Basically, it comes from the beats and lyrical content that the "East Coast has". I personally, think it's yellow bus. I mean, everytime I hear somebody say.."oh, they sound like they from NY" I just shake my head in embarrassment. Since there is no MC's in the Bay who sample beats, have lyrical metaphoric rhymes, and seperate themselves from the hyphy scene, cats assume that they must be on some NY shit. BUT IT'S STUPID!!! The people who say things like that are the same cats I was tryin' to get at on my official "YaBoy is Overrated Thread". (Yea, the ignint' ones) It's like this:Just because it aint hyphy, don't mean it aint Bay Area. People forget that shit, and they think New York is the capital of essential hip hop. Niggaz goin' dumb to a tenth degree......it's amazing.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW.