ShrapKnel & Controller 7 – Nobody Planning To Leave (Backwoodz) For their third album in four years as ShrapKnel, New York/Philly rappers Curly Castro and PremRock connected with West Coast ...

Signed to Death Row Records, Pac brought the grit and passion of West Coast Hip Hop to the forefront with albums like All Eyez on Me and hits like “California Love.” Tupac’s storytelling ...

The new collaborative album from Jay Worthy & Dām-Funk is a G-Funk party that’s as West Coast as it gets Compton-based rapper Jay Worthy is clearly well-versed in his city’s rap history ...

These rap icons transformed more than just a genre; they shifted the direction of modern music itself. Their innovation and ...

Lamar’s sixth studio album, which was unexpectedly released Nov. 22, embraces West Coast hip-hop and R&B sounds while taking aggressive and melodic vocal approaches. Through boisterous tracks that ...

The talent of said artist was less important than supporting the various homies and hangers-on of superstar rappers and singers ... if they were from the West Coast. I was a fanatic for West ...

In short, it's an album that solidified Dre's place as one of rap's master storytellers, while also moving the needle forward for West Coast hip-hop. With that, verses also took on a more laid ...

The album’s existence is historic ... “Missionary” says something important about how West Coast rap matures gracefully. “Dre’s hungry, just like I’m hungry,” Snoop said.