its some pretty good read.......
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X-Raided interview
- Thread starter Foul Mouth
- Start date
The state of West Coast Rap… Maybe this Game nigga will bring the majors back out West… you know… without Nelly, Chingy never gets a deal… Without Twista, that new Chicago nigga never gets a deal… Kanye did wonders for backpack niggas, Eminem gave white boys salvation in a post-Vanilla Ice industry. Lil Whyte and Bubba, Haystack and them all owe Em’ some gratitude. So maybe Game can get the light back on the West, but I’ll tell you why it doesn’t matter. Number one, when we say West Coast, subconsciously, we’re sayin California. And when we say California, subconsciously, we’re saying Los Angeles and her satellite cities (Compton, Long Beach, etc…), so Game’s success will do nothing for Northern Cali and Cali as a whole unless that niggas do what Pac did and unite Northern and Southern California rappers. Then there’s a bigger issue… you gotta sell records. Game’s success is a result of 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Eminem’s public endorsement and Jimmy Iovine’s private investment. That’s literally some major shit. But who is Game on his own and what can he do for himself, as 50 Cent did post-Get Rich Or Die Tryin’? That will determine if the West will benefit from his success. But like I was saying… Record sales… man, we depend too heavily on California for record sales. It’s like NY got in the late 80’d and early 90’s. We act like we don’t need the USA as a whole. We’re all “Fuck this and fuck that” but we cryin’ cuz our shit won’t sell? (ha ha ha) But , okay, fuck New York, fuck everywhere right? So now what? Man, the West Coast is not just California, and it definitely ain’t just LA. Shit, Yukmouth could murder half the rappers in LA on his own, and we got Hyroglyphics for that lyrical shit. Nor Cal got fire. E-A Ski got beats as hard as Dr. Dre, and fools forget that Ric Roc and Cyper Clef and Federation is from Sacramento. Dr. Dre uses Ric Roc beats himself, so what’s really good? Jayo is hard as fuck, but he’s from San Diego! He ain’t no LA nigga. Besides the nigga Crooked I, don’t know no LA niggas blow me away as no emcees, cuzz, and that includes Kurupt becuz that niggas not writing, he is freestyling, and hot albums ain’t made that way. Ras Kass is god in LA. I mean, they exist, but it’s bigger than Southern and Northern Cali. We need to be in the streets of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Shit,, Kansas City loves Cali niggas, too. These places combine to create the West Coast, and if we actually networked and impacted these states, we would be platinum every album without a NY or Southern nigga ever even buyin’ our shit. Master P proved it and, evidently, nobody in Cali paid attention! He used states that were being neglected… Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas to go platinum. As a result of lockin’ down home, the USA came to him as a whole to see what all the fuss was about, which took him 5X platinum. And he did it all with wack-ass music. So what’s really? In my opinion, no matter how good or bad the music, the West Coast will never achieve non-Dr. Dre or Snoop Dogg assisted success until we do what they did… establish love in areas other than just California. Until then, the Guerilla Blacks and the whoever-the-fucks, including me, will continue to achieve underground legend status and that alone. Otherwise, E-40 would be platinum plus. I’m gonna try to do it, but I’ll need a lot of help and time, both of which I got plenty. As far as Sac-Town rap, I think we got some of the best cadences and deliveries in the game, but the lyrics are basted on nothing 60% of the time. It’s all murder, battle, bitches and I kinda started it… (ha ha ha) So now I gotta alter it a bit. I’ll give ‘em something else to follow as an example when Unforgiven Volume 2 drops.
REAL MUTHAFUCKIN TALK!
REAL MUTHAFUCKIN TALK!