OK, keep this civil please. The whole drama from this should have died down about 15 years ago, so just state your opinion and why you have it.

See, I'm from the East, as are all of my friends (obviously). When we listen to rap, most of the time it ends up being from our half of the continent.

Don't get me wrong, I love Dre and Snoop and the whole G-Funk thing. And Peanut Butter Wolf is from CA and he started the greatest record label of all time man.

But when it comes down to it, I feel like East coast rap just has a more raw and rugged sound to it that just can't be topped...

Wu-Tang
A Tribe Called Quest
Beastie Boys
Nas
Big Pun
KRS-One
Busta Rhymes

Thats just off the top of my head and I just feel like thats such a solid list of music (that makes up most of my rap collection) that it can't be topped.

I'm not making this into a debate. Its completely an opinion thing. Its like "Vanilla vs Chocolate". You can't be wrong.