Which side did you like the most during the gangsta rap conflict in the mid-90s?  I pick West-Side.

I live in Cali so I had to throw down for the West Side... tho really I love rap I don't care where it comes from....


How come no ones representing for the Dirty South?  They've been in the game for a long time!

I didn't really have a preference, either way. Anyway, I refuse to pick sides in the conflict, since two guys got killed over it.

I live in Cali so I had to throw down for the West Side... tho really I love rap I don't care where it comes from....


How come no ones representing for the Dirty South?  They've been in the game for a long time!





I guess I could since I am from Tampa, Florida :).  But then again, Dirty South is more glam rap now which I am not too fond of.

I guess I could since I am from Tampa, Florida :).  But then again, Dirty South is more glam rap now which I am not too fond of.


glam rap  ;D  that's true for now but before... It wasn't

I have to pick the West Coast.  My reason is this, really the East Coast Ganster Rap movement was just one record label, the infamous Bad Boy Entertainment. I mean there was the Wu-Tang Clan as well I guess but that really was it. For the most part the 90's on the East Coast was Heavy D, LL Cool J, and a fw other feel good acts like TLC.  This was particularly true in the start of the decade. The West Coast had of course Death Row but there was also Ruthless Records, Priority Records and acts like Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Too Short.  For all of this I cast my vote to the West side cause you and I know it was the Best side.

I have to pick the West Coast.  My reason is this, really the East Coast Ganster Rap movement was just one record label, the infamous Bad Boy Entertainment. I mean there was the Wu-Tang Clan as well I guess but that really was it. For the most part the 90's on the East Coast was Heavy D, LL Cool J, and a fw other feel good acts like TLC.  This was particularly true in the start of the decade. The West Coast had of course Death Row but there was also Ruthless Records, Priority Records and acts like Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Too Short.  For all of this I cast my vote to the West side cause you and I know it was the Best side.


WORD.  I voted West Side also.  602 representin' 8)

West Side - Ice-T, NWA, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Short Dog, Snoop Dog, Tupac.

East Side - Wu-Tang, Notorious BIG, Kool G. Rap & Polo, Jay-Z, Nas, Mobb Deep.

South - Geto Boys from Texas (they were nasty). Master P.

I am a diehard East Coast fan since I grew up minutes away from NYC.  However, for gangsta rap, it was never quite as nasty, dirty, and popular on the East Coast as it was on the West Coast.


Gangsta Rap Factoid - Ice-T was actually born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to California in his early teens to start the Gangsta Rap Genre.

West Side - Ice-T, NWA, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Short Dog, Snoop Dog, Tupac.

East Side - Wu-Tang, Notorious BIG, Kool G. Rap & Polo, Jay-Z, Nas, Mobb Deep.

South - Geto Boys from Texas (they were nasty). Master P.

I am a diehard East Coast fan since I grew up minutes away from NYC.  However, for gangsta rap, it was never quite as nasty, dirty, and popular on the East Coast as it was on the West Coast.


Gangsta Rap Factoid - Ice-T was actually born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to California in his early teens to start the Gangsta Rap Genre.


I believe Tupac was born in New York too.

South - Geto Boys from Texas (they were nasty).


Sally That Girl!  oh no that was the Gucchi Crew

the Ghetto Boys...don't know them...  but thanks for recalling some truly dirty lyrics to the forefront of my mind  ;D


oh wait... ghetto boys did 6 feet deep.... that was a good song.. but it was no Sally that Girl  ;D

Westside definitely. I live in California, lived here my whole life. West side for the most part.

I have to pick the West Coast.  My reason is this, really the East Coast Ganster Rap movement was just one record label, the infamous Bad Boy Entertainment. I mean there was the Wu-Tang Clan as well I guess but that really was it. For the most part the 90's on the East Coast was Heavy D, LL Cool J, and a fw other feel good acts like TLC.  This was particularly true in the start of the decade. The West Coast had of course Death Row but there was also Ruthless Records, Priority Records and acts like Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Too Short.  For all of this I cast my vote to the West side cause you and I know it was the Best side.
What about "A Tribe Called Quest" or "Public Enemy" for the East Coast? "Public Enemy" was still pretty popular around 1990 or 1991 until their fame faded in the mainstream around 1992 or 1993. "A Tribe Called Quest" was pretty popular in the first half of the 90's. I could include "PM Dawn" who are from Jersey City, New Jersey but their music was always all over the board in terms of "genres of music".

West Side - Ice-T, NWA, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Short Dog, Snoop Dog, Tupac.

East Side - Wu-Tang, Notorious BIG, Kool G. Rap & Polo, Jay-Z, Nas, Mobb Deep.

South - Geto Boys from Texas (they were nasty). Master P.



  If those are examples of East/West artists then my faves have always been West Coast, exclusively...

What about "A Tribe Called Quest" or "Public Enemy" for the East Coast? "Public Enemy" was still pretty popular around 1990 or 1991 until their fame faded in the mainstream around 1992 or 1993. "A Tribe Called Quest" was pretty popular in the first half of the 90's. I could include "PM Dawn" who are from Jersey City, New Jersey but their music was always all over the board in terms of "genres of music".


Wait. If we are discussing Gangsta Rap, we should not include Public Enemy or A Tribe Called Quest.  Yes, they are great influential east coast groups but not Gangsta Rap.

IF WE ARE NOT COMPARING GANSTA RAP AND STRICTLY RAP SKILLS ON THE EAST AND WEST COAST, THEN EAST COAST MUST WIN!!!

I am a diehard East Coast fan since I grew up minutes away from NYC.  However, for gangsta rap, it was never quite as nasty, dirty, and popular on the East Coast as it was on the West


How would you compare these rappers today?  Biggy Smalls movie is coming out with a potential of a larger fanbase and lately Ice Cube is making family movies directed by Fred Durst.