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SPIN: Why Is The Bay So Fukkin Weird
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one thing that always bugged me out was when pac said he learnt the game once he lived out in the bay. this is a guy who was raised his first 15 years in new york fukkin city, but it was in oakland of all places where he finally learnt the game
it got me thinking 'whats in the bay that you cant find in NYC?'
it got me thinking 'whats in the bay that you cant find in NYC?'
Also, it's rare that people actually look into what the bay has to offer as far as rap. People always start with E-40 and Mac Dre, and END there. No knock to the aforementioned, but no one bothers to listen to Andre Nickatina, Husalah, Jacka, Cougnut/IMP, RBL, YBB, Livewire -- NO ONE! There's so many artists that get slept on from here, shyts sad.
Malik
Superstar
Bay Area kinda like the DMV. It's real insular. nikkas do they own shyt out there...
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It's one of the most creative region in the world
Free White & 21
AAGang
one thing that always bugged me out was when pac said he learned the game once he lived out in the bay. this is a guy who was raised his first 15 years in new york fukkin city, but it was in oakland of all places where he finally leanred the game
it got me think 'whats in the bay that you cant find in NYC?'
Because in the bay he couldn't survive without game. In LA rules control everything. In the bay, in the streets, game is everything. Especially in the late 80's early 90's when crossing game (violating) meant getting your beanie knocked off. Nowdays nikkas knock your head off for nothing
observe
Banned
Because in the bay he couldn't survive without game. In LA rules control everything. In the bay, in the streets, game is everything. Especially in the late 80's early 90's when crossing game (violating) meant getting your beanie knocked off. Nowdays nikkas knock your head off for nothing
Fa rilla
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Ironically the coli is filled with faux black panthers, posting from apple devices, smoking top shelf weed and listening to raps that reference the best weed, yelling out 'biatch' asking what has the Bay Area ever done to influence them.
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
man i rock with the bay heavy when it comes to music but what you're saying started a long time ago
The_Hillsta
Neva missin a beat
The Bay is culturally/ethnically diverse, you got a mix of everything out here where EVERYBODY kick it and party under one groove, for the most part. And yeah, that can look weird to an outsider. I done seen OG white hippie cats in they 60's kickin it gettin lit at bay area functions 
But as far as black folks you gotta understand the history and mentality of the hustle n heart in the bay which goes waaaaaaaaaaay back. Sharecroppers that migrated to the bay from the south workin hard on the docks n ports to feed their families. The black power movement/struggle of the 60's n 70's for equal rights. And yeah, the pimp game of having hustle and heart and a cold muthafukkin mouth piece to get ahead. Which a lot of the rappers who grew up in the 70's n 80's used in their music and was/still one of the BIGGEST influences in bay area rap music.....Not hyphy, which originally started out as something completely different but is still part of the bay area culture.
E-40, Too Short, Mac Dre, Master P and everybody beneath them started and prided themselves on an independent hustle in the rap game. Slangin tapes and everything else in between to come up and get money. Do what you gotta to to get yours street mentality of staying true to you and yours, havin heart, and puttin money over b1tches (MOB sh1t).....Playas doin what they want suckas do what they can. Sh1t was instilled in us by our daddies, uncles, older cousins, OG's on the block, etc.
Cold part is that you run into whites, mexicans, asians, others with the same type of "hustle" mentality up in the bay. You can put a bay area cat in Alsaka and bet ya bottom b1tch he sell a eskimo an igloo for a playa's price.
But as far as black folks you gotta understand the history and mentality of the hustle n heart in the bay which goes waaaaaaaaaaay back. Sharecroppers that migrated to the bay from the south workin hard on the docks n ports to feed their families. The black power movement/struggle of the 60's n 70's for equal rights. And yeah, the pimp game of having hustle and heart and a cold muthafukkin mouth piece to get ahead. Which a lot of the rappers who grew up in the 70's n 80's used in their music and was/still one of the BIGGEST influences in bay area rap music.....Not hyphy, which originally started out as something completely different but is still part of the bay area culture.
E-40, Too Short, Mac Dre, Master P and everybody beneath them started and prided themselves on an independent hustle in the rap game. Slangin tapes and everything else in between to come up and get money. Do what you gotta to to get yours street mentality of staying true to you and yours, havin heart, and puttin money over b1tches (MOB sh1t).....Playas doin what they want suckas do what they can. Sh1t was instilled in us by our daddies, uncles, older cousins, OG's on the block, etc.
Cold part is that you run into whites, mexicans, asians, others with the same type of "hustle" mentality up in the bay. You can put a bay area cat in Alsaka and bet ya bottom b1tch he sell a eskimo an igloo for a playa's price.
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
i'm from the east coast and have traveled much of the world and almost all of the country, and the bay area is one of the best (read: most interesting) places on earth
in dc and the metro area here we too are often judged harshly for not conforming to other east coast or national norms. we've also had unseen influence, evident now in the whole country rockin foamposites (and nike boots a few years back). even tho that seems to be slipping away gradually with younger generations so i fukk with the bay for at the very least sticking to their own shyt
in dc and the metro area here we too are often judged harshly for not conforming to other east coast or national norms. we've also had unseen influence, evident now in the whole country rockin foamposites (and nike boots a few years back). even tho that seems to be slipping away gradually with younger generations
so i fukk with the bay for at the very least sticking to their own shyt
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Yuzo Lightheart
Rookie
on the whole everybody fukk with everybody out here pretty much unless youre an a$$hole there really aint no mean ass people out here and we dont gangbang or act like followers like the rest of the country