"Long overdue? We've had the torch passed to us two times in the last 20 years, & both times we've fumbled".
The problem with the Bay & all of Northern Cali is when we get the spotlight and the torch passed to us, we fumble...
Before the Hyphy movement took place, it took 10 years for the spotlight to get back to the Bay. In turn, what did we do? We fucked it off as usual. We let other regions talk so bad about us, that the artist that were making the music said "fuck the hyphy movement I don't want to be put into that hyphy box of music, and turned their backs on it." The funny part about the whole situation, is now it's all about "RATCHET MUSIC" which in turn, is damn near just like "HYPHY" with a twist.
The game comes full circle every 10 years or so, because before the Hyphy movement, the last time the Bay was hot like that was back in 95-96 before Pac died. (E-40, Too Short, Spice1, The Luniz, Ritchie Rich, Etc...)
It's something about the Bay having the spotlight, once it gets here everything becomes all about "Me-Me-Me" instead of all about the Bay.
See, other regions figured out that once they get the light on them, if they all stick together (radio, artist, supporters, stripclubs, dj's etc...) they will all win together. The South is the best at doing this. In the South they have that stripclub outlet as well. If you as an artist can break your song in a stripclub, dj's submit the song to radio, & radio down there is bound to pick it up. As to being in the Bay, that's an outlet we lack.
The Bay doesn't understand that concept too well, and until they all get on the same page, it will just be a individual sport for the Bay.