Is the West Coast Really the Best Coast?

[Mr. Glass]

I used to be convinced that we (East) were dominate, but with the current approval of herbal enhancements, the West coast might finally have us beaten. What makes either coast better in your opinion? Leave nothing out (i.e. music, movies, cities, etc.)

[Naan]

Live tv.

[Mr. Glass]

NYC = best food in the world (all ethnicities).

[nazrmohamed]

Assuming the south doesn't come with us, idkwtf happened to hip hop in New York. And sure they'll be some great underground dude someone will mention but in terms of relevancy there really isn't anything up here. Why else would the best rapper be a 44yr old man. Everywhere else is putting out fresh new artists.

[Mr. Glass]

Assuming the south doesn't come with us, idkwtf happened to hip hop in New York. And sure they'll be some great underground dude someone will mention but in terms of relevancy there really isn't anything up here. Why else would the best rapper be a 44yr old man. Everywhere else is putting out fresh new artists.

So true.

If we are truly talking coastal cities/states, then we can include the likes of Georgia and Florida, as well as DC and Philly. We win the food game hands down with stuff like:

- New England/Manhattan clam chowder
- Philly cheesesteaks
- Pastrami and corned beef
- Coastal seafood

[n8 the gr8]

I've never been to the west coast but the more liberal states in New England are usually just a few years behind the west coast.

I don't think I could ever live outside of New England for more than a couple years at a time. I like living in an old house, the lack of suburban sprawl and how stand offish people are in the Northeast. Friendly and up-front people kind of freak me out. Like I know how people complain about it but I like how you can walk anywhere in NYC and not have to talk to anyone no matter how big the crowd is.

For music whatever you want to see at least comes and tours around NYC/tristate area and all the bands that I like to see a bunch of times in per year are from the Northeast (Phish, Twiddle, Dopapod, Kungfu, etc). I don't really care where bands are from as long as I get a chance to see them enough.

Can Vermont be part of the east coast for the sake of the argument? I like Vermont. I'm also in Vermont now so I wouldn't really have a say if it wasn't.

[StevoStarks]

We've got you guys on weather!

[Koopa Troopa]

man i went to LA two times, specifically studio city and holy shit its a different world than queens ny, or anywhere ny. They have weed stores on every single block, not an exaggeration. Some of the weed stores have valet parking. Just this in itself is mindblowing to anyone who just knows new york.

[StevoStarks]

man i went to LA two times, specifically studio city and holy shit its a different world than queens ny, or anywhere ny. They have weed stores on every single block, not an exaggeration. Some of the weed stores have valet parking. Just this in itself is mindblowing to anyone who just knows new york.

Now they're all over. Like going out to buy groceries. Looking forward to catching up to Colorado.

What were you doing in Studio City?

[Koopa Troopa]

why else would anyone go to Cali????

[big_j_NY]

Assuming the south doesn't come with us, idkwtf happened to hip hop in New York. And sure they'll be some great underground dude someone will mention but in terms of relevancy there really isn't anything up here. Why else would the best rapper be a 44yr old man. Everywhere else is putting out fresh new artists.

It comes down to beat production basically, nazr. Back when NY was one of the top dominant forces in hip hop, we were known to having the most popular production sounds out there.

If you think about the top hip hop songs from the 90s, the production on those songs were ICONIC AT THAT TIME.........and the producers on those tracks were up-and-comings that were well-known for primarily working with NY/East Coast and West Coast hip hop artists.

Flash forward to now, the up-and-coming producers are essentially scattered about between the West Coast and the South. Yeah, there are still top producers in the NY/East Coast area, but they're too busy getting paid by the older, veteran artists OR have journeyed to other genres of music.

In other words, NY hip hop can return its dominance if we can produce more up-and-coming producers from this area..........instead of relying on beat makers from the other parts of America.