Cypress Hill - wikipedia Cypress Hill Not to be confused with Cypress Hills. Cypress Hill Cypress Hill performing at Bonnaroo in 2006 Background information Also known as DVX ( Devastating Vocal Excellence ) Origin South Gate, California, U.S. Genres Hip hop, rap rock Years active 1988 -- present Labels Ruffhouse Columbia Priority EMI Website cypresshill.com Members B - Real DJ Muggs Sen Dog Eric Bobo Cypress Hill is an American hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino American hip hop recording group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 20 million albums worldwide. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast rap and hip hop in the early 1990s, being critically acclaimed for their first four albums. The band has also advocated for medical and recreational use of cannabis in the United States. Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation ( 1988 ) 1.2 Early works and mainstream success ( 1989 -- 95 ) 1.3 Continued career ( 1996 -- 2002 ) 1.4 Till Death Do Us Part ( 2003 -- 07 ) 1.5 Departure from Sony and Rise Up ( 2008 -- present ) 2 Style 2.1 Rapping 2.2 Production 3 Discography 4 Awards and nominations 5 Members 6 References 7 External links History Formation ( 1988 ) Senen Reyes ( also known as Sen Dog ) and Ulpiano Sergio Reyes ( also known as Mellow Man Ace ) are brothers born in Pinar del Río, Cuba. In 1971, their family immigrated to the United States from Cuba. They initially lived in South Gate, California. In 1988, the two brothers teamed up with New York City native Lawrence Muggerud ( also known as DJ Muggs, previously in a rap group named 7A3 ) and Louis Freese ( also known as B - Real ) to form a hip - hop group named DVX ( Devastating Vocal Excellence ). The band soon lost Mellow Man Ace to a solo career, and changed their name to Cypress Hill, after a street in South Gate. Early works and mainstream success ( 1989 -- 95 ) After recording a demo in 1989, Cypress Hill signed a record deal with Ruffhouse Records. Their self - titled first album was released in August 1991. The lead single was the double A-side `` The Phuncky Feel One '' / `` How I Could Just Kill a Man '' which received heavy airplay on urban and college radio. The other two singles released from the album were `` Hand on the Pump '' and `` Latin Lingo '', the latter of which combined English and Spanish lyrics. The success of these singles led to the album selling two million copies in the US alone. Cypress Hill contributed the song `` Shoot ' Em Up '' to the soundtrack of the movie Juice. The group made their first appearance at Lollapalooza on the side stage in 1992. Germany 1998 Black Sunday, the group 's second album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 1993, recording the highest Soundscan for a rap group up until that time. Also, with their debut still in the charts, they became the first rap group to have two albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 at the same time. With `` Insane in the Brain '' becoming a crossover hit, the album went triple platinum in the U.S. and sold about 3.25 million copies. The band headlined the Soul Assassins tour with House of Pain and Funkdoobiest as support, then performed on a college tour with Rage Against the Machine and Seven Year Bitch. In 1993, Cypress Hill also had two tracks on the Judgment Night soundtrack, teaming up with Pearl Jam ( without singer Eddie Vedder ) on the track `` Real Thing '' and Sonic Youth on `` I Love You Mary Jane ''. The group later played at Woodstock 94, introducing new member Eric Bobo, son of Willie Bobo and formerly a percussionist with the Beastie Boys. Rolling Stone magazine named the group as the best rap group in their music awards voted by critics and readers. Cypress Hill played at Lollapalooza for two successive years, topping the bill in 1995. They also appeared on the `` Homerpalooza '' episode of The Simpsons. Prior to Bobo joining the crew, Panchito `` Ponch '' Gomez sat in as a percussionist when not acting. Their third album III : Temples of Boom was released in 1995, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Cypress Hill also contributed a track `` I Wanna Get High '' to the High Times sponsored Hempilation album to support NORML. Continued career ( 1996 -- 2002 ) Sen Dog took a break from the band to form a Los Angeles - based rap rock band, SX - 10. Meanwhile, in 1996, Cypress Hill appeared on the first Smokin ' Grooves tour, featuring Ziggy Marley, The Fugees, Busta Rhymes and A Tribe Called Quest. The band also released a nine track EP Unreleased and Revamped with rare mixes. In 1997, band members focused on their solo careers. Muggs released Soul Assassins : Chapter 1 featuring contributions from Dr. Dre, KRS - One, Wyclef Jean and Mobb Deep. B - Real appeared with Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J and Method Man on `` Hit Em High '' from the multi-platinum Space Jam Soundtrack. He also appeared with RBX, Nas and KRS - One on `` East Coast Killer, West Coast Killer '' from Dr. Dre 's Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath album, and contributed to an album entitled The Psycho Realm with the band of the same name. Though the focus that year was not on group efforts, the band played Smokin ' Grooves with George Clinton and Erykah Badu. Cypress Hill released IV in 1998 which went gold in the US, on the backs of hit singles `` Tequila Sunrise '' and `` Dr. Greenthumb ''. Sen Dog also released the Get Wood sampler as part of SX - 10 on the label Flip. In 1999, Cypress Hill helped with the PC crime video game Kingpin : Life of Crime. Three of the band 's songs from the 1998 IV album were in the game ( `` 16 Men Till There 's No Men Left '', `` Checkmate '' and `` Lightning Strikes '' ). B - Real also did voice work for some of the game 's characters. Also in 1999, the band released a greatest - hits album in Spanish, Los grandes éxitos en español. In 2000, Cypress Hill then fused genres with their fifth album, Skull & Bones, which was a two - disc album. The first disc, `` Skull '' was composed of rap tracks while `` Bones '' explored further the group 's forays into rock. The album reached the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 in Canada. The first single was `` Rock Superstar '' for rock radio and `` Rap Superstar '' for urban radio. Following the release of the album, Cypress Hill ( along with MxPx ) landed a slot opening for The Offspring on the Conspiracy of One tour. The band also released Live at the Fillmore, a concert disc recorded at the Fillmore ( in San Francisco ) in 2000. Cypress Hill continued their experimentation with rock on the Stoned Raiders album in 2001. However, its sales were a disappointment, as the disc did not even reach the top 50 of the US album charts. In 2001, the group appeared in the film How High. Till Death Do US part ( 2003 -- 07 ) Cypress Hill recorded `` Just Another Victim '' for WWE as a theme song for Tazz. At the time, WWE was using original music for almost all of the wrestlers. The band released Till Death Do Us Part on March 23, 2004. The album saw the band experiment with reggae especially on the lead single `` What 's Your Number ''. The track features Tim Armstrong of Rancid on guitar and backup vocals. It is based on the classic song `` The Guns of Brixton '' on The Clash 's London Calling and has proven to be a success on the modern rock charts. However, the album represented a further departure from the signature sound of their first four albums. The album also features appearances by Damian Marley, son of Bob Marley, Prodigy of Mobb Deep and producers the Alchemist and Fredwreck. In 2004, the song `` How I Could Just Kill A Man '' was included in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas created by Rockstar Games, playing on West Coast hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos. In December 2005 a best of compilation album titled Greatest Hits From the Bong was released including nine hits from previous albums and two new tracks. The group 's next album was tentatively scheduled for an early 2007 release. In the summer of 2006, B - Real appeared on Snoop Dogg 's single `` Vato '', which was produced by Pharrell Williams. In 2007 Cypress Hill toured with their full line up as a part of the Rock the Bells tour, held by Guerilla Union, B Simm, and headlined with Public Enemy, Wu - Tang Clan, Nas, and a reunited Rage Against the Machine. Departure from sony and Rise up ( 2008 -- present ) On July 25, 2008, Cypress Hill performed at a benefit concert at the House of Blues Chicago, where a majority of the proceeds went to the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness. In August 2009, a new song by Cypress Hill, titled `` Get ' Em Up '', was made available on iTunes. The song is featured on the Madden NFL 2010 video game. In November 2009, a new version of the Guns N ' Roses classic `` Paradise City '' performed by Cypress Hill, Slash and Fergie was made available as a bonus track to Slash 's single `` Sahara '' from Slash 's solo album Slash. Cypress Hill 's eighth studio album Rise Up, features contributions from Everlast, Tom Morello, Daron Malakian, Pitbull, Marc Anthony and Mike Shinoda. The album was released on Priority Records / EMI Entertainment, as the group was signed to the label by new Creative Chairman Snoop Dogg on January 15, 2010. The album was released on April 20, 2010. The album 's introduction single, `` It Ai n't Nothin ' '' was released as a free download from the group 's official website. The song `` Rise Up '' was featured at WWE 's pay - per - view, Elimination Chamber, as the official theme song for that event, and was released as the third single for the album, with `` Armada Latina '' being fourth. The song also appeared in the trailer of the movie The Green Hornet. Cypress Hill commenced its Rise Up tour in Philadelphia on April 10, 2010. Julio G had replaced DJ Muggs for the tour. Muggs had been absent due to working on several other projects, including separate albums with B - Real and Sen Dog. The group was supposed to stop in Tucson, Arizona but canceled the show in protest of the recent immigration legislation. At the Rock en Seine festival in Paris on August 27, 2010 they said in an interview that they would wait and see what happens with the legislation before going back there. Cypress Hill performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2010, on August 28 at Leeds and August 29 at Reading. On June 5, 2012, Cypress Hill and dubstep artist Rusko released a collaborative EP entitled Cypress X Rusko. Also in 2012, Cypress Hill collaborated with Deadmau5 on his sixth studio album Album Title Goes Here, lending vocals on `` Failbait ''. On August 2017, Cypress Hill 's `` Ai n't going out like that '' was featured as a trailer soundtrack for Netflix 's Narcos Season 3. Style Rapping One of the band 's most striking aspects is B - Real 's exaggeratedly high - pitched nasal vocals. In the book Check the Technique, B - Real describes his nasal style, saying his rapping voice is `` high and annoying... the nasal style I have was just something that I developed... my more natural style was n't so pleasing to DJ Muggs and Sen Dog 's ears '' and talking about the nasal style in the book How to Rap, B - Real says, `` you want to stand out from the others and just be distinct... when you got something that can separate you from everybody else, you got ta use it to your advantage. '' In the film Art of Rap, B - Real credits the Beastie Boys as an influence when developing his rapping style. Sen Dog 's voice is deeper, more violent and often shouted alongside the rapping ; his vocals are often emphasized by adding another background / choir voice to say them. Sen Dog 's style is in contrast to B - Real 's, who says, `` Sen 's voice is so strong, '' and `` it all blends together '' when they are both on the same track. Both B - Real and Sen Dog started writing lyrics in both Spanish and English and B - Real was inspired to start writing raps from watching Sen Dog and Mellow Man Ace writing their lyrics, and originally B - Real was going to just be the writer for the group rather than a rapper. Their lyrics are noted for bringing a `` cartoonish '' approach to violence by Peter Shapiro and Allmusic. Production The sound and groove of their music, produced by Muggs, has spooky sounds and stoned aesthetic ; with its bass - heavy rhythms and odd sample loops ( `` Insane in the Brain '' has a pitched - altered horse neigh looped in its chorus ), it carries a psychedelic value, which lessened in the later albums. For using rock / metal instrumentation the band is sometimes classified as a rap rock / rap metal group. The double album Skull & Bones consists of a pure rap album ( `` Skull '' ) and an entire CD of rap / rock / nu metal songs ( `` Bones '' ). In the live album Live at The Fillmore some of the old classics are played in a rock / metal version, with Sen Dog 's band SX - 10 and Eric Bobo playing the rock instrument. While the first album and Black Sunday follow a more minimalistic and funky sound, III ( Temples of Boom ) has a very dark, spooky atmosphere and heavy beats, sometimes approaching hardcore rap. IV introduced more diverse sounds on the beats while maintaining the hardcore edge. The first albums are mostly influenced by psychedelic music, but the band eventually got closer to modern rap as it is today while still experimenting with rock from time to time, like on `` Skull and Bones '' and `` Stoned Raiders ''. Discography Main article : Cypress Hill discography Cypress Hill ( 1991 ) Black Sunday ( 1993 ) Cypress Hill III : Temples of Boom ( 1995 ) Cypress Hill IV ( 1998 ) Skull & Bones ( 2000 ) Stoned Raiders ( 2001 ) Till Death Do Us Part ( 2004 ) Rise Up ( 2010 ) Elephants on Acid ( 2018 ) Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year Nominated work Award Result 1994 `` Insane in the Brain '' Best Rap Performance by a Group or Duo Nominated 1995 `` I Ai n't Goin ' Out Like That '' Best Rap Performance by a Group or Duo Nominated `` Throw Your Set in the Air '' Best Rap Performance by a Group or Duo Nominated MTV Video Music Awards Year Nominated work Award Result 1994 `` Insane in the Brain '' Best Rap Video Nominated Members Current Louis `` B - Real '' Freese -- lead vocals ( 1988 -- present ) Lawrence `` DJ Muggs '' Muggerud -- turntables, samples ( 1988 -- 2004 ; 2014 -- present ) Senen `` Sen Dog '' Reyes -- vocals ( 1988 -- present ) Eric `` Bobo '' Correa -- drums, percussion ( 1993 -- present ) Former Ulpiano `` Mellow Man Ace '' Reyes -- vocals ( 1988 ) Farid `` Fredwreck '' Nassar -- turntables, samples ( 2004 -- 07 ) Timeline References Jump up ^ https://whiplash.net/materias/biografias/038946-cypresshill.html ^ Jump up to : Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap : The Art & Science of the Hip - Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 316. Jump up ^ Hill, Cypress. `` High Times and the High Times Mag Cover ''. Rap Genius. ^ Jump up to : `` Cypress Hill - Biography ''. Whiplash. Retrieved 12 April 2011. Jump up ^ `` RIAA Gold and Platinum Program : Cypress Hill ''. RIAA. Jump up ^ `` SX10 tocara hoy en el DanZoo '' ( in Spanish ). Mexico City : La Jornada. May 24, 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Cypress Hill To Perform At Benefit of Homelessness in youth dance event for euphoria and aid relief ''. Theblackspotlight.com. Archived from the original on 2011 - 10 - 04. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Madden 2010 Soundtrack Revealed ''. Bleacher Report, Inc. 2009 - 07 - 26. Retrieved 22 April 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cypress Hill to Return With Help From Slash, Tom Morello and Mike Shinoda ''. Retrieved September 7, 2009. Jump up ^ Wolfe, Roman ( 2010 - 01 - 15 ). `` Snoop Dogg Signs Cypress Hill To Priority ''. Infinity, Allhiphop.com, Inc. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010. Jump up ^ `` Cypress Hill - Love the snails and the dope, but not Arizona 's law RFI ''. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 20. Jump up ^ RJ Cubarrubia ( 2012 - 06 - 20 ). `` EP Premiere : Deadmau5, ' The Veldt ' Music News ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013 - 02 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Coleman, Brian. Check The Technique : Liner Notes For Hip - Hop Junkies. New York : Villard / Random House, 2007, pp. 122 - 123. ^ Jump up to : Shapiro, Peter, 2005, The Rough Guide To Hip - Hop, 2nd Edition, Penguin, pp. 73 - 74. Jump up ^ http://hiphopdx.com, HipHopDX -. `` New Cypress Hill Album `` Elephants On Acid '' ``. External links Official website Cypress Hill on Weave Cypress Hill B - Real Sen Dog DJ Muggs Eric Bobo Mellow Man Ace Studio albums Cypress Hill Black Sunday Cypress Hill III : Temples of Boom Cypress Hill IV Skull & Bones Stoned Raiders Till Death Do Us Part Rise Up Compilations Los grandes éxitos en español Greatest Hits from the Bong Super Hits Collections Strictly Hip Hop : The Best of Cypress Hill Live albums Live at the Fillmore EPs Unreleased and Revamped Stash Singles `` How I Could Just Kill a Man '' `` The Phuncky Feel One '' `` Hand on the Pump '' `` Latin Lingo '' `` Insane in the Brain '' `` When the Shit Goes Down '' `` I Ai n't Goin ' Out Like That '' `` Lick a Shot '' `` Throw Your Set in the Air '' `` Illusions '' `` Boom Biddy Bye Bye '' `` Dr. Greenthumb '' `` ( Rap ) Superstar '' `` ( Rock ) Superstar '' `` Highlife '' `` Ca n't Get the Best of Me '' `` Trouble '' `` Lowrider '' `` What 's Your Number ? 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Question: where did cypress hill get their name from
Answer: after a street in South Gate