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"East coast: Serious lyrics about social, political and philosophical issues







West coast: Bitchez luv me cuz i have tons of ca$h and cars"



You are honestly an idiot and shouldn't talk about hip hop when you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

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Like most things in life it's a mix, check Biggie for example, he rapped about social issues all the time but he did also talk about chicks and how much they loved him because of his status.

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The west coast doesn't talk about bitches loving them they talk about death in the streets and struggling to survive on a daily basis whether it be from gang banging or drug dealing. People on the west coast rapped about what they saw and what they were going through. Sorry they couldn't focus on politics which they didn't have an opportunity to learn about, or didn't have time to learn about.



If you don't think what they're rapping about is/was a social issue, you're just stupid

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People on the west weren't nearly as focused on women loving them like the east was what the hell are you talking about?

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"You are honestly an idiot and shouldn't talk about hip hop when you clearly don't know what you're talking about."



Whatevz buddy, go listen to real rap like Drake

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Just because I like Drake doesn't mean I'm not knowledgeable about what I'm talking about. What a terrible argument.

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Because your insults were filled with arguments worth of an essay, of course

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Ok, I shouldn't have insulted you but my points still stand.

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Don't worry m8



I get your argument. As I said, I don't think it's an absolute rule. But I feel it wasn't that weird to find rap that talks about the "gangsta" life as a life that's cool and worth living because of all of its stupid banalities.



On a different argument. In the sound department, I tend to find more variety on East Coast's rap. Mainly because of the jazz/funk influences, while West Coast's stayed more with your "typical rap" sound. There are exceptions of course, for instance, I like Run DMC but their sound is certainly one of the most generics I've seen on old school rap

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drifter pls quit desecrating these tribe threads. group deserves better.

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???



If anything the east coast was more typical. The west was all about 70s and 80s funk samples/remixes. As well as original compositions with deep bass, synthesizers, and horns. This is beyond confusing to me. Thats what the west is known for, the beats.

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These guys and De La Soul are problably the two most populars examples of jazz/funk on rap and they're east coast

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Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Eazy E, 2Pac. Wot r u toking abot

dr dre was/is booty cheeks

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Fugees, Digable Planets, The Roots, Gang Starr, Jungle Brothers



As I said, most of the bands which mixed rap with other styles of black music were from the east coast

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Best jazz rap album of all time is Bizarre Ride by Pharcyde

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You said who were bigger and the ones I listed are obviously bigger. No one is bigger than Dr Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy E, Snoop Dogg, and 2Pac.



Lol and there you go Pharcyde are from Cali.

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Oh I wasn't trying to apply it to w.e argument you guys are having, just will use any excuse to bring them up because they're too unknown on here

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I've never heard of them



Hi Drifter

"Best jazz rap album of all time is Bizarre Ride by Pharcyde"

can we count Black Moon's debut in that discussion?