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Issue 47 / 2013
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CYPRESS HILL
Cypress Hill. Need we say more?
This group set the world of
hip-hop on fire in the late
80s/early 90s with their
first two critically acclaimed
groundbreaking albums.
Their first album, the self
entitled Cypress Hill contained
the old school head banger
How I Could Just KIll A Man,
an anthem of the early 90s.
Their second album, Black
Sunday, debuted at number
one in 1993, affording them
the highest Soundscan for a
rap group at that time. With
their second album still in
the charts, this also made
Cypress Hill the first rap group
to have 2 albums in the top
10 at the same time. With
the
immense
commercial
and underground success of
Insane in the Brain, the album
went triple platinum in the
U.S. selling somewhere in the
region of 3.25 million copies.
One of the most recognisable
features of a Cypress Hill joint
is the exaggerated nasal raps
of member B-Real. B-Real
describes his rapping style in
the book Check the Technique,
as:"high and annoying... the
nasal style I have was just
something that I developed...
my more natural style wasn't
so pleasing to [DJ Muggs and
Sen Dog's] ears" and of the
originality of his style, he says
in the book How to Rap, "you
want to stand out from the
others and just be distinct...
when you got something
that can separate you from
everybody else, you gotta use
it to your advantage."
And use it to their advantage
they did.
JANUARY RELEASES
THE GAME FT. KANYE WEST
Rollin'
LUDACRIS FT PUSHA T
Def Jam, Def Jam South
MYSTRO AKA MYSDIGGI
Mystrogen
FAT JOE
Angels Say 2
VERB T
Morning Process
J COLE
Louis Vuitton
SNOOP DOGG FT HUNTE
Here Comes The King
BIG BOI FT KID CUDI
She Hates Me
LIL DURK FT WALE
Represent
YOUND JEEZY
Stylin'
THE GAME FT. LIL WAYNE
All That (Lady)
SPLIT PROPHETS
Scribbled Thoughts