School Me on Bay Area HipHop Options

[fameONE]

I need help from all you Bay kids to drop some knowledge on your region. Since I grew up on the east coast and now live in the south, I'm accustomed to hearing rap/hiphop from both areas. But the problem is, I like West coast hiphop, I just don't know much about it past its uprising in the early 90s.

School me.

[yo pusha]

So I just watched the movie Collateral, it was really dope. The ending was sort of wack however, very anti-climatic but still sort of sad. It was one of those movies where you sit there and just watch the credits like damn, it's over? Same with the movie "Gallipoli". Was it a good thing that they made a likable and thought provoking villian in Vincent (Tom Cruise)? I'm not sure. Jamie Foxx was dope as usual, but Tom Cruise definately outshined him. But this was definately one of the top thrillers of 2004, it is a shame the movie was not more recognized.

Bay Area rap music is sort of wack. Sort of. I'm not a HUGE fan, but some of it is alright. My favorite artists include Frontline, Balance, Zion I, and Mistah FAB. It's not really "lyrical", similar to Houston in that it gets a bit repetitive. It's a Kobe Bryant commercial thing, and I mean it's love or hate. I'm not really the most knowledgable or the biggest fan, Bella could probably tell you more. However, I do think that the bay area has really fallen off since 5 to 10 years ago.

Collateral > Bay Area Rap

peace.

[Im So Vain]

Bay Area rap music is sort of wack. Sort of. I'm not a HUGE fan, but some of it is alright. My favorite artists include Frontline, Balance, Zion I, and Mistah FAB. It's not really "lyrical", similar to Houston in that it gets a bit repetitive. It's a Kobe Bryant commercial thing, and I mean it's love or hate. I'm not really the most knowledgable or the biggest fan, Bella could probably tell you more. However, I do think that the bay area has really fallen off since 5 to 10 years ago.

Collateral > Bay Area Rap

peace.

Zion-I, and Frontline are two of my faves too. I do disagree you saying that Bay Area music has fallen off though. In my opinion Bay music is in its prime right now, because everyone is trying to learn more about it. I mean "Tell Me When To Go" is actually on MTV and BET now which is so big.

I am a Bay Area native, so I think I know a little something, sometthing. But what we do out in the Bay is somewhat hard to explain. You have to come out here and experience it for yourself to really know. I really like what Shahin posted because I could not have said it better myself. Brandon did you have anything specific you wanted to know?