I grew up in the Bay, specifically the Peninsula/West Bay. A lot of 12manrambo type rough raps passed my ears as a youngster and I still have a soft spot for a lot of that stuff.
East Palo Alto (back when it had like two murders a week in a population of 30,000):
in another thread I mentioned SCARING THE HOES reminded me of Motel Crew, which predates it by 15-20 years
also my hometown hall of shame probably includes the grateful dead whose first shows were in Menlo Park I believe
Radiohead, Ride, Supergrass* in the ‘90s, plus Jungle dons The Invisible Man & Funky Technicians aka Total Science. All of them are also-rans when compared to David Ramjam Rodigan of course: champion selector!
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Something much lesser known:
also my hometown hall of shame probably includes the grateful dead whose first shows were in Menlo Park I believe