34. "RE: great convo in here, in particular Bomb's post" In response to In response to 30
>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.