Cypress Hill's impact comes into focus in new documentary

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Cypress¹ Hill's impact comes into focus in new documentary

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When Cypress Hill released its debut³ album in 1991, the group's staccato lyrics⁴ were, for most outside of their LA hometown, a first introduction to Spanglish slang. "We didn't really have much representation in that time," rapper B Real tells Morning Edition's A Martínez. "You either saw one side of the spectrum⁵ or the other, but not anything in the middle. And I think we represented that." The group — B-Real and fellow rappers Sen Dog and Eric Bobo, along with producer DJ Muggs — would end up one of the most successful in hip-hop history.

Speaking to A Martinez on the release of a new Mass Appeal-produced documentary, Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain, on Showtime, rapper B Real retraces⁶ the roots of his distinctively⁷ adenoidal rapping voice, which began in emulation⁸ of the early rapper and artist Rammellzee; the influence of early, darker rock and roll, like Black Sabbath, on Cypress Hill's sound and the particular timing⁹ of their emergence¹⁰ in the early '90s, alongside artists like Nirvana.

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