RHH: What were the major differences between east and west coast RHH music in the 90s?

Question

Same old NY vs. Cali. Not asking what you think was better, but what the major style differences were. There has to be a decent amount, because I pretty much only listen to east coast music. Really the only west coast rappers I listen to are 2Pac and Dre. So obviously, NY was doing something Cali wasn't, and vice versa.

Answer 1

Cali stuff was mostly more laid back... you had Snoop, 2Pac, the ever-underrated E-40 (nobody here likes him except for me), Project Blowed.... NY was more doing the mafioso/gangster style, obviously Raekwon, Biggie, Jay-Z. There was also more conscious hip hop coming from NY like KRS-One. It's probably because hip hop had already taken off years before in the East before it made it to the West, so the West was starting off with that party/drinking stuff that we saw in the '70s and '80s in NY.



BQ: Besides the obvious ones? The ones I mentioned like Project Blowed, E-40... check out some of Dre's affiliates if you haven't like Kurupt, Daz....

Answer 2

East Coast Rap in the 90s concentrated more of their focus

on lyricism while West Coast/Gangsta Rap was experimenting

with instrumentals, specifically what they called G-Funk, bcus

many rappers and producers on the West were playing around

with R&B oldies and synchronizing that into their music. I would

say the East had a little of that too, but the West was looking for

a new sound in beats with the oppurtunity in new cutting edge

computer technology emerging in the 90s.



BQ: Dre Day- Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg

Answer 3

New York is more of a classic Boom Bap sound and the West Coast has more of a funky gangster sound; a little less lyrical, with more emphasis on the flow and the beats than on the rhymes and content.



BQ: The Pharcyde and Heiroglyphics for sure. also The Alchemist, Planet Asia, Blu & Exile, Dilated Peoples, Madlib... there's a ton of West Coast artists that can appeal to the East Coast fan.

Answer 4

East was more hardcore and lyrical. West was more fun and chilled but they each had their fair section of both characteristics.



BQ:

The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II

Del The Funky Homosapien - No Need For Alarm

The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better

The Coup - Genocide & Juice

Ice T - Power

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Answer 5

East coast is centered more around lyrical content with that classic sounding hip-hop beat, often referred to as a boom-bap.

West coast, while they did have great lyricists, the beats were far different from the classic boom bap sound of the East Coast.



^^ very simple definition.



BQ: Pharcyde for sure... Especially if you enjoy A Tribe Called Quest

Answer 6

Im a east coast representative as well......but always have listened to other styles



back in 1993 i had loads of good west coast rappers i've enjoyed such as



BQ :



The alkoholics

pharcyde

souls of mischief

del the funky homosapian



Their music matched my taste.....so im sure you'll like them to!

Answer 7

Wow......this somewhat does blow me away. I even ought to furnish you a large kudos for being so damn reliable and resilient. i'd have hung myself after listening to in common words this style of lame examples of what you should call "song". Rap , Hip Hop, even with you call it in basic terms sux,,,era None of this can ever be considered song see you later as one in basic terms rips off the different it really is all this type is about.

Answer 8

Well your an elitist fag that thinks all current music sucks and thinks that 90s rap is the only good kind so go kill yourself.

Answer 9

Hip hop master summed it up