Ok if you can name any sub genres(besides crunk, bounce, east coast style, mid west style, west coast gangsta style) before the hyphy movement kicked off; i will then respect your opinion.
my POINT is, what "THE BAY STARTED", is a new era where cats are looking more at whats going on with the culture in the streets. When gangsta rap started, everybody started doin the gangsta rap, same thing with crunk, cats all wanted to mimic the crunk style. But, what , "THE BAY STARTED" was, "hey we aint crunk we hyphy over here!, this is what we doin!" So i believe that sparked something in rappers minds across the nation, like Atl cats started sayin," aw we snapin now!", and NY cats,"aw we chicken noodle soupin out here B" and so on.(i.e. memphis buckin).
But what im trying to get at is cats all over the nation want to see how others is doing it on other citites and hoods. And we idenify with each other with music. So do ya research kid and learn about the Harlem reneisannce and you'll see how it relates to whats going on now. The reason why the harlem thing died down was because Harlem cats didn't respect the poetry and music coming out the south at the time because they felt they were dumbing it down and didnt understand thats how they talked and they were living. SO The only thing the bay can do different is respect and except all the other movements coming out so new ideas can keep flourshing all around and everyone can come together.
IM DONE