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Singers performed music from many different genres, including rap, hip-hop, soul and R&B, while musicians played solos on piano, guitar and saxophone...
...trio's image of endearing pot-addled goofballs, which they established on Black Sunday, may have faded with the evolution of their music, but they are still one of rap's most vital groups. Cypress Hill IV shows that rap has not taken its final breath just yet. This offering, together with the impending release of Ice Cube's new album, shows that there is still some hope out there...
Surprisingly on their fourth effort, Cypress Hill moves away from their trademark drug preaching in favor of more traditional rap subjects: raining abuse on police officers and glorifying the hardships of the streets. This is clearly evident in their vicious opening song "Looking Through the Eye of a Pig" which purports that the lives of cops can be summarized as a string of violent murders, suicidal tendencies, drug abuse and unfaithful marriages. It is blatantly button-pushing, but the malevolent lyrics, coupled with the dark, piercing music, makes it a success...
...experimental song, "Tequila Sunrise," is a sharp and satisfying piece of Southern music that is peppered by the sounds of Spanish guitars. B-Real spits out "Tequila Sunrise/Bloodshot eyes/Realize we are born to die/SO GET THE MONEY!," which is quite ironic since Cypress Hill is one of the few rap groups that is yet to become a sell out. The album ends with a powerful one-two punch, first with the epic-styled "Clash of the Titans," which tells of bloody swords and slayings, and finally, "Lightning Strikes," which is set to a series of blistering heavy-metal guitar riffs...
...purists forever converse about the counted days of "real hip-hop," with the menacing monster termed Mainstream looming like a promise from the Book of Revelations. Entire careers germinate and blossom from cliche rhymes, jacked beats and videos with big breasts spread across massive mansions; and every so often rapping prophets warn us about the Apocalypse behind the corner of the next edition of Rap City. Against this backdrop, lyrical nerds wonder aloud, who will save...