The bay is dope, fools that put out really raw ass music do well. (ie.11/5,mac dre,B-legit,Too Short,4tay,San Quinn) It proves artists can make it pop independently,and work up to a major label level. Too many fools come out with shit that sounds too similar, and expect to blow off one album. Most of these boss artists that have established a career for themselves,have put out like 5-6 tapes/cds to aquire and build a fan base that consistently supports em. Also Back in the day bay artists would all collab on shit and try to help each other,and put beef aside to work together.(remember herm's tryna survive in the ghetto?) Now it seems like everybody is always competing and beefin and it undermines any movement that gets momentum. I dunno just my 2 cents