Where people pretend that the east coast was on some roughneck shit prior to NWA.

>you and other heads CONFLATE the shit out of the term Gangsta
>rap. I do not think of Nas, Wu and Mobb as gangsta rap. they
>were street rappers. did they talk about using/selling drugs,
>getting in fights, shooting guns, calling women bitches and
>hoes? yes.

Prior to NWA, most of East Coast rap was on that heavy d tip. having fun, rapping just to rap, little bit of Farrakhan now and then, and dancing.

You had a few nibbles with KRS, Kool G. Rap, and Just Ice and Schooly D, but majority of rapping ass niggas wasn't on that shit until after NWA.

Were it not for g-rap, we'd still be on some "now that we found love" bs.

Maybe you're young and don't remember what hip hop was like prior to Cube n'nem, but I do. It was cool then, but post NWA, shit was infinitely better.

It's a bitter pill to take, but without the hoods, thugs, and G's coming through cats like Mos Def and De La would have never have been able to thrive.

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