L.A. hip-hop is strongly identified with gangsta rap, and that genre is mostly identified with its rappers and their outsized personas. But the cla##ic Los Angeles albums wouldn't be what they are without the incredible sonic textures that define them, the funk, electro, rock, and Latin influences that give them their vitality, their urgency.
The West Coast sound is immediately identifiable, and it's what makes our hip-hop simultaneously menacing and warm. Here, then, are the ten local producers who gave us tapes full of dope beats to bump when strolling through our hoods. -Ben Westhoff
1. Dj Quik
The obvious choice for LA's...
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The West Coast sound is immediately identifiable, and it's what makes our hip-hop simultaneously menacing and warm. Here, then, are the ten local producers who gave us tapes full of dope beats to bump when strolling through our hoods. -Ben Westhoff
1. Dj Quik
The obvious choice for LA's...
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