will smith, eve and the roots are the most successful artists from PA, but none of them are as emblematic of the philly rap universe as beans. his vivid guntalk, dense multisyllabic rhyme patterns and legal fuckery are more indicative of that city than a live band. listen to meek mill, state prop, chic raw, joey jihad, vodka, hollow man, gillie, ab liva, sandman, etc. the roots' sphere of influence is more in neo-soul and r&b (jill scott, jazzies, musiq).