Whenever a song by that clique of bay area rappers came on Rap City it was channel switch on sight

[mobbinfms]

I was gonna ask you to name a bay area producer better and more influential than Timbaland or the Neptunes. But now that I think about it, I need to ask you to name a bay area producer period because I can't name any.

Wait, somebody said Zaytoven. That's all you got? Lex Luger > Zaytoven. I ain't even gotta bring up the legends.

Ant Banks/Dangerous Crew over Timbo or Neptunes.

 

[The_Hillsta]

@Mephistopheles

You missed it bruh you missed it.....

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Ant Banks/Dangerous Crew over Timbo or Neptunes.

I, like the rest of America outside of the bay area doesn't know who they are.

Timbo and the Neptunes are hip-hop household names.

 

[mobbinfms]

I, like the rest of America outside of the bay area doesn't know who they are.

Timbo and the Neptunes are hip-hop household names.

We talking core audience or white preteens from Idaho?

 

[BigL187]

cuz you didnt get into the

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

@Mephistopheles the real reason why posters reppin' the bay go so hard is because 9/10 of them are non-black, and the demographics of the bay is majority non-black. Hip Hop culture and black culture in the bay in general is weak, so they use the bay area music scene as an IN or justification to be apart of our culture. The same way they pretend the demographics of Oakland is the same as it was in the Black Panther era.

This is arguably the dumbest shyt I've read on this forum.

Hammer defined the word garbage and was an embarrassment to hip-hop, sorry. The fact that you mention Hammer as the centerpiece of your case for bay area hip-hop proves you lost already.

Whether Hammer is garbage or not, the reality is that he's had more influence on the genre than any of the people from VA you named. Period.

In reality the onus to "make a case" is entirely on you. Name a single rapper out of VA with 1/10 the influence of Too Short... I'll wait. For that matter, name a single rapper from Virginia that ever went platinum. Name a single relevant Hip Hop label that ever came out of VA.

 

[mobbinfms]

Name a single relevant Hip Hop label that ever came out of VA

Star Trak

 

[frush11]

Summer off 95 classic here

 

[Doomsday]

This is arguably the dumbest shyt I've read on this forum.
.

Indisputable facts are dumb? Please explain, even though we know you can't.

 

[BigL187]

classic's fukk what op is talkin about

 

[mobbinfms]

The same way they pretend the demographics of Oakland is the same as it was in the Black Panther era.

Claim the Bay Area is irrelevant but be familiar with Oakland's demographics going back decades brehs.

 

[frush11]

How can you hate this

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

you just mad the bay got more game then Bama ass Memphis

Funny you posted a video of dru down the first nikka That was talking about the sauce and hair being dipped in rap

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

This is arguably the dumbest shyt I've read on this forum.



Whether Hammer is garbage or not, the reality is that he's had more influence on the genre than any of the people from VA you named. Period.

In reality the onus to "make a case" is entirely on you. Name a single rapper out of VA with 1/10 the influence of Too Short... I'll wait. For that matter, name a single rapper from Virginia that ever went platinum. Name a single relevant Hip Hop label that ever came out of VA.

Hammer had influence alright. His influence was a dark warning and a cautionary tale of how shallow, vapid, and flat-out terrible hip-hop could potentially be, and he along with Vanilla Ice defined the word "selllout."

Hammer to this day is synonymous with wackness. When hip-hop heads think of Hammer, they don't think of classic records or a skilled emcee. They think of garbage pop music, selling out and genie pants.

You're not going to fare well in any argument by trying to throw some armor-all on the steaming pile of shyt that is Hammer's hip-hop legacy.

 

[Sunalmighty]

Too Short ALONE has 9 straight album that's either GOLD or PLATINUM. More than likely, he's your favorite rapper's rapper. Dudes legend ALONE is near as big as anyone in the history of rap