i didnt say you made it up, im speaking to you as a native of this city so im giving you a broader understanding. yuk, 40, everyone played that on the west. but cellski, 11-5, no one bumped that shit in sd. no one knew about it.
i dont even think people knew sacramento wasnt the bay.
there was a really small amount of cds making its way to southern cali in the 90s via the bay area. and it was only shit that sold (too short, 40)
when i moved up to the bay , there was literally people i had never heard (i wrote heard of, but i knew the names from murder dog) , with 12 albums at amoeba..people like nickatina and dre...im just tellin it how it is...and im the more musicially inclined person in san diego...
i was actually up on the hip hop shit tho, like del or souls of mischief. but as far as inspiration? naaah...hell nah.....LA was san diegos inspiration..we aint learn shit from yall..but we can leave it at that no reason to argue. around 98 i played catchup with alot of bay area shit when i moved to frisco but honestly the towns are completely opposite and i dont think many people in sd could tell you what rappers are from frisco
oh people DO bump mess down here though i totally left him out of the equation. and to your credit the homie rasan from SD put me up on mess i never fucked with him previously. i think when the internet became a tool thats when i really got up on bay shit...but early 90s it wasnt poppin like that you still bought physical albums.