2024-05-03T10:40:55Z https://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=OG&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:trueskool.com,2022-07-07:1464587:Video:810095 2022-07-07T23:06:07.874Z Editor's Pick https://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/talib-kweli-cypress-hill-on-back-in-black-soul-assassins-berner-o"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10629186886?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with one of the most iconic and revolutionary hip hop groups of all-time:<br></br> <br></br> CYPRESS HILL<br></br> <br></br> Here's what we got into:<br></br> <br></br> • The progression of Cuban hip hop and emcees voicing their anger.<br></br> • Eric Bobo's father Willie Bobo's place in…

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/talib-kweli-cypress-hill-on-back-in-black-soul-assassins-berner-o"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10629186886?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with one of the most iconic and revolutionary hip hop groups of all-time:<br /> <br /> CYPRESS HILL<br /> <br /> Here's what we got into:<br /> <br /> • The progression of Cuban hip hop and emcees voicing their anger.<br /> • Eric Bobo's father Willie Bobo's place in music history as a pioneer of Latin Jazz.<br /> • B Real and Sen Dog's gang ties coming up in South Gate, California.<br /> • Convincing B Real to get off streets around the time he was shot.<br /> • Sen Dog auditioning for the part of Santo Rivera on Sons Of Anarchy.<br /> • Sen's younger brother Mellow Man Ace being one of the forefathers of Latin hip hop<br /> • Taking less money from the label that wasn't going to suppress their creative freedom.<br /> • Bobo joining Cypress Hill after getting off his tour with The Beastie Boys.<br /> • Why New York heads at first thought Cypress Hill was from NY.<br /> • B Real having to look over his shoulder during his early days of success.<br /> • Cypress Hill becoming one of the music world's biggest cannabis activists.<br /> • B Real coming up with the lyrics for 'Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk'.<br /> • The importance of communication between the producer and emcee.<br /> • Cypress Hill, Funkdoobiest, House Of Pain and The Whooliganz going on tour.<br /> • Why B Real passed on the beat for House Of Pain's 'Jump Around'.<br /> • Drawing inspiration from the Beastie Boys while opening for them on tour.<br /> • 'Insane In The Brain' becoming ingrained in pop culture and taking a jab at Chubb Rock.<br /> • Working with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello.<br /> • The chill and inclusive vibe of the Cypress Hill tour bus.<br /> • The chain of events that led to Cypress Hill being banned from SNL.<br /> • The origins of their rock influences and Sen Dog working with SX-10 and Powerflo.<br /> • Contributions from Chace Infinite and B Smooth on their 'IV' album.<br /> • The genius of the song 'Looking Through The Eye Of A Pig'.<br /> • Leaning heavy into Rock and Metal on the 'Skull &amp; Bones' album.<br /> • B Real getting competitive after forming the Stoned Assassins paintball team.<br /> • B Real's venturing into solo work with Berner and Scott Storch.<br /> • Styles P challenging Cypress Hill to a "Smoker's Olympics'.<br /> • Cypress Hill being credited for the naming of the OG Kush cannabis strain.<br /> • Their most recent album 'Back In Black' being five years in the making.<br /> • The album 'Elephants On Acid' and the concepts on that record.<br /> • Giving Sen Dog his chance to shine as an emcee on 'Back To Black'.