This is wrong lol especially regarding xzibit n even Alks, Rass yeah even tho he still has gang side to him

And again, thats part of my barely "gangsta rap" part of the list

Andre Nikatina isnt even all that gangsta lol that nigga is weed & psych rap with some comedy

we'll agree to disagree xzibits first album that came out in 1996 doesnt have a traditional west coast sound same with ras kass so their alternative imo.

Idk how unless you consider GFunk-like all west coast "traditional" even tho it isnt. Especially the more North you go which has always had a different sound such as Hireo & Mischief, even people like 90s e40 doesnt have the "traditional/mainstream steroetype" of west coast aka Dre DJ Quik sound (which is funny because Xzibit n Rass Kass would even work n link up with Dre). Even tho the West has always been so much more like Cypress, Pharcyde n the two mentioned above.

Xzibits first album still has hella gang s*** all over it too lol.

Idk, feels like youre stereotyping the west & cherry picking the content of what makes "gangsta rap" & what doesnt. When theres hella niggas that do what xzibit does, talk about street life in a matter of fact manner while also having some hardcore records here n here with it.

Makes no sense to me but yeah, zibit wasnt even underground.

While i still posted artists such as:

Abstract Tribe Unique
Pharcyde
Deltron
Casual
Rappin 4 Tay
Murs
Madlib
Etc.

Rappers that are more experiemntal, "weird", or just more chilled out.

The only actual gansta rappers there are:

King Tee
Mr. El Capone
MC Eiht
The Luniz
Lady of Rage
Raided X
Mac Mall
Spice 1s later career

(And still even then, only Rage n Tee has the "stereotype" west gang sound 💀)

But yeah, i digress lol.

Soul on Ice and Coast II Coast gangsta rap??

one of my favorite scenes in music, just vibes upon vibes

alot of dope s*** was dropping at that time.

They have a lot of themes n sound & kass has even worked with dre, yeah to a degree lol & they have other projects especially Alks where theyre more "hardcore"

Kass is the least tho

But overall "gangsta rap" is a very reductive & bullshit term for the most part anyways that mostly only people outside of west uses & blankets across

never heard this before audio this is cold.

My dear, my dear, my dear you do not know me very well now let me tell you about the feelings I have for you

was gonna post this in op but everybody knows pharcyde.

this s*** -one of the most important underrated crew’s

they would all hit the stage with instruments & shut down the place rip to the fallen ones in boo ya, legends

if ya never heard this one

now you just became a fan just like eminem did when he grew up listening to them - so much that he appeared on their last album for free. RIP Monsta 😎

😎 it’s that debut single when your ‘staff in house producer’ can kill a track that’s how cold death row was. the musician in the crew is nice with it when he was just called priest - before soopafly. 😎

Kinda crazy how Death Row n Aftermath had hella artists that "no one" knows about

People usually only think of 3 to maybe 7ish if youre lucky but they had so much in their years

I wonder how far Ruthless would have gone if eazy didnt die with Pac signing, theyre roster also really underrated such as Above the Law

bookmarking thread in af 4 the coup

water giver is spitting itt

Came to say the same. Wtf

this one which will be part of a drop i am assembling

project produced by j-swift same person who produced bizarre ryde II pharcyde 😎

Ty, Im from Oakland & lived all over the bay n got family all over LA with parents that were hiphop heads from the 80s to 2005ish

Sick of niggas saying anything west that mentions a gun or any type of street life is "gangsta rap" even tho south n east does the same s***, or when they have a really linear understanding/knowledge of west coast smh

WEST IS SO MUCH MORE AND "GANGSTA RAP" FOR THE MOST PART IS SOME BULLSHIT BY POLITICIANS AND EAST COASTERS

TALK TO EM

Oh yea, we can’t forget about them. Straight legends 😳

Banned from mtv and bet everyone was scared to play this video

Paris hitting the drums & that moog bass , he produced this track, he directed this video & somehow was able to film all the scenes without catching hell 😎

@tradez401

Does Dilated count? They came out in the late 90s but the debut came in 2000

We will allow it 😒

Cool.

Couldn't leave them or CDP Crew off tbh

Paris is hard cant believe i forgot about him imma add him now

Not a fan of his later years tho when he starts becoming an equivalent to Qanon conspiracy rapper

But his first few albums are tough & deep