Busta Rhymes – Woo Haa (Clouddead Remix) by Brandon Logic

And the world did not spontaneously combust. He even clouddeaded the og artwork.

Produced by Pete Rock

Cypress Hill – The Uprising / mixtape

1. Peter Rosenberg Intro
2. When The Shit Goes Down
3. How I Could Just Kill A Man – Styles P & Sheek Louch of the LOX
4. Ain’t Goin Out Like That – Yelawolf
5. Cock The Hammer
6. Hand On The Pump Live In Amsterdam
7. Hand On The Pump 2010 – Noreaga feat. Imam Thug
8. Hand On The Glock
9. It Ain’t Nothin (Oddisee Remix)
10. Hits From The Bong
11. Hits From Barry Bong (Produced by Oddisee) – STS
12. I Wanna Get High Live In Amsterdam
13. I Wanna Get High 2010 – Jim Jones feat. Sen City
14. Smokin With The Capo – Peter Rosenberg & Jim Jones
15. Stoned Is Way Of The Roth – Asher Roth
16. Illusions Interlude – Sean Born
17. Illusions (RMX)
18. Armada Latina Remix (Prod. By Kev Brown)
19. Boom Biddy Bye Bye
20. Pigs – Homeboy Sandman
21. Killa Hill Niggas –
22. Throw Your Hands In The Air – Cypress Hill feat. Erick Sermon, Redman & MC Eiht
23. Dr. GreenThumb
24. Light It Up
25. Insane In The Brain Live In Amsterdam

Off that Cypress Hill promo mixtape.

Yelawolf – Ain’t Goin Out Like That

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previously: Cypress Hill Sets Sights On Pop Charts With Catchy Jim Jonsin Produced Lead Single, “Armada Latina”, featuring Marc Anthony and Pitbull

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No mp3, but still. Listen to the phunkiness. Peace to Muggs.

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Syl Johnson is suing Cypress (among a host of record and publishing companies) for a whopping $29 million, because he claims the beats from his 1969 song “Is It Because I’m Black” were used on Hill’s tune “Lock Down” — which was also called “Interlude.”

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related:
New Cypress Hill Record Next Year? If So, Dj Muggs Will Play Minor Role

Courtesy of Soul Assassins.

Cypress Hill – Caliente (Demo 1989)

Here’s a really rare recording of Cypress Hill off their 1989 demo tape that got them their first publishing deal. The demo was entirely in spanish and it was before any of the songs from the first album had been made. This track here features Sen Dog by himself over a very early Muggs beat that set the tone for what was to come.

Dj Muggs answers what is probably his most common question, what’s the deal with a new Cypress Hill record? As he describes, in contrast to their previous records, he is relinquishing most of the creative control to B-Real. Link

Ive been asked a lot about the new Cypress record on here so let me answer that question for you. Since the beginning I have drove the car and spearheaded the creative process for the Cypress records. On this record I am playing a much smaller role and B Real has taken over, and is driving the creative process from here on out. Now, I haven’t heard any of the music they have recorded although I have heard from B Real they have a hefty amount of music. I recorded one song with them so far a few months ago, but haven’t heard it since so I really couldn’t tell you what it sounds like since they recorded the vocals at there studio an i will be doing about 3 more songs from what the conversations have been so far. So you don’t get the wrong idea, all is cool with me and the homies…but as you all know, life can lead you in different directions sometimes. It’s not that its good or bad, it just is and the brothers will always have my support an respect. I’m sure the record will be out some time next year and they still tour like a damn wrecking machine, so make sure you check them when they come to your city…ALL RECPECT, CYPRESS FOR LIFE
………………………………………MUGGS

One of the more underrated MCs. Thanks Frank! Link

Really interesting interview with Cypress Hill frontman B-Real. He talks about a new Cypress album, working with Psycho Realm and being a Babalawo for the past eight years or so. That basically means he’s a priest. Go figure. More power to him though. Link

I have a relative that’s a priest of Santeria, I remember reading an article on you in the 90′s that said you were considering to become a Babalawo.

Oh no, I am. It probably said that I considered, but I was already a Babalawo when that came out.

Is that still an active part of your lifestyle?

Yeah, pretty much. When you get involved in that, it’s the responsibility you take on. It’s hard, especially when you’re an entertainer or in this business, you don’t have a lot of time to do a lot of the practices. But yeah, I’ve been a priest for eight years now, seven, eight years. Something like that. It’s a part of a culture as a Cuban, being a Cuban, my family in Cuba was into it. I wasn’t that into it coming up as a kid, I didn’t know that much about it as a kid, I would only see through other people what it was. When I got older and started seeing and hearing different things, people would pass on knowledge to me about things. Then eventually it called to me. When it called to me, I had a choice to either ignore it and keep doing what I was doing, or to embrace it and go forward. I decided to embrace it, and I’ve been practicing ever since.

So that’s from the Afro-Cubans in your family.

It’s from my mother’s side of the family, my father was Mexican. They weren’t…. (laughs) that side of the family wasn’t too into that kind of stuff. Mostly Catholic and some Christian. My mother didn’t even really get into it until after I did. One of those things.

Some people can’t get over that I have relatives who sacrifice animals.

Yeah, its something that not a lot of people would understand or get the gist of. Most religions, whether they’re organized or however they categorize it, they do some sort of sacrifice at some point in the year. That’s most religions, you just don’t hear about it because they don’t speak on it. Obviously there’s politics involved. But with the Yoruba, with Santeria or Ifa, however people are calling it because everyone has a different name for it, it’s not necessarily considered an organized religion. Its makeup, I don’t know if it offends people, but it scares people, they make a big deal more about what we do than what anyone else does. That’s kind of unfair, but it is what it is and you deal with it. But we have laws to protect us, because its not like no animal cruelty. The animals are being taken care of, the way they are sacrificed is in a humane way. Its for a spiritual purpose, people can think what they want. It took me a minute to get over that part of it. It’s just something that some people are gonna understand and some people will never understand because they don’t want to. We just gotta keep it moving and do what’s best for you.

Tell us about a typical recording session for you guys in the studio…
DJ Muggs: I’m not a beatmaker. I don’t make beats and try to sell them – I collaborate. I have artists come in, play them an idea, and if they like the idea, then I finish it. I take it to where it needs to go, I’ll get it to about a half-way point, and then he’ll rhyme on it, and then I’ll finish the beat. I’m a collaborator – I make albums. I come from a time where all the best groups were self-contained. Public Enemy made their own music, EPMD did their own shit, Gangstarr did their own shit, Dre did his own shit. So, I’ll sit down with Jacken, I’ll play him an idea, and he’ll go “I like that!.” So then he’ll start writing to the idea, and I’ll finish it up a little bit, get it about halfway done. Then he’ll rhyme on it, and he’ll leave and I’ll finish the beat up after I tailor made the beat to what he wrote. So we’re not just throwing a beat together, we’re vibing. Everything flowed really fucking good man.

What are you working on after this project?
Sick Jacken: I’ve got to do a Spanish record after this. I’m doing a 100 percent Spanish album. I’ve got two Spanish cuts on this record just to kind of set up my Spanish album. But I’ve got a full Spanish album coming. The fans have been asking for it. Both of these albums are coming out through my label. I’ve got a label through Universal called RMG, Rebel Music Group.

What’s going on with Angeles Records?
DJ Muggs: I don’t know what I’m doing with that at this point. I put that on pause for right now. It’s too much work for me to market, promote, direct and do all that shit. I’m doing an album with Planet Asia right now. Me and Planet Asia got about 8 or 9 songs done. “DJ Muggs vs. King Medallions.” So I might put that on Angeles, [or] I might find another home for it. Right now I’m scoring this new movie, this movie called “Nightwatchmen.” It stars Keanu Reeves and Forrest Whitaker and it’s from the creators of “Training Day.” That should be out in February. David Ayer wrote and directed “Harsh Times.” I did about five or six scenes for that. He liked the way it went, so he called me up to do this with an actual composer to work together in the same room. Dave’s cool, he just says “Go ahead, do what you want.” There’s a lot of tempo changes. If there’s a scene happening, and the car speeds up and shit happens, you don’t realize the tempos will change 20 times in 35 seconds. I’m humbling myself – I’m coming into the game brand new. I’m just keeping my ears open and my mouth shut. I just absorb it and it’s fun to me.

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