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Chill-out music isn’t always made by chill people, and sometimes slickness spoils the comedown. Not with Tommy Guerrero. The former Bones Brigade skater is becoming a no-bullshit master of mellow, and his latest lo-fi grooves suggest a Shuggie Otis with Baja roots. It’s hip, sure, but not so hip it hurts. —Joe Warminsky