no good emcee has ever come from the west coast. all they make is dance music not hip hop. candy-grab-ass shit with palm trees. tupac was a good emcee but he was just another idiot when it came down to it. burke is rite when he says that rakim allah is the best emcee of all time. wu-tang, gangstarr, naS, outKast, mobb deep, d-block, epmd, etc.. are the real deal. everything else pop, nothing else kids.