where i stay, hiphop is rules the rap scene. every gig comes with b-boys and writers. DJs play a major role in every live performance.
i guess it's because the new york style crossed the atlantic earlier and got everybody out here hooked on that straight hiphop track.
personally i'm getting tired of it and especially of people constantly ignoring the talent that other areas got. the only piece of bay area rap i ever heard in a club was "i got 5 on it" LOL go figure....
so, the hiphop heads that like black eyed peas, krs, jurassic 5 and so on would feel like they were in heaven, cause that's all they play aropund here. to me it's boring to hear a mothafucka rap about "keeping it real" or the 4 elements again and again. i wanna hear some storytelling or real life shit. some bragging, some ghetto shit.
not that i don't like the hip-hop orientated rappers, but they overdoing it where i live.
i seen common once at an erykah badhu concert and he was the bomb actually. there is a mood for every style i guess....