i'm extremely tired of the narrative that Kendrick's first time doing West Coast music was on GNX - To Pimp A Butterfly is a West Coast album through and through, exploring many of Cali's historic, rich musical sounds. jazz and funk are fundamental to WC music. do the knowledge on the West Coast Get Down. cats like Terrace Martin, JAZZ MUSICIANS (!) became damn near household names in part due to their work with Kendrick. he's been putting on for the West, just not in a way that fits the box in your head.
This is a joke bro. Game Went to NY and represented heavy for the West. At a time when the west coast was gone stale commercially too. He went toe to toe with the best emcees from the East coast and screamed Compton the whole way. He collaborated and helped out any artist he could from LA. More importantly, he maintained a west coast sound. There was no mistaking where the guy was from. He repped it fully. The other guy was doing records with Taylor Swift and only resorted to a regional sound when it benefited him. Linked with dudes when it benefited him. Itβs night and day.