Cypress Hill’s 3-Album Run 💨 | Ep. 176

Yo yo yo, welcome to Crate 808, and another 3-Album Run episode speaking on one of the biggest rap groups of all time – Cypress Hill 💨 Yes, we welcome on writer, DJ and co-founder of the Closed Sessions label, DJ RTC aka Alexander Fruchter, to speak on ‘Cypress Hill’ (1991), ‘Black Sunday’ (1993) and ‘Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom’ (1995) 🔥

 

Featuring special contributions from Nate LeBlanc (Dad Bod Rap Pod), Dart Adams, Robert Kuehl (The Next Movement Podcast), Dan O (Freemusic Empire) and the crew at Extraordinary Rap.

 

Now, remember to check our our EPIC 3-Album Run series: https://www.crate808.com/3album-runs

 

And peep our other Cypress Hill episodes, with interviews with group members:

 

DJ Muggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RZmzDgV410

Sen Dog: https://shorturl.at/lkpA6

 

And here’s that dope Fly Fidelity episode we featured: https://shorturl.at/hGuqH

 

Show Notes

• Why this album run matters (00:00)
• Cypress Hill album (13:00)
• Black Sunday (01:05:30)
• Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom (01:48:20)

 

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