The West Coast version of Big L

[Frida Giezman]

L had a Jay cosign plus he took Jay under his wing. L was better than anyone Jay had in his stable reasonable doubt era on down. That ass whooping Jay received from L live on the radio forced Jay to up his skills and help create the Jay we saw on reasonable doubt. Dame knew better

I thought that radio cypher they had came after reasonable doubt

 

[The_Hillsta]

Cant even front though, Mishani got both Ron and Ant on this one......

Man when I first heard this shyt Moms was STILL bumpin 80's Aretha in the crib. Banks was a fukkin fool for that

 

[The_Hillsta]

This is one of my favorite Banks produced songs:

Bought this and Ren's KMBA the same muthafukkin day....Me and my cousin fukked up my uncles system, that nikka had the volume all the way up to 9

We went from "So I jumped right thru the window with my dikk in my hand...." to "So I pulled up slammin short dog, I said hey she said ****SNORT**** I said damn a fukkin wart hog"


Aint gone never get them days back bruh

 

[CSquare43]

Bought this and Ren's KMBA the same muthafukkin day....Me and my cousin fukked up my uncles system, that nikka had the volume all the way up to 9

We went from "So I jumped right in the window with my dikk in my hand...." to "So I pulled up slammin short dog, I said hey she said ****SNORT**** I said damn a fukkin wart hog"


Aint gone never get them days back bruh

This is what cats these days don't understand....we had multiple options for good/great music REGULARLY.....it's not like now where you have an endless supply of singles, but nothing of substance...

 

[The_Hillsta]

These were the best rappers from Oakland at the time all on one song which will never be done again and Rappin Ron killed all them nikkas.

1st generation spittaz.......killed em all. When Ron came out the gate with that Imma be frank n knock em out of the ball park line, I was like awwwwe shyt here we go...

You saw that Askari X cover/poster everywhere back then, bus benches, big ass billboard, it was so damn dope how we supported our local artists on TV, radio, record stores, streets......

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

1st generation spittaz.......killed em all. When Ron came out the gate with that Imma be frank n knock em out of the ball park line, I was like awwwwe shyt here we go...

You saw that Askari X cover/poster everywhere back then, bus benches, big ass billboard, it was so damn dope how we supported our local artists on TV, radio, record stores, streets......

Soulbeat and T's Wauzi . And we had The Box and CMC was popping. Viacom came threw and purchased The Box and ended it for The Bay area rap scene to me. When local nikkas was getting their video played all day nikkas was eating. Once the Box folded then Soulbeat folded then T's Wauzi folded and that was it. shyt was beautiful back then tho. That first Keak album

 

[The_Hillsta]

This is what cats these days don't understand....we had multiple options for good/great music REGULARLY.....it's not like now where you have an endless supply of singles, but nothing of substance...

Bruh, we was BLESSED living out in the Bay during that time....I mean I can't even put the shyt into words. I kept up with ALL that shyt. The sheer amount of music that was coming out of the Bay n LA at the time combined with other regions, and how we was all exposed to that shyt via KMEL/The Wake Up Show, CMC, The Box, Yo, BET......Quailty muthafukkin CLASSICS from every region.....CRAFTED albums with themes, n artwork n songs that had variety, and shyt that you could relate to that was goin down everyday in your school, in your stompin grounds. Muthafukkas wonder why we take this hip hop shyt so seriously......Cats who was there or old enough to remember. Muthafukkaz witnessed n was participants in hip hop history, in real time, and watched the world change with the shyt.....STILL witnessing

 

[Boonapalist]

I read one time in source that it was a west coast version of biggie but just before he signed he got shot in a drive by.................

That's Mausberg

 

[The_Hillsta]

Soulbeat and T's Wauzi . And we had The Box and CMC was popping. Viacom came threw and purchased The Box and ended it for The Bay area rap scene to me. When local nikkas was getting their video played all day nikkas was eating. Once the Box folded then Soulbeat folded then T's Wauzi folded and that was it. shyt was beautiful back then tho. That first Keak album

Man.........Havin cats comin to school sayin they gone be in the "Bounce To This" video or how the fukk so n so get in "Brenda's Got A Baby?" Silkk slangin copies of The Ghetto's Tryna up at De Anza talkin bout his brother gone be doing a movie down south.....That shyt really had nikkaz

That Keak album tho....Bangin, even had Ager tryna kick knowledge for a sec instead of the tech

"Why a nikka so violent? Maybe because they built 6 jails and one college"

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Man.........Havin cats comin to school sayin they gone be in the "Bounce To This" video or how the fukk so n so get in "Brenda's Got A Baby?" Silkk slangin copies of The Ghetto's Tryna up at De Anza talkin bout his brother gone be doing a movie down south.....That shyt really had nikkaz
That Keak album tho....Bangin, even had Ager tryna kick knowledge for a sec instead of the tech
"Why a nikka so violent? Maybe because they built 6 jails and one college"

I remember that fake ass Bart that was going to Tech. That nikka transferred to Fremont High, his name was Lavar I think. Agerman took a shot at that nikka on the Stackin Chips album "Shot out to that bytch nikka at Tech said he was B.A"

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Thizz was a movement and was the biggest movement on the West Coast at the time. No other label had that many acts and was getting love in the Midwest too. Thizz was about to blow up. I'll always believe that if he made a video for this shyt every label would've came calling

Mac Dre was a Hustler. He was using the old school standard method of exposure and promotion far as acts and saturation. Thizz had been VERY active during Dre being alive, and there was no major Thizz movement, he had a fan base, yet nothin that would warrant a major push that he wasn't getting before. Dre knew where his bread and butter was.

Why didn't Dre get the Summer Jam push, national radio backing, major Industry co-sign, that most artist on the verge of getting major deals to establish branding get?

Im personally not saying Mac Dre wasn't worth the investment.

Im saying the chatter wasn't going on that a Cash Money Type 30 Million (which Baby got) major deal was in negotiations for Thizz Entertainment.

Edit: I knew youngsters that would actually fukk with Dipset harder than Mac Dre if you want to refer to local/national movements vs local/national fan base

 

[The_Hillsta]

I remember that fake ass Bart that was going to Tech. That nikka transferred to Fremont High, his name was Lavar I think. Agerman took a shot at that nikka on the Stackin Chips album "Shot out to that bytch nikka at Tech said he was B.A"

Is that what he was talkin bout???

Bruh, it was a handfulla lil light skinned cats runnin around with that look at the time. It aint the first time I heard something like that.

 

[NormanConnors]

I thought that radio cypher they had came after reasonable doubt

Nah it was in 95

 

[mson]

I read one time in source that it was a west coast version of biggie but just before he signed he got shot in a drive by.................

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

These nikkas lyrics tho

I challenge an NYC hip hop head to listen to this whole song and tell me these nikkas wasn't lyrically on Big L's level.