A new wave of rap music in Baishushan: Baishushan
Cypress hill is an important member of the new rap band, which advocates that marijuana can stimulate creative inspiration. This multi-ethnic band comes from the Latin immigrant community in Los Angeles and is a staunch supporter of the legalization movement of marijuana. In many of their songs, such as "I want to get high", "Legalization" and "Crazy in the Brain", they all clarified their position that marijuana can be used as a substitute for alcohol in a cultural sense. But the great success of the band is not because of this, but because of their smooth integration into R&; B's style, as well as his vague singing and occasional involvement in guns, add a lot of color to their lazy rhythm. The original members of the band include DJ Muggs (formerly known as b. Lawrence Muggerud, born in Queens, new york196865438+1October 28th, descended from Italian immigrants) and singer B-Real (formerly known as b. Louis Freese, born in 1970, from LA). Descendants of Cuban/Mexican immigrants) and Sen Dog (formerly known as B. Senereyes, born in 1965 166 Sengou 14 years old) immigrated from their hometown of Cuba to Los Angeles. He and his younger brother Mellow Man Ace formed the prototype of the band, which was named DVX at that time and claimed that its style was a unique Spanish slang style. The band also includes DJ Muggs and B-Real, former 7A3 band members. When Mellow Man Ace left the band and began to solo, other members decided to change the name of the band to the name of the local block. The first album of the band 199 1 attracted wide attention in the United States as soon as it was published, and finally reached platinum sales. However, this album can only be bought in Britain. Through a program called Long-term B-boys and
"Born Naughty" was the opening performance, and Baishushan set off a new wave of rap music.
Unlike Public Enemy and NWA, which advocate radical revolutionary positions, Cypress Hill advocates nothingness and escape, and their music is also very attractive, especially to those important white alternative rock listeners. The band's second album does not pursue greater commercial achievements, but depicts some dark sides of the city where they live, such as the attack of Rodney King. The album Black Sunday 1993 was published in the first week, ranking first in the American R&B pop charts, including the Top20 hit single Crazy in the Brain. Cock The Hammer, a single about guns, also appeared in the soundtrack of Schwarzenegger's action film The Last Action Hero. When the band's name appeared in another original album "Mad Dog and Glory", the band's reputation gained by violent lyrics became more prominent. They explained that violent lyrics do not imply violent tendencies, but describe the causes and processes of violence, and the music they contributed to this film appeared in a scene of death due to excessive drug injection. Over the years, the band has also collaborated with Pearl Jam Band on The True Thing, and collaborated with Sonic Youth to write songs for the film Judgment Night, such as I Love You, Mary Jane. The band opened the British market by helping "House of Pain" on 1993, and since then, they have produced a series of top 20 hit singles. Later bands such as ice cube and Beast Boy all benefited from DJ Muggs' production ability. 1994 Eric Bobo joined the band as a percussionist. After the third album "The Temple of Boom" was published, the band gradually lost its fans in the university, but it was recognized by the hip-hop music community again. This album has also achieved commercial success. It has just been published in the United States and won the third place in the charts. Sen Gou left the team on 1996 to form punk/metal band SX- 10. He was replaced by DJ small ous, who had worked for the band before that. Before the band members began to shift their focus to personal development, they published a mixed version of EP containing nine songs. Muggs published his own Muggs gift ... Soul Assassin Chapter 65438 +0, and cooperated with B-Real in the psychological realm. Baishushan returned to the music scene on 1998, and Sengou also came back to help make it. Although the album "Cypress Hill IV" didn't reach the top of American charts 10, it was still considered as a beautiful attack. And the double album "Skull &; The song "Beneath the Bone" is a compromise product of traditional hip-hop style and fusion style.