man the west coast had a dope ass underground scene in the 90s if your old enough to know some joints post them here i'll start it off

the first guy sounds like AZ.

charizma sounds similar to big l rip.

This crazy I was playing Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics yesterday

Ended up playing Deltron 3030 too

Damn they was going crazy back then

Alkaholics are so good

That’s why west coast <<<
Sorry they just got the flavor

Thing you meant >>>

some gems in this thread thx

underrated for sure.

True, thanks

i wish the underground west coast scene had more airplay back then.

The nonce?

putting me on to some gems here

was up on all these dudes dope s***.

Album came out in 2000, but this song was dropped in 99 I believe if this counts

i would say so most of the album probably was recorded in 1998-1999 and i never heard this joint dope.

i think i may post his lp 😎

Mac Mall
King Tee
Hieroglyphics
Spice 1
Raided X
Deltron 3030
Rappin' 4 Tay
Souls of Mischief
Rass Kass
Abstract Tribe Unique
RBL Posse
Big Skye
Lady of Rage
Celly Cel
Above the Law
Paris
Keak Da Sneak
Alkoholics
Mac Dre
Casual
Mr. EL Capone
Pharcyde
MC Eiht + Compton's Most Wanted
Madlib
The Luniz
Murs
Domino
Andre Nikatina

Etc.

Bruh said

This what I had thought about

alot of these artists are gangsta rap i dont count them as alternative west coast acts.

my dad was a HUGE spice 1 fan lol

You have Rass Kass, Alkaholics & f***ing Xzibit in your op lmao

Also L, only a quarter of my list is "gangsta rap" lol

Spice 1 one of the best

From his hard s*** to his more chilled out poetic stiff s*** is A1

Too bad he became corny in the late 2000s n early 2010s tho, but his 90s s*** is dope & some of my favs

Top 20 rapper for me

ras kass and xzibit arent really gangsta rap more on the conscious side with a non traditional west coast sound guys like mc eiht, spice 1, lady of rage, andre nikatina are straight up gangsta rap with a strong west coast sound.