and he's considered the "Boom Bap" producer even though he was born, raised and college educated in Texas. His sound and style are identified as really being mastered on the East Coast so he is an "East Coast" producer in that sense.

Pac's the same to me. Sure he lived on the East Coast until he was a teenager but his style doesn't sound anymore NY than everyone else who came out at that time because everyone was influenced by the East during that era. In fact MC Ren lyrically and sonically has much more of an East Coast sound to me than Pac.