damn, forgot ra
skillz is sick, hes from V.A, dunno if that counts as east
king gordy from detroit
esham from detroit
outerspace
theres a cat liven here in spokane now, hes from jersey, hes called trilyon, he got his shit on cd baby
eyedea from minnasota
theres some obvious ones if u havent heard um like
de la soul
black moon
nas
cocoa brovaz aka smiff and wessun
big noyd
rakim
m.o.p
i know im forgetting sumthing, but this is a decent list