without knocking anyone's opinion..you see thats whats ugly and wrong about rap musiic and the industry behind it..it is the only music in the world that i have ever encountered that is actually judged based on the artist's personality, backround, hardness, looks, or anyother character in the artist's personal life..and that is just being nice because its not like anyone went and said that they don't like his music because of that, but just dislike his personna..im a young ass kid and don't really remember the NWA days but can def. say this, the entire NWA was FAKE, they have all said it them self, that they were acting to sell records, of course there is no doubt in my mind that they lived in the ghetto but nobody really wants negativity revolving around them 24/7 unless it pays off or sells records..Biggie was FAKE as far as gangster persona, everyone close to him has said he would invent a split personality when he would write, but dude was beyond 99.9% of rappers' storytelling..and personally, the whole Game shit, i honestly think Eminem and Obie Trice are probably about as real as Aftermath can get AND they both have muuuuch more creativity when writing but you're right its been awhile since something fresh and decent came out of the westcoast..
PS do not read this in a heated tone..