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Cypress Hill – Manchester Academy 30/11/18

Soul Assassins breach UK shores for Elephants On Acid tour...

A massive band in the world of Hip-Hop in Cypress Hill finally come back to the UK for their first full tour on these shores in eight years. The last time they were here for more than one or two shows was in support of their last record Rise Up (2010) which didn't even include a show in the North West. So it's been a while! Now on the road in promotion of this years Elephants On Acid record, the Soul Assassin warriors return to bang out those expertly crafted tunes all we fans know and love.

Supporting tonight was a hand-picked artist from Cypress themselves. TY (BenChijioke) is a Nigerian British rapper who has been active since the nineties. He and his DJ accomplice provided us with around forty minutes of Hip Hop from his back catalogue before the real feast began.

Cypress Hill were without regular DJ Muggs tonight and replaced him with the legendary DJ Lord from other massive American Hip Hop group, Public Enemy. Not a bad replacement! The rest of the line up remained the same with Eric Bobo on drums and of course the mighty Sen Dog and B-Real. About ten minutes prior to the band coming on stage DJ Lord showed up and showcased an array of samples as a prelude to the other members arrivals. When the rest of the band joined the stage they preceded with a string of hits stretching right back to the first Cypress Hill self titled record. With such a wealth of material to choose from and now nine albums in, it was always going to be a happily varied state of affairs! It was their massive second record, Black Sunday (1993) that flaunted the most tracks tonight with a total of five. 'Cock The Hammer', 'I Ain't Goin' Out Like That', 'Insane In The Brain', 'Lick A Shot' and 'When The Shit Goes Down' all proved to be big movers in a packed out Academy. Their debut, self titled album gave us the thrilling 'Hand On The Pump', 'How I Could Just Kill A Man' and the calmer 'Latin Lingo'. Temples of Boom (1995) sounded three tracks in the form of 'Boom Biddy Bye Bye', 'Illusions' and 'Throw Your Set In The Air'. Newest venture, Elephants On Acid (2018) also provided three songs. 'Band Of Gypsies', 'Put Em In The Ground' and the funky sounding 'Crazy'. As for the rest there were a couple of tracks played from IV (1998). 'Dr. Greenthumb' and 'Tequila Sunrise'. 'Latin Thugs' was the only song played from Till Death Do Us Part (2004). One song that I hadn't heard before was actually taken from the soundtrack to the 1995 film, Friday. 'Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up' was played during the middle of the set. The last song of the set went to be one of the bands biggest hits and certainly the biggest from Skull & Bones (2000). The anthemic '(Rock) Superstar' pounding out capped off a fantastic night of music from these Hip Hop legends.

I waited a long time to see Cypress Hill in all their glory and although I was hoping for a slightly longer set, it was worth the wait. Just to see those two iconic figures leading the charge on stage, B-Real and Sen Dog just kill it! Overall the set was varied and well spread but it just left you wanting more. They graced the stage for around an hour and twenty minutes, mesmerising the crowd with their raps and treating us to renditions of classics that will never be forgotten. An honour to witness their might. I just hope this isn't the last time they grace Manchester with their presence.

*TRICK 'N' TREAT*

Trick – Nothing played from Stoned Raiders (2001) or Rise Up (2010).

Treat – B-Real and Sen Dog simply amazing.

DJ Lord filling in on the 1s and 2s!

Strong set with varied hits past and present.

Great crowd.

'Insane In The Brain' sounding....INSANE!!!

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