The Sad Fact Is...

[5ive1en]

i disagree
maybe the east coast of like the mid nineties..
but name me one lyrcist from the east besides nas and papoose that are spittin

The list would be too long, but here are some off the top of my head...
Nas
Cormega
AZ
Mos Def
Method Man
Redman
Keith Murray
Jadakiss and STyles P (The Lox)
Cassidy
Ghostface Killa
RZA
GZA
The rest of the Wu-Tang camp
Jay-z
Canibus
Pappose
Mobb Deep
Bustah Rhymes
Rakim
Eric Serman
Cuban Link
Talib Kweli
Cam'ron
Juelz Santana
Hell-Rell
(and the rest of the Dipsets maybe except for Jim Jones)
...
And most of these cats are maintsream...
I'm sure there are a lot more underground and back-pack emcees that i'm forgetting..

 

[XxtraMannish]

rap aint been good in a long time anyway. niggas need to learn to play instruments again, fuck these triton and fruity loop producers. learn yo instruments niggas? learn what a fuckin c sound like before you think you black mozart or some shit.

 

[MOREBASS]

East Coast rap has always been about wordplay...and punchlines...while West Coast rap on the other hand has mostly been about storytelling. Just two different styles...its apples and oranges.