Now in retrospect.
Back then the East coast didn't like or respect ANYONE not from the tri-state area.
If they did they wouldn't let it be known.
a lot of those groups were not accepted.
were culturally in violation for that era, though.
it was not until the jiggy movement, and ny lost its cultural identity.
did the culture allow nikkaz on the fence, and in violation a pass.
which is not because they earned it,..it is because ny lost its way.
so, it made critical thinking about other groups.
who also had cultural violations from other regions.
the ability to develop a pass.
before that,..yes, kast was looked down upon.
as real talk,..they stole the actual culturally accepted group, souls of mischief's whole fukk'n shyt.
they just applied a pimp vibe to souls of mischief.
plus blew off of the permeation souls of mischief had created in a grassroots function.
since the hof burnt posse cut,..which at the time.
was one of the greatest posse cut bsides of all time, for that era.
souls of mischief had to succumb to label pressure from jive.
then make pimp based street oaktown records.
to get released after actually setting a precedent sales wise.
before kast, and laface use pimp/gangsta vibes in cultural violation to steal soul's draw.
see, most nikkaz don't talk about this shyt at all.
nor, do they talk about the rift socially between big boi and dre.
where they were so juxtaposed,...they were like a put together rnb group, made at one another.
kast's change in direction from dre, and badu.
is what helped them later gain cred..
yet, originally nikkaz looked at them as southern version of biters of bay artist.
from tooshort, to souls of mischief......
which was a dead on assessment.......
as kast, did not rhyme anywhere near as well as souls of mischief.....
yet, jacked their steez, and they actually admit it as well.
nor do I think any record on scpm, is better than som's debut.
that predates the kast record.
the same souls of mischief record, they lifted from.
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