I get where you're coming from. the bay did have a golden age. most people nowadays would say it was around when dre died and hyphy got big. I thought it was back when Richie Rich, spice, forty, dre and Mac mall and all that was crackin. you're right. sac and the bay was collaborating al lot but so was la. the bay and sac were at their strongest when la was on point too. guess I'm saying that the whole west should be a movement and it will thin the heard.
the bay had a golden era (90's) and hyphy era (00's)
hyphy wasn't just in the mid 00's,it was a thing even in the late 90's but blew up when they made thizz poppin the new hot thing, and you had white kids, blacks,mexicans,asians,indians, ect goin dumb.
but the beautiful thing about the bay is we always bounce back. so im sure there will be some new hot shit comin out and settin new standards again. just gotta wait for all these rappers dissin eachother and destroying bay rap to stop the bullshit.
the problem now is, people dont have the budgets, cant find quality producers/mastering, cant work together and network. so the music isnt thriving.