Production Styles by Region

Way back in 94' I had a cousin who moved up here from the Deep South and we would always Connect on what was going on in Hip Hop. How ever when time came to watch Rap City (at that time it was still half decent )or listen to Radioactive(underground Philly Hip Hop Radio in the 90's) our
Taste differed greatly. I was more Blackmoon, Jeru, Wu tang,Tribe, Nas, Redman, D.I.T.C.,C.E.B,Da Youngsta Beatnuts Etc. He was more Scarface, Eazy E, Paperboy (Just Diddy-Diddy with me), Too $hort, South Central Cartel, Gangsta Nip, Ice Cube and of course Snoop & Dre and that whole thing. For the most part when it came to the groups I named he just Didn't "get it". Now this is not just to Compare taste in Hip Hop, but my question to you is do you also preceived a geographic difference in production taste?? For Instance ,It seems People from areas with more sprawl where people tend to drive more in the and maybe out west or Down South to be more into records with heavy bottom, where as people for denser areas in older cities where there is a little more blight tend to like harder more percussive Beats grimy sounds and Riffs ,Stabs and such are much more accepted.

Some feedback Please!!

BACK IN DA DAYS I USED 2 PUMP THAT GANGSTA NIP!!!!
SOUTHPARK SYKO!!!
BUT I ALWAYS LISTEND TO THE MORE CONCIOUS PART OF HIP HOP U KNOW WHUT I MEAN,LIKE GANGSTARR ETC ETC ETC BUT STILL IT INFLUENCED ME..

BY THE WAY I THINK THE MOST OF THE MASSES ARE JUST FOLLOWERS..
THAT S WHY WHOLE AREAS ARE ON THE SAME TIP..

It`s history and the progression of hip hop on the radio. By the time hip hop started getting prime time airplay in the South the West was in the house and it influenced an entire generation of gangsta wannabes plus the bass music was always live don`t forget 2 Live Crew and the others imprint on the Southern sound. Check out that li John and Banner piece in Scratch also.

Coming from Cali and now having lived in the east for almost 6 years I believe that geographic location has a very strong effect on production but I don't know about taste (I think Blue Haze is right about the radio thing though) . I just love hiphop and I've always been open to everything . You'll catch me bumpin' GangStarr or De La and the next song I'm listening to will be Eazy-E or DJ Quik . Then I might want to hear some Gift of Gab or Ludacris . But as far as making beats goes . In Cali most of the producers I chilled w/ always had a laid back feel to thier stuff and I always attributed that to 73 degrees all year round . And in NY a lot of the producers I work w/ I see thier beats move w/ the seasons .

W. Steele wrote:Coming from Cali and now having lived in the east for almost 6 years I believe that geographic location has a very strong effect on production but I don't know about taste (I think Blue Haze is right about the radio thing though) . I just love hiphop and I've always been open to everything . You'll catch me bumpin' GangStarr or De La and the next song I'm listening to will be Eazy-E or DJ Quik . Then I might want to hear some Gift of Gab or Ludacris . But as far as making beats goes . In Cali most of the producers I chilled w/ always had a laid back feel to thier stuff and I always attributed that to 73 degrees all year round . And in NY a lot of the producers I work w/ I see thier beats move w/ the seasons .

Good Observation!

If u moved to cali, ny, mia,atl,stl,chi would u change your style
me myself I love all stylz of beats, ever since I started to listen to hiphop as a little kid I have never payed attention to the words I only hear beats and my style blends all regions in the u.s with a mantronix influence

the internet has changed everything with that. most the people i listened to did not come from around where i grew up (fredericksburg, va). yeah, i listened to quite a bit of dirty south but it never affected my production.

now i'm real into jel and others who use real complicated rhythm structures. they are based in california.

i think a producer's sound is only influenced by his area if he lets it. depends on how impressed he/she is with the locals. honestly i don't think clipse is any good, or any other dc hip hop that i have heard yet. just the same old stuff with a new pretty face.

having been able to download music from all over the world has given my stuff a much greater sense of culture, almost too much as so many different styles become evident.

geography has been shattered, which is why hip hop today is very different from when it was being born in the Bronx. Grand Wizard Theodore's style had to spread dj to dj in person. now, styles can leap from coast to coast through the internet.

this means people need to adapt quicker to be anything special.

I grew up on the east coast, but moved down south at 17, and I noticed that being around southern/midwest folks has definitely changed my outlook on music, and definitely production.