AnonymityX1000
Veteran
A small village town (Pelham) separates the Bronx and New Rochelle they are basically next to each other. And like you said Brooklyn was late.And Brooklyn was always late on hip hop compared to uptown.
And unlike New Rochelle, many Brooklyn kids actually went to school uptown, so they were in those circles more than someone from upstate.
The 'upstate' dig was unnecessary Lord Jamar is an actual MC with a large discography no need to discount it based on where he's from.