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The original incarnation of Cypress Hill, formed in 1986 when Cuban-born brothers Sen Dog (born Senen Reyes, November 20, 1965) and Mellow Man Ace hooked up with fellow Los Angeles residents Muggs (born Lawrence Muggerud, January 28, 1968) and B Real (born Louis Freese, June 2, 1970). The group began pioneering a fusion of Latin and hip-hop slang, developing their own style by the time Mellow Man Ace left the group in 1988. Renaming themselves Cypress Hill after a local street, the group continued to perform around L.A., eventually signing with Ruffhouse/Columbia in 1991.

Cypress Hill were notable for being the first Latino hip-hop superstars, but they became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana, which actually isn't a trivial thing (in the US) . Not only did the group campaign for its legalization, but their slow, rolling bass-and-drum loops pioneered a new, stoned funk that became extraordinary influential in '90s hip-hop — it could be heard in everything from Dr. Dre's G-funk to the chilly layers of English trip-hop. DJ Muggs crafted the sound, and B Real, with his pinched, nasal voice, was responsible for the rhetoric that made them famous. The pro-pot position became a little ridiculous over time, but there was no denying that the actual music had a strange, eerie power, particularly on the band's first two albums.

With its stoned beats, and cartoonish violence, the group's eponymous debut became a sensation in early 1992, several months after its initial release. The group's public pro-marijuana stance earned them many fans among the alternative rock community. Cypress Hill followed the album with Black Sunday in the summer of 1993, and while it sounded remarkably similar to the debut, it nevertheless became a hit, entering the album charts at number one and spawning the crossover hit "Insane in the Brain." With Black Sunday, Cypress Hill's audience became predominantly white, collegiate suburbanites, which caused them to lose some support in the hip-hop community. The group didn't help matters much in 1995, toured with the fifth Lollapalooza prior to the release of their third album, Temples of Boom. A darker, gloomier affair than their first two records, Temples of Boom was greeted with mixed reviews upon its fall 1995 release.

Cypress Hill slowly fell apart. Sen Dog left in early 1996 and Muggs spent most of the year working on his solo album. Muggs Presents the Soul Assassins was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews in early 1997, leaving Cypress Hill's future in much doubt until the release of IV in 1998. Sen Dog had come back for the record. Two years later, the group released the double-disc set Skull & Bones, which featured a disc of hip-hop and a disc of their more rock-inspired material. Appropriately, the album also included rock and rap versions of the single "Superstar," bringing Cypress Hill's quest for credibility and crossover hits full circle. In the winter of 2001, the group came back with Stoned Raiders, another album to incorporate rock music. Three years later, the band issued Till Death Do Us Part, which incorporated several styles of Jamaican music. In 2010 they announced their signing to Priority Records thanks to the label’s creative director, Snoop Dogg. The label released their eighth studio album, Rise Up, that same year.

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It's hard enough to transform an entire musical genre -- Cypress Hill's eponymous debut album revolutionized hip-hop in several respects. Along with Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill were also one of the first rap groups to bridge the gap with fans of both hard rock and alternative rock. And, most importantly, they created a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop. In keeping with their promarijuana stance, Cypress Hill intentionally crafted their music to sound stoned -- lots of slow, lazy beats, fat bass, weird noises, and creepily distant-sounding samples. The sound and style of Cypress Hill was hugely influential, particularly on Dr. Dre's boundary-shattering 1992 blockbuster The Chronic; yet despite its legions of imitators, Cypress Hill still sounds fresh and original today, simply because few hip-hop artists can put its sound across with such force of personality or imagination.

Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill ( 256mb)

01 Pigs 2:50
02 How I Could Just Kill A Man 4:08
03 Hand On The Pump 4:03
04 Hole In The Head 3:33
05 Ultraviolet Dreams 0:41
06 Light Another 3:17
07 The Phuncky Feel One 3:28
08 Break It Up 1:07
09 Real Estate 3:45
10 Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk 2:46
11 Psycobetabuckdown 2:59
12 Something For The Blunted 1:15
13 Latin Lingo 3:58
14 The Funky Cypress Hill Shit 4:01
15 Tres Equis 1:54
16 Born To Get Busy 3:00

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Black Sunday made Cypress Hill's connection to rock & roll more explicit, with its heavy metal-like artwork and noisier, more dissonant samples.. It's a slightly darker affair than its groundbreaking predecessor, with the threats of violence more urgent and the pot obsession played to the hilt. Apart from those subtle distinctions, the sound of Black Sunday is pretty much the same as Cypress Hill, refining the group's innovations into an accessible bid for crossover success. Black Sunday still sounds vital and lively, it's overall a consistent, engaging listen, especially the flawless first half or so.

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday ( 251mb)

01 I Wanna Get High 2:54
02 I Ain't Goin' Out Like That 4:27
03 Insane In The Brain 3:29
04 When The Sh-- Goes Down 3:08
05 Lick A Shot 3:23
06 Cock The Hammer 4:25
07 Lock Down 1:16
08 3 Lil' Putos 3:40
09 Legalize It 0:46
10 Hits From The Bong 2:40
11 What Go Around Come Around, Kid 3:42
12 A To The K 3:27
13 Hand On The Glock 3:32
14 Break 'Em Off Some 2:44

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Ten years after the release of their first album, Cypress Hill have maintained a distinctive personality that has stuck around through several different musical directions. Never a band that has been afraid to experiment, the rock-rap sound they attempted on Skull & Bones is again one of the driving forces of the album. DJ Muggs and live drummer Bobo do a meticulous job of finding unique beats for the record. "Kronologik" is a spellbinding retelling of Cypress Hill's history that adds some clever insight into some of the notable events in their career. But many of the other rap songs simply do not have the beats or the choruses to keep them interesting, a problem that would seem unthinkable considering how incredibly unique and catchy their first two albums are. Overall, Stoned Raiders is a good album despite its varying quality, and should appeal to those who enjoyed their previous album's experiments with rock.

Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders ( 400mb)

01 Intro 1:03
02 Trouble 5:00
03 Kronologik 4:45
04 Southland Killers 3:25
05 Bitter 4:20
06 Amplified 3:54
07 It Ain't Easy 4:13
08 Memories 4:08
09 Psychodelic Vision 4:27
10 Red, Meth & B 3:45
11 Lowrider 6:41
12 Catastrophe 3:25
13 L.I.F.E. 4:43
14 Here Is Something You Can't Understand 4:30

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