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Yo MTV Raps and Rap City in the early 90s. Heard the music, went to the store to get the single at age 6-8 during that time. My pops and older cousins in Florida played lots of East Coast back in the day as well.
Non-East Coast heads, how did you go about discovering East Coast Rap?
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ReturnOfJudah
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Born and raised in California but my pops is from Philly. Grew up with him playing Biggies "Ready to Die"
He hated west coast rap
When I was 9 my cousin from Philly came to live with us cuz he was getting into some shyt out there. He was around 13-14 at the time and he used to rap.
He loved Canibus, Pun, Wu-Tang and I didn't have an older brother so I looked up to him when he stayed with us. I listened to what he listened to.
To this day outside of Schoolboy Q, Vince Staples, Quasimoto, and Earl I don't really listen to West Coast rap.
He hated west coast rap
When I was 9 my cousin from Philly came to live with us cuz he was getting into some shyt out there. He was around 13-14 at the time and he used to rap.
He loved Canibus, Pun, Wu-Tang and I didn't have an older brother so I looked up to him when he stayed with us. I listened to what he listened to.
To this day outside of Schoolboy Q, Vince Staples, Quasimoto, and Earl I don't really listen to West Coast rap.
ILLMMORTAL
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This that young shyt
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If you were born in the 90s, 106 and Park was our hip-hip video go to. They weren't playing no lyrical miracle East Coast shyt on there like that. The Shiny Suit era already did what it did by the time we were preteens.
We weren't hearing no Tribe Called Quest or Smif N Wesson outside of the East Coast like that unless our kin was listening to it.
Tommy Gibbs
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I'm from the south and got into hip hop in 1984. There was only east and west. I saw Breakin in the theater during the summer of 1984. My aunt dropped off her 2 daughers, one of my others cousins and I. They were 6 and 7 years older than me at the time. It's been 39 years and I remember a lot about that day, but not everything. It was at the Plaza cinema (the area is now has a pizza place in the location). That same summer, Purple Rain was playing at the Buccaneer Theater along with Ghostbusters.(Saw GB as well). The Buccaneer is now channel 7 news station. So my hip hop intro has always been east AND west. The question for me is who the first southern rappers were I listened to and that was more than likely 2 live crew.
I listen to it all. I was never strictly a one coast guy. That's fukin silly
I listen to it all. I was never strictly a one coast guy. That's fukin silly
ILLMMORTAL
THE ILLEST
Well why don’t just ask ur kin? Young nikka!It is
If you were born in the 90s, 106 and Park was our hip-hip video go to. They weren't playing no lyrical miracle East Coast shyt on there like that. The Shiny Suit era already did what it did by the time we were preteens.
We weren't hearing no Tribe Called Quest or Smif N Wesson outside of the East Coast like that unless our kin was listening to it
Why you getting upset about discussion on a discussion board?Well why don’t just ask ur kin? Young nikka!
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BmoreGorilla
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Tribe and Smif n Wesson is far from what someone would call lyrical miracleIt is
If you were born in the 90s, 106 and Park was our hip-hip video go to. They weren't playing no lyrical miracle East Coast shyt on there like that. The Shiny Suit era already did what it did by the time we were preteens.
We weren't hearing no Tribe Called Quest or Smif N Wesson outside of the East Coast like that unless our kin was listening to it.
They are..... compared to what they were playing on the radio and music TV in 2005Tribe and Smif n Wesson is far from what someone would call lyrical miracle
BmoreGorilla
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True. From that perspective they were definitely lyrical miracleThey are..... compared to what they were playing on the radio and music TV in 2005
ILLMMORTAL
THE ILLEST
How bout you get outside of your own thoughts of what you think I’m feeling and just do what I suggested youngin!Why you getting upset about discussion on a discussion board?
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Summer and fall 1995 he had The Infamous, Cuban Linx, 4,5,6 and Doe or Die and we played those all the time. That along with discovering BIG and Nas a little earlier did it. Put me onto Geto Boys and Scarface, UGK, 8Ball & MJG around that time too
Also MTV and BET used to play videos from everywhere including more underground artists you'd never hear on local radio. Obviously radio would play stuff like Naughty By Nature, LL, BIG even before the telecommunications act in 1996
Summer and fall 1995 he had The Infamous, Cuban Linx, 4,5,6 and Doe or Die and we played those all the time. That along with discovering BIG and Nas a little earlier did it. Put me onto Geto Boys and Scarface, UGK, 8Ball & MJG around that time too
Also MTV and BET used to play videos from everywhere including more underground artists you'd never hear on local radio. Obviously radio would play stuff like Naughty By Nature, LL, BIG even before the telecommunications act in 1996
