Southern Rappers with East coast flows (add on....)
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Rick ross
Well if this is what we going with then my dude Isaiah Rashad qualifiesSo you have an east coast flow if you rap well and are from the south?!I’m confused lol.
But he is distinctly southern
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
trilla era rick ross is the closest thing IMO.
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
Really nowadays its more East Coast and West Coast kids who, sadly, want to sound like ATL mumble rappers.
Y'all are confusing accent and flow in here...a rapper can have an East Coast flow and a Southern accent
IllmaticDelta
Veteran
^^this......really, when a "flow" based on region is being talked about, people are actually thinking about accent and musical backdrop
the only regions with a distinct flow when you exclude accent is the MidWest
maybe, that memphis type flow
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most other regions have pretty much the same flow with different accents/drawls. If big krit didn't have a drawl, this could be straight from NY in its style
this by Ceelo too
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Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
Ice T got his start on the east tho.
he was in the mix years before he blew up out west.
he was even in the cut in "wildstyle", if im not mistaken.
you can have your opinion. im just telling you alot of people thought he was from philly. and iirc, he did the theme song for the power 9 at 9 or radioactive or some chit.
are you insinuating that magoo's flow is southern??
lol @ missy. you listed a bunch of r&b records. she got her deal as a singer/writer/producer/rapper. and she got her previous deal as a singer in an r&b group.
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Skillz ain't really sound like Philly. If anything, he sounds more NY than Philly.
Magoo's flow definitely isn't East Coast and is a lot closer to Southern than it is East Coast especially on "Up Jumps Da Boogie"
Yes, I listed R&B songs, and she sang on none of them. They all featured her rapping. Her debut single, "The Rain", was her rapping.
She did not get a deal for her writing or producing. Artists don't sign to labels to do that and aren't offered deals for that. She got on for rapping. That whole "he he he haw" thing is what got her noticed and Puff convinced her to be an artist. Elektra took notice and offered her an imprint on the condition that she made an album.
3rd Ward Swangin
Superstar
He born and raised in Jersey before his parents died at 14.
Homeboy Runny-Ray
From Around The Way
on certain songs here-n-there when he started pandering to the east, sure.
thas about it tho.
yea thats basically most of your formative years.
then he went back east again to get in the game.
you can have your own opinion(which is misinformed) but im TELLING YOU what people thought. alot of people back in the day, thought mad skillz was from philly. im just telling you what was being said. i dont know why you gotta try to argue about every little thing.
and as far as your opinion goes, he sounded more philly than new york. im talking about '90s phlly before the major figgas influence - which predates the philly that youre accustomed to.
lol @ the magoo comment.
yea missy rapped FOR THE R&B CROWD. i dont know why you keep acting like she was an emcee. you think elektra signed her because they thought missy was gonna be the next MC Lyte or a lady of rage or a bahamadia?? be for real.
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call_me_step_daddy
Real nikkaz,beat bytches
Mase
Talk about being misinformed, she wasn't rapping for the R&B crowd. It doesn't make sense. People don't tack rap verses onto R&B songs to appeal to R&B listeners.
Also being an MC =/= being a rapper. And what's funny about this whole post is that this exists from the same time period.
Lyte and Missy were label mates. So yes, Elektra did see Missy Elliott as someone who could be a successful rapper.
