Sittin' here

I've had my eyes on Hyphy music for a while, hearing the progression of it and watching the artists in the bay. I remember Ian blogging about it a while back and it got me interested. Hyphy is grabbing me in a way that Crunk never really did, a way that I don't think Snap ever really will. It's more like Screw to me, it's got a crazy social feeling to it. I know it's supposed to be "Get Hyphy music" aka. Get dumb, get wild, go crazy and that's what it does, but it feels like (especially when you consider where it's come from) that Hyphy is about stopping trying to be on the radio, stopping trying to impress the East. It feels like it's a whole new meaning and style. It's a movement off it's own back.

There's a lot of hot artists out of the bay right now, in and out of Hyphy, I'm feeling Messy Marv and the Federation (Pictured above), I'm loving the Mitchy Slick stuff I'm hearing, Ya Boy is a beast and Rick Rock is one of the best producers in the game right now.

There's a decent article about what Hyphy is over at Allhiphop.com