@thelategreat one slight clarification re: san diego. i meant cross-pollination/export of skateboarding and skate culture specifically.
i do think there are second order effects on music however. if you look at skate videos from that era, they were pretty eclectic and mashed up all sorts of music genres and styles. i skated as a kid too and videos produced in cali turned me to everything from east coast rap (tribe called quest, de la soul, artifacts) to daft punk to black sabbath. i say this with no evidence at all but i feel like skate video soundtracks could have been a big influence on the neptunes.
― anza808, Tuesday, 11 August 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link