Ok, so in both hip hop, and lifestyle of Cali, often times people refer to it as being "laid back, or just chilled"..i know we got some left sides on here so i was wondering if yall could elaborate on it, do you mean laid back as in yall just dont do much or what? ya kno, what makes it so much more different from places like Chicago, Houston, Florida, etc.
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In Southern Cali it's more laid back. I go 2 LA every now %26amp; then 2 see relatives. Northern Cali is more hyper cause u know we are known 4 gettin' hyphy. But I think Cali is the most laid back state really. We have a lot of crime but we aren't as hyperactive like other cities mostly in the East Coast.
I C U east Coast cats stay up longer than me. I get tired like at 11 %26amp; u guys stay up till' about 3.lol.
As far as the music. West Coast is more laid back than any other region in Hip-hop.
When we say laid back we do much, but just maybe not as hyper iono. In LA its mostly like that. But in the Bay we do crazy ish. Hyphy basically means being ignorant %26amp; psycho without caring about society. U see people doin' donuts %26amp; stuff in the parking lot at my school. Some people are out the window while driving at nite bumpin' hyphy slaps(jams). We have hecka car shows over here 2 mainly in Oakland %26amp; its pretty outrageous.
LA is the more chilled laid back side but still crazy with those gangs they have still. We have Bloods %26amp; Crips %26amp; Latino %26amp; even Samoan gangs over here 2. But its mostly turf wars over here. Just basically where u from.... Certain cities are like rivals.
Yeah HNIC. I think that city rival thing is stupid... U could get yo @zs beat just from where you're from like its your fault. Doesn't make any sense.
yay summed it up preety good
can't say too much cause im not from cali my selff
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I agree with the Yay Area, but at the same time I disagree. I think the music is laid back as he said, but as far as the lifestyle the south most definitely the most laid back. My wife's family is from Birmingham, Alabama and what they consider "fast life" is NOTHING compared to LA or the Bay or even Sacramento for that matter. Family values are the most precious thing with them and its grown on me so much that I've become all about my family.
The WC style is much different than east and south. I don’t know bro it’s really hard to put into words, but I know what ppl mean when they say things like “West Coast is all chill, no grillz” hahaha. It’s just the vibe you get when you’re out there. Even though Southern Cali got the gangs etc… but the irony is that if you look at the actual surroundings, you surrounded by beautiful nature. You got the beautiful beaches off the coast, you got the hills and the sierras, you got the sunshine etc.. And when the rappers rap, they come off like they been smoking indo and just don’t give a ***. They straight laid back about theirs. It’s got it’s hardcore stuff but there’s just something chill about it. East coast is like rough, more hardcore and they look more uptight, less relaxed, more in yo face. West coast is in yo face, but it’s more of a low-key subtle thing. They look like they ain sweatin it. I don’t know if any of this is makin sense. It’s just a vibe you get with the WC cats that you don’t get anywhere else. And you can hear it in their music.
I’m from the East but I’ve always been a [bigger] fan of West Coast Hip Hop and style. I agree with the one dude, it’s hard to put into words. The Rappers style, their whole way of rapping, their flow, their delivery is just more chill. They don’t look “too” hardcore or over-embellished as opposed to the East and is definitely not even close to the South. Listen to MC Eiht and some of Ice Cubes’s stuff. I mean like this Cube joint right here kind of describes what the West is like. Just listen to the flow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etyHx8HA0...
laid back and chill, can go across the board for everything except driving. theres alot of jobs out here where u really dont have to dress in a suit to be professional; i guess u can say thats pretty chill. hell, in a profesional building adjacent to mine, most people there wear flipflops to work and drive a beemer. even the nitelife, most people dont normally go to spots before midnight because theyre too busy chillin. mainly i think its chill because people normally wouldnt funk with you on the street, usually too busy thinking about their own world enough to pay any1 else mind. but unfortunately it catches up to us, by way of hurrying and rushing. theres a saying in this town that everyone, common and professional- lag to hurry.its not for everyone, but it seems to work in this city. as far as the gangthang goes a lot of people have outgrown it(thank god). theres crips chillin with bloods now.and its not the colors that start beef, its stupid mofos startin it. dont start none wont be none really. hell some hoods have a different gang every block. a couple years ago it was real bad between blacks and latinos and hopefully they transcend. but really theres crazy asss asian gangs, bike, samoan, tongans, armenians, russians, salavadorians, columbians, and white hooligans all ready to go to war as well, but long-standing business- relationships connect them. in the hoody hoods it used to about turf, now its about money. but with gang crime down, its nice to see theyre on the chill tip as well.
I am from Cali and I have always heard this and have felt the more "laid back vibe" of the WC and have wondered why myself. And I have to agree with some ppl on here it's really hard to put into words. Maybe that's just it- the VIBE is just more laid back. Maybe it does have something to do with the surroundings, the beautiful weather (btw, Cali has the BEST weather in the entire country). But what's weird is that we all know Southern Cali has lots of violence, gangs, corruption in the police dept etc.. but the rappers still manage to come off with a more nonchalant, relaxed, chill-like demeanor. I think it's just the style and mannerism.
LOL! Oh since we're posting links, here's a good representation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Nnv6KK_...
I grew up in Inglewood, Long Beach and it a lot like how it's depicted in videos. Very relaxed atmosphere. It's hardcore but at the end of the day, we chill. It's hard to describe you gotta really come out here to see what's up. But I bet you one thing. You come out here you ain gone wanna come back. Westside is off the chain we like in a world of our own out here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBdrV5pIP...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNPcaIXh...
I think the California culture, in general, is just different. California is not perfect, but there are a lot of good things we tend to take for granted out here. For one, the weather is just the best here, the beaches, the valleys, the hills, jobs are plentiful, attitudes are somewhat more liberal, good diversity. I remember seeing Ol Dirty do an interview yrs ago and he made some comment about how he was so poor living in the projects, he couldn't afford a refrigerator and he had to put his milk and eggs on the window pane to keep it cold, because it was so damn cold there. I remember thinking to myself, damn! Because here in Cali it doesn't get that cold. We don't have to worry about having to hustle to work or school in the snow, little things like that probably reflects how relaxed things can be here and it's probably reflected in the mannerism of the rappers. Like a lot of ppl have said it's just really hard to describe it. That's not to say that East Coast rap/lifestyle is NOTchill, it's just a different kind of chill. I guess.
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