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January 12, 2000
Music
Focus
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Cypress hill blends Spanish spice into new album
*90’s “Mentirosa” (“Lie”). Though
not credited, Cypress continued to
support him behind the scenes and
wrote the (“lie”).
T hough not cred ited , C ypress
continued to
su p p o rt him
b e h in d
the
sc e n e s and
w ro te
the
o rig in a l
version ofmost
o f the material
that appeared on his album debut.
Members also contributed to his
follow up album. Mellow Man
returns the favor here helping fine
tune the songs’ Spanish lyrics as
w ell
as
contributing
a vocal to
t
h
e
a lb u m ’s
n e w
version o f ’
No Pierdo
N a d a ”
(“Nothin” to Lose” from IV).
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The roots o f Los Grandes Exitos En
Espanol -C ypress Hill’s Spanish
language greatest hits album - were
planted a long time ago, way before
the current crossover pop success
o f a rtists o f L atin o h eritag e,
according to the band’s Havana,
C u b a-b o rn Sen D og (S en n en
Reyes).
“My mom used to make me sing in
the church choir when I was a kid,
so I know what it’s like to carry
Spanish words in the melodies and
rhythms.” Says the man who formed
an early version ofCypress Hill, the
Spanglish rap quartet DVX, back in
1988 intheL.A. suburb o f Southgate
with Mexican-Cuban L.A. native
Louis Freese(B-Real),Queens,NY
Ita lia n -A m e ric a n
L aw ren ce
Muggerud (DJ Muggs) and his own
younger brother Ulpiano Sergio
(M ellow Man A ce). “T his is
something w e’ve wanted to do for a
long tim e.. .ever since we came out,
really,” Sen explains about this
Spanish language release.
Los Grandes Exitos En Espanol
follows hard on th e ‘98’slV album,
which added to their string o f nine
gold, platinum and multi-platinum
RIAA c ertificatio n s. To date.
Cypress Hill has sold more than 12
million albums worldwide and over
seven million in the U.S. alone. The
album showcases together hip hop
en Espanol at its finest with Spanish
language versions o f 13 o f Cypress
Hill’s most popular songs drawn
from their first four albums (an EP
o f remixes and B-sides, Released &
Revamped came out in ’96) -
Cypress Hill ( ’91), Black Sunday
( ’93), III (T em plesof Boom) ( ’95),
IV(’98) - as well as a brand-new
track, “Siempre Peligroso” (“always
D angerous”), featuring vocalist
Fermin IV Caballero o f Mexican
hardcore hip-hop stars control
Machete. “They come real hard and
a g g re ssiv e ,
b u stin g
m ad,
metaphors,” says Sen Dog. Who
was turned onto the group by his
brother. A pioneering Latino artist
in his own right, Ace left DVX to go
solo and scored the very first
Spanglish hip-hop crossover hit in
Gloria Estefan getting Award of
Merit at American Music Awards
A ssocia ted
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Gloria Estefan is joining some prestigious company.
The entertainer will be the 27th recipient o f the Award of
Merit during next week’s American Music Awards. The
tribute recognizes “outstanding contributions to the
musical entertainment o f the American public.”
Previous Award o f Merit winners include Bing Crosby,
Irving Berlin, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como,
Benny Goodman, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley. Stevie
Wonder, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn and the
Beach Boys.
Twenty other awards will be handed out during
M onday’s A BC-TV special from the Shrine
Auditorium.
Whitney Houston, Britney Spears and Shania Twain
lead American Music Award nominees with three
apiece.
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