Legendary Latin American hip-hop group Cypress Hill is still relevant today. After all, the records (1993) and (1995) are considered hip-hop classics for a reason. In their nearly 20-year career, , and their pro-marijuana message spread widely through hip hop music. The gentlemen have not scored hits for a long time, but with their records and high-profile performances they still manage to
… enrapture a hard core of fans. The new CD Rise Up is only Cypress Hill's eighth record, but we have to keep in mind that the members have also been involved in side projects like and over the years . Rise Up contains contributions from hip-hop heroes as and , but of , and . After 20 years of excessive weed smoking, Cypress Hill shows that they still have iron lungs. The impact is no longer as severe as in the 1990s, but that is also due to the changed zeitgeist. (GL)more
