>i think there is a side of west coast rap that gets extremely
>under discussed and appreciated tho. most of the none
>critical/popular earthquake classic albums in here ARE STILL
>GANGSTER RAP, and i know why that is, but these albums need
>love/discussion:

Because none of those albums "blew up". I personally hate segregating Hip Hop into "gangsta" or "backpack". I listed what I thought were the best West Coast Hip Hop albums period. I mean where do Xzibit's first 2 albums fit? To me they are a little bit of both like a lot of stuff. Same with King T or Cypress Hill.
>
>Freestyle Fellowships first two lps
>Myka and Aceys for 2-3 joints
>Digital Underground's Sex Packets
>Xzibits first two
>Dilated's The platform
>Lootpack's Soundpieces (even w/ Wildchild's WACK EMCEES, lol)
>The Unseen
>Defari's Focused Daily
>Self-Scientific's The Self-Science
>and a couple of others i'm forgetting
>
>but these albums stretch from 88-2000 and carve out the strong
>reality to an alternative voice that ran parallel (NOT IN
>OPPOSITION) to the gangster and pimp shit of Short, Dre, Snoop
>and Quik. the west coast has always had many style and voices,
>but because the "hegemonic" history is NWA to _____ insert
>name(s) this gets lost.
>
>it's always funny when current writers are flabbergasted that
>OFWGKTA, TDE, Dom Kennedy, Blu, Madlib (Stones Throw),
>Gangrene ect all come form the same region

That speaks to their own ignorance about Hip Hop and or Black folks in general. I made this point in a another post that people act as if there is like a planet gangster and a planet backpack or conscious and that these artists don't all come from the same place.