Cream of the Local Scene: Musically They’re All Over the Map
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The L.A. music scene continued to diversify in 1993, expanding, if possible, on the eclecticism that marked last year’s list. Rap, folk, grunge, roots, new wave, pop-rock, industrial and more are represented in this look at new acts that made the biggest area impact this year .
Coolio: The rapper from Compton has a hard, syncopated flow of his very own, and he is genuinely funny in a way that those hordes of Uzi-toters are not. His recent single, a street-corner jam about waiting in line at the welfare office, is inescapable on urban radio; his first album, on Tommy Boy, should be out early next year.
