East Coast Rappers

[BureFedorov]

i know the majority of the folks on here are pretty much Bay Area or Northern Cali biased...and i admit, i am one of them...but itd be interesting to know what rappers on the east coast that some of you are feelin becuz i know a lot of ppl have very different opinions on some of them...my favorite would have to be Masta Ace...hes old school but hes always comin sicc on the mic...and Wood, Oso, and XO itd be cool to know what you thought about some of them too

 

[BIG OSO LOC]

I'M FEELIN A LOT OF THE UNDERGROUND EAST COAST BEATS. I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THE LYRICS. I MEAN THEY TIGHT BUT SOME OF IT DON'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME...IT'S LIKE THEY JUST PUT A BUNCH OF WORDS THAT RHYME TOGETHER AND DIDN'T TRIP ON IF IT MEANT ANYTHING..BUT I'M REALLY LIKING SOME OF THE EAST COAST PRODUCTION...I LISTEN TO THE WAKE UP SHOW SOMETIMES ON 106.1 KMEL AND SOME OF THEM UNDERGROUND TRACKS THEY PLAY BE HAVING ME FLOWIN IN MY HEAD SOMETHIN CRAZY. SOMETHIN ABOUT THE REPETITIVE EAST COAST STYLE MAN I LIKE. MY BOY ILL FONS C.NOTE OUT OF NORTH HAYWARD BE PRODUCIN SOME TIGHT EAST COAST SOUNDIN TRACKS...I MIGHT FUCK WITH HIM ON MY NEXT PROJECT FOR A COUPLE TRACKS...BUT YEAH TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION I'M FEELIN SOME OF THAT UNDERGROUND EAST COAST SHIT.

 

[CcytzO]

IM FEELIN....

TALIB KWELI
MOS DEF
BIG PUN(RIP)
CUBAN LINK
DEAD PREZ
M.O.P.
DMX
FREEWAY
REDMAN
METHOD MAN
GHOSTFACE KILLA (FUCC IT THE WHOLE WU TANG...THEY OLDER SHIT WAS HELLA GANGSTA)


AND LIKE OSO SAID A LOTTA THE PRODUCTION....

 

[PAPAUPTON]

JADAKISS IS MY FAV FROM THE EAST. SHIT I LIKE JAY-Z TOO.

 

[CALiLiFE82]

^^^^ YEAH MAN, I THINK THAT " CLIPSE " BE DROPPIN' SOME HEAT TOO.

 

[214Thug]

DEAD PREZ IS KOO
M.O.P. IS KOO
SHYNE IS KOO

BUT IF YALL REALLY WANT SUM TRILL HIP-HOP SHYT OUT THA EAST THAN YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO...
THE INFAMIOUS MOBB DEEP, THEY ARE STR8 HARDCORE GANGSTA SHYT FROM THA EAST, I DONT EVEN REALLY LIKE THA EAST CUZ THEY DONT MAKE ANY SENSE BUT MOBB DEEP SPIT REAL TALK, THEY ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE & THEIR FUCKING BEATZ ARE FUKING KRAZY. IF YOU AINT HEARD THEIR ALBUMZ THAN I WOULD RECOMMEND ONE OF THEIR LATEST SHYT, MOBB DEEP-FREE AGENTS[MURDA MIXTAPE]... THIS SHYT IS STR8 FIRE...

 

[KingLos]

If I had to pick a artist to best represent the east coast it would be N.........A.............S nas. That foo got tight beats and his lyrics make a lot of sense. He is also a very tight battle cat. But my favorite artist from the east is 2pac; Although he swicthed over at the end his song it aint nothing like the old school was a east coast classic.

 

[eastbayrider510]

man real talk..if u want true underground killa type shyt...u cant go wrong wit NECRO!....i dare u to listen....check "put em in a plot"....or "STD"s....or" light my fire"....cat got major skill....also i slump the Diplomats(mainly Juelz Santana & Cam'ron)...trhey got their own unique style like no other....ya kno!...TI also got sum hitterz

 

[BureFedorov]

yea Nas is sicc but he gets hella boring after a little while...@Eastbayrider510 where can i find some music from that one foo u said was sicc

 

[KingLos]

Pac never made east coast music bro.... He didnt start making music until he was in the bay area.

Homie do you know where pac is from the East coast. He use to run with p.diddy and Big. He laid down his sh** in New York.

 

[CcytzO]

NAH HE WENT BACC TO THE EAS COAST LATER ON AND FUCCED WIT SOME RAPPERS N SHIT THERE AND WAS COO WIT SOME BUT HE STARTED OFF IN THE BAY WIT RAY LUV 5150 AND DIGITAL UNDERGOUND.....I COULD BE WRONG BUT I BELEIVE HE STARTED HIS MUSIC CAREER HERE 1ST......

 

[KingLos]

Homies Pac was always sporting NY gear before he got shoot. He represented the Bay because he lived there for a minute, but he came out of the East coast. Pac even said in a interview "you got to give it up to the Bay because if you dont they wont give it up for you. Thats just how the bay is".

 

[antiochsamiam]

DMX

 

[thatruest]

I'd say, outlawz, fatal hussien, napolean,eminem,gangstar,mos def,wu-tang clan,the whole boot camp click,DMX has some koo shit and nas too. Also Immortal Technique,rakim and big L. Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[BIGCHILL]

-NAS-

 

[214Thug]

Pac said he was born in NY but lived in baltimore, & then moved to tha Bay & said "I learnd about tha game in tha bay, got my street game from tha bay, no disrispect to tha east but oakland is where i learnd about that thug life...." I think he 1st started rapping in tha bay...he even had a lil group & then got wit digital underground...

As for nas hes aight but to me hes just another Pac bitter wishing he would of been koo with him along with half his damn enemies that act like they were all buddy buddy with him...fake azz muthafukaz....

 

[YOUNG BREW]

Cormega..JADAKISS...DMX and some nas shit some jayz shit.....kool g rap...talib kweli.....shit its alot of savage music out there just gotta have an open mind to it

damn tho..i used to hate jadakiss until i listened to kiss the game goodbye and heard some of his spits

"FUCK THE FRAIL SHIT....cuz when my coke come in they gotta use the scale that they weigh the whales with"

i admit sometime his shit gets too repetitive or boring but sometimes he amazes me..that new track why is hard too

 

[CHRISHOGGALYPSE]

there are a few out there that catch my ear, but only a couple I would bump on my own time

Big Pun, might be the greatest of all time as far as actual mc'ing goes. Never gets his credit
Mos Def is shamefully slept on

Jadakiss is very good, but the beats on his first album were garbage to me

Fabolous' first album was hard, and great lyrics on there, but again, i wouldn't really listen to that much, there were some nice cuts on there tho. his lazy ass delivery makes it difficult to believe that he does anything he says tho.

Talib Kweli is good, but I don't listen to him at all either

as far as east coast music altogether, I bump old school shit a lot, but most of the new stuff is hella boring to me out here. I steady bump rakim, run dmc, ll cool j etc... the old stuff is coo to me

 

[Sentenced]

Nas - It Was Written was coo
any Dead Prez albums/Mixtapes, but "Lets Get Free" is a fuckin classic, production, lyrics, message etc.
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design, the production & emotion on this album are filthy.
GZA is tight as well.

 

[DAT NIGGA TAZZ]

JAYO FELONY-i heard hes from new york or something and necro that crazy ass white guy, his shits kinda hard, and wu tang aint nuthin to fuck wit lol
but its all about the west -badboy killa