"west coast was more technical ie electro"

Well put! I take my hat off to you for that one. In my opinion, East coast was far more hip hop than the west coast.

Don't get me wrong, there were some good jams from over that way, but I'm talking over all.

Chill ghost, appreciate your reply in regards to the old skool battle of east and west, I have too admit that I appreciate both styles and enjoy both for each of their qualities but I am a bit of an electro fan, ie into any electric key synth.

EG , Kraftwerk, Unknown Dj, 2 Live, fav being world class wreckin cru -surgery. Egyptian lover, and the only track that i know from kid frost 'terminator' so i am biased in my thoughts.

I feel that west coast has gone all gangsta and forgotten its technical roots.My answer to this is that this was the only way for west coast to take up the east coast style without admitting it was east coast. This is only my view.

If someone in the west coast is brave enough to combine their gangsta style with old skool electro breaks. I think it would be hit.

What do you think?

Any way, its good to hear from ya all the way from the US.

Am shoutin out from Scotland.

keepin it real

I liked the west coast pre Gangsta era with all the electronic beats n stuff... My faves were Ice-T and King Tee.  I wasn't too thrilled with Too Short but i did like his old song "Freaky Tales"

That montel song THis is How We do it......a song trying to pump up the West Coast using an East Coast Beat and taking East Coast lyrics.....That Dre song California...using an East Coast Beat ( used by EPMD) rapping about how great the west coast is...

to me....West coast has some very talented artists...but they have to rip from the east coast to try and represent themselves?

Its all about the East Coast...

(there are always exceptions to the rule)

First of all, let me say that I was born and raised in L.A. Having said that, let's get it straight that NYC is the birthplace of hip-hop. I still remember being on the school bus in the 8th grade (yes I'm THAT old) and hearing rappers delight for the first time. From then on, all a brother had to do is say he was from NYC and he got instant juice. Now, here's the difference between east and west:B-boying (breaking) was east coast, while popping was west coast. That's why 'it's just begun' is a classic back east, while 'planet rock' is a classic out west. We stayed in that planet rock (techno-hop) for years. This was back in the nissan truck days, when EVERYBODY had a nissan truck! This was the begining of super-subs and 808 beats. L.A. is the birthplace of 'jeep beats'. Crenshaw blvd. was rockin sat and sun nights! This was also the heyday of the greatest hip-hop radio station ever, 1580 kday, ALL RAP, ALL THE TIME!!!! uncle jams army, dj aladdin, egyptian lover, pretty tony, rodney o and joe cooley, the l.a. dream team, jj fad, Ice t (do yall remember 'ya don't quit' ?) just to name a few. Eventually, there came a time when we stopped believing that we had to be 'legit', and gangsta rap began....How many of yall have ever heard 'panic zone', nwa's first record? It's straight techno-hop. I will end by quoting  Rakim: "It ain't where your'e from, it's where your at"