yeah it’s very west coast sounding, production is def a little more LA leaning than oakland tho.
hard to explain how big Fonky Expedition was in the bay. song was a staple on local radio for years, still get’s play. i was kinda saddened by nipsey and yg jacking the beat wholesale for FDT and not improving on it. thought the song was kinda lazy and should’ve been better and… angrier.
Just been flicking through The Fix. Yeah you’re right, he’s militantly on beat to the point it sounds like he laid it down without ever listening to the samples. Really interesting contrast between him and Nas on In Between Us where Nas is obviously closer to the beat than your trad southern rapper but there’s a ‘swing’ (for lack of a better term) to the delivery which makes it sound like he’s dancing over the rest of the music. On the surface their flow is not too dissimilar yet Nas is waaaaaayyyy more pleasing to my ears.
really solid set- super pick. production is def a little more LA leaning than oakland tho. sloppy g-funk is really doing it for me now- have overdone it on the boom bap down the years.
Enjoyed the first few tracks of The Conscious Daughters but haven’t delved deep yet. Only exposure I’ve had to Bay Area is Lil B who I guess isn’t really representative of the scene in the 90s…
I’d recommend giving Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik a spin. Definitely the first Southern rap album I really warmed to, along with Urban Legend.
This is another one that absolutely needs ot be bumped in headphones / a car. Their delivery is probably, for argument’s sake, closer to Aceyalone than Scarface