West Coast Rap Returns With Schoolboy Q, YG

The Return Of West Coast Rap
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 12: Schoolboy Q performs as part of the iTunes Festival at the Moody Theater on March 12, 2014 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 12: Schoolboy Q performs as part of the iTunes Festival at the Moody Theater on March 12, 2014 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Twenty years ago this spring, Warren G released Regulate…G Funk Era, a triple-platinum album that helped enshrine the louche, laid-back sound of West Coast hip-hop—“funked out with a gangsta twist,” as his homey Nate Dogg put it.

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