West Coast, New Coast

California provided those that came an opportunity to change their lives, to begin anew.  They left behind the "old" in a search for new beginnings in an undeveloped land.  The founding fathers went so far as to recreate the landscape in Southern California and today, the same water wars are being fought that began over 100 years ago.  This reinventing mindset provided the impetus for a backlash against writings of the current time.
                                                                                     

Today's "Hip" culture of rap and hip-hop is an off-shoot of the East Coast styles, only California hijacked, beat down and forced a restyling of the form, with a West Coast persona.  Again, something moved from the old to the new coast, and was reinvented according to the "norms" of Southern California.



Los Angeles, with it's Hollywood connections and movie star facade, provides the greatest backdrop for today's pulp.  L.A. is constantly evolving, with the current climes, following what is popular at the moment, and transforming it to New Coast ideals.