People need to respect Tay's position and opinion because its based upon life experience. Whether it is skewed or biased because of the degree to which it is a "personal" opinion based upon conduct and the handling of situations it is still based upon life experience.
However, this is a public forum for the general public( comprised of fans, musicians, writers etc etc) where when one posts information her or she is doing so w/the hopes that the public takes notices and responds to it. If Tay a well respected representative of Northern, Ca makes a statement positive, negative, or impartial about any other public figure its going to generate the interest of viewers significantly more than the average respond to the post.
In interviews that I've read and as a journalist Yuk has stated his rationale behind the title of the upcoming album as well as why he refers to himself as " The West Coast Don".
Here in the 2nd of a 2part Interview Yuk stakes his claim for being the West Coast Don
Naw naw. Dr Dre is the fucking king. Hands down. I’m the West Coast Don. Pac was the Don and Pac handed the crown to me. I’m the fucking West Coast Don. I don’t wanna be the king, yaddadamean? Dr Dre is the king and hat’s proven. Not Snoop, not Game. Dr Dre. Anything with that n*gga Dr Dre stamped on it is tipple platinum and doing its thing, so that’s the king. So I’m the Don. I ain’t the capo, I ain’t the underboss, I’m the Don. When it comes to boss shit, when it comes to hustling, I’m that n*gga. I ain’t the n*gga at the mothafuckin award show with the khakis on. I’m there with the thizzle joints on, the ill jewlery. I’m the Don, man! I’m doing Don shit! I ain’t doing the average West Coast shit. That’s why I’m the Don, man. I switch vehicles like I switch clothes. I got different jewlery to match with my outfit, man. Any outfit I wear I’m like “I’mma rock the mothafuckin platinum today” or “Naw I’mma rock the yellow gold with the yellow stones”, ya feel me? I’m a Don, man! A lot of n*ggaz ain’t even on this shit. Why I say that? Man I been drinking Moet and Don Perignon and Cristyle since 94-95. I been out there on the East Coast with Biggie and them and I brought that shit back to the West Coast… Even Alize. N*ggaz used to call it AlÃ*-ze. Head-bands and bandanas. The list goes on. I brought that style to LA, man! I been rockin’ that shit since 94-95, man. That’s why I say I’m a Don, man. I’m a fucking trendsetter. The whole LA is dressing like me right now. The whole Bay Area is dressing like me. N*ggaz wasn’t wearing timboots and saggy jeans and jerseys and shit, ya feel me? I been poppin bottles when Moet was costing 19 dollars, and then since n*ggaz be talking that shit on that hiphop shit they’re like 50 dollars right now! They used to be 19 dollars, hella cheap. Don Perignon was 50 dollars and the Cristyle was 100 dollars, man. That’s where I come from! That’s why I’m a Don, man! I been in this game for 10 years and I’m still standing like I just went platinum yesterday. That’s why I’m a Don. It’s a lot of things.
Me I’m taking over the game. I do more than music that’s deeper than music. I mean I’m looking through a whole other view that n’ggaz don’t even know yet. I mean people are just now catching up. I been doing the DVD’s. I’m on my third volume, man. N*ggaz just now do their first DVD and put it in the package with their album, man. I been done that shit early, yaddadamean! I’m doing mixtapes now on the West Coast. N*ggaz been doing that shit on the East Coast but West Coast n*ggaz ain’t doing it. My shit’s still on the shelves, man. My shit ain’t in the hiphop street stores, the bootleg stores. My shit’s on the shelves next to Young Jeezy and all that shit. I took the mixtape game to a whole different level, AND I’m getting incredible numbers. I ain’t even gonna touch that but I’m getting numbers that n*ggaz would never get off a mixtape. I’m getting album numbers on a mixtape, I’mma put it like that. What they make out an album I damn near make that out the mixtape. So my hustle is strong and superb, man. And it’s deeper than music, straight up!