All-City: The West Bay's Latest

This first offering is from Inglewood rapper Damani, but Frisco crooner J. Valentine is holding down the hook. This is a real smooth number ripe for riding to- treat accordingly.

"She Got Ass"- Damani feat. J. Valentine

Ya Boy is Cali's gangsta diva. Though he hails from The SCO's Fillmore district, he lives in Malibu and wrote much of K. Fed's album. His Fillmoe cred and Britney Spears bread have created a strange beast- a couture rockstar with a machine gun mouth. Though I often tire of his non-stop gun talk- his rhyme patterns, punchlines and metaphors are on point. Plus, every once in a while he tucks the toolie in favor of serenading a young lady or two.

"Who Am I to Say?"- Ya Boy

And I mean this in the most loving and constructive way. Big Rich, please take some writing classes or stop rapping. YB and Balance, yall did fine with your verses, but the song still does nothing for me. I understand you wanna put out the swaggereific shit like everyone else, but we are the Bay! We are supposed to be a capital of urban innovation! You're not fresh if you're saying what everyone else already has. AND flossing is kinda tired. Can we not evolve? TAKE SOME CHANCES BAY AREA!

"We Fresh"- Balance, Big Rich & Ya Boy