When you think about it its kinda funny how both NY and LA hip hop ended up falling off and taking a backseat to other regions

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LA let gang banging politics mix to much with the music business. nikkas bang on wax too much now. That shyt was regional in the 90’s and it is now.

But it’s funny LA became relevant before a lot of other places considering it’s clear across the country from the Mecca
 

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But it’s funny LA became relevant before a lot of other places considering it’s clear across the country from the Mecca
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Uncle Jamm's Army created a dance scene and lot of the early producers came out of that mix. They switched from techno to hip hop when the genre came on wax. But already had equipment, experience and music industry contacts.

KDAY . LA metro had round the clock hip hop station before any other city on earth. Even in metro NYC....we had to wait for late night..Magic, Red Alert, etc

Afrika Islam of the Zulu Nation helped put Ice T on. And he helped to popularize the subgenre that would catch on
 
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West coast still doing stronger than NY and the rest of the east coast

During the 2010's they were immaculate in both the underground and mainstream. From artists like kendrick, Tyler, nip, Dom, .Paak, knxwledge, flying lotus, q, vince, the internet, to yg

Still remains to be seen what new artists they'll be able to pop in the 2020's. Keem might get bigger but other than that idk

Still my personal best coast based off the 2010's :banderas:
 

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Ny and cali has a crabs in the barrel mentality
This ain’t true about Cali, all them LA dudes been all over each other’s projects, and the same up in the bay. California fell off cuz all the cities and areas that were black strongholds have been gentrified to death. Simply don’t have the same breeding grounds and numbers.
 

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This ain’t true about Cali, all them LA dudes been all over each other’s projects, and the same up in the bay. California fell off cuz all the cities and areas that were black strongholds have been gentrified to death. Simply don’t have the same breeding grounds and numbers.

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He should be in the convos of the greats; but you know how that go.
 
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