CYPRESS HILL: Cypress Hill Special 25th Anniversary Edition (2016)

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RECORD STORE DAY: Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, Cypress Hill deluxe re-issues (2015)

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ZEMERALD: You Better Shit It (2014) Free download

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KEMO THE BLAXICAN: ‘Upside Of The Struggle’ LP released 17 August 2010

KEMO THE BLAXICAN: ‘Upside Of The Struggle’ LP released 17 August 2010
Not enough Latin lingo in the lyrics you’re hearing? Not enough barrio in the beats? Time to cop a bit of Kemo The Blaxican then (I’ll leave you to puzzle out his mixed heritage) – since the former Delinquent Habits member drops his third solo album on 17 August this year. Given previous efforts (cop the video to La Receta off the first solo LP below) this promises to beREAD THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

CYPRESS HILL: Rise Up – 2010 – Album review

CYPRESS HILL: Rise Up – 2010 – Album review
HIGHLIGHTS: Light It Up – K.U.S.H.
SOUNDBITE: “The beat is on, the heat is on/ If Sen Dog’s Cheech I must be Chong”
RATING: 3/5
In which we continue with this week’s guest review style (courtesy of Rolling Stone). Honestly. - I’ve written longer notes to the milkman:

As with fellow Californians Souls Of Mischief, Cypress Hill’s early work was so huge they’ve been living in its shadow ever since. Still, maybe that’s the price of creating a classic and it sounds like they’re still paying as the LP begins with a compere referencing how in 1991 an ‘artist’ in Compton was blown away by Cypress Hill’s ‘futuristic funk’ and ‘dedication to a certain herb,’ followed in short order by the lumpen, staccato, programmed beats of It Ain’t Nuthin’. Well, quite. The scratchy-sample on Light It Up is much more ear-friendly and perhaps the most successful track here at updating the classic Cypress Hilll ‘shit’ which it does so well it’s the LP highlight. Elsewhere…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM