INTERESTING QUESTION

[BAY AREA WCM]

WHO'S THE BEST BAY AREA SOLO ARTIST EVER??

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

BECUZ OF WORK ETHIC AND SONGS DONE I HAD 2 DECIDE BETWEEN E-40, MAC DRE, TOO SHORT AND JACKA. I MIGHT BE BIASED BUT IN 2016 I FEEL JACKA AND E-40 THE MOST. BEEN BUMPIN SOME OLD MOBFIGAZ MUSIC THIS MORNING AND I GOTTA GO WITH THE BULL. SOMETIMES WHEN U KNOW PPL U DON'T FULLY RESPECT THEIR LYRICAL TALENT BUT WHEN I LISTEN NOW I REALLY REALIZE HOW DOPE HE WAS AND HOW HE KEPT HIS OWN STYLE MADE ME RESPECT HIM MORE THAN I CAN EXPLAIN IN WORDS.
WE LOST ANOTHER GREAT ONE. THATS A GOOD REASON 4 PPL 2 SUPPORT THE ARTISTS THAT ARE STILL HERE.
ANYWAY, HAPPY DEUCE DEUCE DAY YALL.
#WCM

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

 

[Hood Rat Matt]

I'm biased, but I think Mac Dre would've been had he not gone to jail for so long. As far as commercial success and catalog, 40 gotta be the one unless you talkin' about MC Hammer

Jacka was amazing, but he didn't get a chance to do what he was capable of

 

[StillHustlin]

Paris

Pushin 50 & Still Doin It

 

[recklessofgilaz]

2Pac

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

JACKA WILL BE CONSIDERED AN UNDERGROUND ARTIST BUT HE HAD A LONGER CATALOG OF WORK THAN MOST PPL RECOGNIZE....WE'RE ALL FANS OF OUR OWN KINDA RAP AND IM JUST MORE A FAN OF WHAT JA RAPPED ABOUT THAN 40 AND EVEN DRE AT TIMES.
SOME OF HIS OLDER WORK WASNT ON PROFESSIONAL MICS ALSO...IF HE HAD A BIGGER PLATFORM FOR HIS VOICE HE WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE ACCLAIM.
IN MY OPINION OF COURSE)

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

YEH 2PAC OF COURSE BUT HE DIDNT REP THE BAY AS A MOVEMENT CUZ HE WASNT BORN IN THE BAY

 

[BUTCHER 206]

Too $hort without question. It's not even close.

 

[Hood Rat Matt]

How could I forget $hort dog lol

 

[BUTCHER 206]

Too $hort 7x platinum, 3x gold
E-40: 1x platinum, 4x gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Short_discography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-40_discography

You rap to sell albums and make money. Too $hort wins in a landslide

 

[recklessofgilaz]

YEH 2PAC OF COURSE BUT HE DIDNT REP THE BAY AS A MOVEMENT CUZ HE WASNT BORN IN THE BAY

FALSE!

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

2pac was born and raised on the east coast until 17, moved out to Marin and hung out in Oak before doing shit in NJ and LA.

 

[BAY AREA WCM]

TOO SHORT IS GREAT BY INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND NUMBERS 4 SHO BUT AS AN ARTIST I CAN NAME ALOT OF BAY AREA WHO'S LYRICS EXPRESSED MORE DEPTH, FEELING AND REALITY. IM SURPRISED COUGNUT DOESNT GET MUCH PROPS EITHER

 

[dzellian]

TOO $HORT AND YUKMOUTH

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Too $hort and E-40

it's not even a question

 

[Southernhumboldt707]

Mac dre no question to stay independent but get so much notoriety everywhere. Too short,40 and yuk were all signed to majors dre did it all independently and still was more of a factor and did put way more bay artists on dre created a wave that everybody tried to jump on after he passed

 

[Legman]

I'm biased, but I think Mac Dre would've been had he not gone to jail for so long. As far as commercial success and catalog, 40 gotta be the one unless you talkin' about MC Hammer

Jacka was amazing, but he didn't get a chance to do what he was capable of

i gotta be honest, i think him goin to jail is what helped him work on his music and perfecting it...although i wouldnt wish jail or prison on my worst enemy...sad we have to lose all these dope ass rappers to bullshit violence or long ass prison stretches

 

[datplaya]

E-40
Because he made many classic albums/tracks, because he made music with big names like pac and snoop, because he basically wrote the bay dictionary and because he was a big part of the sicc wid it movement that made quality music

Too short is the bay godfather though