West Coast Hip Hop

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Schoolboy Q Builds the Bridge

They use to say that rap was divided between the East Coast and the West Coast. The styles were different, the influences split, and the feuds between the coastal camps all too real. The East was defined by jazz samples often laid under brash sprocket-style percussion and darker grittier beats. Boom-bap delivery and smooth jazz were belied by the added beats, which were often shrill and treble-heavy percussion added as contrasting elements. Good examples include Mobb Deep, NAS, or Wu-Tang...