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13485161, Piggybacking offa nother post-- hip.hop artist that exemplified...
Posted by Somnus, Thu May-25-23 05:59 PM
the region they claimed as opposed to where they were originally from

biggest example to me is Digable Planets and their repping of Bklyn

most notable offer is "NOISE" off of Blowout Comb

it just reaks of BK back when BK was REALLY BK

honorable mention would of course be Luda and his contributions to the already deep soundscape of ATL

add on.
13485162, Yeah yeah yeah, Pac and all that...but nah, try harder
Posted by Somnus, Thu May-25-23 06:21 PM
13485192, ?
Posted by Brew, Fri May-26-23 11:45 AM
13485163, DJ Premier?
Posted by Ray_Snill, Thu May-25-23 06:42 PM
dude was considered a source of NY hip-hop production and he's from Texas. he repped Brooklyn hard




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13485164, dj drama (philly -> atl)
Posted by kinetic94761180, Thu May-25-23 06:59 PM
13485165, dj khaled (n.o. -> miami)
Posted by kinetic94761180, Thu May-25-23 07:12 PM
still south, but still.
13485190, I had no idea he was from N.O.
Posted by spades, Fri May-26-23 11:18 AM
13485210, pretty sure he was cash money for a min at first-
Posted by kinetic94761180, Fri May-26-23 04:45 PM
13485170, i was gonna say gang starr as a whole...guru/boston
Posted by mikediggz, Thu May-25-23 08:09 PM
they were both super BKd out
13485166, kurupt (philly -> l.a.)
Posted by kinetic94761180, Thu May-25-23 07:13 PM
13485167, d.o.c. (dallas -> l.a.)
Posted by kinetic94761180, Thu May-25-23 07:14 PM
13485168, xzibit (detroit -> l.a.)
Posted by kinetic94761180, Thu May-25-23 07:15 PM
13485194, RE: xzibit (detroit -> l.a.)
Posted by MaxPtah, Fri May-26-23 11:49 AM
He always struck me as not from LA. Didn't know he was from DET though.
13485209, I’d be interested to hear a better example
Posted by grey, Fri May-26-23 04:25 PM
kurupt shaped some of the culture in a way that I was surprised to learn he didn’t move til his teens. gucci up there but he from the south so it ain’t really as anomalous.
13485174, Gucci and Jeezy
Posted by tomjohn29, Thu May-25-23 10:02 PM
13485175, Digable might be right, since Ish is from Seattle.
Posted by PROMO, Thu May-25-23 11:12 PM
13485204, pretty sure doodlebug is from Philly
Posted by legsdiamond, Fri May-26-23 03:09 PM
and ladybug was from DC area

at least that is what I heard. Always saw doodlebug in Philly
13485189, Tupac is the greatest example of this for me.
Posted by spades, Fri May-26-23 11:17 AM
East coast kid, moved to Oakland late in adolescence, and is now one of the first people that comes to mind when you think L.A. / SoCal Hip-Hop.
13485286, its crazy Pac started out as MC New York
Posted by spitfire, Tue May-30-23 03:52 AM
13485193, Not sure if "exemplifies" applies, but Jay Worthy is an interesting case
Posted by mrhood75, Fri May-26-23 11:45 AM
He's originally from Vancouver, moved to Compton, and now makes some of the better late '80s/'90s-influenced So Cal gangsta rap shit out there. He's a West Coast Griselda affiliate, just put out an album with Roc Marci, and is Grimes' step-brother. Kind of a fascinating situation.
13485196, bruh that shit is mind blowing still.......
Posted by tomjohn29, Fri May-26-23 12:43 PM
He opened for Gibbs years ago....and i was thrown off when he came out
13485199, He’s also a white Indian who throws the word nigga around
Posted by DaKidFromHaiti, Fri May-26-23 01:23 PM
But he seems to be certified and no one has checked him up to this point so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
13485218, everybody's a nigga in LA
Posted by mikediggz, Fri May-26-23 08:08 PM
13485207, big Jay Worthy fan here.
Posted by PROMO, Fri May-26-23 03:58 PM
LNDN DRGS "AKTIVE" LP got me and i've been all in since.

i was just playing it last week. perfect West Coast warm weather music.
13485217, true story.
Posted by mikediggz, Fri May-26-23 08:07 PM
>perfect West Coast warm
weather music.
13485197, ive always hated how much this matters in hip hop
Posted by seasoned vet, Fri May-26-23 12:46 PM
13485198, Where you from?
Posted by flipnile, Fri May-26-23 01:02 PM
13485208, hm
Posted by grey, Fri May-26-23 04:15 PM
13485211, lol
Posted by kinetic94761180, Fri May-26-23 04:46 PM
13485215, im from ya mamas house HOE
Posted by seasoned vet, Fri May-26-23 07:19 PM
bitch ass nigga, dont worry about where im from
13485222, lmao
Posted by legsdiamond, Sat May-27-23 02:25 PM
13485287, "It ain't where you from, it's where you at" - Rakim
Posted by spitfire, Tue May-30-23 03:53 AM
13485214, agree but it probably does depend on where you grew up
Posted by bearfield, Fri May-26-23 06:29 PM
i grew up in the mid-south and not even in the one city in that region that had a distinct hip hop scene so this kind of regional provincialism never made much sense to me. it probably matters more if you grew up listening to local groups with their own style based on the greater regional sound at the time
13485216, it never mattered
Posted by seasoned vet, Fri May-26-23 07:21 PM
good music is good music
13485205, Raheem the Vigilante n/m
Posted by NorthWeezy, Fri May-26-23 03:33 PM
13485226, related unrelatedly
Posted by grey, Sat May-27-23 09:44 PM
I just know Dre was like “oh that nigga got one”

https://youtu.be/YFLt1lhbtKM