The West Coast is a vast land, with a storied lineage of legendary rap stars that have emerged from its fertile soil. And while Los Angeles may get a large share of the props, if you dig deep beneath the surface of West Coast rap, it's clear to see the impact that the Bay Area has had on the region, and rap as a whole. One of the original pioneers to place their stamp on the hip-hop world straight out of northern Cali is one Earl Stevens, better known as E , the bespectacled forefather of slanguistics and game-spitting. With over 25 solo studio albums to his name and a career spanning over nearly three decades, E is by far one of the more prolific MCs of all-time.

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Earl Stevens has had one of the best runs in hip-hop history. The Vallejo vet better known as E been selling tapes out of the trunk of his car since you were still probably "running around drinking Similac"—the late '80s to be exact. And even more significantly, he's one of the very first rappers to conquer the independent rap game.
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The Source : 3. It's straight mobb music for fools that like to roll or chill at barbecues Spin : "The beats certainly help, with producer son Droop-E knocking out a knotty, spine-cracking post-hyphy bounce. Using his patented scat-and-scoot, stop-and-go delivery, he can flip the script about mobbin' and hustlin' so creatively that even an East Coast critic would have to give him props Rolling Stone : 3.
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