#eric bobo

[spilladabalia]

Beastie Boys LIVE - Eggman + Rhymin' and Stealin' (Japan Space Shower 1994)

[mcforwhatiam]

(Via X)

[soupy-sez]

Sen Dog, MCA, B-Real, and Eric Bobo during the Free Leonard Peltier benefit Rage Against the Machine concert in California, April 29th, 1994, © Jeffrey Mayer/Jeff Kravitz

[ourladyofomega]

August 13, 1991.

[omegaplus]

# 3,870

Cypress Hill: “Open Ya’ Mind” (2021)

Thirty years in the game. It’s been that long since Cypress Hill kicked off their undefeated careers with their 1991 self-titled debut. That’s also more than enough time in creating legacies of other artists associated with them and to keep building a national case for fully legalizing marijuana. Since then, smoking culture would be vaulted more into the mainstream thanks to B-Real, Sen Dog, and DJ Muggs; then later championed by Dr. Dre who once declared “I don’t smoke weed or sess” only to later release The Chronic (1992). They may not be the first artists to bring up the subject (Cheech & Chong, David Peel, Harlem Underground Band, and Brick to name a few) but they utilized it enough to build hip-hop’s foundation on it. Then take it a step further: ask yourself how many other artists make it not just a full-time career but also their lives advocating for it?

Thirty years ago, marijuana use was much widely criminalized and unaccepted by the powers that be. The stigma still surrounds it, but now many states have either fully or partially legalized it. Medicinal use and the proliferation of dispensaries weigh the deck in the culture’s favor. Even then, Cypress Hill questions society’s and government’s allegiance on their new single “Open Ya Mind”. In their home court of California, smoking is more legal than ever. So why, according to them, are clients and growers still demonized, arrested, and taken to court over it? B-Real, Sen Dog, and Bobo do address the collective paranoia and trust issues their fan base has but also from every Joe and Jane in California, the nation, and even everyone else because that also applies to them. They also address the government’s hypocritical stance on the war on drugs: labeling themselves judge, jury, and executioner when collecting taxes from sellers and dispensaries with one hand and (again) criminalize smokers with the other. It takes a tiny scant for “Open Ya Mind” to remind everyone what time it is and get the wheels going, and that’s enough to keep Cypress Hill’s reputation alive and well.

[feelingsofaithless]

believe me // fort minor feat. styles of beyond & eric bobo

[pharaoya]

Cypress Hill in a limousine, Los Angeles, August 1998. Photo by Dave Tonge.

[a-dead-mouse]

Ill Bill - Holy Diver - 2010