Taking a momentary break from my "favorite rhymes spitters" posts, I found this interesting thread on SOHH. I understand people can hide under the anonymity of the internet and claim to be whoever they want... but this sounds legit. Regardless, this is an entertaining thread...When I first started getting into hip-hip (late 80's/early 90's), I liked my hip hop violent, nihilistic, and controversial as possible. So it goes without saying I immediately took a liking to the Geto Boys and Rap-A-Lot artists. And while hip hop always feuded on a bi-coastal level, this independent powerhouse in Houston were making their own brand of raw music on its own terms. In the process, they pioneered styles that both coasts would liberally borrow from in years to come.
Production-wise alone, I always felt the East Coast owed a huge debt to RAL. A few a examples...
Anyways, I understand producers use the same samples all the time. But I always felt RAL were ahead of their time in the way they used soul samples. And from a lyrical standpoint, Scarface had suicidal tendencies on record before Biggie ever dropped. Ganksta Nip had horrorcore on lock before the Gravediggaz were around. J. Prince was the original independent label don before Master P., Baby, or Suge Knight has even conceived their labels. Countless artists have named Scarface as one of their favorite rappers and biggest influences ever. I could go on and on.
My point being, it's always been a favorite pastime of hip hop to sh*t on the South... so it's about high time we paid our respects.
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