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- The Pharcyde - "Runnin'" (from Labcabincalifornia, 1995) Let’s start with a bridge — one between the insurgent wave of early ’90s West Coast indie and all the potential dynamism, insight, and creativity that underground hip-hop would cultivate by the decade’s end.
- J-Live - "Braggin' Writes" (12", 1995) One of the other calling cards, it should be noted, is rapping about rapping — the recentering and arms-race showoff of skills.
- Dr. Octagon - "Blue Flowers" (from Dr. Octagonecologyst, 1996) Kool Keith’s always been a crazy bastard, if by “crazy” you mean “can sound fly even rapping complete nonsense” and “bastard” you mean “stylistically fathered by immaculate conception.”
- The East Flatbush Project - "Tried By 12" (12", 1996) When street rap mourns, it’s the strongest case there is for hip-hop not as the detractors’ “inspiration for violence,” but as something inspired by violence — of something that has to be paid attention to, made sense of, after-the-fact justified, but not so much celebrated as chronicled in ways that at least try to find the resilience of artistic expression in the midst of a grim scenario.
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May 1, 2023 · The 100 Greatest West Coast Hip-Hop Songs of All Time. From N.W.A to Tyler, the Creator, from mobb music to hyphy. By Rolling Stone. May 1, 2023.
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90's West Coast Underground Hip Hop · Playlist · 266 songs · 1.6K likes.
Late 1980s and 1990s. 2000s and 2010s. Subgenres. Hyphy style. Mobb music. Impact. See also. References. West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.
Aug 22, 2017 · 10 West Coast Rappers Carrying California’s Underground Torch - DJBooth. You already know Kendrick, Tyler, Q, YG and Vince, allow us to introduce you to a few more names. Cassidy Kakin....
