real niggas aint pushin color lines like that mane. if you a blood or crip so what. aint nothin wrong with reppin where you from. westcoast is known for flaggin out here. nothin new. we talkin gangsta rap here. no need to suffocate anythang, unless it's about dividin the two colors from collabin or who's makin the west look bad, bloods or crips. kill that shit. if zro your favorite rapper, thats bool, but i wouldnt base it on because he aint flaggin, thats what makes em real or talks about the real. real niggas is gonna spit real shit, hopefully. look at black mikey, he a real nigga and he banged the fuck out, but he got lyrics and he just ain't on some damu shit. look at mitch, same shit. look at sonny bo, same shit, jayo, same shit. so just because a nigga flag and bang the way he does, don't mean they aint spittin real shit. some of these niggas on tv put on they square pants and talk like college professors, but when they gettin they cameo on they super banged out. c'mon. that's that shit i'm talkin bout.
ex. if you was from east, midwest, or south, you dont know the hoods in the west. and thats most of what they talkin about? why listen? when you can go pick up a....lets sayyyy..... a scarface record. scarface talkin about life, struggle, family, etc. i know its a thin line from that and the g shit, but it is a visible thin line.
point is, dudes need to stop focusing so much on reppin they hood and killin up everybody, and focus more on translational music. translational music is music that everybody can feel and relate to.
thats why 50 last cd flopped. he talked too much about jackin and killin up ppl. but now he puttin out singles about fuckin bitches and makin money, and his singles are sellin.
thats why drake is popular
thats y soulja boy is popular
thats y rick ross albums sellin
thats why kanye shit is sellin
that why mitch cant blow
thats why jayo cant blow
thats why mc eiht never blew
translation music touches more people and more audiences then regional music