that East Coast and Down South rappers used to slide through Cali all the time before they blew up. I read somewhere that Jay-Z tried to slip somebody his demo tape back in the early 90's at the McDonald's in Fillmoe in Frisco.

But some things were way too much of a coincidence too. Like Dre Dog a.k.a. Andre Nickatina from Fillmoe in Frisco came out with this song called "The Ave" that used the same exact Mtume sample as "Juicy" a whole year before Biggie and Bad Boy used it. Coincidence? I think not. Big and Puff were out in the Bay at some point in 93' and heard the Nickatina joint on the radio or out somehwere and straight gaffled the idea and ran with it knowing that Bay nikkas don't be on TV and the radio nationwide like that