riaa.com wil give you ALL gold and platibum certifications. There is no reason to speculate.
GOLD + PLATINUM ARTISTS FROM THE BAY INCLUDE:
MC Hammer
2Pac
E-40
The Click
Too Short
N2DEEP
Digital Underground
Luniz
En Vougue
Club Nouveau
Santana
Tower Of Power
Confunkshun
Sheila E.
Master P.
If I missed someone forgive me. Now artists that got close are RBL Posse (320K Ss), Rappin' 4Tay (280 Ss), C-Bo (280K Ss), Brotha Lynch Hung (GOLD combined on Season's releases but can't get certified due to different barcodes), Mac Mall (250K Ss). SoundScan is not 100% accurate so you can 30% to these titles in the early 90's because Ss was new.
No one else has come close in the last four or five years except E-40 with Charlie Hustle and Too Short with Cant Stay Away I believe. You got to give it to Master P though, alot of Bay cats got GOLD plaques because of West Coast Bad Boyz II. RBL, Celllski, Luni Coleone, 11/5, JT The Bigga Figga, Mac Dre etc. Shit I got one because I was Taydatay's manager.
Remember, RIAA doesn't use SoundScan to certify GOLD + PLATINUM albums they use shipping figures from distributors.
Peace.
