I'm from Los Angeles, and I guess the first bay area rap I got put onto was Too $hort back in the late 80s.
Fast forward to 1992-93 I and got IMP Ill Mannered Playas and Spice 1's 187 He Wrote CDs after moving up to Santa Cruz. A couple years later I got into E-40, Celly Cel, Mac Mall, etc and...