OT.
Its seriously amazing how underrated acts like Pharcyde are/were. See, the same shyt people nag about hip-hop now is the same shyt alot of us would be saying back then. As people already did. The fact that the bravado gangster rap was super mainstream while cats like Pharcyde, Nas (up 'til '96 at least) and others weren't as big.
But nikkas sleep on California's underground scene, esp in the 90s & early 00s. Crazy.
Salute to the Bay too. Cats dismiss them cuz of hyphy as if they wasnt a major part of the real dope hip-hop shyt. Hieroglyphics, as a crew & as solo/group acts? Fuhgeeetaboutit. Pharcyde was up there too even tho they from LA.