B-Real

Our whole thing was that we wanted to challenge ourselves and go out of the box that everyone else was doing, and…

— B-Real

You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got…

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Music was something that was always close to me. Every night before I knocked out, I turned the radio on and would…

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We broke in New York first. No one knew we were from L.A.

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Real slow hits from the bong... Make me feel like Cheech, And I'm kickin' it with Chong.

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Groups like Naughty By Nature, groups like De La Soul, groups like the Beastie Boys - they were pivotal in introducing us…

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After 'Insane In The Brain' came out, we started doing our own tours, headlining stuff. It just pretty much changed our situation…

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I let the music speak for itself.

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That's one of my homies. Whenever he hits me up, he's like what do you want to do and I'm the same.…

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2Pac was a homie, y'know, we met him through the Digital Underground squad.

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I just love making records, and I couldn't care less about the fame.

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When someone is just doing post after post, I'll unfollow them, even if they're our friend!

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It's much like football. You've got your regional teams and then they ask the best players to come and play for the…

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We were no angels, but over the course of our career we never wanted to be disrespectful to women.

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I've got nothing but love and respect for Cube. When I started, he was my benchmark.

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Most rappers try to put themselves in a box to try to be the image of what Tupac and Biggie were. Mostly…

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We don't really do a lot of collaborations in Cypress. We keep it in house.

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My whole thing is, I love music. If I can find someone that can put their own flag up in the game…

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It's always been a struggle for Latin artists within hip-hop. Even though we started it with everybody else, we never really got…

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Cypress and House of Pain were pretty much a tight-knit unit. We would go on tour with them, they would go on…

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Snoop is a busy man, he's on it. I try to stay on it in my lane and we always find a…

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When we started experimenting with the live band and bringing in more Rockish type of elements to our sound and our live…

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When you're a young artist, you're playing for your peers and you never realise that you're going to get older!

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Before I knew what hip-hop was, I listened to rock, metal, punk, reggae and old soul. I loved Black Sabbath.

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We like to challenge ourselves.

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