Why Do You Think 90's West Coast Rap Is So Influential Worldwide?

[bogey_j]

I've been watching a bunch of documentaries on rap scenes worldwide and one thing all these places have in common--from europe to east asia--is the influence g-funk/west coast style rap has had on their style.what was it about 90's west coast rap that made it palatable to different cultures worldwide? I mean even within America, the Southern hip hop scene was very influenced by the west. I mean even Chicago drill shyt heavuily draws from west coast gangsta rap.

what was it about the west coast that is so influential on global rap movements? and why hasn't east coast hip hop (as revered as it is among hip hop heads) had that same effect?

 

[I love Latina women]

Production

West Coast production in the 90's was amazing

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

West coast rap was some of the first hip hop people saw worldwide in the 90's because by the time hip hop started getting on television/airwaves the west coast was dominating. regardless given access over time East Coast hip hop dominated internationally. Outside of snoop it's mostly NY artists rocking abroad for many years. Now the yong dudes like more souther rap and drill but for many years it was a major east coast bias around the world.

 

[98Ntu]

Just a wild guess. I’m no musicologist or global rap expert.

However, I think that the overtly electronic and party ready sound of West Coast music is what attracts people. The East Coast music by contrast sounds drearier, darker and more acoustic by comparison. East Coast and West Coasts sounds are both versatile in my opinion but West Coast music is more accessible.

The same thing exists in rock music. West coast punk rock is more popular cuz it’s brighter music with more going on production wise. East coast shyt is dark and abrasive in contrast and only fits certain moods.

 

[Art Barr]

It was thrown in jerry heller's lap.
The guy who ushered in over produced management steals misappropriated blues.
now called rock's hands. At the early gestation period as an indie.
To make it so it elevated.
The previous white boi deviance marketing of that misappropriated white washed blues.
To undermine hiphop culture.
with the rhyme biter's rhyme culturally taboo subdivision business of rap industry
derived fron the pillars of hiphop culture. Without havign to adhere to amy cultural norm or more.

Thus making it so.
ruthless records runs the world. Where nuffin is what it once was since.





Art Barr

Ruthless records runs the world.

Deal with it.

 

[get these nets]

@bogey_j

Your last sentence is a joke. RUNDMC were the first hip hop superstars. And they spawned the worldwide global hip hop wave.

 

[Regular_P]

Production

West Coast production in the 90's was amazing

And it still sounds fresh today.

 

[I love Latina women]

And it still sounds fresh today.

Yessir, bro!!!!

 

[bigde09]

Production. chronic and doggystyle still sounds fresh.

 

[MJ Truth]

Because of the production, particularly in the samples they chose to use.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

IDK about that....I think East Coast rappers are actually more popular outside the USA than West Coast ones but Gangsta Rap via West Coast is the more influential substyle.

 

[razassin]

Just a wild guess. I’m no musicologist or global rap expert.

However, I think that the overtly electronic and party ready sound of West Coast music is what attracts people. The East Coast music by contrast sounds drearier, darker and more acoustic by comparison. East Coast and West Coasts sounds are both versatile in my opinion but West Coast music is more accessible.

The same thing exists in rock music. West coast punk rock is more popular cuz it’s brighter music with more going on production wise. East coast shyt is dark and abrasive in contrast and only fits certain moods.

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Buildin up from what this nikka just said, look at cut clear examples:



Now compare it to



Both classic songs for us hip hop heads, Rakim the og GOAT rapper, Dre GOAT producer

But for a non-hip hop fan its so easy to see which track would be more digestable and easy to listen to

There's a reason why westcoast g funk rappers were the first ones to go multi platinum on the regular... they sound much more friendly to non hardcore fans

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Same reason why 20 years later, the south took over hip hop... While east coast rappers was tryina outdo each other on the lyrical tip, south nikkaz focused on party music n started outsellin ny rappers

Im from NY n a purist at heart when it comes to hip hop... but we often forget: rap is not a sport, its not about bein the nicest, its just music n most people wanna relax n enjoy music

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

what was it about the west coast that is so influential on global rap movements? and why hasn't east coast hip hop (as revered as it is among hip hop heads) had that same effect?

This is shyt and a terrible troll job.

Youtube is filled right now with a bunch of white europeans who are on that boom bap lofi vibe.

In fact lofi has it's root in boom bap and lofi is widely popular these days. I see more europeans on that lofi/boom bap type of wave than west coast style


The guys who Maschine/Roland,AKAI be getting to showcase their instruments always be some European cac who does lofi music







That boom bap style reigns Supreme in Europe

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Just a wild guess. I’m no musicologist or global rap expert.

However, I think that the overtly electronic and party ready sound of West Coast music is what attracts people. The East Coast music by contrast sounds drearier, darker and more acoustic by comparison. East Coast and West Coasts sounds are both versatile in my opinion but West Coast music is more accessible.

The same thing exists in rock music. West coast punk rock is more popular cuz it’s brighter music with more going on production wise. East coast shyt is dark and abrasive in contrast and only fits certain moods.

True europeans sure do love their electronic music..

They heard the Chicago House music through bootlegs and by 1989 they were running the house genre.

 

[Ohene]

Dr dre