A list of puns related to "East Coast–west Coast Hip Hop Rivalry"
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Compared to the variety of styles and depth of lyrics coming out of the East Coast hip-hop scene in the '90s, West Coast rap at that time was less meaningful and musical.
The West Coast was by and large making gangsta rap, while the East had some thugging shit alongside peaceful musicians, jazz-infused production, and an overall wider versatility. Gangsta rap and G-funk are repetitive to the point of being borderline stupid, compared to richer metaphors in the East.
If the historic rivalry was merely Biggie vs. Tupac, it's a closer call. Tupac was lyrical and poetic and prolific, but concision can be a virtue and The Notorious BIG probably has a higher percentage of great songs in his library.
Music is art and lyrics are poetry, so let's define a work's quality by things like complexity of musicianship and deftness of rhetorical devices. By these standards, Biggie and De La Soul and the rest of the East were superior to Tupac and NWA and the rest of the West.
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A classing HH song from the East Coast that was dissing the West and I remember a line about LA gangs and their colors I think.
I remember that the music video had a shirtless guy (I think) doing some tricks with fire. Not a firebreather but it was like a flaming ball on chains and he was doing tricks with it. The video was pretty dark (it was at night).
It doesn't have to be hip hop - can be anything, within reason.
I think the music video for these two songs is on YouTube somewhere, and posted maybe 8 years ago. I think I remember that the first song was a music video about East Coast rich people with the 3 male singers being dressed in New England sweaters, throwing lawn parties, and generally making fun of West Coast rich people. Then there was a response music video about West Coast rich making fun of East Coast rich.
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