>You make it seem that the second an artist was found out to >be originally from outside of the East Coast it was the death >knell. NYC had a very specific ethos that if you didn't >follow they weren't really feeling you, but more then a few >regional acts got played who had more 'universal' sounds, from >DOC to Pharcyde. >
I'm born and raised in philly and have been listening to hip hop since the early 80's. I was a junior in high school when the chronic came out, and I can tell you that up until that point, the only west coast shit we had memorized and in the decks was NWA Niggaz4Life. we all knew of and had heard classic's from too short, quick, shit, even del (mr dobolina), but none of us were really bumpin that shit in our rides.... until the chronic. That definitely opened some doors as too... what the fuck is going on out there?