(05-04-2014 08:02 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(05-04-2014 05:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  One thing is for sure. East coast hip hop was much better than the ghetto crap that came from the west coast. It's sad that our culture glamorized west coast crap and let east coast hip hop die. But that is the way with everything in America. We always pick the worst of the two.

I'd say the late 80s early 90s West Coast "gangsta rap" had its place and that was mainly because the groups from that era were discussing gang violence, police brutality, and other social issues that were going down out there. Then, they had a totally different vibe for "party jams" than the East Coast. I mean, NWA/Ice T = Public Enemy/KRS ONE on a lot of the actual social issue agenda. Granted PE and KRS one were also more about "black pride" and self education too....

But in essence, I agree that it was very unfortunate for the rap game that "gangsta/thug" rap took over and squeezed out a lot of the other styles.

It ruined it for me. I really liked the positive vibe from the 80s stuff. The breakdance scene was extremely cool and the overall genre had a constructive message. Giving disavantaged kids a message that would better their lives...like staying in school and following their dreams

Then it turned into something dark and violent. Something that got people killed. It created a generation of thugs and wanna be gangsters that made going out to have good time less fun. F those people. I hope they all die. Not to mention the overblown bass and slower tempo was just flat out irritating. It was the reason Wil Smith left rap and focused on acting. He said it had turned "whack."

Never again.