Jan 16, 2016game has never had any impact on california rap. people f----- with him when he came out, but he didn't really cause any shifts or spawn any disciples.
g-funk is probably the biggest influence overall, with dre, cube, and eazy having massive impacts on the coast. but beyond that, you basically have to put l.a. and the bay in two distinct categories.
down here, you have to start with ice-t, then move to guys like quik and pac and then bone thugs--for all intents and purposes, they were an l.a. group. on a sub-commercial level (although major stars stopped by both weeklys), the good life cafe and project blowed are the most significant landmarks. freestyle fellowship, acey's solo career, busdriver, etc. in this century, yg has been the most influential, followed by nipsey hussle and kendrick.
in the bay, pre-hyphy, you have to give it to e-40 and spice-1. then mac dre, of course, and guys like keak.
