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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Sen Dog Of Cypress Hill Interview

via Crave Online

CraveOnline: Rise Up has a huge sound with a motivated energy behind it - was there a specific mindset you went in with for the record?

Sen Dog: We didn't want to go in any direction, really. Been there, done that. We've done the conceptual album. I just wanted to go into the studio & bang out the songs, know what I mean? Like old times. It's fun for me, its fun for us as a group. There was no hangups on trying to recapture any sound or rock a particular style or mood, like "oh, this song is too happy". We rolled with it.

CraveOnline: Any favorite tracks on the album?

Sen Dog: My favorite track switches every couple of days. My favorite right now is "Shut 'Em Down," produced by Tom Morello. It's got that biting quality of Rock n Roll, but also the street quality of Hip-Hop. That's one where I can picture one big massive moshpit going off.

CraveOnline: Last year at the Smokeout festival, B-Real had a joint that had to be a foot and a half long, at the least. I was standing in the photo pit, right at your feet, and I couldn't believe he was pulling from that thing for half the show and staying conscious - especially with his professed loyalty to the indica strains. Was that thing real?

Sen Dog: Yeah that was very real. I've seen my friend do some crazy stuff before, but that was out there, man. He was like "it's the Smokeout, we gotta make a statement!" and so on, and I said alright man, let's go then. I think it lasted like a week.

CraveOnline: Will we see another Smokeout in 2010?

Sen Dog: Definitely. The Smokeout is something we definitely want to continue. We had to put the whole operation on for a minute as we reorganized the whole mothership from the floor up. But now that we came back with the last one and it was successful, we're going to continue coming back. And honestly, I think this next one's gonna be bigger than the last one. But I can't give it away just yet.

CraveOnline: How's the new deal with Priority Records?

Sen Dog: It's going great, man. It's going really good. Of course, Snoop Dogg is involved, and that was one of the key elements for us in that they've got one of our guys... - you understand what I mean when I said 'one of our guys' - but we're excited, man. It's a great position to be in. This new album, new label, and they're excited to push this record and make the best of a great situation.

Read the full Sen Dog interview here:
Crave Online - Sen Dog of Cypress Hill

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out' 2009 Festival B-Real Backstage Interview

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out' 2009 Festival (Video) Wrap-up

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out' 2009 Festival Concert Recap

(photo courtesy of Kelly A. Swift at the OC Register)

via the Orange County Register as reported by David Hall

Day 1
After a rare performance from Oakland’s entire Hieroglyphics crew (the group’s founder, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, almost never shows up), that sense of dedication became key during a 40-minute delay for Houston’s Geto Boys. When they finally arrived, it was explained that they were late due to MC Scarface getting “held up by the authorities … again.”

Nevertheless, the Southern rappers made their shortened set (only 35 minutes) count with classics like “Chuckie” and “My Mind Playing Tricks On Me,” both off 1991’s We Can’t Be Stopped. In the spirit of Smokeout’s pro-marijuana message, Scarface spouted a few verses of “Mary Jane,” a love-song-of-sorts from his 1997 solo album, The Untouchable.

Before the much-anticipated performance by Atlanta’s Goodie Mob, audience members got their first surprise of the weekend with a special appearance from another Southern rap giant, Tech N9ne. Although half the crowd (poor naive fools) seemed to think they were watching Goodie Mob, Tech N9ne successfully made his mark on the day during his highly choreographed 15-minute mini-set, which included the head-bobbing hit “I’m a Playa,” from 2002’s Absolute Power.

Within 10 minutes of Tech N9ne finishing, Goodie Mob invaded the stage, attempting to rile up the smoke-encased crowd with quips such as “I can’t smell ya’ll!” and “I thought this was the smoke fest!”

Day 2
While the first day of the festival drew a modest crowd of dedicated hip-hop heads to a smaller stage for reunions of Geto Boys, Goodie Mob, plus a special performance of Cypress Hill’s Black Sunday in its entirety, underground hip-hop groups on the Indonesia Stage (the second stage) were grossly overshadowed by main-stage acts on the festival’s second day.

Los Angeles rap crew Living Legends‘ slot overlapped with turns from Cheech & Chong and Sublime; Harlem conspiracy-theorist rapper Immortal Technique was slated against Cypress Hill, who, as Smokeout namesakes, amassed one of the largest gatherings of fans at the main stage.

via the Riverside Press Enterprise as reported by Vanessa Franko

Something was burning at the revival of Cypress Hill's Smokeout at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Friday and Saturday, and it wasn't just the performances from big-name artists.

The festival, which is a celebration of music and cannabis culture, returned for the first time since 2003 with performances from artists including Slipknot, a reunion of Sublime, Deftones and Pennywise as well as an expo aimed at educating people about marijuana.

Redman & Method Man At Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out' 2009 Festival

Fan shot footage below.

Redman & Method Man at Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out' 2009 Festival performing on the Indonesia Side Stage on Saturday, October 24.

(video courtesy of dzyd1)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Cypress Hill: 'Smoke Out Festival' 2009 Saturday's Set List + More Pics

Cypress Hill's Saturday Night set list courtesy of DJ Rhettmatic from the World Famous Beat Junkies Twitpic page.

See more pictures here:
DJ Rhettmatic Photos

Goodie Mob At Cypress Hill's Smoke Out Festival 2009

Goodie Mob seen here from the 1st day of performances at Cypress Hill's 'Smoke Out 2009' Festival at San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA taking place Friday and Saturday October 23 & 24.

(video courtesy of Frank 151 & toddcrowe)

Monday, August 31, 2009

Cypress Hill To Resurrect 'Smokeout' Music Festival With Geto Boys And Sublime

via All Hip Hop

Hip-Hop group Cypress Hill has announced a partnership with Guerilla Union to re-launch the annual Cypress Hill Smokeout.

The two-day festival and “cannabis expo,” which launched in 1998, will return after a six-year hiatus this October, at the San Manuel Amphitheatre and festival grounds in San Bernardino, California.

Headliners on the Cypress Hill Smokeout include Slipknot, Sublime!, Deftones, Redman and Method Man, Cheech and Chong, all original members of the Goodie Mob and a reunion-set featuring the original Geto Boys, consisting of Willie D., Scarface and Bushwick Bill.

“It's a stoner's dream come true,” B-Real told AllHipHop.com of the festival. “Our fans deserve an event that celebrates our love of music and marijuana culture. It’s gonna take two days to take it all in. I can't wait to play some new music and hang with all our friends and fans."

In addition to the aforementioned performers, festival goers will see performances by Hieroglyphics, Immortal Technique, K’Naan, Living Legends, Devin The Dude, Swollen Members with Moka Only, Afrika Bambaataa, Mixmaster Mike, Kottonmouth Kings and others.

Read more here:
All Hip Hop - Cypress Hill Relaunches 'Smoke Out'; Geto Boys Reunite

via Billboard Biz

Sublime, the chart-topping Long Beach-based punk reggae group that split-up more than 13 years ago when its lead singer died of a drug overdose, will play its first official gig with a new vocalist as part of the Cypress Hill Smokeout festival, to be held Oct. 23-24 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, Calif.

Read more here:
Billboard Biz - Sublime To Reunite For Cypress Hill's Smokeout Fest

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