SOHH LEFT COAST
Interview with Traxamillion: "We eatin' right now..."
Posted on October 5, 2006 1:00 AM
As far as producers from the bay who are makin’ a name for themselves, Rick Rock’s long since established himself in the rest of the world (anybody remember the "Cosmic Slop Shop" joint he did with Doonie Baby and Big Lurch?), E-A-Ski’s been doin’ his thing on the production tip, and Droop-E has already proven at a young age that he’s going to be a force to be reckoned with. But one cat has been makin’ a lot of noise recently from tracks he crafted for the albums of San Quinn, Keak Da Sneak, and Dem hoodstarz -- and that cat is Traxamillion.
Now with the single “The Sideshow” featuring Too Short and Mistah Fab gathering some momentum, and a bay area remix (with E-40) of Brooke Hogan’s “About us” in the works, Trax is looking to further solidify his rep as the Bay area’s go-to beatmaker with the recent release of his album The Slap Addict, which features a who’s who of Bay artists, including the aforementioned artists, Turf Talk, Dem hoodstarz, San Quinn, Clyde Carson, Keak Da Sneak, Husalah and Jacka of Mob Figaz, Balance, Izz Thizz, The Team, Zion I and The Pack. The man recently took some time out of his busy schedule to meet with me in Oakland to catch up on the state of Bay Area hip hop and the hot button issue of the moment, the hyphy movement.
SOHH Eighty: So first off, what’s up with the album? How’s it doing?
Traxamillion: It’s doin’ well, man. It sold out the first few days it was in stores, we couldn’t keep ‘em in the stores. It’s havin’ a good reaction out here.
80: Everyone I’ve gotten feedback from is feelin’ the album.
Trax: Yeah! You know, you got your nay sayers here and there, but you can’t please everybody. But for the most part the feedback’s good, man. The Bay has embraced it, even folks from other areas have embraced it. For anyone outside of the Bay who’s curious about the hyphy movement, I think The Slapp Addict is the project to pick up.
80: As far as the nay sayers go, there have been a lot of people where, if it’s from the bay, they’ll automatically associate it with the hyphy movement. And people are just dismissing it automatically, without even taking the time to find out that probably a good 75% of cats making music out of the Bay right now are lyrical as fuck and could eat up a lot of other rappers. But people just hear a small portion of the content and dismiss it.
Trax: You gotta dumb it down, man. It’s always been like that, though; you gotta get in how you get in and then once they love you, do what the fuck you want. Outkast is a perfect example. They get in doin’ the hits that everybody likes and once they in and they got the acceptance, ‘I’ll do what the fuck I want, I’m wearin’ perms and polyester tees, man. I’m rich, man, I’m rappin’ how I wanna rap. In velvet socks, nigga, and some boxer shorts.’
80: But what would you say to the detractors, the haters, the people who talk shit all day long about Bay area music and the hyphy movement?
Trax: Man, we eatin’ right now. This is how the Bay is gettin’ on and you’d be a fool to deny the hyphy movement. That’s why we’re gettin’ shine right now, that’s why the whole world is looking at the Bay right now, because there’s a movement happening. For anyone to go against that grain, is just... fuck you. It’s just hatin’. The only way the Bay area’s gonna get up out of this rut that we in- the shit we keep talking about -is if we stick together and we all create unity so we can get up out of this, just like the South did. The whole goddamn South got together and they support each other. They don’t need nobody else to buy records, they can go platinum in they own fuckin’ areas and they own regions. They don’t need the East coast, Midwest or the West coast. East Coast, they started funkin’ , boros started battlin’ each other, you know, shit fell apart. West coast, the Bay and L.A. was divided, shit fell apart. You feel me? You gotta stick together, that’s the only way it’s gonna happen; we gotta represent our own shit. And that’s what I’m all about; that’s why on the album, I GOT everybody on there.
80: But it seems like that’s one of the things that’s really unique about the bay; the amount of unity. I mean, E-40 and Too Short have been hella supportive of everybody that’s trying to make moves, like once they’re up on top, they give a hand to the next man, who helps out the next man...
Trax: That’s what’s so unique about the bay, man; there’s so much goddamn unity. This is probably one of the only places in the world that makes it’s own stars, you know what I mean? We put our own people up on a pedestal and support these muhfuckas to where these artists is out here eatin’, ya feel me? Eatin’ and buyin’ houses just off the Bay buyin’ their albums and supportin’ they movement.
80: Now there isn’t any question that right now the Bay is blowin’ up, but do you think that people need to seize the opportunity because all that’s gonna die down soon?
Trax: I hope it doesn’t but just like everything, it comes and it goes. Every region has their opportunity to get on and shine and if you don’t take advantage of it while the light’s here, there’s a good possibility that it could go. But I’m trying to seize every opportunity I can, so I ain’t gon’ let it go. Not on my watch.
80: As far as the hyphy movement catchin’ on around the rest of the nation right now, it seems like a lot of that has been due to the word “hyphy” being a catch phrase. And now it’s to the point where if anyone hears anything out of the bay that isn’t even necessarily associated with that shit, like Mob Figaz or San Quinn or Turf Talk...
Trax: ...then it’s ‘hyphy.’ Yeah, man. We gotta take it, man; if they wanna call us hyphy, we gotta take hyphy. I mean, we gotta make ‘em understand. It’s like baby food, we gotta feed it to ‘em slowly. If it’s “hyphy,” let that be the first word that they learn. Once they get to know us then they’ll really see what the picture is, but right now that’s all they know us as, that’s all the media’s blastin’ , so in my opinion you kinda gotta run with it.
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Dude?? Their Was a Blog for that. Its a Tight Song and all but im tired of that MySpace Freak Song, My damn mom wont quit singin' the shit for nothin..
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But Ummm Who Is This Cat?? Never Heard of'em Before...
I would fuck wit the Bay if I could hear a lil bit more shit from em. I aint gon lie, the sound of Hyphy right now is gonna be hard to get with but ill give it a chance. Imma see about San Quinn and Turf Talk. The Bay had a big ass movement out here in Dallas when I was little. I know my mom used to listen to E-40 and Too Short like it was nothin. I'll be watchin out for em.
First!
First?!!
THAT SHIT WONT MAKE IT PAST THE BAY BECAUSE FOLK THINK ITS NOTHING BUT A WESTCOAST CRUNK MOVEMENT..AND WE ALREADY SEE THAT DOWNSOUTH SO THE BAY WILL NEVER BE TAKING SERIOUS...NOBDY HAS A MAJOR DEAL BESIDES 40 AND SHORT SO THE REST OF THEM WILL ALWAYS BE INDY NO LABEL WANTS TO TAKE THE MOVEMENT SO ITS GONNA STAY IN THE BAY LOOKIN LIKE E40 FROM THERE AND HE'S WHAT IT IS....WRONG WRONG..I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM BECAUSE IT IS TALENT OUT THERE NOT GHOSTRIDING BUT WHO CARES SOON AS U SAY THE WORD BAY..HYPHY IS RIGHT BEHIND IT...BIGGEST MISTAKE WAS LETTIN LIL JON IN ON THE MADNESS THAT CROSSED THE MOVMENT OUT AND REALLY HAD FOLK THINKING CRUNK WESTCOAST....AND I'M SORRY TO INFORM YALL...NIGGAZ WILL NEVER EVER WEAR VANS..TO BAD KEAK AINT GOT A MAJOR DEAL FOLK WOULD TAKE THE BAY MORE SERIOUS...BUT WHEN U GOT A NIGGA DRIVING A YELLOW BUS WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO THINK?TO THE BAY AND TRAXMILLION IF YALL GOT SO MANY STARS GET 2GETHER AND SEE WHO GONNA REP YALL THE RIGHT WAY SO WE TAKE YALL SERIOUS...LIKE THE DAYS OF SPICE 1..EVEN THE PIMP SHIT SHORT...DRU DOWN ETC...BUT THIS GIMMICK SHIT WILL NEVER WORK AS U SEE TALK THAT INDEPENDENT SHIT ALL DAY U CAN ONLY DO SO MANY SHOWS AT THE LOCAL POOL HALL...AND TO ALL THE BAY RAPPERS STOP GETTIN THESE OLDASS NIGGAZ TO ENDORSE YALL THAT WE ALREADY DONT FUCK WITH SO WHEN WE SEE YALL WITH THEM WE THINK THE SAME ABOUT YOU...WHERES THE NIGGA THAT AINT HYPHY?AND AINT GOT 40 OR SHORT IN THERE CORNER WHERES HE AT?THE NIGGA THATS GONNA TELL THE REST OF US SHORT LIVE IN ATLANTA AND HAS BEEN SINCE 93?OR THAT E40 AINT FROM OAKLAND BUT CLAIM IT?WHERES THE REAL OAKLAND NIGGAZ?IM REACHING OUT...LEAVE YA STUNNA SHADES AT HOME AND BRING YOUR NOTEBOOK..AND A LIL OF THE GOOD PURP YALL GOT..
I feel you because that movement in the bay no disrespect sound like crunk music. The bay needs to go back to that C-BO ERA because when the bay allow lil jon in on the movement look like a coattail move. MAN GET BACK TO THAT OLD E-40 AND THE CLICK WITH TIRED OF BEING STEP ON OR SOME OF THAT REAL WEST COAST MUSIC
@ Chitown:
The "Yellow Bus" guy you speak of, Mistah Fab, just got a label deal (for Faeva Afta/Thizz) with Atlantic. And 40 claims Vallejo all the time on records; I've never heard him say he's from Oakland.
I do feel what you're sayin though, and it seems like a lot of cats outside of the bay feel the same way. But Trax addresses a lot of that in the interview, and he has some good points.
As far as cats distancing themselves from the hyphy movement, Turf Talk, Mob Figaz, Big Rich and San Quinn are some names to check out from the bay. Quinn is a vet, he's got like 10 albums of Fillmore gangsta shit. You should give him a listen, see if you like it.
Peace.
THE WESTCOAST DOES NOT NEED CHITOWN TO BUY OUR MUSIC - HOMEY - ITS LIKE ALMOST 40 MILLION PEOPLE ON THE COAST - 60 MILLION IF YOU COUNT THE WHOLE WEST - I THINK YOU CAN GET A 100K AND BE GOOD INDEPENDENT - NOT END UP LIKE THESE BROKE RAPPERS ON MAJORS.
JAPAN AND SOUTH AMERICA - WILL SUPPORT JUST ON CONNECTIONS - MAN WE GOT JAPANESE IN CALI THAT WILL KILL A VERSE -
WESTCOAST THROW YA SET UP!!!!
WOW... SO MANY BAY AREA HATERZ!!!!!
"THEY'LL ALWAYS BE HATERS, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.. HATEN NIGGAZ, MARRY HATEN BITCHES AND HAVE HATEN KIDZ"...
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T LISTEN..
BUT DON'T TRY TO PUT THE BAY DOWN WITH THE "INTERNET COMMENTS"..
WE'RE HYPHY, AND WE GO DUMB.. SO NO NEED TO GET "SENSITIVE" BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!
EVERY PLACE HAS THEIR OWN STYLE, JUST LIKE THE BAY.
CONTRARY TO WHAT THESE "HATERZ" SAY, WE'RE SHINING & WE'RE EATIN!!
THE BAY AREAAAAAA IS IN YOUR AREA!
you want some real bay shit fuck with THE TEAM: clyde carson, kaz kyzer, mayne mannish. its laid back mobbed out hyphy music and them niggaz is lyrical.
If you believe that those hyphy artist is better that that old c-bo then yall are dumb and need to be put in the gas chamber and take a whiff of the gas.
But to be honest give me some mo of those artist out there reppin the hyphy. I can't tell the difference between snap, hyphy, or crunk please explain to this old timer over here
niggas hating on the bay area now. the hyphy shit is hot. ii must admit it took a while to grow on me but i like it becasue its different. im from the south so yall know we always trying sumthing different down here(crunk, chooped and screw, bass music, crunk and B,snap) and one thing i learned is that everybody aint gonna like what you trying to do so you just have to keep rolling with it. some people going like it but you will always have haters. keep doing yall thing on the west.
man, fuck chitownkilla. how u talkin out tha side of ya ass online? you r not gangsta. I rep Chicago and tha Yay hard,cuz ive lived in both spots...niggaz like you will get your cranium cracked with all that hate. piss off!
C-BO ALLREADY DROPT A NEW CD MONEY TO bURN AND I GOTTA TELL ITS FIYAHHHH,I WASNT A DISSAPOINTMENT ALOT OF GREAT STREET TRACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Underground Bay Shit is the way to go.. Check out these two artist Young Just and Richochet from Sic City Hustlaz and Filthy Fedi Veterans.
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Why all You haters hatin on The Bay I smell Jealousy in the Air. The Bay's got talent A whole lot of it. And just cuz sum dont have a Major label going on Doesen't mean they'll never have one. Mistah Fab and Keak Da Sneak E-40 Too Short got one. everybody starts at the bottom and works their way up you gotta crawl before you walk. And where do rappers go to get sum new lyrics and phrases to steal the bay For Ex. What it do? Fo Shezzy?? C'mon. If you aint feelin the Hyphy shit and want to hear some more serious Raps Tune into SAN QUINN, MAC DRE (RIP), DEM HOODSTARS YUKMOUTH These Niggas here got sumthing to Say. You all Remember where 2PAC came from. The bay hasent always been Hyphy There's been a whole lot of music before HYPHY came around. The bay is gona keep doing what there doing ya dig we Blowin Up. As For Chitownkilla Fuk you Step Yo Game Up Bitch! Whats the best that ever came outa Chitown What Kanye Please Nigga that aint Gangsta.Just remember The Bay in connected North South East West We aint going no where ITS THIZZ OR DIE!! You Bitch
I just wanted to say that this HYPHY Bay shit smells like a bunch of rotten pig shit if you ask me. Know one will ever take this shit seriously. If all the bay got is E-40, Keak da sneak, and the yellow dummy bus driver Mistah Fab to rep, than yall got some serious fucking problems!
I'm from the Bay and I ask myself all the time where all the real hip-hop artist at? This Hyphy shit is a gimmick and big ass mis-representation of hip-hop in general. It's mad coonish and oh so ignorant to tell young blacks to go dumb and stupid when a large majority of the black youth in the Bay have to deal with poverty, crime, drugs, racism etc. It's not the right message and needs to be addressed.
E-40 been in the game way longer than lil' John but he's a major fat dick rider. This nigga on Lil' John's wack movemnt to pump up the Hyphy bay movemnet. Both of which are fads to make money for only them niggas. And why E-40 the only Bay nigga wit a deal?
Game Over for Hyphy, lol! Shit is WACK!
I aint' dissin' The Bay, just the Hyphy Movement and wack Hyphy artist!
Fuck the Following: All Hyphy Artists!!
& fuck "Fizz Nation" oops, meant Thizz!
Fuck a silly looking as scraper, scraper i need paper, paper for a Porsche my niggas...
The Doctor's Advocate is the forthcoming sophomore album by West Coast rapper The Game. The album's name, The Doctor's Advocate is a reference to the rap pioneer Dr. Dre who essentially "found" The Game, according to the rapper himself. It is expected to have much of the same producers that his first album had, including Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Cool and Dre. There has been much speculation on whether Dr. Dre has contributed to the making of "The Doctor's Advocate".
The album was originally intended by The Game to be released on June 6, 2006. The release date, however, had been pushed back several times and is now scheduled to be released on November 14. The album is rumored to feature appearances by artists Snoop Dogg, Nas, Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes and Nate Dogg.
The Game released an unoffical single from the album called "It's Okay (One Blood)" on July 24. Following its release, the rapper collobarated with his photographer and personal friend Jonathan Mannion to create a video for the song. On September 20, 2006 93.5 KDay in Los Angeles premiered The Game's single Strip Club (Let's Ride). On Tuesday, September 27, 2006 The Game appeared on MTV's Sucker Free countdown. There he revealed that he had recorded a nine-minute long track with Nas and Marsha (of Floetry). He also stated that Kanye West will produce and appear on a track, which is rumored to be titled "Wouldn't Get Far". The official album artwork is displayed all through the week of 9/26 in MTV's TRL studio for Spankin' Free Music Week which The Game appeared on. On 30th September 2006, the track "Hustla's Dream" (see below) was leaked to the internet [1]
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Confirmed tracks
"It's Okay (One Blood)" (featuring Junior Reid) (Produced by Reefa) (samples Junior Reid's Reggae track, "One Blood")
"Strip Club (Let's Ride)" (Produced by Scott Storch)
"Hustler's Dream" (featuring Anthony Hamilton) (Produced by Dre & Vidal) [2]
"Compton" (Produced By will.i.am) [3]
"Hate The Game" (featuring Nas) (Produced by Just Blaze) [4]
"Devil's Song" (Produced by Jonathan Rotem) [5]
"Stop" (Produced by Cool and Dre) [6]
"Wouldn't Get Far" (featuring Kanye West) (Produced by Kanye West)
"Summer Days" (featuring Fergie) (Produced by will.i.am)
"Lay You Down" (featuring Mary J. Blige) (Produced by Cool and Dre) [7]
"People" (featuring Mary J. Blige) (Produced by Cool and Dre) [8]
"Street Ryders" (featuring Nas) (Produced by Cool and Dre) [9]
"Sleepless Nights" (featuring Nas & Marsha of Floetry) (Produced by Just Blaze) [10]
Thanks for the hook of on that C-Bo. That the one of the REALEST #$$%% OUT HERE. Now no disrepect to the movement nigga like E-40 and the click, C-BO, and Short that the bay homie. Even if CBO not from cali, nigga HE PUT THE WEST ON HIS BACK WAY BEFORE PAC.
I hate to say but "Mistah Fab" is gawbage as gettin head by a crack addict... dat hyphy shit is ultra wack!!! Tha movement is hip-hop mafuckas, not some e-poppin thizzin hyphy fad bullshit.
Did yall see this corny ass nigga on MTV My Block??? So corny. Fab stop rockin other niggas chains in ya camp plus he did the most stupidist shit i've ever seen a rapper do on tv? The nigga took off two of the three chains he was wearing and was like "these ain't my chains, these are my homeboy's that's how we do and gave' em back." Nigga you looked so stupid when you did dat shit, LAMO!!!! No wonder yall always be like "Go Dumb, Go Stupid." You niggas really are dumb and stupid.
Get ya rhyme scheme up and a new one too!!!! Dat Hyphy shit will only be remebered as some zany shit some niggas on e-pillz came up with.
GAME OVER!!!!!
Dat thizzin out shit is way lame, LAMO...
Please drop anotha hot single on Tha Bay and Tha nation very soon, LAMO!!!
What hot single??? You niggas ain't got one cause yall lack "real" lyrical fire power. Which one of them hyphy niggas can really hold the bay down on a global hip-hop front? Who E-40, Keak da Kreep LAMO!!! 1 semi hot single "Go Dumb." But what about more hot singles? Yeah E-40 went gold on tha LP but is dat hyphy shit really taking things over? E-40, get your fat ass off Lil' John's crunk movement dick nigga, dat nigga been falling off! Originality E-40, you been in the game just as long prolly longer. Dat ultra ugly ass nigga should be bitin' off you instead, not you bitin him.
Dat hyphy shit is super wack, these niggas even got a nasty ass energy drink named after that corny shit.
I ain't hatin' the hustle. Get cha money, right dat's what i'm doing.. But really dough, dat hyphy shit is crackhead music...
Fizz Nation, Oops I meant Thizz Nation!
yall betta get a hot single on the radio real soon or the yellow bus full of hip-hop's dummies will fizzle out of gas real soon. u niggas already riding on fumes!!! I can't wait till Mistah Fab drops a hot single, LAMO!!!
GAME OVER!!! Big ups to know your roots for exposing this trash music...
These niggas bitin our style with dat hyphy homo shit! Dat shit is gawbage. Don't care how good this nigga can freestyle. dat don't get you paid in the industry. writing hot singles get's you paid $$$$
If this is the lame nigga who was reppin Tha Bay on MTV My Block. Then DA BAy got problems and is in 4 a rude awakening. He had on other niggas chains like they was his. nobody would've knew until he put himself on da spot, LAMO!!! FAB, you looked real coonish on dat one man and made the bay look super weak.
SOHH. DO US ALL OF HIP-HOP A FAVOR, AND DON'T EVER POST ANOTHA FUCKING BLOG ON DIS HYPHY PIG SHIT, EVER. OR I'll SEE TO IT DAT YOU'RE FIRED!!!
People dont understand that HYPHY isnt just a music style..Its our CULTURE...The Bay has always been unique and prides itself for being that way...WHich is why everyone hates on us. They steal our culture and make it main stream and try to claim it as there own. ('foshizzle', poppin collars, 'oh boy', 'what it do',...I could go on forever, but i wont) THe Bay has been the factory for hip hop trends for years but we didnt have any talented artists (besides E40 and Short) to put it out for anyone else to hear. Since we werent putting it out there in the main stream music, other people would come to the Bay and soak up our game then use it themselves. Now we have a LOT of talented youngsters coming up that will put the Bay on the top of the game. E40 and short and even Keak are just the begining. They have been there to get our foot in the door. Now its up to Mistah FAB, THe Team, THe Federation....the list goes on...to keep the world going hyphy and hopefully they will understand our culture! I believe a lot of people hate on us cuz they DONT understand us. We dont care though cuz thats in our blood...we do US..PERIOD
BTW...Traxamillion is possibly the most talented producer no ones really heard of outside the Bay. Check out his CD. I hadnt really heard much about him and my boy played his cd for me...OFF THE CHAIN...Almost every track could be a single
GLAD YOU BUMZ ON MY DICK... 1ST OFF I AINT FROM CHITOWN HOEZ BUT BIG UP TO THEM THEY GOT STYLE...2ND DUMASS MR FAB DIDNT SIGN TO ATLANTIC HE GOT A BULLSHIT DIST DEAL SO DO YOUR HOMEWORK B4 YOU MOUTH OFF NEXT TIME AND 3RD..I BEEN TO THE BAY AND BEEN GOING FOR THE PAST 20 YRS EAST O..WEST O...VTOWN..ALL THAT AND PUNKASS NIGGA JUST LIKE I SAID..THAT SHIT AINT GONNA WORK..THATS JUST A PART OF WHAT THEY DO OUT THERE...HOEASS NIGGA THE REST OF US WANNA SEE THAT REAL BAY SHIT..THAT SPICE 1 THAT PIMP TALK..DUMASS THATS WHERE PAC DID HIS THANG AND GOT HIS NAME..U THINK HE WOULD BE ON THE YELLOW BUS WITH THOSE NIGGAZ?HELL NO...SO STAY OFF MY DICK BITCH..AND LEARN THE GAME B4 YOU JUST GET ONLINE AND ALL OF A SUTTON U HARD...AND YEAH DUDE WAS RIGHT HOW COME AINT NOBODY GOT A DEAL IF THE SHIT IS SO HOT?...NIGGAZ REALLY WANNA ASK A QUESTION...ASK "HOW COME LIL JON HAD TO PUT YALL ON"?...AND WHO ELSE DID E40 HELP GET A DEAL?NIGGA GET THE FACTS CANT NOBODY SEE YALL FACE ASK SOME REAL SHIT WHEN YALL ONLINE STOP DICK RIDING AND BEING STOOPID IF YOU THINK NIGGAZ IS SELLIN 100K ON A INDY THAT SHIT WOULD SHOW UP ON SOUNDSCAN AND THE LABELS WOULD BE THERE WITH THE CHECKBOOK SO ALL U NIGGAZ CLAIMNG YALL SOLD MAD UNITS ON A INDY...NIGGA STOP LYING..THIZZ NATION YALL 6MTHS TO LATE WE ALREADY DUN PUT HYPHY AND CRUNK IN THE SAME LANE.."CRUNKPHY"..OAKLAND STAND UP YALL NIGGAZ GOT REAL NIGGAZ OUT THERE THIS YELLOW BUS SHIT GIVING YALL A BAD NAME..AND IM TIRED OF GAME TALKING ABOUT HE BROUGHT THE WEST BACK...............WHEN?NIGGAZ STILL AINT SIGNED SAME OLD NIGGAZ SNOOP...CUBE..DRE..LIL WC..DAZ..GAME HOW?1 BLOOD IS TRASH..WE RIDE(STRIPCLUB SONG)SOUNDLIKE HIS VOICE SCREWED UP..AND HE GETS NO PLAY IN THE SOUTH AFTER THAT ATLANTA DIS...CLOWN..OK DICKRIDERS YALL CAN HIT ME BACK NOW..IMA ROLL THIS BLUNT AND SEE WHAT DUMMIES ANSWER BACK..SHOUTS OUT TO NY...DET..AND ATLANTA
Think About It" (Produced by Frequency)
"Vato" (featuring B-Real from Cypress Hill) (Produced by The Neptunes)
"Candy" (featuring E-40, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, MC Eiht & Goldie Loc) (Produced by Rick Rock)
"That's The Shit" (featuring R. Kelly) (Produced by Nottz)
"So Special" (featuring Brandy Norwood & Pharrell Williams) (Produced by The Neptunes)
"True Story" (featuring Warren G, Nate Dogg, Janet Jackson & Jermaine Dupri) (Produced by Jermaine Dupri)
"L.A. Zoo" (featuring Timbaland) (Produced by Timbaland)
"Gang Banging 101" (featuring The Game) (Produced by THX)
"What Tt Used To Be (So Wrong)" (featuring Young Buck & Lil Flip)
"L.A.X." (featuring Ice Cube) (Produced by Battlecat)
"Have to Talk with God" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (Produced by DJ Pooh) (Remake of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Have a Talk with God")
"My Peoples" (Produced by Battlecat)
"Real Talk" (Produced by LT Hutton)
"Let It Rain" (featuring Pimp C) (Produced by Daz Dillinger)
"Imagine" (featuring Dr. Dre) (Produced by Dr. Dre)
"I Need a Light" (Produced by Timbaland)
"Put This Thing on You" (featuring Young Jeezy & Lil' Wayne) (Produced by Ne-Yo)
To all my Bay youngstas,
Calm down cuddies, let dem boys, or gal’s do what they do mane. Chitown, I got family out there, so I know first hand that it’s a bunch of players in the Chi, I should have known you weren’t from there. You need to ashamed of yourself homie; real players don’t dish out all that unwarranted hate. Just out of curiosity, what do you listen to dawg? Oh, let me guess… you the hottest nigga out, so all you listen to is… you! Also out of curiosity, why do you call yourself Chitown if you ain’t from Chitown homie?
Ain’t nobody gon dis Short for moving to the A, if anything we praise an East Oakland Boss for being way ahead of the game and moving to Atlanta years ago, cat’s been dropping like flies in the Town and for those of us who are left, these high ass CA prices make it hard for a player to purchase a mediocre home, so why not boss up and buy a mansion for what you would pay for a modest home here in Cali; not to mention the A is off the chain like they refuse to let us do here in Northern Cali anymore. And 40 has always repped the V (Vallejo, CA) and only the V, but he’s always shown love to the rest of the Bay, cause it’s all love here mane. Don’t even get it twisted; we love these niggas in the Bay.
Victory Park I feel ya mane, that was my era too!
But what ya’ll gotta understand is… Hyphy is just a name given to the up tempo club banging music created here. Is it similar to crunk? Yeap, no denying that; but doesn’t half the music we listen to sound similar to some other sound? I mean, that’s what they do nowadays, if someone drops something that’s different and it does well; watch how many motherf**kas emulate that s**t. Lil John was mad at Scott Storch because he said that Scott’s productions were sounding like his, when all it probably was, was some record exec telling Scott we want a hit just like Yeah (By Usher) or something. EA Ski & CMT are making bangas that aren’t considered Hyphy, Rick Rock been making non hyphy hits (ie parking lot pimpin - Jay Z & I know what you want - Busta & Mariah), Studio Tone, s**t rappers who are considered Hyphy artist have songs that aren’t “Hyphy”, so don’t let the smooth name fool ya! Pick up a few of the artist some of the young Bay cats telling ya’ll to peep on this blog today, and I bet some of you will be surprised at some of the lyrical content as well the non hyphy beats that slap.
man...i smell alot of hate in here!! niggaz been hatin on the bay for a long long time! i came from jersey...and when i first came it took me a minute to get adjusted to the music, style, people, etc. but the majority of the people that are hatin are just close minded! u really gotta come to the bay to understand the culture! hyphy is a way of life...the slanguage, the cars, the bomb ass weed(northern cali got the best in the country), e-pills, just being hyphy period! niggaz dont give a fuck out here...and the bay is hella diverse! anybody that hates on the hyphy movement...come zone out in the bay for a few weeks and you'll finally understand! smoke some yurp with the bay niggaz...from oakland, to san fran, vallejo, richmond, berkeley, epa, san jose, to the valley sac, stockton, modesto..the whole bay goes hard!!
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HYPHY is wack i dont fuck with it. i'm not hatin i just don't like it. the bay needs to bring back the bay sound. if you from the bay you know what i'm talkin about. i'm talkin about 11/5, GLP, RBL, COUGNUT (R.I.P.),CELSKI, UNLV, Dre DOGG, Rappin ron and Richie Rich they had the bay sound not this garbage ass hyphy shit. yall thizz poppin niggas look like a bunch of dopefiends with dreads, peacoats and ragedy ass scrapers. you would get boo'd in the town for rollin some shit like that back in the day. back in the day it was about box chev's and muscle cars.
niggaz from outside the bay mad cuz they smokin bammer ass brown weed....or some garbage with sticks and stems...and we out here BLOWIN!!!! PURPLE....YURPLE STYLE!!! niggaz hate..but they love it on the under!! everytime i go back to jerzey...niggaz cant wait to see me cuz im going to have some of that Northern Cali!! they show love...stop being close minded! im from the east coast and have witnessed all of the biting..but i still got love for the east coast...i still rep for the east coast...but people need to stop hating for no reason! niggaz need to travel...get outside of your region and you'll understand life in other parts better!! dont be mad!
i feel u juggernaut...you want that bay mob muzik back!! with the box chev's and the muscle cars niggaz were getting hyphy back in the day! one of richie rich's(415's) hottest singles was "the sideshow" a few of too shorts first videos were shot at sideshows! i dig...things just evolve cuzzin! as far as all the thizzed out pill poppers...real talk.. alot of them are crack babies all grown up!! im not saying i feel everything bay niggaz do...but when niggaz talkin bout going dumb...they mean it!! i can see it from both sides of the fence cuz im not from the bay but i now reside in oakland! from my point niggaz be hating for no reason! u aint gotta feel hyphy..but just dont hate!
I knew it would at least asshole tryna come at me...k dub suck a dick nigga u missed the whole point its niggaz dying in every city...don't get all Nas on me nigga...I'm talkin about the music and how its more to the bay than a yellow bus and u tryna be mayor...nigga go roll something up...I listen to it all clown from hyphy to gangsta to crunk to str8 ny shit..that shit u talkin is dead...and I call myself chitown cause I was a crazy mj fan and niggaz started calling me that...u aint got no homies out there nigga stop lyin all my dudes in the wild 100's and shouts out to the global gangstas from the chi..k dub take that thong off if aint that serious...yaddamean...hahaha
Boy I keep sumthin rolled, I from the home of the purp sucka!
And the only thongs on is the ones I bought fo you mama nigga cause I got tired of seeing her ass in them granny panties right before I'm ready to slap every night nigga!
Ya fake ass music fan!
You still a Chicago fan? Or are you just one of them fair weather MJ dick ridin niggas?
Golden State 4life, and I don't care if they don't make the playoffs ever again! That's my character, and I've pretty much figured out yours.
You ol' Winnie the Pooh ass nigga, wit all that honey!
I'm done wit you sugar eyes.
Oh... Just so Chitown know, those last two post were for him and this is K Dubb... Weeeennnniiieee!
Weenie?must be a whiteboy....talking...chitown is what ya mama call me...no go to sleep so I can come over lil boy u got school 2mar....
is true tho hella niggas hating on da bay
i stay in East Oakland this hyphy movement its hot right now radio stations only play bay shit
theres no one that could fuck wit the bay right now its true wat traxamillion said all theses niggas together and thats how they making things hapen i heard of many rappers that had a chance to sign wit a major record label and they decided to stay wit there local labels why? cause they know if they leave they aint gone have that same hyphy rythm they might make more money but it will end soon for them if they stay in da bay they will make less money but will stay on top
EAST OAKLAND 510
9800 BROOKFIELD
Traxamillion is the next producer to blow! On citaz! Keep doin what you do best pimp. One!
i see alot of posts about the bay i actually produce for alot of the cats u talk about.. and traxamill is my boi.. he actually put me in the game.. i like the feed back.. but the 1 commnet on nobody havin deals is false.. clyde carson is signed to capitol/blackwall street. the A'z r signed to TVT. the Pack is signed to Jive.. F.A.B. is Atlantic. Keak could sign he just dont want too.. Of course E40 short R signed.. Federation is on Warner Brothers.. HoodStars got they own label and Distribution through Warner Bros. and list goes on.. and this is all from the Hyphy movenment..
ionolsen21 Great website! Bookmarked! I am impressed at your work!
To all the Bay Haters, please, please find me a cat or two that is out on the radio right now that can fuck with a bay star...PLEASE, I beg you. These sorry as rappers everywhere else sound just like every fuckin body else. Lame shit. At least know what the hell you talkin' about if you gonna spit on here. Whoever that dumb nigga was that said 40 reps Oakland, don't ever go to the V poppin off with that bullshit or dem niggas will run you son. 40 ain't never claimed Oakland a day in his life. And if you really wanna know how we do it in the BAY, listen to the TEAM (World Premier). This album has the best beats of any album I've heard all year, ANYWHERE, period, north south east or west. And to be honest we really could care if the rest of the world is feelin our shit or not cuz you can go plat right here and not ever move. It would be nice if you like it, but fuck you if you don't. And don't ever forget the greatest of all time came from the Yay (2pac RIP). You niggas musta got a free bottle of hater-aide for puttin yo shit down here, huh. LMAO@u hatin ass niggas. Cali don't need to get crunk, we've been settin trends with this music game for generations, do ya history. And I'll take every bay rapper there is over all this cookie cutter, 808 kick drum bull shit every other nigga is doin right now. Fuck a gimmick trick, these beats and rhymes go! And quit stealin our slang!
two words MAC DRE
im form sac not only are we pioneers on the independent shit the bay has been had it locked from luni coleone to cbo to mac dre my boy young mess to many to name like folks from jersey said dont knock it til u try u punk rock cunts. sac aint the bay but we cheek to cheek so we ride togrther puro NORTHERH KALI
rhey think cuz we all hyphy and fun thst its a joke, we real out here.THIS SHIT AINT FUNNY BUT THE MONEY KEEP US LAUGHING YALL ITS ROUGH LIKE BLACKTOP BASKETBALL=MAC DRE
the blaps are fun as fuck and they original. theres the appeal rite there sp slap em
ya ya ya ya you kno cuddy is talkin the truth in this interview he lacin niggas cuddy itsthis yay area movement but it s not just a movement its a lifestyle cuddy feel me so n whoever said its like the crunk shit got it all bent n twisted ya feel
im gone yadidaimean yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
TO ALL THE HATERS OUT THERE IN SQUARESVILLE...IF YOU DONT LIKE THE BAY THEN PUT A DIFFRENT CD IN OR CHANGE TO THE NEXT SONG ON YOUR IPOD. THESE GUYS ARE FOR REAL THEY OUT THERE GRINDIN AND TRYIN TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES WHILE YALL STALLIN AND JUST WATCHIN THEM AND ADMIRING. IF YOU THINK THERES ONLY 40 AND SHORT THAT GOT DEALS COMIN OUT THE BAY THEN YOU MUST DO SOME RESEARCH. MR. FAB JUST SIGHNED A FAT ASS CONTRACT WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS. THATS ACROSS THE STATES SO HE OBVOUISLY HAD TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT! TO ALL YOU NAH SAYERS I JUST WANT TO LEAVE U WITH A LIL QUOTE FROM YOUR BOY SMOKEDAWG....HATERS PICK YOUR WEIGHT UP, YOUR CAKE UP JUST NOT YOUR HATE UP!! 707 HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS WITH ME ON THAT! YADDIDA YEE YEE! THIZZ OR DIE...YOU BEEZY!! (This message was directed to CHITOWN.) You were right about only one thing, we do got some bomb purps! Yaddida out!
i love blowin purple and big black cocks as well
MAC DRE WOULDVE KILLED ANYBODY NO FUCKIN QUESTION! BEST LYRICS, BESTRAPPER EVER, BEST BEATS..EVEN JAIL DINT STOP HIM
THIZZ IN PEACE CUT CHEERS TO YOU
THE BAY IS IN THE MUTHAFUCKIN' AREA
BITCHES NEED STOP BITCHING AND HATIN
MANE WE SHITTIN ON ALL YOU WEAK
ASS BROKE NIGGAS! WE EATING OUT HERE MAYNE! YOU DONT LIKE THE HYPHY MOVEMENT
THEN DONT LISTEN TO IT
NO ONE GIVE A FUCK WHAT CHU THINK!
YALL KEEP TALKIN BOUT ITS WACK
BUT YET YOU GOT ALL THESE OTHER RAPPERS
JOCKIN US! YOUNG JOC TALKING BOUT GO DUMB! GOT ALL THESE NIGGAS GOING DUMB ON YALL EAST COAST RAPPER VIDEOS
YOU LAME BITCHE STEP YO GAME UP BRUH!
THIS BAY BIDDNESS MAYNE GET WITH OR GET LOST HOE! YALL NEEDA LISTEN TO THE MOB FIGAZ, HUSALAH, AP.9, THE JACK ETC.
MAC DRE [RIP] MESSY MARV SAN QUINN BIG RICH
THATS JUST TO NAME A FEW OF SOME REAL MONEY GO GETTIN NIGGAS
AND BY THE WAY CRUNK BEEN DEAD
SO GET OVER THAT SHIT BRUH BRUH
Check it out its strictly TOWN BIDNESS an anybody wit a negative opinion about the shit we representin can stay where U been livin cuz the bay is fuckin wit tuff and nobody can admit it so ima put the proof n da puddin All of the solid niggaz from the Bay 2 L.A. got the rap game n a twist Much luv 4 all the solid niggaz representin the South, East,& Midwest but Slo niggaz get left!!! All a board the Hyphy Train, get wit it or get lost we gon eat reguardless...
STOP PLAYIN WIT THA GAME MAYNE IF YALL NIGGAZ REALLY WANA HEAR SOME REAL GANGSTA SHIET OUT DA BAY, ACT LIKE U NOE N C WHUT IT DO N BEEN DID ....
KILLA TAY, THE JACKA, FED X, RYDAH J KLYDE, AP9, HUSSALAH (MOB FIGGAZ), AGERMAN, B.A. KEAK( FRFOM 3X KRAZY...N HE STILL HARD),NEVA LEGAL AKA HOODSTARZ, MESSY MARV, SAN GUIN,FILLMOE RICH,YA BOY, FULLY LOADED, C-BO,YUK, S.I.C., LUNISICC, 11-5,COUGNUT,RAY LUV, RBL, BULLYS WIT FULLYS, MAC MALL,SPICE 1, THE FEDERATION, TURF TALK,....STOP PLAYN, YALL NIGGAZ BEEN SOAKIN UP OUR GAME...KEEP IT REAL WIT YA SELF MAYNE.
Man, it's not like we tryin to have hyphy catch and put bay area rap on the map, cause cats been hyphy before tell me when to go...it's just somethin that happened to catch attention just like every other coast had there movements catch attention at one point...clyde carson from oakland just signed a major, got a song produced by jr rotem featuring sean kingson out right now - not hyphy and it's hard!!! ya' boy from S.F. fuckin with the game got a single produced by cool & dre out - not hyphy and it's hard!!! we jus real picky when it comes to signing to majors because we want to keep our creativity and rep our coast...cause believe me sellin out will get yo ass turned on out here quick just like in the south, u wanna hear lyrical shit, u listen to wayne, t.i., u wanna just dance u listen to franchise boys and dj unk and shit, its the same out here, u want lyrical shit u fuckin with the jacka, PSD, u wanna dance u fuckin with federation, keak da sneak, and the air force g'z (myspace.com/airforcegz)...its all the same bruh!!! fuck everybody gettin on this hyphy movement cause you not livin' it, get on this bay area rap movement!
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