My thoughts exactly. In my opinion, the Bay's mixtape game is pretty lame. Theres not enough real lyricists dropping mixtapes. Instead of all the lames ((thizz ent for example))saturating the mixtape game just to easily make a few bucks off the recent bandwagoners who buy anything with THizz on the cover, we need more artists like San Quinn, Yukmouth, and Ya Boy dropping mixtapes. When you got artists on Thizz dropping mixtapes it is the equalivant of somebody like the Franchize Boyz dropping a mixtape. We need a DJ who only fucks with real lyricists and not just anybody from his area, and puts out a series of mixtapes featuring that solo artist only. This is why Gangsta Grillz is so successful. Basically just follow the formula of Gangsta Grillz.
demoltion men, djrah2k thug warriors,degortary statements(nbd),all out war,awax,cellski,bailey,ya boy,4o oz records..IMO they put out the best mixtapes I've heard so far.
i only fuck wit DJ Smallz' Sounthern Smoke series(good quality mixtapes)
All Out War(but that shit is gettin played out),
Cali Untouchable DJs(i.e. ice cube, mitchy slick, bun b.....they don't just stay loocal but they feature music from all over the US)
Dj Ideal's Da Bottom series(i like his mixing alot)
and i use to buy Metal Mouth but they have too many djs that use the same tracks on their mixtapes and the sound quality is okay.