5 rappers that represent west coast hip hop
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fixed...mac dre was influential in the bay but not really on a national scale....had he not been killed at the height of his career things may have been different.
I'd go with that list for mainstream (with cypress hill honorable mention) but for lyrically:
Odd Future
Hiero
Crooked I
Ya Boy
Ras Kass
(with Tash from the Liks honorable mention)
I'd go with that list for mainstream (with cypress hill honorable mention) but for lyrically:
Odd Future
Hiero
Crooked I
Ya Boy
Ras Kass
(with Tash from the Liks honorable mention)
goddamnit, nuttkase..lol. they over-enthusiasm of you & several others is the only reason i check that OFWGKTA thread. they have a loyal fanbase, i'll give them that.
i like some of their tracks. most are good enough to listen to, some are great.. but i have yet to hear anything thats amazing enough to explain the phenomenon they have become.. which confuses & intrigues me.
i like some of their tracks. most are good enough to listen to, some are great.. but i have yet to hear anything thats amazing enough to explain the phenomenon they have become.. which confuses & intrigues me.
Yeah, I won't lie and say I don't hype them up because I really dig their music a lot for the most part. I'm like that with bands I listen to as well though. Odd Future is one of the first rap groups to really capture my attention in rap in damn near a decade. But anyways they do also easily have the biggest buzz/hype going industry wise from the west too right now, even if they really don't "claim the west" so to say. I mean 50,000+ first week sales for Tyler's album Goblin as an indie rap artist for your first physical release without big features or a radio hit is really impressive these days even if you were to hate their music someone would have to admit.
I didn't know you liked some of their music though, good shit breh.
I didn't know you liked some of their music though, good shit breh.
You've been on these boards for years too (not saying that's where you first heard him, I don't know if it is) but I'm talking about the general hip hop consuming public. I'm willing to bet all the money in my bank account 90% of people who listen to hip hop don't frequent message boards and search the net for new artists they like, and that's probably a low shot % I just gave.
Like I said Crooked I is dope and I'ma fan, I hope he actually releases a retail album, I'd love for him to get the recognition he deserves, but do I honestly seem him getting much bigger than he has been in the last decade, or a lot more people finding out about him, not really.
Like I said Crooked I is dope and I'ma fan, I hope he actually releases a retail album, I'd love for him to get the recognition he deserves, but do I honestly seem him getting much bigger than he has been in the last decade, or a lot more people finding out about him, not really.
