Being from L.A. and living in Florida, I saw it like this....people around the country, especially in the south and in L.A., were feelin a lot of the hyphy songs...but most would never actually buy an album from a "hyphy" or Bay artist that wasn't E-40 or Short...and even Too Short's last album, which was half hyphy, half targeted for the south, didn't sell shit because it wasn't promoted at all.. E-40 was pretty big in the south before hyphy, so he already had the name...and Tell me when to go ended up being the biggest west coast song since Drop it like it's hot, and possibly bigger because of it's impact with a new style.
Vans was pretty big, and people were feelin Super Hyphy in the south too...but people just liked it as club music, and most would never actually go to the store to buy these albums. That was one of the major problems I saw.
Vans was pretty big, and people were feelin Super Hyphy in the south too...but people just liked it as club music, and most would never actually go to the store to buy these albums. That was one of the major problems I saw.
