I am extremely biased but I feel like
Stalin
Philthy
Roach Gigz
IamSu
Berner
And the reason why I feel them is because they have different audiences but are all doing major things individually. Stalin and Philthy have the streets. Roach has the Internet and touring. Iamsu has radio and some major production placements while Berner is doing things worldwide with Taylor Gang. Not to mention they all work with me.
Berner is off the hook!! When I asked this question, it may have been right around the time he was taking off so he definitely didn't come to mind then but now what can anyone say about this homie!!! He is super on TOP and repping Frisco and the Bay area hard, also if i aint mistaken he is an old school Frisco graff artist, urrrraaaayyyy. Yeah Burner is the fuckin man, im going to have to go sit on this and really analyze this.
Philthy is a FACTOR! hands down and his flow and music are great, I'm going to start digging and expanding my knowledge on the homie, when the funk really goes down is one of my low key favorite tracks that I slap fuckin llike crazy!! But again I'm going start really listeninbg to the homie in depth.
Roach Gigz is a very interesting individual, he definitely earned a mark in the Bay s History and has been amazingly successful. He has the ingredients completely and is super talented. Thats another cat that I really wnt to look into more. He has a crackin song with my homie A1/Adam Vida that goes off and many more solo tracks Ive heard that are clean.
Iamsu, again they were just hitten the main streams when i asked this question and i think you pretty much nailed it cuz all this individuals are significant artist who hold a part in our history in the BAy and beyond.
Iamsu though, definitely took the heck off and took off fast, the whole crew is nasty and has the right recipe!
I got to stop right there though because since 2012, so much stuff has gone on in all aspects of music, promotion and whats relevant. Like Guru once said about him and Premier, its like the ingredients have changed but its still Guru and Premier, we just update our strategies(or something like that). It like because of the nature of the game, the strategies, methods and recipes have changed but its still the Bay no matter what. It just seems with the hyper speeds of data transmission and the boundary breaking WWW. It seems fair to say that what I asked about in 2012, a Torch and who will carry it, seems clear, it is definitely being carried. In Berners situation, he not only kept the flame lit but hypothically speaking took flame from the torch and created a flame that the Bay has never even seen.
I din't say anything about J Stalin cuz in my opinion he definitely is an individual that has been carrying the torch keeping it lit.
Your answer has definitely sparked some light on this thread g. I agree with your list completely pretty much. It makes me rethink my original question because these artist have definitely carried the torch and even made it bigger so as time goes on, it feels like were going in the righht direction!!
Im going to just say again we really need to support our artist 1000X's more. The flame is super lit and ithe torch is definitely being upheld.
time for me to go listen.
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