(function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); var addthis_share = { email_vars: { tfTitle: "Cypress Hill - Nov 14, 2012", tfImageUrl: "http://cdn.ticketfly.com/i/00/00/33/24/99-atlg.jpg", tfEventUrl: "http://ticketf.ly/NVf8uH" }}; Cypress Hill WebsiteMySpaceFacebookTwitterLinks Cypress Hill were notable for being the first Latino hip-hop superstars, but they became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana, which actually isn't a trivial thing. Not only did the group campaign for its legalization, but their slow, rolling bass-and-drum loops pioneered a new, stoned funk that became extraordinary influential in '90s hip-hop -- it could be heard in everything from Dr. Dre's G-funk to the chilly layers of English trip-hop. DJ Muggs crafted the sound, and B Real, with his pinched, nasal voice, was responsible for the rhetoric that made them famous. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Advance